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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...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Macau!
19Oct By Chloe HarmonNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Macau!

A tiny island, special administrative region and former Portuguese colony, Macau is probably one of those places you think of. Yet the languages of Macau are arguably more interesting than any other country in Asia - including China and Japan! Though it only has a population of roughly 650,000, the languages of Macau are a strange mix of European languages - a remnant of a time when Macau was a colony - and various Asian languages, including several dialects of Chinese. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Macau Chinese (577,500) Portuguese (4,000) Dialects of Chinese Cantonese (556,500) Mandarin (20,800) Yue (50,000) Foreign languages of Macau Filipino (15,000) English (9,750) Vietnamese (7,250) ...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Taiwan
12Oct By Gareth SeagullNo Comments
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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 (...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of California!
7Sep By Chloe HarmonNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of California!

The most populous state in the Union, California is naturally home to a wide array of languages. Yet the languages of California are more numerous and more diverse than almost every other US state combined! With over 200 different languages spoken in the state, some are understandably more spoken than others, with some languages having billions of speakers worldwide, whilst others have fewer than ten speakers located solely in California. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Language of California Though Spanish was once the official language of California shortly after becoming a state, and remains a widely spoken language (with all state documents also being produced in Spanish), the sole official language of the state is... Englis...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Texas!
31Aug By David Ratón GonzalesNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Texas!

Texas is known for many things. Among those things is how multicultural the state is, even if many in the state don't necessarily know it. Though most famous for speaking both English and Spanish, the languages of Texas are far more diverse than that. Indeed, Texas is home to speakers of some of the most spoken languages on the planet. But it's also home to endangered languages that only have a few thousand speakers at best and may not survive to the end of our lifetimes... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Texas Much like the US itself, the Constitution of Texas doesn't any official language(s) of the state. However, in reality, the state has three official languages thanks to subsequent legislation: English Spanish ...
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Vatican City
24Aug By George SanghviNo Comments
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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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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Australia!
22Jun By Chloe HarmonNo Comments
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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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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Japan!
8Jun By George SanghviNo Comments
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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Japan!

When you think of the languages of Japan, you probably think of the Japanese language. However, what if I were to tell you that Japanese wasn't the official language of the nation? Indeed, whilst Japanese is a language spoken in Japan, the languages of Japan are far more diverse than you might think. Some languages are spoken by millions of people, whilst others are spoken by only a few thousand... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Japan Surprisingly, there actually no Japanese law stating what the official language of the country is. Despite this, there are two languages that essentially act as the co-official languages... Japanese Perhaps not surprisingly, Japanese is treated as the official language of Japan. Indeed...
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