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15 Weirdest Languages on Earth You Should Learn!

3Nov

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

Learning Languages

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

Learning Languages

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...

12Nov

By George SanghviNo Comments

Facts

12 useless languages

When it comes to learning languages, linguists normally have their heart set know a few to learn. Normally, this is because there is something particular that the language has to offer, or that it will be useful in later life. But, not all languages are equal, some are useless languages that serve little to no purpose for the speaker. I was recently talking with some translator friends of mine when we got around to how translators show off to non-translators. After much back and forth, we came to one that most of us had done- use a language we didn't know to impress someone- usually a girl they liked. Most of the time, these languages were useless languages spoken by less than 10 million people in Africa, or a small pocket elsewhere in Europe. Or better still, they were ...

29Oct

By Gareth Seagull3 Comments

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Should there be a Universal Language?

Have you ever been on holiday and realised that on your trip, you couldn't communicate with someone, and wished that there was a universal language that all of humanity could use? How would one work, and how would we implement it? Believe it or not, this globalised society has not been the first to want a universal language. The ancient Greeks and Romans too wanted one quite badly, and gave it a unique name, Lingua Franca. But yet, even as late as the Victorian era wanted a common language. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Who Was L.L. Zamenhof and what did he do for Universal Languages? L.L. Zamenhof was a Polish-born Linguist, who created the Esperanto Language. He took apart European Languages, and synthesised a brand new one, he had h...