Table of Contents A Country of 193 Peoples, One Dominant Language {#a-country-of-193-peoples} Russia’s 2010 census recorded 193 distinct ethnic groups within its borders. Each of those groups has a linguistic…
Table of Contents TLDR: The Quick Breakdown {#tldr} Mongolia has around 3.4 million people and roughly 20 recognized ethnic groups. About 82% are Khalkha Mongols — the dominant group, the…
Table of Contents Niger’s Linguistic Landscape Niger is one of the most linguistically complex countries on earth — and also one of the most overlooked when it comes to African…
Table of Contents The Short Answer {#the-short-answer} Palau has two national official languages: Palauan and English. In the state of Angaur, Japanese holds additional official status — making it the…
Ask ten people which countries make up “Northern Europe” and you’ll get ten answers. Some stop at the Nordics. Some sweep in the entire Baltic coast and the British Isles….
Paraguay is the only country in the Americas where most people speak an indigenous language. Not as a heritage hobby, not in a handful of remote villages — as the…
Ask what languages are spoken in Qatar and you’ll get a list a mile long: Arabic, English, Urdu, Malayalam, Tagalog, Farsi, Nepali, Hindi. All true. But that list answers the…
Ask “what language do they speak in Nicaragua” and the one-word answer is Spanish. Roughly nine in ten Nicaraguans speak it, and on the Pacific side it’s the only language…
Cambodia looks ethnically simple on paper. Around 90% of the population is Khmer, and that number is so dominant it tends to flatten the whole conversation. But the remaining slice…
Icelandic is the official language, and roughly 97% of the population speaks it natively. But here’s the part that matters if you’re packing a bag: nearly everyone in Iceland also…