By Sarah-Claire Jordan Most of what we learn about certain indigenous groups in the Americas has to do with the huge and successful empires that were established in some regions, like the Aztec and Maya in Mexico and neighboring countries. We have to remember, though, that despite these empires being conquered themselves by Europeans who […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Latin America is that amazing region of the world that begins in Mexico, includes many Caribbean islands, and extends down to the tip of South America. As most people know, the dominant language spoken there is Spanish, with Brazilian Portuguese coming in second. What many people don’t realize, however is that one […]
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 yet endangered. It is an official language in Wales, along […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Just like many countries in Western Europe, Italy is made up of different regions that each have their own distinct culture. The predominant language of Italy, Italian, comes from the Tuscan language, which in turn came from Vulgar Latin, just like all other Romance languages. It may surprise you to know, however, […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan The “Porteño” Pope With Pope Francis making his U.S. debut this week, a lot of people are probably wondering how he will deal with giving speeches, addresses, and even homilies in a country that doesn’t have nearly as many Spanish speakers as his native Argentina. Pope Francis is fluent in both Spanish […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Maybe you’ve come across this acronym before, and thought to yourself, what in the world is this? Probably another one of those marketing or tech terms. That’s not entirely false, actually, as DTP stands for desktop publishing, an expertise that has become essential in this time of business globalization and the subsequent […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Most of us, when we hear the phrase “Native American language”, will immediately think about languages like Cherokee, Navajo, and other languages spoken by the Native American tribes found in the U.S. The U.S. isn’t the only part of the Americas where indigenous languages are spoken, however. Indigenous peoples lived all […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Many of you have probably come in contact with Spanish somehow or other, either in high school or by going to certain areas of your hometown even. Spanish is pretty prevalent here in the U.S., so it’s almost unheard of to not encounter it in this day and age. In fact, after […]
