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What language has a different vocabulary for men and women?

The Nigerian village of Ubang, with a population of just over 10 people, has its own language, unique with different lexicons for men and women. Some of the words in the language are common to all, the other part is completely different depending on the gender of the person using them.

Although boys grow up mostly surrounded by women and use feminine words, around the age of ten they are expected to switch to the masculine version of the language, considering this as an indicator of maturation. However, the preservation of the language in the future is in question, since it does not have a written language, and children do not strive to know it well, preferring to speak English.

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At some times in some parts of the world the development of civilization reached extraordinary heights, and people did great things. One such period was the Greek Golden Age, which lasted from 500 to 429 BC. At the beginning of the XNUMXth century, the Persians invaded Greece, but the Greeks rebelled and drove them away. The people of Athens led this struggle, which made Athens the richest and most powerful state in Greece. Athens built a fleet of ships that was larger than all of Greece's fleets combined. Wealth flowed to Athens, their sources were tribute from other states, trade, silver mines. The population of Athens quadrupled.

Thanks to new people, strength, prosperity, art in Athens was in its prime, as never before in history. It was the age of Pericles, named after the wise leader of Athens. During this period, the construction of the Parthenon, one of the most beautiful and famous buildings in the world, began.

Among the people who lived in Athens at that time were the great sculptor Phidias, the thinker Socrates, the playwrights Sophocles and Euripides, who wrote some of the greatest plays in history. Everyone who could make Athens even more beautiful was encouraged, and many masterpieces appeared. At the same time, thanks to the great prosperity and such power, people had a lot of free time.

The citizens of Athens had more intellectual and cultural interests than any society before or since. The golden age of Greece created treasures, masterpieces, works of art that have influenced the whole world, even our time. Later in the XNUMXth century BC. e. a struggle began between Athens and Sparta with its allies. The culture of Athens began to decline and the Golden Age ended.

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