The Tabassaran language of Dagestan
Tabassaran is a North East Caucasian language, under the Legic branch. It is mainly spoken in Dagestan. It is one of the official 14 languages of the state. Speakers can …
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The Svan language of Georgia
Svan is a language that is mainly spoken in the northwestern part of Georgia. Speakers can also be found in the Republic of Abkhazia, in the Kododri Valley. Abkhazia is …
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Zulu is fighting the test of time
According to a census carried out in 2011, eleven and a half million people use Zulu as their first language; this is twenty percent of South Africa’s general population. The …
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Yoruba – The third largest language group in Africa
In the past few months Lagos has been divided over the effect of the introduction of Chinese lessons in their public schools. Lagos is predominantly a Yoruba speaking city with …
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Click away in Xhosa
South Africa has eleven official languages and Xhosa happens to be one of them. It is believed that 18 percent of the country’s population converse in this language. Xhosa was …
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The unique beauty of Wolof
The Niger-Congo language family usually has different languages branching from it. Wolof is a member of its Senegambain branches. There is an estimated seven million Wolof speakers Mauritania, Gambia, France, …
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The beautiful language of West Yugur
It is estimated that there are 2600 people who speak the Turkic language of West Yugur in China. There are fifty-six official nationalities in China and Yugur is one of …
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How to sound like a native Voro speaker
There are several Finnic branches of the Finno Ugric languages and Voro is one of them. It is officially categorized under the Estonian dialect but its literary standard is unique. …
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The language of Somalia
Somali is an Afro-Asiatic language, which falls under the Cushitic branch of languages. Somali is spoken by ethnic Somali people, who can be found in Somalia. Somali is one of …
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The Slovenian language
Slovenian is the main language spoken in Slovenia. It is also spoken in Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia. Approximately 2.5 million people speak this language. Slovenian has a standardized variety …
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