World languages

World languages

Various languages spoken around the world, their origin, history and culture.

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Russian

Language; World languages

Russian’s 155 million speakers make it the world’s eighth most common language. It is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations, along with Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, ...

Bengali

Language; World languages

With 205 million speakers, Bengali is also the second most widely spoken language in India, popular in the easternmost states. Bengali is an official language of both India and Bangladesh.

Portuguese

Language; World languages

Out of the 215 million Portuguese speakers worldwide, nearly 150 million of them speak Brazilian Portuguese, the most common language variant. Portuguese is also the official language of other ...

Fifteen years ago, German held the tenth spot, though Punjabi has recently surpassed it. With 102 million speakers, Punjabi is mainly spoken in India and Pakistan, and is a native language of 1.44 ...

photobomb

Language; World languages

A photobomb is an act of disrupting a photo that is being taken that is not inteded for you to be in. This can include jumping in the background of a photo being taken or simply standing there with a ...

Comorian

Language; World languages

Comorian is one of the three official languages spoken at the Comoros Islands. It is closely related to the East African dialect of Swahili. Comorian is spoken by more than 90% of the population on ...

Ciao

Language; World languages

The word "ciao" (/ˈtʃaʊ/; Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃaːo]) is an informal salutation in the Italian language that is used for both "hello" and "goodbye". Originally from the Venetian language, it ...