by Alpha Omega Translations | Dec 1, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan The first time I ever heard of the term “Yiddish” was when I was learning about World War II in middle school and the diaspora of European Jews that occurred during that time. I was taught that it was the language of the Jewish people of...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Dec 1, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Welsh is a Brittonic language native to Wales, though it is spoken in England and other areas as well. As with many minority languages, the number of Welsh speakers has decreased over time, making it a language vulnerable to extinction but not...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Dec 1, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Tamil is a language native to the Indian subcontinent and is part of the Dravidian language family. It is spoken primarily in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Malaysia. Tamil has is both an official and national language of Sri Lanka, and is...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Dec 1, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Hebrew is well-known as the language of a popular monotheistic religion, Judaism. It is also the official language of Israel, though not everyone in Israel practices Judaism. Besides that, it seems to be one of those languages that only certain...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Nov 24, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan, With Arabic being an official language in 24 different countries, you have to at least wonder how many different dialects or varieties of the language exist. Just like the Spanish spoken in Latin America, each country has its own flavor of the...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Nov 24, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Though only one of the languages spoken in Ireland today actually originated there, there are more than a few languages spoken there thanks to immigration and proximity to other countries. English is, of course, the first language of most of the...
