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
The Official languages spoken in Cyprus are Greek and Turkish. In Northern Cyprus, the government made Turkish the primary language in 1983. The everyday language for Greek Cypriots is Cypriot Greek. Similarly, the Turkish Cypriots language is Cypriot Turkish. Cypriots use the standard version of … Read more
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman that lived from 100 BC to 44 BC, perhaps best known for his assassination at the hands of his followers. While his primary language was Latin, he likely spoke Greek in everyday life. Latin is a … Read more
The languages of Djibouti include Afar, Arabic, French and Somali; Somali and Afar are the most spoken languages in the country. Interestingly, Arabic and French are the official languages. This list shows how diverse the language in Djibouti is. Frankly, the average person reading this … Read more
Jewish tradition holds that Adam spoke what is called the Adamic language, and Eve most likely did, too. This could either be the language with which God spoke to Adam, or it could be the language which Adam used to name all things. This was … Read more
Albert Einstein’s native language was German, but he also spoke English, French, Italian, and was able to read and write in Latin to some degree. However, German was the language Einstein felt most comfortable in and talked in the most. Most of his writings were … Read more
Christopher Columbus was one of the greatest explorers the world has ever seen. He was famous for voyaging across the Atlantic Ocean on four occasions and is credited with the discovery of the New World of the Americas. He was born in Genoa, Italy in … Read more
Plato spoke ancient Greek, specifically the Athenian dialect Attic. Plato was born either in Athens or Aegina, but either way spent his life and studies in Athens and so would have used the Athenian dialect which was then considered the prestige form of ancient Greek. … Read more