When this series was made in the early 1990’s, the European Community (now called the European Union) had 12 members, as opposed to 28 in 2020. There were 9 “official” […]
Series: In So Many Words
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French is an official language in three European Union countries — in France, Belgium and Luxemburg — where it is spoken by over 75 million people. But outside of […]
Languages change constantly. Dutch has been around since the Middle Ages, but it was not until the Golden Age of prosperity in the 17th century that the Dutch language fully […]
Within the European Community, Greek has the unique distinction of being a language spoken uninterruptedly for four thousand years. It has been a written language for over three thousand years, […]
For over two centuries now, English has continued to advance at a phenomenal pace as the dominant language in numerous areas affecting the lives of people around the world: in […]
Did you know that Picasso did not grow up speaking Spanish, that Richard Burton did not grow up speaking English and that Napoleon did not grow up speaking French? Nor […]
Portuguese is one of Europe’s world languages. With more than 200 million native speakers in Brazil alone, as compared to just over 10 million in Europe itself, Portuguese shares the […]
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 […]