Survival rates of endangered languages

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 28/02/2019
  • endangered languages, language learning, languages, minority langiuages, Translation
The disappearance of endangered languages ​​is not just a present-day occurrence. In the last 5000 years, linguists have estimated that at least 30,000 languages ​​were born and disappeared. Usually, without leaving a trace. However, with time it is clear that the rhythm of language mortality has increased dramatically, especially since the European colonial conquests. For […]
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Does being bilingual make you more attractive?!

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 22/02/2019
  • Attraction, bilingual, bilingual attractive, English speakers, language learning
If you are reading this, it’s because you speak English. That means that you speak a language that has around 1.4 billion speakers. However, if you learn another language you can chat with many more! Choose French and you will suddenly be able to talk to another 220 million people. That alone is incredible! But […]
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Learning A New Language Keeps You Young

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 14/02/2019
  • bilingual, language learning, Translation, translators
“Hi. I’d like to have your finest wine please” “Je m’appelle Charles.” “Gracias, senorita” Whatever your intentions for learning a new language – be it to express yourself in a foreign country, relate better to some of your co-workers or just for the fun of it – you are actually doing yourself more good than […]
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Discovering idioms in Quechua

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 17/01/2019
  • Incan Empire, language learning, Quechua, Quechua Language Family, Translation
What is Quechuan? Quechua, often referred to as Runasimi (“people’s language”), is an indigenous language family spoken by several million people in South America. Quechua was the main language family of the Incan empire, which rose from the Peruvian highlands sometime in the early 13th century, and survived until 1572. Although the colonists tried to suppress Quechua, it survived […]
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Why language-learners should study idioms

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 14/01/2019
  • idiom, language learning, Translation, translator
What is an idiom? idiom /ˈɪdɪəm/ noun: idiom; plural noun: idioms a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g. over the moon, see the light ). synonyms: expression, idiomatic expression, turn of phrase, set phrase, fixed expression, phrase; formallocution “‘Far out,’ she replied, […]
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