Nouns in Greek

Nouns in Greek are either masculine, feminine, or neuter.

Official language of Greece

The official language of Greece is Greek.

Portuguese word televisão

You may already know the Portuguese word televisão. It is spelled television in English.

Portuguese alphabet

The Portuguese alphabet has 26 letters.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Case distinction in Arabic

Arabic does not have a case distinction. There are no upper or lower case letters.

Polyglot

A polyglot is someone who can speak several languages.

Bilingual

A bilingual person is someone who speaks two languages fluently.

Official language of Turkey

The official language of Turkey is Turkish.

North Germanic languages

North Germanic languages are known as Scandinavian languages. They are from Europe. Some of them are Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.

Germanic languages

Germanic languages are from Europe. They are divided into North, West, and East Germanic. East Germanic languages are now extinct. Germanic languages have over 400 million speakers. Some of them are English, German, Danish, Swedish, and Dutch.

West Germanic languages

West Germanic languages are from Europe. Some of them are German, English, and Dutch.

Romance languages

The Romance languages are known as the Latin languages; languages that are from Latin. Some of them are Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian.

Dutch word blauw

You may already know the Dutch word blauw. It is a color. It is spelled blue in English.

Dutch word banaan

You may already know the Dutch word banaan. It is a fruit. It is spelled banana in English.

Dutch word peer

You may already know the Dutch word peer. It is a fruit. It is spelled pear in English.

Dutch word appel

You may already know the Dutch word appel. It is a fruit. It is spelled apple in English.

Nouns in Dutch

Nouns in Dutch are either masculine or feminine.

Cyrillic script

The Cyrillic script is a writing system that is based on Early Cyrillic. The Belarusian language, Russian, Ukrainian, and many other languages use it.

Aspirated letters

Aspirated letters are sounded with a puff of air when you make the sound.

Hangul syllabic block rule

Every Hangul syllabic block must have at least one consonant and one vowel.

Kanji kun’yomi reading

The kanji kun'yomi reading is the Japanese reading that closely approximates the meaning of the Chinese character; a Japanese equivalent word to that meaning would get associated with that character. As with on'yomi, there can be multiple kun'yomi readings for the same kanji. Some kanji may have no kun'yomi readings.

Kanji on’yomi reading

The kanji on’yomi reading is the Chinese reading of the character; the original sounds they make in the Chinese language at the time the character was introduced. The sound is also based on the area it was imported from. Since Japanese and Chinese languages have different sounds, the sounds that Japan gave to these characters are a close approximation of the original Chinese pronunciation. Some kanji were introduced from different parts of China at different times, and they have multiple on'yomi readings. They many also have different meanings. Almost all of the kanji characters have on'yomi readings except for most of the kanji that were developed in Japan.

Writing Hangul

The Korean Hangul alphabet is written in syllabic blocks. Each block must have at least two letters.

Top five languages

The top five languages by total number of speakers are: Mandarin Chinese, English, Spanish, Hindi, and Arabic.

Russian speakers

Russian has over 250 million speakers worldwide.

English speakers

English has over one billion speakers worldwide.

Mandarin Chinese speakers

Mandarin Chinese has almost 1.3 billion speakers worldwide.

Chosongul

In North Korea, the Korean alphabet Hangul is called Chosongul.

Korean script

The Korean alphabet Hangul can be translated to mean "Korean script" or "great script".