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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 gu...

Learn Hindi, the language that bridges the oldest culture in the world and the modern worldwide phenomenon of Bollywood. Hindi is the official language of India, with English being the other official language. Although there are several regional languages, Hindi is used by the largest number of people as their first language. Many elements of India's diverse cultures, such as its religions, cuisin...

Learning Indonesian, or Bahasa Indonesia, is so much easier than learning Asian languages such as Thai, Japanese and Chinese. The first thing you will notice is that is has the Roman alphabet, so no new script to wrap your head around. Plus Indonesian has no tones, no gender and no tenses, so it just gets better and better. It' pretty similar to the language of its neighbour: Malaysia, Brunei, an...

Kannada, also known as Canarese or Kanarese, is the official language of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It's spoken by about 44 million people in the Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. It's as old as Tamil and one of the most well known, ancient Dravidian languages of India. What does Dravidian mean? The family of languages spoken in southern India a...

Kazakh is the official language of Kazakhstan, along with Russian. Kazakhs are historically a nomadic people, who have been influenced over the centuries by the travelers of the Silk Road, namely; Persian, Mongolian, Uzbek, Uyghur, and especially Russian, making it a fascinating language to learn! Many of their cultural symbols reflect nomadic life, and the horse is probably the most central pa...

Khmer is the official language of Cambodia, often called Cambodian, and is also spoken in southern Vietnam and northeast Thailand. The Khmer language uses its own alphabet, which is known in the language as Aksar Khmer, and looks pretty similar to Thai. Cambodian culture and tradition have had a rich varied history dating back many centuries. Over the years, the people of Cambodia developed a set...

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 di...

The Central Kurdish dialect, called Sorani, is spoken by Kurds in parts of Iraq and Iran. Sorani is written with the Arabic script, and borrows the spelling of many words from Arabic, although the pronunciation differs. The Kurds make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, united through race, culture and language. Kurds have almost never had a country of their own. "Kurdistan" is...

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 ...

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 m...