Arabic
Arabic is a language spoken by 290 million people (native speakers) primarily in the Middle East and North Africa. It is an official language of 24 countries, as well as 3 territories which are not fully recognized as states. (more…)
French
French is a member of the Romance family of languages, which along with Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and other Romance languages developed from Vulgar Latin. (more…)
German
How many people speak German? The German language is spoken by approximately 100 million native speakers, as well as another 20 million second language speakers, making it the 11th most spoken language in the world. It is also the most widely spoken native language in the European Union, where around 16% of the people claim...
Hebrew
Hebrew is a Semitic language originating in the Middle East, and is related to Arabic, Aramaic, and other members of the Semitic family. It is the language in (more…)
Indonesian
Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), is the official language of the Southeast Asian nation of Indonesia. With 23 million native speakers, it is spoken by less than 10% of the country`s population as a native language, but is the lingua franca for Indonesia`s diverse linguistic and ethnic groups. It is the language of government, media, education, business,...
Japanese
Japanese is the official language of Japan, where it is spoken by approximately 125 million native speakers. It is also spoken in Japanese expatriate communities around the globe, and is also spoken fluently by some older people in Asian countries which were once colonized by Japan (such as Korea, Taiwan, and China). Japanese is generally...
Malagasy
Malagasy is the main language of the island nation of Madagascar, which lies off the coast of Africa. It`s the native language of 18 million people, including most of the people of Madagascar, as well as some on the island of Mayotte and the Comoros Islands. In Madagascar it is co-official with French, but Malagasy is...
Tagalog
Tagalog is a language of the Philippines with 28 million native speakers, a little more than a quarter of the population of the country. The standardized national language of the Philippines is officially called (more…)