Serbsce / Serbski – Sorbian

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Country: Germany Origin: Slavic Speakers Upper Sorbian: ca.10.000 Speakers Lower Sorbian: ca. 2000 The Sorbian languages (Upper Sorbian: serbska rěč, Lower Sorbian: serbska rěc) are two closely related and partially…

Galego – Galician

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Region: Galicia - Spain Origin: Latin Speakers: ca. 2,5 million What is the origin of Galician (galego)? Galician (galego) is derived from the Latin spoken in the northwest of Hispania;…

Idish – Yiddish

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Ladin, also called “rhaeto-romanic” is a neo-latin or romance language. The term ladin derives from th latin Latinus. The structure of Ladin also shows celtic influences ...

Kvääni

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Region: Troms and Finnmark County (Norway) City: Storslett Language: Kven Speakers: 2000 - 8000 Kven has for centuries lived as an oral language between Kvens on the North Calotte, and…

Gaeilge – Irish

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Country: Ireland Origin: Celtic Speakers: 1.761.420 Wiki says: "Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family,…

Brezhoneg – Breton

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The Breton language is a Celtic language that is categorised as a Brittonic language, like Cornish and Welsh. The Brittonic languages, although similar to ...

Frysk – Frisian

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Frisian originated in the early Middle Ages. Then it increasingly became its own language and began to distinguish itself from other related Germanic dialects, such as Old English. Old Frisian was not only spoken along the North Sea coast ...

Ladin

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Ladin, also called “rhaeto-romanic” is a neo-latin or romance language. The term ladin derives from th latin Latinus. The structure of Ladin also shows celtic influences ...