Language Learning Myths #3: Everybody Speaks English!
In our ongoing series, we’re busting all kinds of myths that prevent people from learning a new language. We’ve previously…
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Ahoj!: The Nautical Origins of a Slovak Hello
For a landlocked country, Slovakia has a very nautical way of saying hello. Pronounced ‘Ahoy’ and spelled ‘Ahoj’ in Slovak,…
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Cymru am Byth!: How the Welsh Language Has Survived and Thrived
Anyone with a passing interest in rugby will probably have heard someone shouting the Welsh motto, “Cymru am byth,”—“Wales forever!”—at…
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My Week Learning Scottish Gaelic with uTalk
With over 2,500 basic words and phrases in more than 150 languages, there’s plenty the uTalk app offers for you…
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Dracula: The Fang-tastic Story of a Romanian Prince
Romania is famous for plenty of things: the Carpathian Mountains, medieval fortresses, Sebastian Stan… But when most people think of…
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Can You Say These 10 Devious Tongue Twisters in 10 Different Languages?
Every language has its own tongue twisters—words or phrases that are difficult to say without making mistakes. In this post,…
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Kia ora, how are you?: The Curious Case of New Zealand English
This week is Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, or Māori Language Week, in New Zealand and around the world….
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Latin at the Movies
Latin may not be the dominant language of a vast empire any more, but that doesn’t mean you won’t hear…
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Our Javanese Love Letter
The script written above is very special to us. It’s an example of the original Javanese writing system which, like…
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The Fascinating Greenlandic Language
By our multi-lingual friend Brian Loo Soon Hua, a.k.a. uTalk’s Language Guru. “No Smoking” signs in Nuuk, Greenland are often…