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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Finland!
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Finland!

Known for being the happiest country in the world and for its saunas, Finland isn't particularly well known for its linguistic diversity. Yet the languages of Finland are some of the most impressive of any European country we've studied to date. Home to almost two dozen languages from three continents and nearly 20 different language families, no one can deny that Finland's linguistic diversity isn't impressive... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Finland Finnish Swedish Minority Languages of Finland Sami Karelian Kalo Immigrant Languages of Finland Hebrew Yiddish Tatar Russian Estonian Somali Arabic Kurdish Albanian Chinese Vietnamese Persian Thai Spanish Ur...
Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Estonia!
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Estonia!

A tiny state in the northern Baltics, Estonia is perhaps best known for its fast internet speeds (yes, seriously) and dense woodlands, the languages of Estonia is not something that's well known. But they should be... Though the languages of Estonia are all European in origin, they encompass three of Northeastern Europe's most spoken language families - Slavic, Uralic and Germanic - making it rather unique, even if only geographically isolated. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Language of Estonia Estonian Minority Languages of Estonia Võro Seto Mulgi Tartu Foreign Languages of Estonia English Russian Finnish German Swedish
15 Coolest Languages to Boost Your Street Cred!
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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...