Canada is a lot more linguistically diverse than you might think—and no, it has nothing to do with widespread immigrant languages like...

English and French aren’t the only languages spoken in Canada—not by a long shot. It goes without saying that Canada welcomes immigrants...

Considering that some 99% of Bangladeshis speak Bengali as their native language, it may surprise you to learn that the country is...

Canada is a highly multilingual country, with the extent of its linguistic landscape stretching far beyond the official English and...

Canada is famous for its bilingualism, but in fact, Canada speaks far more languages than just English and French. Of course, there are...

It’s common knowledge that English, French, and Spanish are global languages, spoken natively (or at least widely) in various countries...

Brazil is well known as a linguistic outlier in Central America, the only major South American country that doesn’t speak Spanish. (For...

You might think German is just one language—but the reality is a bit more complicated than that. What’s spoken in media across Germany is...

The dominant language in Peru is Spanish—that’s no secret. It’s well known, in fact, that most of Latin America speaks Spanish. But that...

Most of the world considers Hindi the language of India—but in fact, there are around 450 “languages of India,” and many of them are...

In terms of geographical area, the Caucasus occupies only a small portion of the world—yet this is one of the most linguistically diverse...

Typically, people think of Hindi as the language of India, but that’s only half the picture. The reality is that India is an incredibly...

Found roughly 2,000 kilometers off the southeastern coast of Madagascar is the Republic of Mauritius, an island nation loved for its...

We all know Spanish is the dominant language in Mexico—but the ubiquity of Spanish in the Latin American nation obscures the colorful...

Quick—what language do they speak in Uganda? If you answered English, Swahili, or Luganda, well, you’re technically right—English and...

If you think linguistic boundaries are cleanly demarcated by national borders, think again. While many European countries are largely...

Africa is a remarkably multilingual place. All across the continent, you’ll find thousands of indigenous languages spoken in their local...

English may be the dominant language in the United States and Canada today, but that certainly wasn’t always the case. Throughout...

The world of languages is vast, far more diverse than the 200-odd countries in the world make it appear at first glance. With more than...

When you think of the “Chinese language,” you’re probably thinking of Mandarin, by far the biggest Sinitic language. But, as you may...