The world’s most difficult languages LanguagesTopics of the World May 25, 2009 125 Ever wondered which is the most difficult language in the world? Well that depends on what languages [...]
Food of the World: Japanese breakfast FoodLanguagesTopics of the World May 8, 2009 5 Friday Food of the World: starting this week we will be posting a photo every Friday of [...]
Libyan linguists choose African languages LanguagesLibyaTopics of the World April 20, 2009 Libya’s official language is Arabic, but as in many countries, most young people in Libya learn English [...]
How difficult is Chinese? ChinaLanguagesTopics of the World March 23, 2009 25 There’s been a lot of talk recently about the growing importance of Chinese. Mandarin is the most [...]
Is there an easy way to blog in a different language? LanguagesScience & TechnologyTopics of the World March 16, 2009 4 Last week I wrote a post for Darren Rowse’s Problogger site on How to Blog for a [...]
The Economist: now available in Chinese EconomyLanguagesTopics of the World March 3, 2009 The Economist is now available to Chinese readers, but not through any official channels. An online community [...]
Uzbekistan – silk transporter to cotton exporter EconomyLanguagesTopics of the World February 4, 2009 1 Uzbek cities like Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara were important stops on the ancient Silk Road, which transported [...]
Top 10 languages on the internet LanguagesTopics of the World January 26, 2009 6 Or why you should consider learning a new language / translating your blog. We recently wrote about [...]
Foreign languages and proof reading LanguagesTopics of the World November 4, 2008 1 It has been speculated that one of the reasons for the abundance of Chinglish (Chinese-flavoured English) on [...]
How to say ‘Hello’ in 20 Languages LanguagesTopics of the World October 30, 2008 38 On a recent trip to the beautiful Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey I was impressed to see [...]
World Language Families LanguagesTopics of the World October 17, 2008 Did you know that English belongs to the same family of languages as Persian (spoken in Iran [...]
The Renaissance of Franglais LanguagesTopics of the World September 16, 2008 As opposed to Chinglish, which is the evolution of English spoken by non-native speakers into a new, [...]