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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Texas!
31Aug By David Ratón GonzalesNo Comments
Learning Languages

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Texas!

Texas is known for many things. Among those things is how multicultural the state is, even if many in the state don't necessarily know it. Though most famous for speaking both English and Spanish, the languages of Texas are far more diverse than that. Indeed, Texas is home to speakers of some of the most spoken languages on the planet. But it's also home to endangered languages that only have a few thousand speakers at best and may not survive to the end of our lifetimes... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Texas Much like the US itself, the Constitution of Texas doesn't any official language(s) of the state. However, in reality, the state has three official languages thanks to subsequent legislation: English Spanish ...
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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...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of New York
10Aug By Henry AusbergerNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of New York

Home to one of the largest cities on the planet, New York state has tens of millions of people living in it. Naturally, the state is home to many immigrants and foreign language speakers, with the languages of New York being as diverse as the languages of any Western country! Making up 1.24% of the US's land mass and 6.25% of its population, it is New York that makes up a large portion of the linguistic diversity of the US. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Language of New York English Immigrant Languages of New York Spanish Chinese Russian French Yiddish Polish Bengali Cultural Languages of New York Dutch Before the English arrived in New York in 1664, the modern-day New York state was colonized by th...
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27Jul By George SanghviNo Comments
Culture

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Africa!

Africa is a huge place. Over three times the size of the US, and almost three times the size of Europe with a population of over 1.2 billion, Africa is a diverse place to say the least, with the languages of Africa being equally diverse too. Having hundreds of ethnic groups and minority languages, as well as European languages - the byproduct of colonization from years gone by - the African continent is the most linguistically diverse continent on the planet! So here are the most spoken/important languages spoken on the African continent... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Primary Official Languages Whilst the continent of Africa itself doesn't have any "official" languages, the countries in Africa do. The following are the most frequently o...
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15 Most Spoken Languages in Europe!
20Jul By Chloe HarmonNo Comments
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15 Most Spoken Languages in Europe!

Europe is a vast continent with hundreds of millions of people in it, with vastly different cultures, and languages to go with it. So this got me thinking, what are the most commonly spoken languages in Europe? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Russian - 150 Million Being the largest country on earth, Russia is both a European and Asian country, with the majority of its population being in Europe, whilst the majority of its land is in Asia. As such, Russia's huge population, most of whom speak Russian as either a first or second language, makes Russian the most spoken language in Europe! Outside of Russia, there are also large Russian-speaking communities in most of the countries that formerly made up the Soviet Union (where Russian se...
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11 Dialects of French You Need to Know About For Your Next Trip!
13Jul By Gareth Seagull1 Comment
Culture

11 Dialects of French You Need to Know About For Your Next Trip!

Today, French is spoken in 29 countries by 270 million people, making it one of the most spoken languages on the planet. Naturally, with so many speakers there are hundreds of dialects of French, some of which are more well spoken than others... For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on the 11 most spoken dialects, eg. those you are the most likely to come across! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 11. Standard French According to the Académie Française (the official regulator of the French language) Standard French, or the dialect of French that serves as the official language of France, is the standard variant of the French language. When the Romans conquered Gaul (France) they brought their language with. For the elites, they ...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of The Netherlands!
29Jun By Henry AusbergerNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of The Netherlands!

When you think of the languages spoken in the Netherlands, you probably think "Dutch". Yet, what if I told you that the languages of the Netherlands are far more diverse than you'd ever think. Currently, the Netherlands has a population of 17.28 million, according to the most recent census. Of these 17.28 million people, they speak some of the most spoken languages in the world, as well as some rather unique languages too! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Language of The Netherlands According to the Constitution of the Netherlands, Dutch is the official language of all four countries that make up the Kingdom of the Netherlands (including the Netherlands, Aruba, Sint Maarten and Curaçao). Serving as the sole official language of the...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Portugal!
15Jun By David Ratón GonzalesNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Portugal!

When you think of the languages of Portugal, your mind probably immediately thinks of "Portuguese". But what if I told you that there were so many more languages spoken in the country? Indeed, the languages of Portugal are incredibly diverse, ranging from some of the most well spoken languages in the world, to some less well spoken languages you've never heard of! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Language of Portugal According to the Constitution of Portugal (ratified in April 1976), there is only one official language spoken everywhere in the country (although some other languages may have co-official status in some areas). This is: Portuguese Perhaps not surprisingly, the official language of Portugal is well... Portuguese. ...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Japan!
8Jun By George SanghviNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Japan!

When you think of the languages of Japan, you probably think of the Japanese language. However, what if I were to tell you that Japanese wasn't the official language of the nation? Indeed, whilst Japanese is a language spoken in Japan, the languages of Japan are far more diverse than you might think. Some languages are spoken by millions of people, whilst others are spoken by only a few thousand... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Japan Surprisingly, there actually no Japanese law stating what the official language of the country is. Despite this, there are two languages that essentially act as the co-official languages... Japanese Perhaps not surprisingly, Japanese is treated as the official language of Japan. Indeed...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Brazil!
1Jun By Henry AusbergerNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Brazil!

Brazil is often called the "Russia of South America" due to it being the only Portuguese-speaking country on the continent, as well as their refusal to adopt Spanish. This got me thinking, what are the languages of Brazil like? For the most part, the languages spoken in Brazil are split into two categories: foreign and indigenous. As you'd probably expect, the foreign languages are more well spoken than the indigenous ones! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Brazil According to the Constitution of Brazil, there is only one official language... Portuguese Having been discovered by Portuguese explorer and diplomat, Pedro Álvares Cabral, in 1500, what's now called Brazil (then called Terra do Brasil or Brasileiros), soon b...
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