Showing posts with label Languages Mango. Show all posts
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Monday, May 10, 2010

New Languages added to Mango

Are you planning a trip this summer to another country? Would you like to learn the language before you go? Well Mango has recently added several new languages and some facts and figures about them are listed below. Also check out the video testimonials at PLA-Portland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkQacmNde9c

Arabic (Levantine)
Approx speakers: 35 million
Spoken in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus

Chinese (Mandarin)
Approx speakers: 1,365 million
Spoken in China

Dari
Approx speakers: 9 million
Spoken in Afghanistan, Pakistan

Farsi (Persian)
Approx speakers: 80-134 million
Spoken in Iran


French
Approx speakers: 77 million (native), 390 million (non-native)
Spoken in France, Canada, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina, Faso, Niger, Senegal, Mali, Belgium, Guinea, Chad, Haiti, Burundi, Benin, Switzerland, Togo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Luxembourg, Vanuatu, Seychelles, Monaco

German
Approx speakers: 105 million (native) and 80 million (non-native)
Spoken in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Greek
Approx speakers: 12 million
Spoken in Greece, Cyprus


Hebrew
Approx speakers: 7 million
Spoken in Israel

Hindi
Approx speakers: 490 million (first language), 120–225 (second language)
Spoken in India, Pakistan, Fiji

Irish
Approx speakers: 355,000 (fluent)
Spoken in Ireland

Italian
Approx speakers: 70 million (first language), 125 million (second language)
Spoken in Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, Malta, Slovenia, Croatia, Eritrea, Somalia, France (esp. Corsica) and Greece

Japanese
Approx speakers: 130 million
Spoken in Japan

Korean
Approx speakers: 78 million
Spoken in North Korea, South Korea, China

Pashto
Approx speakers: 26 million
Spoken in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran

Portuguese (Brazil)
Approx speakers: 200 million
Spoken in Brazil

Russian
Approx speakers: 164 million (first language), 114 million (secondary language)
Spoken in Russia, minorities in countries of the former Soviet Union, San Javier (Uruguay)

Spanish (Latin America)
Approx speakers: 329 million (first language), 170 million (second language)
Spoken in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Cuba, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Panama and Equatorial Guinea

Tagalog
Approx speakers: 49 million
Spoken in Philippines

Thai
Approx speakers: 60-64 million
Spoken in Thailand, Northern Malaysia, Cambodia, Southern Myanmar, Laos

Turkish
Approx speakers: 70 million
Spoken in Turkey

Urdu
Approx speakers: 250 million
Spoken in Pakistan, India

Vietnamese
Approx speakers: 73 million
Spoken in Vietnam
 
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