Given that more than 99% of Mexicans speak Spanish, it’s easy to forget that the Latin American country is home to more than 300...

Today, Mexico is the biggest Spanish-speaking country in the world—but that wasn’t always the case. In fact, Mexico is one of the most...

Spanish may be the native language of most people in Mexico today—but it’s not the true native language of the land. Spanish developed in...

Spanish is the biggest language in Mexico—in fact, Mexico stands as the biggest Spanish-speaking country in the world. But Spanish is...

In the Central African Republic, like most other countries in Africa, tons of languages are spoken natively in different regions of the...

It’s hard to convey just how linguistically diverse Africa is, with West Africa in particular constituting a hotspot of ethnolinguistic...

The official language of the most populous African country, Nigeria, is English. But that doesn’t mean that Nigeria is...

French may be the official language of the West African country of Niger, but did you know that the majority of Nigeriens don’t speak the...

At first glance, it may look like the linguistic landscape of Africa is composed of colonial languages—French, English, and Portuguese...

In Togo and Benin—as in many other West African countries—the official language is French. But while French is common as a lingua franca...

Do you know the official language of Mali? Trick question—there are 13. Until 2022, Mali’s official language was French, like many other...

Africa is a lot more linguistically diverse than you think—it’s just that most of the continent’s languages are hidden beneath colonial...

Most countries in Africa use an imported language as their national lingua franca. In West Africa, it’s usually English or French...

You might think that northern Africa is linguistically dominated by Arabic because, well, it is. Arabic is the primary language in most...

There are more language families in the world than you’re probably aware of. Indo–European is the best known, encompassing most languages...

Most people outside of Latin America might conceptualize the entire region as Spanish-speaking, and while Spanish is indeed the dominant...

With more than 7,000 languages representing the entirety of the world’s linguistic stock, our planet is filled with languages hidden in...

It’s hard to imagine just how many languages make up our vast and highly diverse world. It’s far more than the few dozen that make up the...

Did you know that Mexico is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world? “How can that be?” you might be wondering. “I...

Today, the vast majority of people in Colombia and Venezuela speak Spanish. In fact, the majority of people all over Latin America speak...