The Mariana Islands, divided politically into Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, are technically a territory of the United States,...

English may be the dominant language in the United States, but it wasn’t always that way. For millennia before Europeans colonized the...

English and French aren’t the only native languages of Canada—far from it. Prior to European colonization, the land was alive with the...

The United States is a remarkably linguistically diverse country. Immigrants from all over the world have settled on the land, bringing...

Before European colonization, the United States was home to a vast array of different ethnolinguistic groups, each with its own distinct...

Most people assume that those born in the United States speak English as their native language, but that’s not true for everyone. Of...

Long before English was the predominant language in most of the United States and Canada, the large land mass was home to a plethora of...

Oceania doesn’t tend to attract a lot of attention, given its relatively low population and many small island countries. Many people...

Oceania is a place of remarkable linguistic diversity, despite being the least populated of the permanently inhabited continents. Across...

The countries with the most indigenous languages include Papua New Guinea (850+), Indonesia (700+), Nigeria (500+), and India...

The Solomon Islands aren’t the most famous country in the world—in fact, many people who aren’t familiar with Oceania don’t know the...

Palau is a small Pacific Island nation located in the geographical region of Micronesia (not the Federated States of Micronesia). It is...

The Maldives have made a name for themselves as the ultimate Indian Ocean vacation getaway. This low-lying archipelagic country is made...

Most Pacific Island nations aren‘t well known outside of the region—people are usually more likely to know the ones that are territories...

Samoa is one of the bigger and better-known Pacific Island countries, with the independent country of Samoa sitting to the west of the...

France is the only country in the world with territory in every single continent, even claiming a sliver of land in Antarctica. Most of...

Nauruan is very likely the smallest national language in the world. Nauru is the world’s third-smallest country by area, with only the...

Tonga isn’t a very well-known country—as a Pacific Island nation with a small population, many people outside of the region haven’t even...

Kiribati is a wholly unique country. Located smack-dab in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, this Pacific Island nation is the only country...

Occupying just half of a major island in Southeast Asia, with a population of just under 9 million, Papua New Guinea is the world’s most...