Globally, the youth literacy rate increased from 83 per cent to 91 per cent over two decades, while the number of illiterate youth declined from 170 million to 115 million. Regional and gender disparities persist, however. Literacy is lowest in least developed countries and higher among males than females.
In sociolinguistics, an accent (/ËÃ¦ksáµ»nt/ or /-Ént/) is a manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location, or nation.
Alexa is the voice behind Echo, Amazon's voice-activated, cloud-connected wireless speaker, who talks back to you and acts as kind of a personal assistant. For now she's somewhat limited in her capabilities, though not without some nifty tricks up her sleeve. And she's improving with age.