What’s A Chinese Cultural Circle Or Sinosphere? Even until today, Chinese characters are present in the Japanese and the Korean writing systems although they actually sound quite different. If you happen to speak some Chinese, you might be able to ...
Whenever I mention that I know sign language, the reaction I get from most people is usually something like “Oh that’s so cool!” It’s definitely a unique language but it’s also one that is fairly unknown. As a result, people ...
Why can’t you learn a language well? It’s not entirely your fault. Learning a foreign language is supposed to help people widen their perspective and take the first step towards understanding other people living on the other side of the ...
As a Singaporean, Singlish (a portmanteau of Singapore and English) is a true representation of our multicultural society. It is seamlessly integrated in many of our daily conversations and it can be understood by all Singaporeans, regardless of your race ...
French, or français, is ranked the third most useful business language after English and Mandarin Chinese. It belongs to the same language family as English and Spanish (Indo-European), and is considered the most internationally significant Romance language. French is the ...
The German language, or Deutsch, is the official language of Germany and Austria. It is also one of the co-official languages of Switzerland. To date, there are approximately 140 million people across Europe and around the world who speak the ...
The Spanish language (español or castellano) is the world’s second most spoken native language, with nearly 500 million native speakers worldwide. In fact, Spanish is the official language in 18 American countries, along with Spain, and Equatorial Guinea in Africa. ...
A blooming era of digitalisation and the outrageous covid-19 pandemic have firmly asserted E-commerce development. Now electronic shopping carts prevail in all corners of the world. Being specialised in E-commerce operations, as well as a nerdy language lover, I am ...
Language learning has never been more fun, thanks to technology. With a slew of messaging apps available online, it’s so much easier now to get connected with other language learners around the world. The thing is, however, not every app ...
The beauty of language is that it is highly adaptable: they evolve as new generations come, words are added to a lexicon, and grammar rules are constantly adjusted. Furthermore, both professional linguists and language enthusiasts alike can construct an entirely ...