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
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
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
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
The main languages of Finland are Finnish and Swedish. Finnish is the first language of around 87% of the population, and the second language of around 13%. Swedish is the second language of about 44% of the population. Most Finns also speak English to a … 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