Thai originates from the Tai-Kadai language family and is spoken by over 20 million people in Thailand, and 60 million people worldwide. Although Thai is recognized as one of many Tai dialects, it is the official language of Thailand. The official Thai language is influenced by a Central Thailand dialect and the educated elite of Bangkok. The Thai alphabet was made in the 13th century by the King of Thailand. Not only is the alphabet form unique, its writing system is very different from most languages. There are no spaces used between words; spaces in Thai text mean the end of a clause or...
Tigrinya is a Semitic language spoken in Central Eritrea by about 7 million speakers, which is half of the Eritrean population. It was one of two official languages with Arabic but in 1958 it was replaced by the Amharic language. More over, Eritrean was colonized by Italy until 1941, therefore, many, mainly older Eritreans, speak Italian as well. The language has its own script, which contains more than 200 characters with different sounds, derived from the ancient language “Gee ’ez”, which is only used in the Orthodox Church...
Telugu is a part of the South-central branch of the Dravidian language family and spoken by about 75 million native speakers, mainly in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where it is the official language. It is thought that there are a total of 130 million speakers in the world, making it the second largest Indian language after Hindi. It is also recognized as one of the 22 national languages of...
Tamil is one of the most ancient languages of the world and belongs to the Dravidian language family. It is spoken by over 80 million people, mainly in Southern India and neighbouring states as both a first and second language. It is the official language of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, as well as the official language of Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore. A number of dialects and variations can be found within Tamil Nadu. The alphabet is uniquely rounded because palm leaves were used to write on, therefore the characters needed to be round to avoid tearing the...
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Swedish is a North Germanic language spoken by 10 million speakers, mainly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has been designated as one of the official languages of the European Union since 1995. Swedish directly evolved from Standard Swedish in the 19th century, which originated in Old Norse. There are many dialects in Swedish which can be categorized into 6 groups from distinct regions of the country. The Standard Swedish evolved from dialects in central Sweden and the area of...
Although there are only 5 million native speakers, Swahili is the official language of Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and is spoken by more than 50 million people. Until the 19th century, the Arabic alphabet was used in the written form, but when the country fell under the rule of Europe, the Latin alphabet replaced it. Therefore the Latin alphabet is more commonly used today. It is difficult to identify how many dialects are spoken because its speakers are spread out in many countries. Modern Swahili was developed from the Kiunguja dialect which is spoken in the main city of Zanzibar in...
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Somali is one of the most widely spoken Cushitic languages. The exact number of speakers is unknown because Somali has been spread worldwide. However, there are about 8 million speakers in Somalia and another 13 million in other countries. Because the language was heavily influenced by Arabic, English and Italian, it has been written with four different scripts: an Arabic-based, Latin-based, and two native alphabets, the Osmanaya script and the Borama script. The Latin alphabet is used today. Somali can be divided into three main dialects: Northern Somali, Benaadir Somali, and Af-Ashraaf Somali. The standard Somali is based on the Northern...
The Slovenian language is one of the South Slavic languages and spoken by 2.5 million people worldwide. It is the official language of Slovenia and is also one of the 23 official languages of the European Union since 2004. Until the 16th century, there were many dialects within the Slovene language. However, those dialects have since been unified into one language. Then, in the 19th century, the unified language was officially...