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‘April’ in European languages
The name of the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar in most European languages is derived from Latin Aprilis, the etymology of which is (...)
April 8, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Special characters (diacritics) used in European languages
The “Basic Latin Alphabet”, as defined by the ISO, consists of the following 26 letters and their uppercase variants (and is identical to (...)
February 21, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘January’ in European languages
The English word “January” comes from Latin ianuarius, which means “of Janus” (Janus was an ancient Roman god of doorways, gates, (...)
January 7, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Why the EF EPI rankings are not what you think
The English Proficiency Index (EPI) by EF Education First is a rating of countries according to (presumably) the average level of English (...)
December 4, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Number of foreign languages studied per pupil in Europe
Learning foreign languages is an important part of secondary education in Europe. One could argue that it should be enough to just learn (...)
December 1, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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By the way, have you already seen my brand new web app for non-native speakers of English? It's based on reading texts and learning by having all meanings, pronunciations, grammar forms etc. easily accessible. It looks like this:
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Percentage of pupils learning French by country in Europe
French was and to a certain degree still is one of the most influential languages in the world. It is one of the official languages of the (...)
November 22, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Percentage of pupils learning German by country in Europe
German is the most widely spoken language in the European Union—and arguably the most important language of Central Europe. It shouldn’t (...)
November 15, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Map of languages and language families of Europe
The following map shows the language families of Europe (distinguished by colour) and languages within those families. Note that the terms (...)
August 11, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Ukraine in my linguistic maps
This article clarifies the methodology I use to represent the linguistic situation in Ukraine in my linguistic maps, such as the map of (...)
August 10, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Names of Germany in European languages
Germany is an unusual country, not only because of its renowned engineering and a large variety of beer but also because of its name. Most (...)
August 7, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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