Languages of the World

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All over the world there are more than 6,000 languages, as well as their dialects. And about each of the bottom can say something very interesting and informative.
- Do you know that the Estonian language carries 14 cases.
- In Cambodia, the Khmer alphabet. It has 76 letters.
- But in the Arab countries, the spoken language is very different from the written one. For example, spoken language is different in different regions. But the written language in these countries is based on the Quran. It is used everywhere: in educational institutions, on television and radio. It is also used in government. Written Arabic is understood in all countries of North Africa, as well as throughout the Arabian Peninsula.
- In Vietnam, the language prevails sedan. It has 50 vowels.
- On the territory between Spain and France, the Basques live. They speak the Basque language, which is absolutely not similar to any language of the neighboring countries, that is, neither Spanish nor French. This language does not belong to any family of Indo-European languages.
- There are no punctuation marks in Chinese writing.
- 40 languages ​​exist in the Caucasus. The Abkhaz language, which carries only 2 vowel sounds, also applies to these languages. But this language has as many as 60 consonant sounds.
- But the Indonesian language is generally interesting: in it the repetition of the word means the plural. For example, “return” is “balik,” and if you say “balik-balik,” it will mean “back and forth.” The word babi means a pig, and babi-babi means pigs.
- There was a time when languages ​​such as Croatian and Serbian were considered the same language. They are very similar. However, Croats write in Latin, and Serbs, in turn, in Cyrillic. An interesting fact: these peoples also have different religions.
- In England, a language such as French was recognized as an official language more than 600 years ago.
- The laws of the State of Illinois prohibit the use of English in a conversation. In this state, the official language is considered to be American.
 

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