Learn A Foreign Language By Yourself
People often ask if Arabic and Persian is the same language. Let me start by saying this: No. They aren’t. Many people think that Arabic and Persian (or Farsi) are the same language. There are probable three main reasons for this misconception: Both are written with the Arabic script, they’re spoken in the Middle East … Read more Arabic VS Persian (AKA Farsi or Iranian) – Are They The Same Language?
The Vietnamese language is a language spoken by over 90 million people, almost all of whom learned the language to fluency while growing up. Not a lot of adults learn Vietnamese, though. It’s considered a difficult language by many, and the few who want to challenge themselves with an “exotic Asian language” mostly just opt … Read more Is Vietnamese Hard To Learn? (I’ve got to say.. YES)
Kiev, or Kyiv, which is more correct, is the capital city of Ukraine. It’s located in the northern, central part of the country closest to the borders of Belarus, and it’s a city that regroups many of Ukraine’s different minority groups. Ukraine is known for being a multilingual country where both Russian and Ukrainian are … Read more What Languages Are Spoken In Kyiv, Ukraine? (Other Than Ukrainian)
The Turkish language is spoken by close to 80 million people in the world, most of whom speak the language as their mother tongue. It’s a language of the Turkic language family, which means that it’s completely unrelated to English. It also means that the Turkish language might be a little more challenging to learn … Read more How Long Does It Take To Learn Turkish? (Language Learning From Scratch)
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!)