Rusyn Rusyn (Rusyn: русиньскый язык, русиньска бесїда / руски язик in some varieties) is an East Slavic language (or — depending on scholarly and political views — a cluster of closely related East Slavic lects) traditionally spoken by the Rusyn (Carpatho-Rusyn) peoples of the Carpathian borderlands and in several diaspora communities. It is written primarily […]
The Ukranian language
Ukrainian language Overview Ukrainian (українська мова, uk) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European family. It is the official state language of Ukraine and the native language of the majority of the population there. As a living Slavic language, Ukrainian sits in the East Slavic branch alongside Russian and Belarusian; historically it descends from […]
The Javanese language
Javanese Language Language Family and ClassificationJavanese (ꦧꦱꦗꦮ, basa Jawa) is a member of the Austronesian language family, one of the world’s largest and most widely distributed linguistic families. Within this family, it belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch, specifically to the Western Malayo-Polynesian group and further to the Javanic subgroup. Closely related languages include Sundanese, Madurese, […]
The Persian language
Persian Language (Fārsī / فارسی) Classification and Language Family The Persian language—known endonymically as Fārsī (فارسی) in Iran, Dari (دری) in Afghanistan, and Tajik (Тоҷикӣ) in Tajikistan—is a member of the Indo-European language family, within the Indo-Iranian branch, and specifically the Iranian group of languages. Within the Iranian languages, Persian belongs to the Southwestern Iranian […]
The Korean language
Korean Language (한국어 / 조선말) The Korean language is the official and national language of both the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), and it is also one of the two official languages of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China. It is spoken by approximately 80 million […]