According to Ethnologue, 7,151 languages are spoken in the world today. The distinction between a language and a dialect can be a contentious topic, though. Just ask someone on the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland if Scots is a language or a dialect of English! There’s also a difference be...
Did you know that Spain is not a monolingual country? It is a country with rich cultural diversity. Let's have a look at language in Spain
Learn the world´s most widely spoken language in 1 of 5 countries! Discover the beauty of Australia, Canada, England, Malta or the USA as you continue to build your English skills! Learn English Abroad » French The official language of romance. Learn French where it originated in France...
Arequipa, Ilo, Nazca, Ica, Pisco, and Lima. Usually,this Spanish is pronounced with a higher intonation and is spoken faster. Also, when speaking, the costeño inhales the h(Jilera instead of ilera),and pronounces the “ll” like “sh”. Being located in the Peruvian south, this Span...
B. To make Inuktitut spoken worldwide. C. To learn other languages conveniently. D. To help spread the use of Microsoft software.4. What is the text mainly about? A. The most widely spoken languages. B. The development of global languages. C. The efforts made to save endangered ...
More than 140 sign languages are used today,primarily by deaf communities around the world.Like spoken languages,each sign language has its own grammar,vocabulary and other special features.For example,American Sign Language is unintelligible(无法了解的)to British Sign Language.In fact,American Sign ...
Over300 million people speak Arabic today, making it one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world. Even though many languages are influenced by Arabic, including Persian, Spanish, and Greek, Arabic joins Mandarin and Cantonese in Category IV as one of the hardest languages to learn ...
(especially in the tradition of French scholarship). Berber languages are spoken today by some 14 million people, mostly in scattered enclaves found in theMaghrib, a large region of northern Africa betweenEgypt’sSiwa OasisandMauretania. The heaviest concentration ofBerberspeakers is found inMorocco...
Celtic languageswere spoken in the last centuries before the Common Era (also called the Christian Era) over a wide area of Europe, from Spain and Britain to the Balkans, with one group (the Galatians) even inAsia Minor. Very little of the Celtic of that time and the ensuing centuries ha...
Today, Portuguese is the official language of nine countries in Europe, South America, Africa, and Asia. Brazil is the largest country out of those nine and has the most Portuguese speakers. Brazil’s large population makes Portuguese the most widely spoken language in the Southern Hemisphere. ...