Swahili, also known as Kiswahili, is widely spoken throughout East Africa and serves as a lingua franca in several countries including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique, and the ...

It's not India or China, if that’s what you thought. Surprisingly, the answer lies in the islands of Oceania. Papua New Guinea, a nation with a population of just 9.4 million, holds the distinction of ...

The surprising country became a British territory in 1713 and its people have been speaking English ever since.

If the world were mapped not by landmass or economic power but by the sheer density of spoken languages, the globe would appear dramatically different. While English, Mandarin, and Spanish often ...

English and Spanish are the most common languages spoken in the U.S. but where do the rest rank? Newsweek has mapped tongues from other motherlands, and German comes third. In total, 13 states speak ...