Ethiopia is a highly linguistically diverse country and there are a great many different languages spoken there. The official languages include Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali and Tigrinya. Other recognized languages include Sidamo, Gurage, Gamo, Kafa and Wolaytta. There are around 92 languages spoken or recognized … Read more
The most common language spoken in Argentina is Spanish, with nearly all Argentinians speaking it as a first or second language. Over one million people speak at least one of the fifteen tribal languages of Argentina. Other foreign languages were imported during and after the … Read more
Afghanistan has two nationally recognized official languages: Pashto and Dari Persian. Dari Persian is the most common language, with 78% of people in Afghanistan able to speak the language. Pashto is second, with 35% of Afghans speaking the language. A country ridden with wars and … Read more
Albanian is by far the most common language in Albania, with over 98% of the population able to speak and understand the language. Albanian is the only official language of Albania. There are still several minority languages spoken, including Greek, Aromanian, Romani, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Italian, … Read more
Fiji has three official languages: English, Fijian and Fiji Hindi. Fijian is spoken by the majority of indigenous Fijians, who represent around 54% of the population. Rotuman is another indigenous language spoken in Fiji. You will also hear other foreign and immigrant langauges, such as … Read more
While the United States of America doesn’t have an official language on a national level, English is accepted as the country’s standard language. Almost 80% of Americans only speak English at home. Other common languages spoken in the USA are Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Arabic, … Read more
Africa is home to a third of the world’s languages, with up to two thousand native languages spoken across the continent. Most of those fall into six language families: Afroasiatic, Austronesian, Indo-European, Khoisan, Niger-Congo, and Nilo-Saharan. Beyond these native languages, many African countries also have … Read more
Being a mythic figure, it is difficult even to speculate about the language that Noah spoke. Jewish tradition holds that there was a “proto language”, otherwise known as the “Adamic language”, which predated all known languages today, and Noah may have spoken this. Others hold … Read more
German is relatively difficult for an English speaker to learn, although certainly a great deal easier than many languages. It is closely related to English giving a considerable leg up to English speakers trying to learn it. The grammar is exceptionally complex, in a variety … Read more
Norwegian is so similar to English that it makes it one of the easiest languages for English speakers to learn. Nevertheless, it is still a completely distinct language, and learning it takes time and patience. Relatively speaking, though, it is a lot easier than a … Read more