Nowadays, most colleges have opened up to seminarians from other regions of the world with cultural or linguistic ties to their own.

Sophie was surprised she had not spotted the linguistic ties immediately.

Historically, however, the state (like its southwestern neighbors) has had close linguistic and cultural ties with Mexico.

Two (or possibly three) other people groups have ethnic and linguistic ties with the region:

Russia and Belarus have cultural, linguistic and political ties that go back many centuries.

The region as a whole shares many linguistic, cultural and historic ties with Ukraine.

Because of strong cultural, religious, linguistic, and economic ties, Nepal's association with India traditionally has been close.

The two peoples have close ethnic, religious, cultural and linguistic ties.

These nations were often united by common linguistic, religious or family ties.

In addition to the human dimension of these events, we Portuguese have linguistic and cultural ties with that country.