The most obscure languages
First published: Monday August 30th, 2021
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Kalmyk Language
This language may be familiar since the speakers practice Buddhism making them the only Buddhist majority group in Europe. The language is Mongolic and is found in Russia. These people actually migrated from Northern China and Mongolia to the European side of Russia. They are also known as the Oirats and live in the Kalmykia Republic
Mirandese Language
This language is founded in Northern Portugal but has a limited amount of speakers. It also has roots in Vulgar Latin. the language is also descended from a language spoken in the Kingdom of Leon found in Iberia during the Middle Ages. This language is endangered and in the district of Miranda De Duoro, they allowed primary schools to teach in Mirandese aswell!
Chavacano Language
Found in the city of Zamboanga in the southern Philippines, This is a Spanish Creole languages. The reason why it exists its because the Spanish stayed at this location for more then 300 years! The surprising fact is that the language is not Austronesian though most Filipino languages are Austronesian
Ainu Language
This language is obviously spoken in Hokkaido and some of the Kuril Islands under Russian administration. According the UNESCO, This language is endangered and only have 30,000 which is very low then the languages on the above.
Zhuang Language
Spoken in the Guangxi Autonomous Region, this language is related to Thai and Lao and part of the Kra- Dai family. The cool thing is that some signs in Guangxi which Zhuang is a official language have Latin based writing like Vietnamese which uses Latin alphabets on street signs
The reason I wrote this blog is to show that languages are very unique and that obscure ones are really interesting since the speakers eat and have cultures that are different from the cultures that everyone knows