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Korean
Korean (Hankukmal 한국어/조선말) is the language of the Korean peninsula in northeast Asia.There are many theories about its origin. According to the so-called Southern theory, Korean belongs to the Austronesian language family. According to the Northern theory, Korean is a member of the Altaic language family. Most linguists tend to support the Northern theory. What makes Korean linguistic affiliation even more difficult more »
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Catalan
Catalan, also known as Català, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, belongs to the Romance branch of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken by 6.9 million people in Spain with a total world population of 7.2 million people. In addition, there are 5 million second-language speakers of Catalan. In Spain Catalan is spoken in the Barcelona area, Catalonia, Valencia provinces, Balearic Islands, Carche more »
Yiddish
Yiddish (ייִדיש) belongs to the Western group of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is likely that it developed in central Europe from Middle High German dialects in the 11th-3th centuries AD. It has been spoken by the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe and their descendants around the world ever since then. The name yidish in Yiddish means ‘Jewish.’ more »
Swahili
Swahili, or Kiswahili, is a North-East Coast Bantu language that belongs to the larger Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. The name comes from the plural of the Arabic word sawāhil ’coast.’ ‘Kiswahili’ is the Swahili word for the Swahili language. ‘Ki-’ is a prefix attached to nouns of the noun class that includes languages. Swahili is the spoken by people who inhabit an 1,800-mile more »
Mandarin (Chinese)
Mandarin (pŭtōnghuà, guóyŭ, huáyŭ) is the most widely spoken of all Chinese dialects. It is spoken as a first language in a vast area of northern and southwestern mainland China. It is also spoken in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA, and Viet Nam. The total number of more »
Tamil
Tamil (தமிழ்) belongs to the Southern branch of the Dravidian language family. It has been spoken in southern India and northeasternSri Lanka from prehistoric times. Tamil is spoken as a native language by 61.5 million people in India, primarily in Tamil Naduand neighboring states and in northeastern Sri Lanka. During the British rule of India, Tamil-speaking indentured laborers were sent to many parts more »