Africa Archives | The Pimsleur Language Blog https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/tag/africa/ Learning another language doesn't have to be hard. Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:27:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 The World’s Most Unusual Languages https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/worlds-most-unusual-languages/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/worlds-most-unusual-languages/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:59:44 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=19464 How Many Languages are Spoken in the World Today? The answer is probably more than you think: there are around 7,000 languages in use today. The exact number is difficult to count because so many are spoken in isolated, difficult-to-reach areas, or only spoken by a diminishing number of elders in minority groups. Amongst these Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/best-summer-travel-books/feed/ 1 African Languages: The Most Spoken Languages in Africa https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/african-caribbean-languages/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/african-caribbean-languages/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:42:18 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=13802 Africa is believed to be where early humans first emerged and spread across the globe. So, it’s only natural that the continent would have a rich linguistic heritage. Some of the earliest spoken tongues make up the languages in Africa.Whether you are planning a trip to the continent, want to reconnect with relatives abroad, or Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/african-caribbean-languages/feed/ 0 Africa’s “Little Italy” Christmas Celebration! Eritrean Italian https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/africas-little-italy-christmas-celebration-eritrean-italian/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/africas-little-italy-christmas-celebration-eritrean-italian/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:15:37 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=12954 Celebrate Christmas Twice in the African Country of Eritrea When people think of Africa, images of leaping antelope, arid deserts, vast savannahs, and rich cultures come to mind.  Not to mention, Africa also hosts a wide range of languages such as Swahili, French, Arabic, and Afrikaans.  However, most people don’t think of Italian nor do Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/africas-little-italy-christmas-celebration-eritrean-italian/feed/ 1 Top 15 Digital Nomad Destinations for Language Nerds https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/top-15-digital-nomad-destinations-for-language-nerds/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/top-15-digital-nomad-destinations-for-language-nerds/#comments Fri, 10 May 2019 15:27:09 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=4879 With 50% of the U.S. workforce soon becoming remote, we have to ask ourselves: Where are the best digital nomad destinations to work and travel abroad, and what are the most important languages to learn? The digital nomad community has come a long way from wanderlust hashtags and gap year wannabes. Digital nomads are serious professionals who are disrupting the Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/top-15-digital-nomad-destinations-for-language-nerds/feed/ 1 An Emergency Abroad – Who Do You Call? https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/an-emergency-abroad-who-do-you-call/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/an-emergency-abroad-who-do-you-call/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2019 20:43:56 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=2677 Are You Prepared For An Emergency Abroad? Imagine this: you are the foreign au pair taking care of twin three-year-olds while their parents are away for the weekend. When you wake up in the morning, you find only one of them asleep in bed. There’s no reason to panic yet, at least that’s what you Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/an-emergency-abroad-who-do-you-call/feed/ 1 What to Do If You Lost Your Passport, Visa and Wallet Abroad – Six Steps You Need to Take https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/what-to-do-if-you-lost-your-passport-and-wallet-abroad-six-steps-you-need-to-take/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/what-to-do-if-you-lost-your-passport-and-wallet-abroad-six-steps-you-need-to-take/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:20:36 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=1524 Tale of a Lost Passport I woke up at five-thirty in the morning and splashed my face with iced water sixteen times before feeling awake enough to put shoes on. I grabbed my pre-packed bag, because I’m responsible, and headed out the door with my two friends to take the six-thirty bus from Zurich, Switzerland Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/what-to-do-if-you-lost-your-passport-and-wallet-abroad-six-steps-you-need-to-take/feed/ 1 Whistled Languages – Ultimate Guide to Long Distance Conversations https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/whistled-languages-ultimate-guide-long-distance-conversations/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/whistled-languages-ultimate-guide-long-distance-conversations/#respond Fri, 30 Nov 2018 17:00:30 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=1099 In some languages, whistled languages can be used as a fill-in for spoken language when a face-to-face conversation is not possible. Whistled speech is a form of communication that abstracts certain aspects of spoken language into whistles. These whistles languages can be understood by others in the speech community. Whistled languages can be found all Read More >>

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