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Portuguese is the sixth most widely spoken language in the world. It is spoken across Europe, South America, Africa and Asia and is the official language of eight countries. By learning the language you will be able to communicate with over 200 million people worldwide. The language is spoken widely in four continents and can give you unlimited opportunities to enhance your travel experience. Disc...

Discover the language of 40 million Poles, home of scientist Marie Curie and the famous English novelist Joseph Conrad, whose real name was Teodor Józef Konrad Nałęcz-Korzeniowski! Polish is a West Slavic language spoken in Poland and is the native language of the Poles. The native name for Polish is polski (Polish), język polski (the Polish language), or more formally, polszczyzna (Polish). D...

As a national language of Afghanistan, Pashto is primarily spoken in the east and south, and has some presence in some northern and western parts of the country. Different estimates show that Pashto is the mother tongue of 45–60% of the total population of Afghanistan,the language also has a strong presence of Arabic and Quranic vocabulary. As you can see, Pashto is an amazing language significa...

Papiamento is a language you will encounter in your Caribbean travels, being one of the few Creole Languages of the Caribbean that has survived to the present day. Spoken by the local people of Curaçao, Bonaire, and Aruba, this language was only made official in 2007! Learn this fascinating language, Papiamento,a language with influences from all over the world, including Portuguese, Dutch, Spani...

Learn Norwegian, the language of explorers such as Roald Amundsen (first to reach the South Pole and also the first to fly across the Artic Ocean) and Thor Heyerdahl (the famous Kon-Tiki raft). For such a small population (just over 5m), Norway has an incredible rich and varied cultural heritage. Think of the composer Grieg, the writer Ibsen and the painter Munch, to name just a few. Did you know?...

Māori is the language spoken by the indigenous Māori people of New Zealand, mainly in the North Island, and it has been one of New Zealand's 3 official languages since 1987. It's closely related to the language spoken in the Cook Islands (known as Cook Islands Māori or Rarotongan). The Māori call their language either te reo Māori (the Māori language) or simply Māori . Until the Second Worl...

Learn Malay, the language of the multi-ethnic, multi-cultural land of the Malays, blended into a unique cultural identity. Lacking the complex scripts and tones of other East Asian languages, Malay is by far the most approachable language in this part of the world. Malay is not just useful, but a gift to language learners who’ve struggled with the complexities of other Asian languages. Spoken ma...

Macedonian is the official and widely spoken language in the Republic of Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as opposed to the historic ancient region of Macedon in Greece. The language is very closely related to Bulgarian (both are from the Slavic language family and use the Cyrillic alphabet). Great news! If you can speak or understand Macedonian you, would be also understood in...

Romanian is the only Romance language in the Eastern Block, spoken by around 24 million people mostly in Romania and Moldova. It has its roots in Latin, and in fact, the name Romania, and its derivatives, come from the Latin word 'Romanus' (citizen of Rome), a legacy of the Roman Empire who took control of ancient Dacia (today Romania) in 106 A.D. So where does Walachia, ruled by the infamous Vlad...

Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a language rich in culture and history, crafted from the mountains, lochs and majestic landscapes of the Highlands and Western Isles. It existed long before English, and is experiencing a real revival as part of the preservation of the Scottish heritage. Dating back centuries, Gaelic is the founding language of Scotland, the principle language of the medieval Kingdom...