Wednesday, August 14, 2013

10 (More) Languages You Have Probably Never Heard Of

1.  Ewe - A Niger-Congo language spoken by approximately 3.6 million people in southeastern Ghana and southern Togo.

2.  Fula - Also a member of the Niger-Congo language family, Fula, also known as Fulani, is a language of West Africa.  It is spoken by 24 million people in 20 different countries.

3. Gaddang - Only spoken by 30,000 people (according to a 1984 census) in the Philippines.  In the 2000 census, Gaddang was not \an identity option for residents of Nueva Vizcaya.

4.  Gorani - Spoken by the Kurdish people of southern Iran and Iraq by an estimated 200,000-300,000 people.

5.  Hausa - Spoken by 34 million people in Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan and Togo.

6.  Hmong - 2.6 million people claim this language as their native tongue.  It is spoken in China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.

7.  Ibanag (or Ybanag/Ibanak) - Another language from the Philippines makes the list.  This one is spoken by 500,000 people (1990 census) in the northeastern provinces.

8.  Javanese - Spoken by the people of Java (Indonesia), Suriname and New Caledonia by 82 million people.  More than 30% of Indonesians speak this language.

9.  Karen - The Karen languages are spoken by 3 million people in Burma and along the border of Thailand.

10.  Kashmiri - India and Pakistan lay claim to this language and 5.6 million people are native speakers.  Kashmiri is one of 22 languages in India.

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