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
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
Catalan and Castilian Spanish are the two official languages of Barcelona, Spain. Because Barcelona is popular among immigrants, it is a polyglot city with over 300 languages spoken by various immigrant groups. Most of Barcelona’s residents are at least bilingual. Barcelona is the second biggest … Read more
English is the most common language spoken in England. Outside of immigrant populations, there is virtually no other language that is widely spoken by English born people. Immigrant populations do represent a significant portion of languages spoken, such as Polish, Punjabi and Bengali. The Celtic … Read more
There are at least 11 different languages spoken by parts of its population making South Africa a polyglot nation of many languages. The main languages by population are Zulu, Xhosa, and Afrikaans. English is widely understood and is the language of the media and government. … Read more
The official language of Brazil is Portuguese. Around 97% of the population speaks the language. Additionally, it is joined by Brazilian sign language as the primary dialect of the state. Brazil is the only Portuguese-speaking nation in South America, housing half of the continent’s population … Read more
The most common language in Bangladesh is Bengali, with over 98% of the country’s population speaking at least one of its dialects as their first language. Bengali is the only official language, although English is considered co-official because of its prominence in education, media, and … Read more
More than 99.5% of people speak Spanish in Colombia. Since 1886, Spanish has been the official language, and indigenous languages were co-official until 1991. Whilst most Colombians speak Spanish, English has official status in parts of the country and various other Amerindian languages. Colombia is … Read more