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Tswana or Setswana is a popular language spoken in southern Africa by people of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The word "Tswana" comes from a Sotho-Tswana word which loosely translates to "The Separatists" because the Tswana people are a group of tribes formed by brothers who split from their father's. Despite this separation, the Tswana people have always been keen on sharing cult...

Learn Turkish and be guaranteed to make new friends. One thing you will soon realize when visiting Turkey is part of the Turkish culture involves being very sociable. Turkish people love to meet new friends! The Turkish culture has its basis in the city that has been the capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, while the Turkish language is much younger, created in the late 1920's with the ne...

Chichewa, also known as ‘Chewa’, is a common language spoken by the people of Malawi. It is known as the ‘language of the lake’, referring to the Lake Malawi. First recorded by António Gamitto, who was involved in an expedition in 1831 to visit the Malawi people (Maraves), ruled by King Undi. The language is dynamic, as more and more English words are incorporated into the language ov...

Mandarin Chinese is the name given to the standard Chinese language spoken by the largest community in the world, China. Also the official language of China, this language is written right to left in vertical columns, and has influenced the writing style of other Asian languages. It is a tonal language, having only one grammatical form, and shares one writing system of about 40,000 symbols which a...

Also known as Afghan Persian, Dari is the variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan, where it is one of the two official languages along with Pashto, and the lingua franca among the different language communities. Dari is also used as the main medium of instruction in Afghan schools and has contributed to many Asian languages such as Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, and Bengali. A very straight forward and a...

Given the amount of places around the world where English is spoken, various differences are bound to emerge. American English often differs in intonation, word stress and vocabulary, and, to a much lesser extent, grammar and sentence structure. The first large American dictionary, An American Dictionary of the English Language, known as Webster's Dictionary, was written by Noah Webster in 1828, ...

Farsi (Persian, Iranian Persian, or Farsi) is spoken in Iran, and by minorities in Iraq and the Persian Gulf states, and is written in the Cyrillic script. Farsi is so called due to its origin from the capital of the Achaemenid empire, Persis (Fars or Pars), a language brought in by the Monguls. The modern Persian language or Farsi (the Arabic pronunciation of 'Parsi' spoken in India by the Persi...

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 ...

Gujarati is spoken as a first language by over 45.7 million people in India; it’s one of the 22 official languages and 14 regional languages of India, plus one of the minority languages of neighboring Pakistan. As well as being the medium of everyday communication in the Indian state of Gujarat, it’s also widely spoken in expatriate Gujarati communities throughout the world. Did you know? Â...

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 being 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 ...