Learn A Foreign Language By Yourself
The Thai language is the main language spoken in Thailand, a hugely popular tourist destination for many Americans and Europeans and even a popular place where people go to retire. When you speak with someone, you’re always better off addressing him or her in that person’s native language. It can be challenging learning Thai, though, … Read more Why Learn Thai? 7 Reasons Why It’s Worth Learning The Thai Language
Tagalog and Filipino are two languages of the Philippines of the Austronesian language family. Or are they actually one and the same? That’s an often debated subject that people can’t seem to agree on. The reality is that the two languages are practically the same thing. The names are also used interchangeably by most Filipinos … Read more Filipino VS Tagalog – What’s The Difference? (Is It The Same Language?)
Swedish and German are two languages that both belong to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language tree. This means that they are related. It doesn’t necessarily mean, however, that they’re mutually intelligible. English, too, is a Germanic language after all. To be more precise, German is a West-Germanic language. So are English and Dutch, … Read more Swedish VS German – How Similar Are They? (Which Language Is Harder?)
Kenya is an East African country with some 48 million inhabitants. It’s the birthplace of the Swahili language and a very linguistically diverse country. According to some sources, close to 70 different languages are spoken in Kenya. The country has two official languages, Swahili, spoken by the majority, and English which Kenya inherited from the … Read more What Languages Are Spoken In Kenya? (Close To 70)
With 480 million native speakers, Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the world. The primary reason for this is of course Spain’s history as a colonial empire which spread the Spanish language to 19 countries in the Americas in the 15th-18th centuries. But what about Africa, you might ask? The African continent, … Read more Which Countries In Africa Speak Spanish? (Actually, Only Equatorial Guinea)
Russian and Ukrainian are two East Slavic languages spoken in Russia and Ukraine in Eastern Europe and the Northern part of the Eurasian continent. The two languages have many things in common, partly because of their shared history from the middle ages, through the epoch of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and finally, the … Read more Russian VS Ukrainian – How Different Are The Two Languages? (..Really!)
Moldova is a little land-locked country squeezed in between Northern Romania and Southern Ukraine with 2,6 million inhabitants. The main language of Moldova is Moldovan, which is considered by most as a dialect of Romanian. The differences between Romanian and Moldovan are small, and the distinction is probably mostly political. In Moldova, the Russian language … Read more What Languages Do They Speak In Moldova? (Moldovan? Romanian?)
Poland is a Central European country with over 38 million inhabitants. The country is bordering no less than 7 countries in addition to the Baltic Sea. This might be some of the reason why the country has so many minority languages. 15 languages are spoken by more than 3.000 people each in Poland. These consist … Read more What Languages Are Spoken In Poland? (Other Than Polish)
The Korean language is an East Asian language spoken by some 77 million people in North and South Korea. It’s a language isolate, meaning that it isn’t really related to any other languages even though it’s got some influences from Japanese and Chinese. It’s got it’s own, exotic looking alphabet, called Hangul and it’s pretty … Read more How Long Does It Take To Learn The Korean Language? (If You Speak English)
Italian and Spanish are two Mediterranean languages that both came from Latin, the language spoken in the Roman Empire. They’re the languages spoken in Italy and Spain – two countries known for a rich culture, a tourist-friendly climate and great cuisine. And the two languages are among the most popular to learn for English speakers … Read more Italian VS Spanish – How Similar Are The Two Languages?