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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Turkmenistan!

31May

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Turkmenistan!

A country in Central Asia, Turkmenistan is a nation perhaps best known for not being much of a nation at all, instead being a loosely united collection of nomadic tribes. In part due to this nomadic nature, the languages of Turkmenistan are immensely diverse. That, coupled with Turkmenistan's long history of being a part of many different empires, has only added to the country's linguistic diversity making it a truly unique case on the global scale. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Turkmenistan Turkmen Russian Other Languages of Turkmenistan Uzbek Kazakh Tatar Ukrainian Azerbaijani Armenian Kurdish Lezgian Persian Belarusian Erzya Korean Bashkir Ossetian Lak Tajik ...

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Belarus!

26Apr

By George SanghviNo Comments

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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Belarus!

Best known for being ruled by strongman dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko, the languages of Belarus is something the country is not as famous for, though arguably should be. Whilst not as diverse as other European countries like Germany or Italy, Belarus is home to many Eastern European languages, and even an Asian one... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Belarus Belarussian Russian Minority Languages of Belarus Ukrainian Polish Lithuanian Armenian West Polesian Trasianka

11Jan

By George SanghviNo Comments

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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Latvia!

A post-Soviet state, trying to reposition itself as a tech and business hub, the languages of Latvia have been changed forever, as foreign entrepreneurs flock to the country. Not to mention the country's own natural linguistic diversity... With over a dozen major European languages spoken inside its borders by people from every inhabited continent, Latvia is also home to a few indigenous languages, which have varying levels of recognition from the Latvian government. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Language of Latvia Latvian Minority Languages of Latvia Belarussian Ukrainian Russian Polish Hungarian Estonian Lithuanian Latgalian Foreign Languages of Latvia English German Spanish French

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Vatican City

24Aug

By George SanghviNo Comments

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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Vatican City

At 0.17 square miles in size with a population of only 825 people, you'd expect the Vatican City to speak only one or two languages. Yet, the languages of the Vatican City are more diverse than any other country in Europe. Not bad for the smallest country in the world. Indeed, it is the only country where Latin is the official language, and there over 40 languages spoken in the country, some with billions of speakers, and others with only a few hundred thousand... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Vatican City According to the Vatican City, there are two official languages spoken in the country - one historical/cultural/clerical language and one administrative language. Latin (Clerical/Historical Language) Italian (Adm...

13 endangered languages you need to learn!

19May

By Chloe HarmonNo Comments

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13 endangered languages you need to learn!

Today, there are a staggering 2500 endangered languages! However, some are incredibly endangered, and could go extinct in our lifetimes! Here they are... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 13. Quechua Quechua's greatest claim to fame is the language of the Hutts from Star Wars, perhaps the most famous of all fictional languages. However, Quechua is also one of the most endangered languages on this list (although not as much as #1). There are currently 2.3 million speakers of Quechua, mainly in the Peruvian Andes but also Bolivian. Quechua suffers from what many indigenous languages in the former Spanish Empire do- the emergence of Spanish. Spanish has become more spoken over the years, with the government and media using it more and more. ...