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Laari (other)
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Laari may refer to: * Maldivian laari, a coin denomination issued by the Maldives * Lari people (Congo), an ethnic group of the Republic of the Congo * Laari language, a Bantu language * Sanna Laari, Finnish biathlete * Ilkka-Eemeli Laari, Finnish snowboarder See also *Lari (other) Lari may refer to: Currency * Georgian lari, the currency of Georgia * Maldivian laari, or lari, a coin denomination of the rufiyaa of the Maldives Places *Lari Constituency, an electoral constituency in Kenya * Lari, Ardabil, or Lahrud, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maldivian Laari
The laari ( dv, ލާރި) is a coin denomination issued by the Maldives as the subdenomination of the Maldivian rufiyaa since 1960. One rufiyaa is equal to 100 laari. It was issued in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 25 and 50. The name of the currency is derived from lari. The earliest laari were bent silver wires reminiscent of the early coins from Lar. The Maldive Islands have been using laari for centuries but they were first described by François Pyrard de Laval, who lived on the islands 1602–1607. The current coins are made out of a range of metals, including nickel, brass, cupronickel and aluminium. The coins are issued by the Maldives Monetary Authority The Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) is the central bank of the republic of Maldives and was established on July 1, 1981, under the mandate provided by the "MMA Act" of 1981, located in the capital city of Malé. The current governor and chairp ... (MMA). References Currencies of the Maldives Economy of the Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lari People (Congo)
The Lari (alternatively Laari, Laadi, Ladi, Balari or Baladi) is an ethnic group of the Republic of the Congo and the name of the language they speak. A subgroup of the Kongo people, the Lari live in the communes of Brazzaville, the capital; and Pointe-Noire, and within the surrounding Pool Department. This subgroup was born in the 19th century. where they constitute almost the entire population. There are an estimated 1.2 million Lari living in Congo. History The establishment of the capital Brazzaville by the French colonizer near the Kongo settlements led to the merging of several Kongo subgroups into a new group with a new identity. Indeed, towards the end of the nineteenth century, the Ladi (pronunciation: ''lari'' or ''ladi'') are people from different Kongo subgroups (subgroups originating from the former province of the Kongo Kingdom « ''Nsundi'' »): Sundi, Buende, Manianga, Hangala.Georges Balandier, ''Sociologie actuelle de l'Afrique noire'', Presses Universitaires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laari Language
Kongo or Kikongo is one of the Bantu languages spoken by the Kongo people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Angola. It is a tonal language. It was spoken by many of those who were taken from the region and sold as slaves in the Americas. For this reason, while Kongo still is spoken in the above-mentioned countries, creolized forms of the language are found in ritual speech of Afro-American religions, especially in Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. It is also one of the sources of the Gullah language and the Palenquero creole in Colombia. The vast majority of present-day speakers live in Africa. There are roughly seven million native speakers of Kongo, with perhaps two million more who use it as a second language. Geographic distribution Kongo was the language of the Kingdom of Kongo prior to the creation of Angola by the Portuguese Crown in 1575 and the Berlin Conference (1884-1885) that balkanized th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanna Laari
Sanna Laari ( Markkanen; born 14 April 1990) is a Finnish biathlete. She competed in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 World Cup seasons, and represented Finland at the Biathlon World Championships 2015 The 47th Biathlon World Championships was held in Kontiolahti, Finland from 5 March to 15 March 2015. There were a total of 11 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and mixed relay. All the even ... in Kontiolahti. References External links * 1990 births Living people Finnish female biathletes Place of birth missing (living people) {{Finland-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilkka-Eemeli Laari
Ilkka-Eemeli Laari (born 29 May 1989) is a Finnish snowboarder. He was a participant at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in .... – Sochi 2014 Olympics References External links * 1989 births Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
