Curious Fact — There Are 6,900 Languages!

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is why almost all languages have been influenced by another, contrary to the isolated language, Basque. 🌐</li><li>Did you know that air has its official language? It’s English! Now you know why so many airlines require English as a job requirement. ✈️</li><li>Rewinding back to my friend's still-ongoing journey, Chinese Mandarin is the most difficult language to learn! 🙋</li><li>Asia is the continent with the most languages totaling up to 2,300! 🌏</li></ul><blockquote id="01ac"><p>This week’s prompt is about languages and traveling. Whether if it’s a new language you picked on specifically for a trip or if you had a language barrier to solve? What happened and what did you do? Who did you go with? Have you ever doubted about going to a certain place because of a language barrier? Have you encountered a funny language exchange because of the translation? Has a situation had ever had another interpretation than the one you thought because of a different language? Is there a travel tip regarding language you would like to share?</p></blockquote><p id="dfd3">I hope the section above can serve you for inspiration to create your own article… it can be a poem, essay, short-form; whatever your preference is.</p><p id="c048">If you want to join in on the fun and participate in this prompt, don’t forget to add <b>“Travel Series”</b> as your Kicker and <b>“Travel”</b> as your tag, another tag will be <b>Coffee Times Movement.</b></p><p id="380d">Don’t forget to tag me (adding this article) and also invite other writers. A shoutout of another piece is also a must. <b>Let’s spread the joy of writing and reading!</b></p><p id="450a">For this prompt, I would also like to tag the following Coffee Times writers but anyone can join! ✌️</p><p id="33cd"><a href="undefined">Juana Flor</a> | <a href="undefined">Warren Patterson</a> | <a href="undefined">Alex Heninger</a> | <a href="undefined">Millington Lockwood</a> | <a href="undefined">Brad Besson</a> | <a href="undefined">Monika Sharma</a> | <a href="undefined">Shabnam Ferdowsi</a> | <a href="undefined">Kittie Velour</a> | <a href="undefined">Erin Lisanne</a> | <a href="undefined">Didimo Grimaldo</a> | <a href="undefined">Suma Narayan</a> | <a href="undefined">Elvie Lins❤️</a> | <a href="undefined">Maia Sham</a> | <a href="undefined">Radhika Iyer</a> | <a href="undefined">Brett Millan</a> | <a href="undefined">Robert Shaneyfelt</a> | <a href="undefined">Marie A. Rebelle</a> | <a href="undefined">Lisa Gerard Braun</a>| <a href="undefined">Shameem Anwar</a> | <a href="undefined">Twiddle Dee</a> | <a href="undefined">Christine Vann, MSc.<

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What happens when a language becomes a barrier?

If you are like me and are still holding back on traveling, why not take the time to learn a new language? It’s not that much of an easy task but I’m sure it can be really beneficial! And if you look into some apps, they declare that only 15–30 mins a day can really help, so why not?

I’m thinking about revising and practicing the languages I already know since I feel I can do so much to improve and there are so many more I would love to venture on. I just find languages so amusing and powerful!

I once read a book by Khaled Hosseini that stated something on the lines that places are like doors you can go to, but languages are the keys that allow you to take in the culture. What a beautiful way of life if you ask me.

Some people like to go to different kinds of places but what happens if you are a newbie to that language or just don’t know it at all? For this piece, I would like to mention the bravery of a friend of mine who decided to not just travel, oh no, but to live in China without even knowing Mandarin! Now that is to take a leap. He works as an English teacher and is now confident in Chinese but man I bet those first few months could’ve been troubling.

To get into the mood, here are some interesting and curious facts about languages around the world.

There are roughly a little bit more than 6,900 languages but did you know that 241 have gone extinct? 😵

If you travel to Papua New Guinea, which of the 800 spoken languages there would you prefer? 😆

People have always migrated to different parts of the world, that is why almost all languages have been influenced by another, contrary to the isolated language, Basque. 🌐

Did you know that air has its official language? It’s English! Now you know why so many airlines require English as a job requirement. ✈️

Rewinding back to my friend's still-ongoing journey, Chinese Mandarin is the most difficult language to learn! 🙋

Asia is the continent with the most languages totaling up to 2,300! 🌏

This week’s prompt is about languages and traveling. Whether if it’s a new language you picked on specifically for a trip or if you had a language barrier to solve? What happened and what did you do? Who did you go with? Have you ever doubted about going to a certain place because of a language barrier? Have you encountered a funny language exchange because of the translation? Has a situation had ever had another interpretation than the one you thought because of a different language? Is there a travel tip regarding language you would like to share?

I hope the section above can serve you for inspiration to create your own article… it can be a poem, essay, short-form; whatever your preference is.

If you want to join in on the fun and participate in this prompt, don’t forget to add “Travel Series” as your Kicker and “Travel” as your tag, another tag will be Coffee Times Movement.

Don’t forget to tag me (adding this article) and also invite other writers. A shoutout of another piece is also a must. Let’s spread the joy of writing and reading!

For this prompt, I would also like to tag the following Coffee Times writers but anyone can join! ✌️

Note: Three travel pieces will be chosen to be featured in the Travel Column and will be distributed on the Coffee Times social media platforms.

There is no time limit for these travel prompts. 😉

This piece was written with the help of the following article.

Thank you for reading! If you like short forms, poems, essays, and all types of writings, I invite you to check out my profile Sharing Randomly.

And if you would like to support me in another way and buy me a coffee at this link, I thank you!