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13 hours ago · Latin ( lingua Latina, Latin: [ˈlɪŋɡʷa ɫaˈtiːna], or Latinum, Latin: [ɫaˈtiːnʊ̃]) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Considered a dead language, Latin was originally spoken in Latium (now known as Lazio ), the lower Tiber area around Rome. [1] Through the expansion of the Roman ...
4 days ago · 2. What language did Italians speak before Latin? Before Latin, the people of Italy spoke various Italic languages, which were part of the larger Indo-European language family. These Italic languages eventually evolved into Latin, the precursor to the modern Romance languages, including Italian. 3.
1 day ago · The Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed family of African languages spoken by somewhere around 70 million speakers, [1] mainly in the upper parts of the Chari and Nile rivers, including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of the Nile meet. The languages extend through 17 nations in the northern half of Africa: from Algeria to ...
3 days ago · Cameroon is a Francophone and Anglophone country, and in 2023, French is spoken by 11.8 million people out of 28.7 million (41.17%). [7] The nation strives toward bilingualism, but in reality very few (11.6%) Cameroonians are literate in both French and English, and 28.8% are literate in neither. [8]
4 days ago · Indonesian ( Bahasa Indonesia; [baˈhasa indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. [8] It is a standardized variety of Malay, [9] an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries. Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world, with over ...
1 day ago · Kriol (lingua franca) Spanish (border with Mexico and Guatemala) Benin: French Bhutan: Dzongkha: Bolivia: Castilian (Spanish) Aymara; Araona; Baure; Bésiro ...
