The most common second language is English, which is spoken by a large number of people in 21 out of the 48 countries. Other ...

Karaim is an endangered Turkic language spoken only by an estimated 50 speakers mostly living in Lithuania. RFE/RL traces the ethnogenesis of the Karaims and highlights present-day efforts to maintain ...

If one city could be said to be the home of Yiddish, the traditional language of Ashkenazi Jewry, it would not be New York or Jerusalem, in many minds, but Vilnius, the capital of modern-day Lithuania ...

When I am with my family in public, we are often asked what language we are speaking, or where we are from. The most common guesses are Russian, Polish or Latvian – none of which are correct. Growing ...

More than 20 European languages face digital extinction because of a lack of technological support, a study by Europe's leading language technology experts has found. More than 20 European languages ...

Over the 48 countries in Europe, there are a huge range of languages spoken. The diverse continent is home to almost 750 million people over its 19.53 million square kilometres. Over 200 languages are ...