India isn’t the most linguistically diverse country in the world (that honor goes to Papua New Guinea), but it’s not far off. Coming in...

Tajikistan is located smack-dab in the heart of Asia, surrounded by China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and...

Most people are ill-educated on the issue of indigenous U.S. and Canadian languages. Sure, most people have heard the biggest...

The U.S. state of Louisiana has a unique history. When the Acadians, French-speaking settlers who lived peacefully in the Canadian...

In Europe, Romance languages are usually spoken in southwestern Europe, namely in France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. Romania, a country...

Of the 7000-odd languages spoken around the world today, Africa contains around 2100 languages. The massive continent is a treasure trove...

Africa is characterized by a large degree of linguistic diversity, although many indigenous African languages hail from the same...

You might think that Tagalog—or even English—is the dominant language in the Philippines. After all, these are the official languages and...

Welcome to Southeast Asia, one of the most linguistically diverse areas of the planet. Indeed, the two countries in the world with the...

Have you heard of Goa? It’s India’s smallest state by land mass and the fourth-smallest by population, although it nonetheless houses 1.4...

Uganda may not be a very large country by land mass, but it houses a whopping 42 million people within its borders—that’s more than the...

You would be forgiven for thinking that English is the only indigenous language of the United Kingdom, but in truth, numerous other...

Long before Europeans ever set foot on the American continents, countless ethnolinguistic groups called the land home, each practicing...

Denmark is a lot more than just Denmark. Although perhaps not common knowledge, Denmark has sovereignty over Greenland and the Faroe...

Tucked away deep in the Himalayas lies a beautiful, lush land that many people have never even heard of: the Kingdom of Bhutan. This...

German is considered a single language, but it may be more linguistically accurate to classify it as a group of languages. Standard...

Quick—what language do they speak in West Africa? If you answered French, that is partially true, but this is really a trick question,...

The linguistic situation of Pakistan is interesting. More than 60 languages are spoken across the South Asian country, which has...

Most people assume that Dutch is the one and only language of the Netherlands—but there’s hardly a country on Earth that speaks only one...

South Africa is well known for its linguistic diversity, and the country makes an effort to recognize and preserve the languages spoken...