by Alpha Omega Translations | Dec 15, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan You may have heard the term “lingua franca” before, possibly in one of the other articles posted on this blog. The quick and dirty definition of a lingua franca is a language used as a form of communication between two groups who do not speak...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Dec 15, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Kurdish is most commonly known as the language of the Kurds, an ethnic group originating in the Middle East. Kurds can be found in parts of Iran, Turkey, Iraq, and Syria, but the only place where Kurdish is an official language is Iraq. The area...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Dec 9, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan The word “Persian” nowadays has the tendency to evoke feelings of an ancient time and place that doesn’t exist anymore the way it did before. However, in Iran and a few other countries, the language of the Persian Empire lives on, albeit in a...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Dec 9, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Geordie refers to anyone from Newcastle-upon-Tyne in North East England, as well as the dialect of English spoken by the natives there. The Geordie dialect has become more popular in British media, as it tends to sound friendlier and more...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Dec 9, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan The Republic of Turkey is a country full of history, architecture, flavors, and culture. Once the center of the great Ottoman Empire, and inhabited for centuries before that, the extent of cultural exchange that occurred, and still occurs, in...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Dec 9, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Despite the fact that practically everyone in Ireland speaks Irish English fluently, it was not the first language of the country. Much like other areas of the world where English was not a native language, Ireland was colonized by England, and...
