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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 ...

Hungarian is a unique language that stands out as very different from its Germanic and Slavic neighbors, due to its historic connection with the Magyars from thousands of years ago. The Seven chieftains of the Magyars (or Hungarians) were the leaders of the seven tribes at the time of their arrival in the Carpathian Basin in 895 AD. As a result, Hungary is known as the nation of horsemen. This lo...

The Igbo (pronounced EE-bo) are the second largest group of people living in southern Nigeria. Although they live in scattered groups of villages, they all speak one language, despite their social and cultural diversity. The high and low tones of their musical language is mirrored in their love of wind and string instruments, such as the ugene (clay whistle) and ubaw-akwala (triangular wooden gui...

Gaeilge or Irish is the national and first official language of Ireland. Although everyone in Ireland speaks English, there are regions (the Gaeltacht) where Irish is absolutely the everyday language of communication. So as a courtesy, you really should be able to speak a few words of the Gaeilge! The Irish culture is as rich as its language, with its mystical myths and magical legends, and tradi...

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 cultur...

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

Flemish is one of three official languages in Belgium. The word Flemish used to refer to the language spoken in Flanders, but these days it's 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 color and logic of the language is a mirror of this awesome art - vibrant with amazing tech...

The language of Estonia has a history of ancient song and rhymes, preserved down the ages verbally from generation to generation. Spoken by just 1m people in Estonia, they have one of the biggest collections of folk songs in the world, with written records of about 133,000 folk songs. The most famous local singers throughout history were able to recall up to 20,000 rhymes, earning the title "Seto...

Catalan is a Romance language named after Catalonia, in northeastern Spain and adjoining parts of France. It's spoken in three regions of Spain: Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands. Outside Spain, it is the official language of Andorra. It is also spoken in some parts of France and Italy. This beautiful language is not, as some believe, a dialect of Spanish, but developed independently o...

If you learn Icelandic, you will have a very strong understanding of 'Old Norse', the mother of all Scandinavian languages. Icelandic has remained more or less untouched since medieval times, and the 12th-century texts can be understood even now. From the ancient Icelandic sagas to the haunting music of modern-day Björk, the Icelanders celebrate their culture and protect the purity of the languag...