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

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 Cyprus!
21Sep By Gareth SeagullNo Comments
Learning Languages, Uncategorized

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Cyprus!

A tiny island located in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus is one of those countries you probably never think about. Let alone the languages spoken there. Yet the diversity of the languages of Cyprus would surprise you... more so than you'd think. Home to languages spoken by millions of people on multiple continents, Cyprus is also home to dozens of languages with far fewer speakers - including those native to the island with no international speakers to speak of! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Cyprus According to the Constitution of Cyprus, there are two official languages of the Republic of Cyprus. These are: Greek (710,000) Turkish (300,000) Minority Languages of Cyprus Though Greek and Turkish are the offi...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Vatican City
24Aug By George SanghviNo Comments
Learning Languages

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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15 Most Spoken Languages in Europe!
20Jul By Chloe HarmonNo Comments
Learning Languages

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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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Australia!
22Jun By Chloe HarmonNo Comments
Learning Languages

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Australia!

Today, Australia is renowned for its acceptance of immigrants. Whilst not only making the country ethnically diverse, it also makes the country linguistically diverse too, with the languages of Australia being more interesting than you'd probably think... Indeed, many think that the languages of Australia are just English and maybe a few other languages. Yet, it's more than that, with there being hundreds of weird and unknown languages spoken in the country, as well as the ones you'd have thought of... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Language of Australia Although there had been minor European contact with Australia beforehand (notably by the Dutch), the majority of European contact with Australia would begin after James Cook "rediscov...
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15 Greek Slang Words to Sound Like a True Greek!
12Jan By Chloe HarmonNo Comments
Culture

15 Greek Slang Words to Sound Like a True Greek!

Many people will tell you that the Greek language is one of the coolest and most sophisticated languages on the planet. As such, it stands to reason that Greek slang would similarly be as sophisticated and as cool! As of the time of writing, only 13.4 million people speak Greek, mostly confined to Greece, a few Greek islands. There are also large Greek-speaking minorities in the US, UK and Turkey. Looking at Greek, you'll notice that it doesn't use the Latin alphabet that English does. Instead, it uses the Greek alphabet. For the purposes of this article, all slang terms will be transliterated for you to use easily! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Télos - Whatever For the most part, Greek slang has remained mostly the same, even with the ...
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17 oldest languages in the world!
12May By George SanghviNo Comments
Learning Languages

17 oldest languages in the world!

Many languages vie for the title of being the oldest language in the world. However, there is only one that can be the oldest, so what language is it? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 17. Icelandic (1200 years) Icelandic is perhaps one of the oldest languages that is still spoken in the world today. Icelandic is native to the island of Iceland, as well as 350,000 native speakers. Icelandic began as a combination of Danish and indigenous languages. However, once the Danish stopped bringing new colonizers during the twelfth century, Icelandic became akin to a language isolate. Icelandic is a very good indication of what Old Norse and Old Danish looked and sounded like. As a result of its age and its isolation, Icelandic has become one of t...
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