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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Finland!

19Apr

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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 Taiwan

Though it may (or indeed, may not) be a country, it's hard to deny that the languages of Taiwan aren't incredible. A storied history, including numerous wars and civil wars, have left the island with people who speak hundreds of languages... As we almost all countries, some of these languages are incredibly well spoken - with hundreds of millions, if not billions of speakers worldwide - whilst others are much smaller, and only really spoken in Taiwan. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); National Languages of Taiwan Taiwanese Mandarin (19.68 Million) Taiwanese Hokkien (19.03 Million) Taiwanese Hakka (1.56 Million) Formosan (330,000) Matsu (235,750) Immigrant Languages of Taiwan Javanese (215,000) Vietnamese (200,000) Thai (...

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Hong Kong!

Once a desolate rock with few inhabitants, Hong Kong is now populated by millions of people who speak hundreds of languages from all corners of the globe. As such the languages of Hong Kong are incredibly diverse - more so than you'd ever have imagined! Indeed, many of the languages spoken on the island have billions of speakers worldwide, whilst others only have a few million across Asia. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Hong Kong According to the Basic Law of Hong Kong, there are two official languages of Hong Kong, which are used in both daily life and in government. These are: Chinese - 7.35 Million English - 3.97 Million Dialects of Chinese Though "Chinese" is one of the two official languages of Hong Kon...