Ariana Solutions, LLC

Ariana Solutions offers language and cultural services in a wide range of languages.

Languages arranged by major and minor linguistic families:

Afro-Asiatic:

• Arabic – Modern Standard Arabic – Spoken primarily in the nations of the Arab League*, in the Middle East, North Africa and the Horn of Africa. Liturgical language of Islam. Official language in 27 states/countries. Arabic-MSA is one of 6 official languages of the United Nations. Third most spoken globally after English & French.

• Arabic – Egyptian – Spoken primarily in Egypt.

• Arabic – Gulf – Spoken in Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Oman.

• Arabic – Iraqi – Spoken in Iraq, Syria, Iran, Turkey, Cyprus , Kuwait , Bahrain , Khuzestan (Iran) , Eastern Province (Saudi Arabia), & Qatar.

• Arabic – Sudanese – Spoken in Eritrea & Sudan.

• Arabic – Yemeni – Spoken in Yemen, southern Saudi Arabia.

• Hausa – Spoken in Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Togo & Sudan.

• Hebrew – Spoken in Israel (Official language in State of Israel.)

• Somali – Spoken in Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia & Somalia).

 *Arab League includes: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, State of Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates & Yemen. (Total population ~340 million.)

Austronesian:

• Indonesian – Spoken in Indonesia. (Official language of Indonesia.)

• Tagalog (Filipino) – Spoken in the Philippines.

Indo-European:

Albanian:

• Albanian – Spoken in Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro & Serbia.

Balto-Slavic:

• Russian – Spoken in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and other neighboring post-Soviet states. (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.) Russian is one of 6 official languages of the United Nations.

• Croatian – Spoken in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro & Romania.

• Serbian – Spoken in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro & Croatia.

Germanic:

• German – Spoken primarily in Germany & German-speaking Europe.

Hellenic:

• Greek – Spoken in Greece, Cyprus & the European Union.

Indo-Iranian:

• Punjabi (Indo-Aryan - Hindi) – Spoken in India & Pakistan.

• Hindi (Indo-Aryan - Hindi) – Spoken in India.

• Urdu (Indo-Aryan - Hindi) – Spoken in India & Pakistan.

• Balochi (Iranian-Western-NW) – Spoken in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan. (Balochi is more specifically spoken in Balochistan, which comprises the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, and the southern areas of Afghanistan including Nimruz, Helmand and Kandahar provinces.)

• Sorani (Iranian-Western-NW – Central Kurdish) – Spoken in Kurdistan (Iraq & Iran).

• Kurmanji (Iranian-Western-NW – Northern Kurdish) – Spoken in Turkey, Armenia, Syria, Iraq & Iran.

• Farsi (Iranian-Southwestern – Persian) – Spoken in Iran, Afghanistan (as Dari), Tajikistan (as Tajik), Uzbekistan (as Tajik), Iraq, Russia & Azerbaijan.

• Dari (Iranian-Southwestern) – Spoken in Afghanistan.

• Pashto (Iranian-Eastern) – Spoken in Afghanistan & Pakistan.

• Pashto – Waziri (Iranian-Eastern) – Waziri is a dialect of Pashto and is spoken in Pakistan (North Waziristan, South Waziristan and parts of Bannu & Tank) and Afghanistan (in certain adjacent districts of Paktika, Khost and Paktia provinces).

Italic:

• Italian – Spoken in Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, Slovenian Istria (Slovenia), Istria County and Dalmatia (Croatia), Kotor (Montenegro) and Corfù (Greece)

• French – Spoken in France and various other countries. French is the official language in 29 countries and many global organizations. French is one of 6 official languages of the United Nations.

• Spanish – Spoken in many countries including Spain, Hispanic America & Equatorial Guinea. Spanish is one of 6 official languages of the United Nations.

• Portuguese – Brazilian – Spoken in Brazil & Suriname.

• Portuguese – European – Spoken in Portugal.

 Kra-Dai:

• Thai – Spoken in Thailand & Cambodia.

 Koreanic:

• North Korean (Munhwa'ŏ) – Spoken in North Korea.

• South Korean (Pyojun'eo) – Spoken in South Korea.

 Mongolic:

• Mongolian – Spoken in all of Mongolia and Inner Mongolia including parts of the Chinese provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang and Gansu.

 Niger-Congo:

• Swahili – Spoken in Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Somalia (on the Bajuni islands and Barawa), Mozambique (mostly Mwani), Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Comoros, Mayotte, Zambia, Malawi & Madagascar.

 Japonic:

• Japanese – Spoken in Japan.

 Sino-Tibetan:

• Chinese – Standard (Modern Standard Mandarin – “standard”) – Spoken in China, Taiwan & Singapore, roughly 7% of China. Chinese is one of 6 official languages of the United Nations.

• Chinese – Mandarin (Mandarin – “national”) – Spoken in most of northern and southwestern China by about 910 million people.

• Chinese – Cantonese – Spoken in southeastern China, Hong Kong and Macau by about 80 million people. Cantonese is the official language of Hong Kong and Macau. It is also spoken in Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Cambodia.

 Turkic:

• Uzbek – Spoken in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia & China.

• Turkmen – Spoken in Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan & Russia.

• Azerbaijani – Spoken in Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia and parts of Turkey, Iraq & Georgia.

• Turkish – Spoken in Turkey (official), Northern Cyprus (official), Cyprus (official), Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Iraq, Syria, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Romania, Iraq, Bosnia and Herzegovina, & Syria.

Legend: Major Families – Minor Families – Language Taught – (Minor Family Sub-group)

Sources: Wikipedia articles for each respective language. Search the Wikipedia Language Portal for each respective language.