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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of China!

27Apr

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

Culture

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of China!

Today, it often seems like China is taking over the world, their industry is seemingly everywhere, and their language is spoken by 1.3 billion people. Yet, the languages of China are not as cut-and-dry as you may think... Indeed, as with pretty much every other country in the world, there are numerous languages spoken in China. 302 to be exact, more so than any other country on Earth (but then again, China is the fourth largest country in the world!) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Language of China According to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, there is only one official language of China: Standard Chinese If you live in the west, chances are that you've never heard of someone refer to it as "Standard Chinese"...

24Nov

By Henry AusbergerNo Comments

Learning Languages

15 Best Languages You Should Learn!

As of the time of writing, there are roughly 6,000 languages spoken all around the world. Naturally, not all languages are created equal, so which are the best languages you might want to learn? Naturally, this is likely to cause a lot of controversy, as how you define "best" is very subjective and varies greatly from person to person. As such, these are form the general consensus. Many of these languages are among the most useful languages on the planet, often serving some important role in life. on the other hand, many are quite useless in many ways, but are still quite important. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Turkish When it comes to the best languages you could learn, Turkish is one that you probably wouldn't think of. For most pe...

15 Coolest Languages to Boost Your Street Cred!

10Nov

By David Ratón GonzalesNo Comments

Learning Languages

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...

15Sep

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

Culture

15 Most Useful Japanese Slang Words

Japanese slang is perhaps one of the most peculiar in the world. Where slang often changes between generations, Japanese slang words haven't really. The only real "new" slang terms are thanks to internet slang! When it comes to Japanese itself, it is one of the most sophisticated languages on the planet, not to mention being one of the most spoken languages as well. If you're traveling to Japan, the ability to use a few slang terms will certainly impress the locals. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. wwwwwwww - LOL When we covered Chinese slang, we covered the "text speak" slang of 牛牛牛 (niuniuniu) roughly akin to hahahaha in English. As with their neighbors, Japan also has their own simulation of laughter. For the Japanese, their t...

7Jul

By Chloe HarmonNo Comments

Culture

17 Most Spoken Languages in the World!

When it comes to determining the most spoken languages in the world, it should be easy, right? Wrong! Different people have different views, different sources cite different statistics. It is an absolute nightmare! With that being said, whether you are a businessman, politician, language lover or someone just curious about languages, these are the most spoken languages you could start learning! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); How do we Define "Most Spoken"? The term "most spoken" is very vague. Almost too vague. Usually, there are two trains of thought when it comes to determining the most spoken languages- native speakers or the total number of speakers. For the first, they focus on how many people speak the language as their nativ...

5May

By Henry AusbergerNo Comments

Learning Languages

13 most sophisticated languages

Various languages are seen as posh. Others are not. But this begs the question, what are the most sophisticated languages? Here they are! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 13. Hungarian When speaking about sophisticated languages, Hungarian probably isn't the one that comes to mind (it's probably #1 or #4!) However, there is certainly a degree of sophistication that comes with learning a difficult language! And Hungarian is by far one of the most difficult languages to learn on the planet! To many, Hungarian may not sound sophisticated, perhaps more barbarian-like than sophisticated. But I assure you, if you are able to master such a unique and difficult language, it certainly classes as sophisticated! Perhaps, you could argue that this is ...

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 ...