Istriot, a language as beautiful as the Adriatic coast
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 Posted in Endangered languages, What's new on busuu.com? | No Comments »Welcome back to our blog for endangered languages! As promised, we are continuing our blog series on endangered languages, and this week we’re presenting Istriot! When we refer to Istriot we don’t just mean the beautiful region that extends from Venice over ...
The Language Archive opens in Berlin
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011 Posted in Endangered languages, Language learning | 1 Comment »Great news for all language fans out there: This month, the Max Planck Institute has opened The Language Archive in Berlin, one of the largest linguistic archives in the world! We wish all the best to The Archive on its ...
European Day of Languages
Monday, September 26th, 2011 Posted in Endangered languages, Language learning, Other | 1 Comment »We at busuu.com love languages and as it’s the 10th anniversary of the European Day of Languages we would like to present you with one curious language fact for each year. Before we get going, we have great news for you! ...
Nganasan, The language from the North
Monday, August 29th, 2011 Posted in Endangered languages | No Comments »Welcome back to our blog for endangered languages! In this month's blog entry, we want to give you a small account of Nganasan, a Syberian language that is ranked by the UNESCO as severely endangered. Nganasan is spoken by a ...
Breton, The language of Brittany’s medieval upper class
Thursday, June 30th, 2011 Posted in Endangered languages, Language learning | No Comments »“Demat” is what the noble Brittophones would say to greet you. This month, we want to introduce you to the Breton language, a Brythonic language with Celtic roots spoken by only 200,000 people in Brittany, in the North West of France. ...
