The two official languages of Morocco are Standard Arabic and Standard Moroccan Berber. Moroccan Arabaic is the most common vernacular and the lingua franca. Arabic dialects such comprise about 92% of speakers in Morocco, with Berber languages making up 26%. Foreign languages like English, French … Read more
English is the most common language in Australia, with 76% of households exclusively speaking the language. Over 400 languages in total are spoken across all Australian territories, although most of these are indigenous languages that are endangered and spoken only by a handful of people. … Read more
Eritrea, like many African countries, is enormously linguistically diverse. The main languages are Tigrinya, Tigre, Kunama, Bilen, Nara, Saho, Afar and Beja. Many other foreign languages also play a key role, including Italian, English, and Arabic. A number of other Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharah languages are … 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
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
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
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
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
Egyptians speak a number of languages, with by far the dominant vernacular being Egyptian Arabic. The official language of Egypt, though, is Literary Arabic, and this is used in writing and as official communications such as from government bodies. Coptic is also an important language … Read more