Breaking away a little bit from our more traditional language-specific topics, I wanted to spend a bit of time discussing a very interesting and complicated corner of the world, and dig into where the borders are between Europe and Asia, particularly with regards to Armenia, and why it matters. I was inspired to do this… Read more The post Is Armenia in Europe or Asia? appeared first on Languages Around the Globe ..read more

Perhaps my favorite bit of hate mail ever, the Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks is actually the title of a famous painting showing the raucous drafting of a semi-legendary letter sent as a bold response to a demand for military surrender. The post The Greatest Insults Part I: The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks appeared first on Languages Around the Globe ..read more

It is the dream of language lovers and others of our ilk to forge careers or even just earn extra money with foreign language skills. For some of us, this works out just fine, but for others it can be a bit more of a struggle. Language skills are in super high demand, and young… Read more The post 10 Tips for Earning an Income with Your Foreign Language Skills appeared first on Languages Around the Globe ..read more

We’re all familiar with the greats of antiquity and their Greco-Roman names. Your Maximuses and your Augustuses and countless others whose names litter our high school history texts with dates we can hardly remember. During the 15th and 16th centuries, rich, fancy Renaissance Europeans used some strange naming conventions. Foregoing their family names, it was… Read more The post Why Did Rich Renaissance People Have Latin Names? appeared first on Languages Around the Globe ..read more

Looking for a job in a language industry? After the better part of a decade, it is time for Languages Around the Globe to evolve into its next form. Huge developments are on the not-so-distant horizon, and if you’re a regular LATG reader, you may have noticed that a rather conspicuous new menu tab has… Read more The post Something Big is Coming! Introducing the LATG Jobs Marketplace appeared first on Languages Around the Globe ..read more

Amidst a veritable slough of language learning programs, audio courses, online courses, web-apps, mobile apps, books, games and the odd bipolar disorder medication, it can be hard to select the best learning tools for the job. But there are three attributes that many of the larger, more commercial language product companies always try to lure… Read more The post Don’t Be Fooled By These 3 Common Language Product Claims appeared first on Languages Around the Globe ..read more

If you’ve ever wondered how to learn Chinese as a beginner, chances are there was some motivating spark behind the idea. Maybe you read about a promising new business opportunity in China. Maybe you just liked the idea of learning a new language to keep your mind sharp. No matter what got you thinking, you… Read more The post Five Benefits of Learning Chinese appeared first on Languages Around the Globe ..read more

I promise not to get too far away from languages, but I wanted to take a little bit of time (and I really do just mean a little) to talk about the symbolism of the little infinity symbol we all know and love. The bulk of this mini-article appeared in a previous and much larger work… Read more The post Where Did The Infinity Symbol Come From? appeared first on Languages Around the Globe ..read more

  by Michael Dehoyos   Memorizing new vocabulary is an important part of learning a new language. But is there a set number of words you need to learn before you can speak a language? Find out how many words you really need to know, depending on your purpose and goal for learning a new… Read more The post The Number Of Words You Need To Learn To Be Fluent In A New Language appeared first on Languages Around the Globe ..read more

With the holidays fast approaching for many of us around the world, a whole lot of us are starting to feel the pressure mounting to provide our friends and loved ones with a shiny new stack of gifts once again this year. If you count language learners and enthusiasts, linguists, teachers, expats or whatever among… Read more The post 12 Fantastic Gift Ideas For Language Lovers appeared first on Languages Around the Globe ..read more