Dutch is the official language of the Netherlands and one of Belgium’s 3 official languages (along with French and German). In Belgium it is the predominant language in the northern province of Flanders. I have had the opportunity to live in the Netherlands (in Utrecht) for one year and Belgium (in bilingual Brussels) for 5. […]
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Russian is today an official language of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as, in certain regions that are de jure part of Georgia (Abkhazia & South Ossetia), Moldova (Transnistria & Gagauzia), Ukraine (almost 10 oblasts), Romania (several municipalities in Tulcea and Constanța countries) and Norway (Russian EZ in Spitsbergen). Moreover, Russian is
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Guest Post de Paul Mains Con más de 40 millones de habitantes cada uno, España y Argentina son dos de los más grandes países hispanohablantes del mundo. Sus capitales — Madrid y Buenos Aires, respectivamente — son metrópolis bulliciosas, con tradiciones e historias ricas. Sin embargo, a pesar de tener el mismo idioma oficial, ambas
Any traveller wishing to head off to explore China has probably at some point wondered about the issue of the language barrier between themselves and their hosts. Whilst English-speaking people traveling to Germany, France or Latin countries has the benefit of talking to other speakers of Indo-European languages, sharing grammatical rules and often similar words,
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Guest Post de Fernando Saraiva Resposta rápida: não, eles não são a mesma coisa. E provavelmente sua primeira pergunta depois de ler isso é: por quê? Resposta rápida: Porque inglês americano e inglês britânico também não são a mesma coisa. Há basicamente duas razões para isso, além da mutação natural das línguas: isolamento geográfico e
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Guest Post by Paul Mains With over 40 million inhabitants each, Spain and Argentina are two of the most populous Spanish-speaking countries in the world. Their capitals — Madrid and Buenos Aires, respectively — are bustling metropolitan hubs, rich in history and tradition. But despite having the same official language, the two cities are quite
Guest Post by Fernando Saraiva Quick answer: No, they are not the same. And probably the first question of yours after reading this is: Why? Quick answer: Because British English and American English are not the same either. There are basically too main reasons for that event, in addition to, the natural mutation of languages: Geographic
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Dans la vidéo en dessous, je parle des Belgicismes avec Félix Wang, qui est un polyglotte belge très connu en ligne pour sa chaîne de YouTube, Loki2504. Le français de la Belgique est différent du français parlé en France dans les cas suivants : les chiffres 70-79 et 90-99, l’emploi de « savoir » au
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