Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
23 Official Languages of the EU
Have you ever wondered how many languages the European Union recognises as official spoken languages of Europe? Well the answer to that would be 23! There are 23 Official Languages in the European Union, these are made up of languages spoken the most in each member state.
There are more member states in the EU than there are official languages. This is because some member states share national languages such as Dutch in the Netherlands and Belgium, French in France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
The Official 23 languages of the EU are:
- Bulgarian (BG)
- Czech (CS)
- Danish (DA)
- German (DE)
- Greek (EL)
- English (EN)
- Spanish ES)
- Estonian (ET)
- Finnish (FI)
- French (FR)
- Irish (GA)
- Hungarian (HU)
- Italian (IT) (more…)
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Being able to express simple gratitude such as a simple “Thank You” in another language is an easy way to overcome cross-cultural barriers and show your polite intentions to your hosts.
Whether at a business meeting or dinner party you will probably at some point need to say Thank You, so here is a list of some common(and uncommon) languages and how to say thank you.
How to say Thank You in…
- Chamorro: Si yuus maasi
- Croatian: Hvala
- Danish (Denmark, Greenland): Tak
- Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium): Dank je
- Dutch (Netherlands): Bedankt
- Egyptian: Dua Netjer en ek
- Esperanto: Dankon
- Estonian: Tänan
- French : Merci beaucoup
- German: Danke schön
- Greek: Sas efharisto
- Hebrew: Toda
- Icelandic: Takk fyrir
- Indonesian: Terima Kasih
- Italian: Grazie
- Japanese: Arigato
- Korean: Komapsumnida
- Lao: Khwap jai (more…)
Tags: How to Say..., Language, Polish
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