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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...

15 Chinese Slang Words to Sound Like a Native!

25Aug

By David Ratón GonzalesNo Comments

Culture

15 Chinese Slang Words to Sound Like a Native!

Chinese is one of the most spoken languages in the world, with one the most spoken variant being Mandarin. To sound like a native, you’ll want to learn at least a few Chinese slang words. These are among the best! There are actually two distinct versions of Chinese slang: verbal and internet slang. The latter is naturally the newest, although much of the latter has entered verbal slang. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. 丑八怪 (chǒu bā guài) - (Very) ugly Personally, out of all the Chinese slang terms I know of, 丑八怪 is my absolute favorite! If not due to its somewhat offensive slang meaning, because of what its slang meaning actually means! If you were to look at 丑八怪 in the dictionary, you'd find that 丑八怪 translates as "Monster-looking"!...

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...

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...

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 ...