Language Maps

Percentage of EU population able to hold a conversation in Italian (map)
The following map (based on Eurobarometer 386, 2012) shows a few interesting trends. Probably the most surprising is how low the (...)
September 9, 2014 – Jakub MarianItalian, Maps
Map of the percentage of population able to hold a conversation in Spanish in the EU
Spanish is a Romance language, so one would expect it to be spoken mostly in countries where other Romance languages are spoken, and the (...)
July 28, 2014 – Jakub MarianMaps, Spanish
Map of the percentage of population able to speak French in the EU by country
French is a Romance language, and as such one would expect the percentage of its speakers to be much higher among native speakers of other (...)
July 14, 2014 – Jakub MarianFrench, Maps
Map of the percentage of population able to speak Russian in the EU by country
Russian used to be the first foreign language most inhabitants of the former Eastern Bloc learned. Understandably, the number of Russian (...)
June 11, 2014 – Jakub MarianMaps, Russian
Map of the percentage of people speaking German in the EU by country
German used to be a very popular language among educated people from all over Europe before the 20th century, but after World War I, and (...)
June 4, 2014 – Jakub MarianGerman, Maps

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:

Map of the percentage of people speaking English in the EU by country
Some native English speakers’ attitude towards learning foreign languages could be summarized as “why should I learn a foreign language if (...)
May 29, 2014 – Jakub MarianEnglish, Maps
Map of the most spoken foreign languages in the EU by country
It is interesting to see how likely you are to be able to communicate using a foreign language when you travel in Europe. The following (...)
May 15, 2014 – Jakub MarianMaps