Is the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Speaking Your Language?
Programme director of World 2020, Adrian Van-Klaveren, answers listeners’ questions about 11 new language services due to launch next year.
By the end of next year the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service will be providing services for 40 different languages across the world. That is as of last week when it announced it will be launching a further 11 in Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Gujarati, Igbo, Korean, Marathi, Pidgin, Punjabi, Telugu, Tigrinya, and Yoruba. Programme director of World 2020, Adrian Van-Klaveren, anwers listeners' questions on the move and not everyone is happy.
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- Sat 26 Nov 2016 19:50GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Americas and the Caribbean & West and Central Africa only
- Sun 27 Nov 2016 09:50GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service except News Internet
- Mon 28 Nov 2016 02:50GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, Australasia & News Internet
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