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.
If you’re traveling to Sweden, you’ll need to know what language is spoken in Sweden before you visit the country. This helps ensure you don’t accidentally insult someone while trying to make conversation and that you understand what locals are saying when they speak to you!
There are many four letter words, but few three letter words, and even fewer two letter words. But what about five letter words? How many five letter words are there? It may seem like it’s impossible to figure out how many five letter words there are without going through all the possibilities one by one, but it turns out that there’s a way to figure this out faster using some basic math skills. Let’s see how!
In this post we will cover the definition of native language, how it relates to second language acquisition, and what an accent has to do with it all!
Hawaiian may not be the first language that comes to mind when you think of endangered languages. Still, it is one of the most critically endangered in the world today, with only 400 native Hawaiian speakers left. More people speak Hawaiian as their second language than those who speak it as their primary language!
The longest Filipino word isn’t always the one that’s used most frequently, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t important to the Tagalog language and to the history of Filipino culture.
What languages are spoken in Serbia? While many countries have one official language and others spoken in certain regions, the same isn’t valid for Serbia which has three official languages and many unofficial ones spoken across the country.
What’s the Easiest Language to Learn for Spanish Speakers? If you’re bilingual or Spanish-speaking, you might be interested in learning another language. There are plenty of languages to choose from, but it can be tough to know where to start!
Singapore’s Mother Tongue act lists four official languages. Three are Chinese, and one is Malay, while English isn’t mentioned as an official language; instead, it can be used in court proceedings and government documents if both parties agree to do so.
French is the official language of France, and it’s one of the most commonly spoken languages in the European Union, with approximately 30 million native speakers. So what languages are spoken in France?
Learning how to write in Japanese isn’t as hard as you might think – with the proper knowledge and resources, you can be writing kanji in no time! Japanese writing uses 3 main systems: hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
As the official language of Norway, Norsk or Norwegian is spoken by about 5 million people in Norway and another 2 million people in the rest of the world. It belongs to the family of Germanic languages that includes Danish, Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic, and English languages.
We’ve all heard the adage, Jack of all trades, master of none, but what if that’s not true? What if you could learn two or more languages at once and master them, rather than pick up bits and pieces of each one?