Languages and related news
If you’re a linguist or just love languages check out this section of our blog where we post interesting stuff about languages and culture.
All of us have a certain fascination with history. We may not choose it as a subject in college but we love learning about the way people lived in the past. This is the reason TV shows and movies about ancient civilizations are often a hit. Humans have come a long way since the Stone Age but that doesn’t mean we don’t value the old times. Without going through all the essential steps of evolution, we never would have gotten where we are today.
The fifth largest country by area in Europe, Sweden has an area of 450,295 square kilometers. Out of its total population of 10.2 million, 2.5 million have a foreign background. Sweden shares close cultural and linguistic relations with its Scandinavian neighbors. It is connected to Denmark via a bridge and shares land border with Finland and Norway. An interesting to note thing about Sweden is that it has one of the highest standards of living in the world. That achievement can be attributed to the country’s low unemployment rates, a good welfare system, and a low birth rate.
Iceland is a European country with a population of 357,050. With an area of 103,000 square kilometers, it is the most sparsely populated country of the continent. The country is known for its volcanos that erupt every few years. The eruptions are small and therefore not harmful to the people.
What are the rare languages in the world searches? Language is known to be the preservative of culture. Without language, there is no other way of communicating, interacting or in other words existing. Interestingly we talk most about those languages which are spoken frequently in the world.
Danish language facts can be quite interesting especially for those that are passionate about understanding various dialects. The Danish language has long been a powerful Scandinavian language. It serves as one of the official languages of the European Union, is a working language of the Nordic Council. Here, we are offering some of the most interesting Danish language facts!
Are you asking yourself what are the main Icelandic language facts? Do you like Iceland way too much?! Do you dream about the Northern lights the way we do? Does the purple sky keep you up at night as well? NordicTrans see your enthusiasm and we raise you the decent amount of geek!
The kingdom of Sweden has about nine million people who speak Swedish as their first languages. NordicTrans can tell you that the official language, Swedish is used in Finland by about a half a million ethnic Swedes. Get to know now Swedish Language facts
You are wondering about the Finnish language and are up for some light reading. No problem; here we are here with some fun facts for you to review;
Want to learn more about Norwegian? We have pun together the most important Norwegian language facts into an infographic for your consideration, which you can download as an image or as a PDF document.
Are Scandinavian cultures being affected by the whole economic story? Not short term, but long term there may be repercussions and unpredictable effects which should be considered.
There are quite a few interesting Swedish language facts some of our linguists were discussing at our Birmingham translation office in the last days and we thought those would make an interesting 6 minutes read for our visitors.
There are some interesting facts in the Vikings language and history which makes it interesting for researches but also for general public. In the period from the 8th to 11th centuries, the Vikings dominated vast territories in Europe and they spread from distant parts of Russia to the east coast of North America.