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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Belgium!
Culture

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Belgium!

Today, Belgium is at the crossroads of Europe, bordering France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Due to this, the languages of Belgium are some of the most diverse in Europe (and that's saying something!) Currently, there literally thousands of languages spoken in Belgium, ranging from some of the world's most spoken languages, to small languages you've never heard of, which are spoken by only a handful of people in a small Belgian village... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Belgium According to the Belgian Constitution, there are three official languages of Belgium, which most Belgian citizen are able to speak at least two of. These languages include... Dutch By far the most spoken of Belgium's three offici...
13 endangered languages you need to learn!
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13 endangered languages you need to learn!

Today, there are a staggering 2500 endangered languages! However, some are incredibly endangered, and could go extinct in our lifetimes! Here they are... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 13. Quechua Quechua's greatest claim to fame is the language of the Hutts from Star Wars, perhaps the most famous of all fictional languages. However, Quechua is also one of the most endangered languages on this list (although not as much as #1). There are currently 2.3 million speakers of Quechua, mainly in the Peruvian Andes but also Bolivian. Quechua suffers from what many indigenous languages in the former Spanish Empire do- the emergence of Spanish. Spanish has become more spoken over the years, with the government and media using it more and more. ...