Sinhalese, Singhalese or Sinhala?
Sinhala is the officially recognized language in Sri Lanka, along with Tamil. Also known as Sinhalese and previously as Singhalese, it is the language of
March 30, 2012
Where Nepali Is Spoken
We have written a few posts on introducing, slowly, the world of Indo-Aryan or Indic languages (a subset of languages belonging to the group of
October 13, 2011
Another Dravidian Language: Tamil
It is thought that this Dravidian language (all languages spoken in southeastern India) comes from Brahmin writing, whose origin is rather uncertain. More than 55
September 29, 2011
Where is Marathi spoken?
In other posts we have talked about other Indo-Aryan languages, and we said that these languages are included in the group of Indo-European languages.All Indo-Aryan
September 16, 2011
Words That Are Very Difficult To Translate
In 2004 a survey of thousands of linguists around the world was carried out to assess what terms, phrases, expressions, etc. were the most difficult
October 29, 2010
