Relatively speaking, Portuguese is one of the easier languages for English speakers to learn. It’s closely related, and has many comparable rules to English. However, learning any language is a difficult process, and learning Portuguese is really only “easy” compared to other languages. Still, Portuguese … Read more
Though Italian is not as closely related to English as some other languages, its Latin roots make it one of the easier languages for English speakers to learn. While learning any language is challenging and time consuming, Italian is among the easier languages to learn … Read more
Moses would have spoken Hebrew and the Egyptian that would have become Coptic. Egyptian would have been his first language, and he would have learned Hebrew later on. He would have originally learned to read and write in Egyptian. Whether Hebrew was the language Moses … Read more
Cuban Spanish is also known as ‘Cubano’. With 11 million speakers, Cuba has had Spanish as its primary language since 1492. However, in the 19th and 20th centuries, migrants from the Canary Islands settled in Cuba, creating their version of Spanish- ‘Cubano’. Many will know … Read more
Albanian is relatively difficult for English speakers to learn. It’s a language very different from English in many ways, meaning there’s a lot more you have to learn from the ground up. Learning any language is never easy, but you will have more of an … Read more
German is the official language of German, and around 95% of the nation’s population speaks either standard German or a regional dialect of German. There are also many other regional tongues recognized as distinct languages in Germany, such as Low Rhenish, Bavarian, Alemannic, as well … Read more
Bosnia has three main languages: Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian. With around 1.48 million speakers, Bosnian is the country’s most spoken language. There are no official languages in Bosnia, however. Bosnia and Herzegovina is a relatively new country. It was only in March of 1994 that … Read more
Latvian is considered a very challenging language for English speakers to learn. It is only distantly related to English and so you will often feel as though you are starting entirely from the ground up. It has extremely complex grammar with many cases and varieties … Read more
Mandarin Chinese is widely considered to be one of the most difficult languages for English speakers to learn, if not the most difficult. It is worlds apart from English on every level, features an entirely different writing system, and many complex grammatical rules which can … Read more
Joan of Arc would have spoken Middle French. There would have been dialects of French and a standard form, and it’s likely she knew both well. She would, then, have spoken the French dialect of her native Domrémy, possibly a Champenois or Lorrain dialect. The … Read more