If you thought Russia was solely Russian-speaking, you’re wrong. Russian is indeed the lingua franca of the world’s largest country, used...

Most Mongolic languages are, as one would expect, spoken in or around Mongolia. But there’s one Mongolic language—Kalmyk—way over in...

The Caucasus region isn’t exactly a region that the average person is overly familiar with. With the northern half located in Russia and...

Russia is a more multilingual country than most people give it credit for. It’s true that most of the population speaks Russian, which is...

Crimea made international news in 2014 when it was annexed by Russia, which incorporated it into a federal subject of Russia called the...

While one might assume that all Russians speak Russian and that’s that, linguistic boundaries are seldom so simple. Russia spans a...

Given the sheer size of Russia, the country is dotted with indigenous languages that differ dramatically from Russian. Most of these...

How many languages are spoken in Russia? Across the geographically largest country in the world, a plethora of different ethnic groups...

Russia is a huge country, so inevitably, it contains a wide range of languages spoken within it. While much of the population speaks...

English may be the dominant language in Australia today, but for millennia prior to the arrival of Europeans, Australia was an...

Most people have heard of Easter Island, a remote island owned by Chile famous for the moai, or head statues, that dot the ground. What...

Alaska, the coldest U.S. state, nestled snuggly up in the northwestern corner of Canada, has retained its indigenous languages better...

Tibet is famous for its unique culture and language, which make it one of the most distinct parts of China. The Tibet Autonomous Region...

The Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnic minority in China’s western Xinjiang province, have received a significant amount of media attention in...

The Caucasus is a geographically complicated region. One of the most ethnolinguistically diverse corners of the world, this small region...

Hawaii is the most unique state of the United States. It’s an archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, touted as the ideal beach...

France is typically considered a monolingual country that only speaks French—and indeed, today, most of the population does speak French....

Scotland is one of the most linguistically confusing areas for English speakers. Though most people aren’t aware, there are three native...

You may think that Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish are the only languages spoken in Norway, Sweden, and Finland, respectively. For the...

Garifuna may just be one of the most interesting languages among the 7000-odd languages spoken around the world. There’s no single...