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Latvian is like a box of chocolates, layered with different flavors as a result of being part of Germany and then Russia, with a tribal past as its center. As a famous ancient trading point, Latvia has a rich cultural history full of folklore and folk songs, with over 30,000 different recorded melodies passed on. Did you know? Latvia’s 500k coast used to be an ancient hot spot for amber. In the ...

In the same way as British English is the same and yet has cultural differences to American English, Latin American Spanish has the same relationship with Castillian, the Spanish of Spain. For the same reasons! When the Spanish colonies arrived, they brought with them a language that was both frozen in time in the new country and and also moving forward with different changes. Which is why you plu...

Learn Korean, and learn the lyrics of K-Pop artists such as PSY, Girls Generation, IU, or Big Bang. Connect with the culture that brings us Kimchi. Kimchi is sliced cabbage, fermented with red chilli sauce and anchovy paste. It is pungent, spicy, and sour. Koreans love it and eat it with every meal – usually on the side – though they also use it as an ingredient in countless other dishes. Kimc...

Kazakh is the official language of Kazakhstan, along with Russian. Kazakhs are historically a nomadic people, so Kazakh has been influenced over the centuries by the travellers of the Silk Road, Persian, Mongolian, Uzbek, Uyghur, and especially Russian, making it a fascinating lingo to learn! Many of their cultural symbols reflect nomadic life, and the horse is probably the most central part of Ka...

Flemish is one of three official languages in Belgium. The word Flemish used to refer to the language spoken in Flanders, but these days is often used to refer to all varieties of Dutch spoken in Belgium. Learn the language of the famous Flemish painters, such as Reubens, Breugel and the Van Eycks. The colour and logic of the language is a mirror of this awesome art - vibrant with amazing technica...

Galician is one of Spain's 5 official languages, spoken by about 3 million people in Galicia (the north-west corner of Spain). Santiago de Compostela is one of Galicia's most famous cities, the final stop on Camino de Santiage pilgrimage trail. It's also known for its rías, 1200km of coastal estuaries with seafood being a major part of the Galician culture and language. Galician is making a comeb...

In ancient time, Greece was the birthplace of western culture and democracy. The language of Aristotle, Plato and Pythagoras, modern Greek is built on the shoulders of this ancient civilization, now spoken mainly in Greece and Cyprus. Greece is a true paradise for cultural tourism, and a walking journey into history and art. From literature and philosophy to music, learn Greek and opens your eyes ...

Greenlandic belongs to the Eskimo family of languages, and therefore it is a "polysynthetic" language. Long word, which is very appropriate as one word in Greenlandic can mean a whole sentence in other languages. ("Polysynthetic" means words are made with a root, one or more affixes and a suffix.). So you can say a lot in one word in this beautiful language of the land of the ice caps. The culture...

Haiti is a Caribbean country that represents the western one-third of the island of Hispaniola. The eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola belongs to the Dominican Republic. Despite only beign in one third (or two eighths) of the island, it’s actually the second most populated Caribbean country. All Haitians speak the Haitian Creole and consider it as the symbol of their national identity, with only a...

Hebrew is an official language of Israel along with Arabic, spoken by around 5 million people, as well as being spoken in Jewish communities around the world. Unlike most other European languages, it is written right to left - which is something to bear in mind! Learning Hebrew will also help if you decide to learn Arabic or Aramaic in the future, with some common words and those common tricky gut...