News - What is going on at bab.la?

bab.la is all about languages and living abroad. We aim to provide our beloved community of users with the most valuable and useful content they could possibly find online. Follow our progress to find out the latest news and trends regarding language learning and expat life. Whether it's launching a new dictionary or running a new contest, we will keep you up to speed at all times!

Latest news

• Top 100 Language Lovers 2017 Every year we present to you the most inspirational language bloggers around the world and let you vote and decide who the best are! Find out morechevron_right
• Bloggers Abroad 2017 Bloggers Abroad compiles the most popular travel bloggers, digital nomads and expats who share their experiences about living abroad online. Find out morechevron_right
• The bab.la Language World Cup 2016 The BLWC is a competition in which two languages face off with each other everyday until only one, the most popular language in the world, is left! Find out morechevron_right

World languages map - What is spoken around the globe at a glance

We have created a world map that shows some of the many languages of the world, where they are spoken and how many people speak them. This language map means you can now see the most spoken language on each continent!

This language world map is a fun language learning resource for the wall of your classroom, office or home. We are sure you will find it useful and the results may even surprise you! While new languages are regularly created - fictional or real - some dialects disappear every day. Languages are in constant evolution. Some languages such as English or Spanish have an increasing amount of speakers, some natives of course but many use them as their second language, sometimes even a third one. As language lovers, we want to keep a multilingual world in which we can all communicate! That is why we keep adding new languages, new dictionaries and activities online that bring the language communities together. Check our press page to learn more about the evolution of bab.la over the past few years and the products we have released so far. You can also consult the results of our past contests such as Top Language Lovers or IX Blogs by clicking on the relevant links on this page to find some interesting readings. If you are looking for our dictionaries and the languages we have available, click here