Most people in Ecuador speak Spanish. As a modern-day Latin American country, Ecuador’s population is largely mestizo, an ethnic group...

Spanish is the only language spoken natively in Ecuador—right? No, not by a long shot! While Spanish may be the sole official language of...

You’ve surely heard of the Inca Empire, but what you might not know is that the descendants of the Inca people are still alive and well...

Ecuador is generally seen as a Hispanic country, and indeed, Spanish is the official language of the South American nation, spoken by the...

With a whopping 183 established languages spoken within its borders, the Philippines ranks as one of the world’s most linguistically...

How many languages do you think are spoken in the Philippines? You probably already know about Tagalog, and you might have heard of other...

The Philippines isn’t the most linguistically diverse nation in the world—in fact, its neighbors Papua New Guinea and Indonesia claim...

The Philippines is a big country. Not necessarily in terms of geographical size—at around 300,000 square kilometers, it ranks 72nd in the...

If you live in a country with a single dominant language, where most people speak the same native language all across the land, it’s...

Tucked way up in the northernmost corner of the Philippine archipelago, isolated from the mainland, we find the Filipino province of...

If you’re not overly familiar with the Philippines, you may assume that most people in the Southeast Asian nation speak Tagalog as their...

The Southeast Asian island nation of the Philippines is a case study in linguistic diversity. Though it doesn’t boast as many indigenous...

It’s hard to paint a clear picture of the linguistic landscape of the Philippines. You may be aware that Tagalog and English are the...

South America is known as a mostly Hispanic continent, with nine of South America’s 12 sovereign nations using Spanish as their official...

Nestled between South American giants Colombia and Peru, Ecuador tends to be overlooked on the international stage—but this small South...

If you’re not overly familiar with the linguistic landscape of South America, you might think the only languages spoken natively on the...

Centuries ago, the Americas were populated top to bottom with a diverse array of native ethnolinguistic groups, each practicing their own...

With only around 2.7 million inhabitants, Albania is hardly the biggest country in the world. Since more than 97% of people who live in...

The Turkic language family is vast. While the name might make it sound like it’s limited to the confines of the Anatolian Peninsula, the...

It’s well known that the dominant language across North Africa—all the way from Morocco to Egypt—is Arabic. The dialects may...