Italy is without a doubt one of the seven most industrialized nations internationally. It has the most highly developed production facilities in the EU. Not to mention the fact that Italy has a pretty broad economy encompassing everything from fashion accessories, to cars and machines. Most of the raw materials for manufacturing are imported. That […]
The impact on the English language post-Brexit will be drastically negative if all things are considered. The EU adopted English as its official language at a time when the UK joined the EU. Today, it is the most widely spoken language in the EU, with it being a working language in many institutions associated with […]
Anyone who has lived some time in Quebec or perhaps spent time in some other French-speaking country would run into the term ‘Francophonie.’ ‘Francophonie’ means French-speaking quality. However, most people incorrectly assume it to be the Organisation internationale de la francophonie which is also called La Francophonie sometimes. The term designates a quality score of […]
Brussels is the capital of Belgium and has for a very long time had French and Dutch as its official languages. That said according to a study published by the Flemish University of Brussels, there are 104 languages spoken in the country. According to the census and various other studies, it is mostly agreed that Brussels consists […]
German is the predominant and the officially spoken language of Germany. However, it is just one of the 23 other official languages within the EU. Yet makes up one of the three working languages of the EC (European Commission), alongside French and English. The Derivation of Germanic Languages The standard form of spoken German is […]