By Sarah-Claire Jordan Armenia is a country that has gone through a lot during the over 4,000 years it has existed as a nation. Yes, that means it was around long before Christianity and a few other religions even existed. Its ancient history sheds light on early civilizations, from wineries to shoe making. It also […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Armenia is a country that shares borders with Turkey, Georgia, and Iran, among others. The eastern region of Armenia used to be part of the Soviet Union, until it broke away in 1918. Despite being influenced by many different cultures, Armenia still preserves its own unique culture. This may not have been […]
Persian is an Iranian language categorized on the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family of languages. There are an estimated 56 million Persian speakers in the world today. It is widely spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzebekistan and, to some extent, in Armenia, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Oman and Bahrain and throughout the Iranian diasporas […]
There are approximately 6,912 living languages in the world today. Most languages belong to larger language groups or families, which is a group of similar or related languages that developed from a common ancestor, referred to as protolanguage (“proto” means “early” in Greek). Let’s take a look at a few major language groups, including an […]
