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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Finland!

19Apr

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

Learning Languages

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 Qatar!

21Dec

By Chloe HarmonNo Comments

Learning Languages

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Qatar!

A tiny oil-rich nation on the northwestern Arabian Peninsular, the last time you thought about Qatar was probably to do with their hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The languages of Qatar are certainly something you've never thought of. Yet despite their small size, both in terms of size and population, numerous human rights and corruption allegations, Qatar is arguably one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the Middle East. And that says something! Indeed, some of the languages spoken in the country are universal, spoken by hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people worldwide. Others, only have a few million spread across the Middle East. Some, are even unique to the country. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Lang...

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Kuwait!

14Dec

By David Ratón GonzalesNo Comments

Learning Languages

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Kuwait!

A tiny oil-rich monarchy in the Gulf, the only time you might have ever thought about Kuwait was when it was invaded by Iraq in 1999. Even avid travelers to the tiny emirate have never given much thought to the languages of Kuwait! Despite being a country of less than 4.3 million - roughly the same amount as the US state of Oregon - Kuwait is home to speakers of dozens of languages both large and small. Some have hundreds of millions of speakers spread across the globe, whilst others have only a few million speakers and are restricted just to the Gulf. Going even further, there are even a few languages spoken solely in Kuwait! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Kuwait Modern Standard Arabic Kuwaiti Arabic ...

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Oman!

7Dec

By David Ratón GonzalesNo Comments

Learning Languages

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Oman!

The tiny country along the southeastern Arabian Peninsula, you likely don't think about Oman that often, if ever. Yet the languages of Oman are one of the most diverse in the entire Middle East, likely due to the country's relatively open immigration policy. Indeed, Oman has languages from almost every inhabited continent, ranging from languages with several hundred million speakers, to languages with only a few million at best, not to mention those languages native to the country. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Oman Arabic English (Unofficial) Foreign Languages of Oman Bengali Malayalam Balochi Urdu French Swahili (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).pu...

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Fiji

16Nov

By David Ratón GonzalesNo Comments

Learning Languages

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Fiji

An archipelago famed for its coral reefs and sandy beaches, Fiji survives mostly on tourism. Perhaps you've been there before or you plan to go there soon. But you probably want to know which languages of Fiji are the most common! With only 900,000 people living in the country, you'd be forgiven for thinking that there were only a few languages spoken on Fiji. But you'd be wrong. There are literally dozens of different languages spoken on the archipelago, some that are native to the country whilst others have hundreds of millions of speakers worldwide. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Fiji English Fijian Fiji Hindi Other Languages of Fiji Rotuman Guajarati Punjabi Arabic Urdu Tamil Tel...

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 ...