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The Thinking of Speaking
Issue #14 March / April 2015



Culture
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Basic Guide to Finnish
Basic Guide to  Finnish Finnish is a Finno-Ugric language spoken by about 5 million people in Finland, where it is an official language, as well as in Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Canada and Russia.Here are some beginner words and phrases...
July / August 2017
Proverbs from the World - Finnish
Proverbs from the World:Finnish The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs. Some of them are very culture related, some instead very universal. The language of choice this time is Finnish, the main language of...
September / October 2017
Basic Guide to Dutch
Basic Guide to  Dutch Spoken natively by over 20 million people, Dutch is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the Netherlands (as the official languae), Belgium, and Suriname. It is also spoken in parts of Germany, France,...
September / October 2017
Proverbs from the World - Spanish
Proverbs from the World:Spanish The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs and proverbial phrases. Some of them are very culture related, some instead very universal. The language of choice this time is Spanish,...
November / December 2017
Basic Guide to Turkish
Basic Guide to  Turkish Turkish is the most commonly spoken Turkic language with over 76 million speakers worldwide while being the official language of Turkey and Cyprus. On this page we present you with some beginner words...
November / December 2017
Proverbs from the World - Latvian
Proverbs from the World:Latvian The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs and proverbial phrases. Some of them are very culture related, some instead very universal. The language of choice this time is Latvian,...
January / February 2018
Basic Guide to Japanese
Basic Guide to  Japanese Japanese is the third largest language used on the Internet, after only English and Chinese. Embrace the Japanese culture of anime, bonsai, and origami. Start here by learning a few of the basic words and...
January / February 2018
Proverbs from the World - Swedish
Proverbs from the World:Swedish The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs and proverbial phrases. Some of them are very culture related, some instead very universal. The language of choice this time is Swedish....
March / April 2018
Basic Guide to Punjabi
Basic Guide to  Punjabi Punjabi (also spelled Panjabi) is an Indo-European language spoken in the Northern Indian state of Punjab and in Pakistan. It is written in both the Gurumukhi script and the Shahmukhi script.Because of population,...
March / April 2018
Proverbs from the World - Italian
Proverbs from the World:Italian The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs and proverbial phrases. Some of them are very culture related, some instead very universal. The language of choice this time is Italian....
May / June 2018
Basic Guide to Sicilian
Basic Guide to  Sicilian Sicilian is a Romance language spoken by around 4.7 million people on the island of Sicily and the islands around it, which are found off the coast of southern Italy.Despite the number of native speakers,...
May / June 2018
Proverbs from the World - Tver Karelian
Proverbs from the World:Tver Karelian The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs. Some of them are very culture related, some instead very universal. The language of choice this time is Tver Karelian, a minority...
July / August 2018
Basic Guide to Amharic
Basic Guide to  Amharic Amharic is one of the Ethiopian Semitic languages and serves as the official working language of Ethiopia with over 20 million speakers.The language is written left-to-right in a system developed from the...
July / August 2018
Basic Guide to Nahuatl
Basic Guide to  Nahuatl Nahuatl is one of the most widely-spoken indigenous languages of the Americas. It is spoken in central Mexio by approximately 1.5 million speakers and belongs to the Aztecan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language...
January / December 2019