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  • Language of the Week #5: Tok Pisin

    Onto the final language of this trip around the world, we head to Papua New Guinea (PNG) to cover one of its many languages. Tok Pisin connects people across cultures in the most linguistically diverse country on Earth.

  • Language of the Week 4: Guaraní

    Next up, we cross the Atlantic into Paraguay, home to Guaraní, the only nationally institutionally recognised Native American language. Many of its speakers are still monolingual, especially in rural areas, and the language has seen a relatively balanced co-existence with Spanish compared to many of its neighbours. The basics Guaraní (Avañe’ẽ) is part of the…

  • Language of the Week #3: Swahili

    Up next on our linguistic tour du monde, we head to the East African Community (EAC) with its lingua franca of choice, Swahili. The Bantu languages stretch far and wide from the southern tip of the continent up as far north as Cameroon. The basics The Bantu languages are an incredibly diverse and historically rich…

  • Language of the Week #2: Mongolian

    Taking a long and indirect flight away from Wales, we now head to Mongolia and cover Mongolian, a language with a great deal to offer. The Mongolic languages have travelled far across the steppe, shaping and being shaped by their neighbours across Eurasia, and developing into a sprawling mix of dialects and languages. The basics…

  • Language of the Week #1: Welsh

    The Welsh language, Cymraeg, has always been fascinating to me. I grew up around it, but not immersed in it, so it was always just something slightly beyond my comprehension in my environment. I’ve spoken a little since I was a kid, but only recently started properly diving into it as a proper learner project.…