1. Ainu Language: Ainu is the language of the indigenous people of Japan, the Ainu. It is considered critically endangered and unclassified because of its ambiguous origins. Renowned for its abundance of consonants and vowel sounds, Ainu has a unique emotive resonance. The traditional Ainu society didn’t use writing, and the language was orally handed […]

Indonesia is a linguistically diverse country home to hundreds of different regional languages, many of which are spoken by small communities and are often overlooked. Below are some of these unusual and little known languages. 1. Baduy / Kanekes – Spoken by the Baduy people, a conservative ethnic group isolated in the highlands of West […]

There are only 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet, four less than English. Maybe you should learn it before you plan your next trip to Israel. As the picture above shows, many signs in Israel are in the three languages: Hebrew, Arabic, and English. So you will probably be able to survive and get-by without […]