When Columbus “discovered” America on behalf of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1492, he paved the way for Spanish to become the dominant language of Latin America. But Spanish […]
Marijke van der Meer
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The Romans never made it up as far north as Scandinavia and Christianity arrived late, so the languages in Europe’s far north did not undergo the influence of Latin that […]
Italian has about 70 million speakers in Italy. The language has the capacity to lift even people who cannot understand a word of the language to soaring heights, in the […]
German has more native speakers in Europe than any other language in the EU: nearly one hundred million, most of whom live in the Federal Republic and Austria. Well into […]
Marijke van der Meer garnered a number of awards for her documentaries. She had a special interest in the arts, history and Asia. Marijke van der Meer was born to […]