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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Monaco

4May

By David Ratón GonzalesNo Comments

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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Monaco

Today, Monaco is famous for being one of the largest tax havens in Europe (ironic given Monaco's small size!) Yet, for such a small country, the languages of Monaco are perhaps more varied than any other nation on Earth! Whilst some of the languages of Monaco are among the most spoken in the world, there are several languages spoken in the country which are not only obscure, but also unique to Monaco... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Language of Monaco According to the Constitution of Monaco, there is only one official language in the country: French. Owing to its status as Monaco's sole official language, French is the official language used in business, day-to-day living, education, healthcare, government and so on, meaning tha...

Why Learn French? 15 Reasons to Learn French Today!

2Feb

By Chloe HarmonNo Comments

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Why Learn French? 15 Reasons to Learn French Today!

French is generally considered to be one of the best languages you could learn. Even despite this, some people still wonder whether (or not) they should learn French. So here are 15 reasons why you should! Personally, I started learning French in school, however, never really enjoyed it. Mostly because I had no real reason to learn it. Years later, I would travel to France on vacation, and would decide that when I got home, I would learn French. Many of these reasons to learn French are what inspired me, and what will hopefully inspire you too! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. It's Incredibly Useful As of the time of writing, French is one of the most spoken languages in the world. It is estimated that there are about 300 million people ...

Why Learn Spanish? 15 Reasons to Learn Spanish

26Jan

By David Ratón GonzalesNo Comments

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Why Learn Spanish? 15 Reasons to Learn Spanish

Spanish is often considered to be one of the best languages you could learn. Even despite this, some people still wonder whether (or not) they should learn Spanish. So here are 15 reasons why you should! As a native Spanish speaker myself, I personally believe that everyone should learn Spanish as a second language. These reasons are in no particular order. Some will likely resonate with you more than others, and are drawn mostly from my own experience, as well as those of my close friends, who have learned Spanish as a second language! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. It's Useful Spanish is one of the most spoken languages on the planet. As of the time of writing, roughly 580 million people around the world speak Spanish as either a fir...

24Nov

By Henry AusbergerNo Comments

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15 Best Languages You Should Learn!

As of the time of writing, there are roughly 6,000 languages spoken all around the world. Naturally, not all languages are created equal, so which are the best languages you might want to learn? Naturally, this is likely to cause a lot of controversy, as how you define "best" is very subjective and varies greatly from person to person. As such, these are form the general consensus. Many of these languages are among the most useful languages on the planet, often serving some important role in life. on the other hand, many are quite useless in many ways, but are still quite important. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Turkish When it comes to the best languages you could learn, Turkish is one that you probably wouldn't think of. For most pe...

17Nov

By George SanghviNo Comments

Learning Languages

What Would Alien Languages Sound Like?

As a child, I used to love films like Star Wars. Zipping around up there, in the stars seemed amazing to me. As I've gotten older, I have begun to think to myself what would alien languages actually sound like? On Earth, there are hundreds of different ways animals communicate with one another. As humans, we are accustomed to communicating verbally. For some, this does create some rather weird languages, whilst others are perfectly "normal". However, in the animal kingdom they communicate in some very strange ways... For aliens, it would quite literally be out of this world! (Both figuratively and literally... I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself.) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); What are Alien Languages? It sounds simple enough, I know. Howe...

15 Coolest Languages to Boost Your Street Cred!

10Nov

By David Ratón GonzalesNo Comments

Learning Languages

15 Coolest Languages to Boost Your Street Cred!

Last week, we looked at the weirdest languages to have ever been spoken, from the perspective of an English speaker. This got me thinking: what are the coolest languages you can speak? Whilst there are several different ways of defining "cool", for the purposes of this article, we are defining "cool" as either nice to listen to or, as having some unique quality that makes it so much cooler than other languages! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Sanskrit Sanskrit is generally considered the world's oldest spoken language. However, many will point out the fact that the language has been slowly dying for the past 800 years. With not that many people speaking it today. Nevertheless, if you've ever been fortunate to listen, you'll definitely und...

15 Weirdest Languages on Earth You Should Learn!

3Nov

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

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15 Weirdest Languages on Earth You Should Learn!

There are currently around 6500 languages spoken in the world. Naturally, some of these are going to be strange, odd and weird. This got me thinking, which are the weirdest languages currently spoken? Sadly, many of these languages are endangered languages, with many having only a handful of speakers. With that being said, there are a few languages which are flourishing in the modern 21st Century world. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Adyghe Chances are that you have never heard of the Adyghe people, nor have you ever heard of their language before today. However, their language is one of the strangest you will likely ever come across! Looking on a map, the Adyghe people reside in South Russia and North Turkey. So surely the language shar...

26May

By George SanghviNo Comments

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9 Newest Languages in the World

Two weeks ago, we covered the oldest languages in the world. Today, we will find which are the newest languages in the world, which are the youngest languages that are still used today! Most of these languages are novelty languages, or are severely endangered languages at the least. This subject often comes with a lot of arguments. People often define the term "newest language" in different ways, which often leads to this topic being quite heated. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 9. Afrikaans (340 years) Afrikaans is considered to be the newest national language. When South Africa became independent in May 1910, Afrikaans as well as ten other languages, became South Africa's national language. Afrikaans began when the Dutch first settled i...

12May

By George SanghviNo Comments

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17 oldest languages in the world!

Many languages vie for the title of being the oldest language in the world. However, there is only one that can be the oldest, so what language is it? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 17. Icelandic (1200 years) Icelandic is perhaps one of the oldest languages that is still spoken in the world today. Icelandic is native to the island of Iceland, as well as 350,000 native speakers. Icelandic began as a combination of Danish and indigenous languages. However, once the Danish stopped bringing new colonizers during the twelfth century, Icelandic became akin to a language isolate. Icelandic is a very good indication of what Old Norse and Old Danish looked and sounded like. As a result of its age and its isolation, Icelandic has become one of t...

5May

By Henry AusbergerNo Comments

Learning Languages

13 most sophisticated languages

Various languages are seen as posh. Others are not. But this begs the question, what are the most sophisticated languages? Here they are! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 13. Hungarian When speaking about sophisticated languages, Hungarian probably isn't the one that comes to mind (it's probably #1 or #4!) However, there is certainly a degree of sophistication that comes with learning a difficult language! And Hungarian is by far one of the most difficult languages to learn on the planet! To many, Hungarian may not sound sophisticated, perhaps more barbarian-like than sophisticated. But I assure you, if you are able to master such a unique and difficult language, it certainly classes as sophisticated! Perhaps, you could argue that this is ...