A few weeks ago, I saw this video by a famous Irish language blogger I follow, and his friend, another language blogger. It blew my mind! The Irish blogger, Benny Lewis, has traveled the world and has practiced his languages as he travels. Laoshu however, the Cleveland blogger, has practiced most within his own city!
He says it's because, if you look under the surface, you'll find a lot of foreign languages in a city. For example, since there are lots of Arabs and Chinese, he was able to practice his Arabic and Chinese. And so on.
Now, Cleveland, being in the US, gets a lot of immigrants and what not. There aren't that many here. But what there are though, are non native languages. Instead of listing what's found in the whole city, I've listed what's found on my street/neighborhood.
Let's start with non native. Native to this city is Tamil, which can be found anywhere.
He says it's because, if you look under the surface, you'll find a lot of foreign languages in a city. For example, since there are lots of Arabs and Chinese, he was able to practice his Arabic and Chinese. And so on.
Now, Cleveland, being in the US, gets a lot of immigrants and what not. There aren't that many here. But what there are though, are non native languages. Instead of listing what's found in the whole city, I've listed what's found on my street/neighborhood.
Let's start with non native. Native to this city is Tamil, which can be found anywhere.
- Telugu
- Malayalam
- Kannada
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Bengali
- Marwadi
- Saurashtra
- Indian English
- Oriya
- Urdu
- Nepali
Foreign languages now.
- Japanese
- American English
- Korean
- French
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