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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Syria!
28Dec By Henry AusbergerNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Syria!

Once a vibrant hub of trade, culture and commerce now embroiled in a bloody civil war, chances are you rarely think about Syria, let alone the languages of Syria. But interestingly, there some of the most diverse in the notoriously uniform Middle East. Indeed, the country of 17.5 million inhabitants has languages from all corners of East and West, including those with hundreds of millions, if not billions, of speakers worldwide and others, with only a few million located solely in Syria. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Language of Syria Arabic Dialects of Arabic Syrian Arabic Levantine Arabic Damascus Arabic Lebanese Arabic Homs Arabic Hama Arabic Tartus Arabic Iraqi Arabic Palestinian Arabic Foreign ...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Qatar!
21Dec By Chloe HarmonNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Qatar!

A tiny oil-rich nation on the northwestern Arabian Peninsular, the last time you thought about Qatar was probably to do with their hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The languages of Qatar are certainly something you've never thought of. Yet despite their small size, both in terms of size and population, numerous human rights and corruption allegations, Qatar is arguably one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the Middle East. And that says something! Indeed, some of the languages spoken in the country are universal, spoken by hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people worldwide. Others, only have a few million spread across the Middle East. Some, are even unique to the country. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Lang...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Kuwait!
14Dec By David Ratón GonzalesNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Kuwait!

A tiny oil-rich monarchy in the Gulf, the only time you might have ever thought about Kuwait was when it was invaded by Iraq in 1999. Even avid travelers to the tiny emirate have never given much thought to the languages of Kuwait! Despite being a country of less than 4.3 million - roughly the same amount as the US state of Oregon - Kuwait is home to speakers of dozens of languages both large and small. Some have hundreds of millions of speakers spread across the globe, whilst others have only a few million speakers and are restricted just to the Gulf. Going even further, there are even a few languages spoken solely in Kuwait! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Kuwait  Modern Standard Arabic Kuwaiti Arabic  ...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Oman!
7Dec By David Ratón GonzalesNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Oman!

The tiny country along the southeastern Arabian Peninsula, you likely don't think about Oman that often, if ever. Yet the languages of Oman are one of the most diverse in the entire Middle East, likely due to the country's relatively open immigration policy. Indeed, Oman has languages from almost every inhabited continent, ranging from languages with several hundred million speakers, to languages with only a few million at best, not to mention those languages native to the country. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Oman Arabic  English (Unofficial) Foreign Languages of Oman Bengali  Malayalam  Balochi  Urdu French Swahili  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).pu...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Sri Lanka!
30Nov By Gareth SeagullNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Sri Lanka!

The tiny island just off India's southern coast, Sri Lanka is likely one of those countries you seldom think about. Yet the languages of Sri Lanka are truly quite remarkable, being both a microcosm of the languages of other Asian nations, whilst also being rather unique. Indeed, millennia of conquest, occupation and interbreeding with hundreds of empires has left its toll on Sri Lanka, with it having both global languages and languages indigenous to the island. Quite cool indeed. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Sri Lanka Sinhala Tamil Other Languages of Sri Lanka English Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole Veddah Sri Lankan Malay Dutch (Historical)
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Haiti!
23Nov By Gareth SeagullNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Haiti!

Famous for having been the first modern country to abolish slavery, Haiti isn't really known for its linguistic diversity, especially not since the premiership of dictator Papa Doc Duvalier. Indeed, this fact makes the languages of Haiti quite unique in many ways... Indeed, whilst other Caribbean nations are incredibly linguistically diverse, with languages from seemingly every nation on Earth, Haiti just has European languages or those derived from European languages. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Haiti French Haitian Creole Minority And Foreign Languages of Haiti English Spanish Portuguese (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Taino (Extinct)
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Fiji
16Nov By David Ratón GonzalesNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Fiji

An archipelago famed for its coral reefs and sandy beaches, Fiji survives mostly on tourism. Perhaps you've been there before or you plan to go there soon. But you probably want to know which languages of Fiji are the most common! With only 900,000 people living in the country, you'd be forgiven for thinking that there were only a few languages spoken on Fiji. But you'd be wrong. There are literally dozens of different languages spoken on the archipelago, some that are native to the country whilst others have hundreds of millions of speakers worldwide. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Fiji English Fijian Fiji Hindi Other Languages of Fiji Rotuman Guajarati Punjabi Arabic Urdu Tamil Tel...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Jamaica!
9Nov By Gareth SeagullNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Jamaica!

Known for being the home of Bob Marley, reggae and Red Stripe beer, Jamaica is probably one of those countries you seldom think about, even less the languages spoken there. Yet the languages of Jamaica are some of the most diverse you'll ever come across! An island with a population of a little less than three million, Jamaica is home to some of the most well spoken languages in the world, as well as languages and dialects indigenous to the island. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Language of Jamaica English Jamaican Dialects Jamaican Patois Indigenous Languages of Jamaica Kromanti Foreign Languages of Jamaica Spanish Arabic Chinese Portuguese
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of The Dominican Republic
2Nov By Chloe HarmonNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of The Dominican Republic

The largest of the two countries situated on the island of Hispanola, the Dominican Republic is famous for its beaches and luxury resorts. Linguistic diversity, however, is not something the country is famous for. Yet the languages of the Dominican Republic are actually more diverse than you'd ever have thought, including major world languages from every continent, to local dialects and creoles indigenous to the Dominican Republic! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Language of The Dominican Republic Spanish (10.633 Million) Foreign Languages of The Dominican Republic Haitian Creole (129,115) Samana English (61,845) Mandarin (54,250) Arabic (9,765) Italian (3,255) German (1,700) (adsbygoogle = window.adsby...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of The Bahamas
26Oct By Gareth SeagullNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of The Bahamas

A country of only 400,000 people that mainly survives off its financial services and tourism industries, the Bahamas is probably one of those countries you rarely think of, yet the languages of the Bahamas would probably surprise with just how... odd... they are. Indeed, the country is home to three languages used on a daily basis, as well as dozens of historical and cultural languages, mostly owing to the lack of immigration to the country in recent decades. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Language of The Bahamas English (400,000) Local Dialects Bahamian English (350,000) Haitian Creole (98,300) Other Languages of The Bahamas Dutch (5,000) Spanish (8,000) Portuguese (7,500) (adsbygoogle = window.adsby...
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