The German and English languages are West Germanic, a branch of the Indo-European family of languages. While they are from the same branch, there are still differences between them. However, there are several similarities as well. According to Ethnologue, the German language has 60% lexical similarity…
English and Russian are parts of the huge Indo-European language family. However, the two languages have distinct differences because they belong to different branches. English is from the Germanic branch while Russian is from the Slavonic branch. Therefore, Russian is more related to Serbo-Croatian, Czech…
Interpreters require a high level of linguistic skills in both the source and target languages. They should have a deeper knowledge of target cultures in order to properly convert the spoken language within a limited time in the presence of people in a conference or…
The Chinese language is the most spoken language in the world, due to the sheer size of the country’s population. Likewise, Chinese migrants can be found almost anywhere in the world, causing the spread of their culture and language. Their closeness with their countrymen helped…
Avengers: Endgame is the latest installment of the Avengers superhero movie series from Marvel Comics. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is the film’s distributor. Avengers: Endgame gathers the Marvel superheroes Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye, Black Widow, War Machine, Captain Marvel, Ant Man,…
Avid fans of the hit TV series Game of Thrones would be very familiar with the different languages used in the show, such as High Valyrian and Dothraki. High Valyrian is a family of languages that were created for the TV adaptation of the George…
Language had been used for communication since ancient times and often these languages are spoken. In some remote locations in the world, however, there are communities where members use unspoken or non-verbal languages to ”speak” with each other. It’s surprising to know that these people,…
It’s been 34 years since Star Trek III: The Search for Spock was first shown, with the Klingons speaking the Klingon language in full. The Klingons are Star Trek’s alien characters featured in the sci-fi TV and film series. In a few of the films,…
Translation is serious business as it requires concentration and attention to detail but beneath that serious façade is a lighter (and funny) side of language, culture and translation. These three things are somehow intertwined when you discuss the business of providing language services. It takes…
The Azerbaijani language, which is also called Azeri, is Azerbaijan’s official language. The Republic of Azerbaijan is located in Eurasia’s South Caucasus region. Azerbaijani belongs to the Turkic language family. Just like Turkmen and Turkish, Azerbaijani is from the Orghuz branch. The development of the…
If you have a passion for languages, you’ll realize that South America speaks more languages than just Portuguese and Spanish, but it will sadden you to know that the number of critically endangered languages of South America is on the rise. South America is a…
Israel is a developed, yet a young country, that is home to several ethnicities. The languages of Israel are both indigenous and non-indigenous. Israel or formally, the State of Israel, is located in the Middle East. While the region passed through the hands of several…
