Languages you've probably never heard of before

1. Võro

  Võro is spoken in the county of Võrumaa in Estonia. It is part of the South-Estonian dialect group. There is only one newspaper that is printed in Võro. It's called Uma Leht. 

2.  Saami (Saami is not one single language, it's a group. For instance, there's the Jämtland dialect, and the åsele dialect, and many others)

  Saami is spoken in northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland, as well as northwestern Russia. It is an official language in Enontekiö, Utsjoki, Sodankylä, Inari, Snåsa, Tysfjord, Gáivuotna, Karasjok, Nesseby, Tana, Porsanger, Kautokeino, and Lavangen.

3. Xhosa

  Xhosa is spoken in South Africa by about 18% of the population. It is a Bantu language. Nelson Mandela could speak Xhosa. Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika is a hymn that is part of the national anthem of South Africa. It was written in Xhosa by Enoch Sontonga.

4. Belarusian

  Belarusian is, obviously, spoken in Belarus. Not many people know about it because it is new (the country, not the language). It used to be part of the USSR. It was originally called Byelorussia. This blog post is about language, so I should not be talking about history! Anyway, Belarusian is an East Slavic language.

5. Rusyn

  Rusyn is spoken in Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, and Czech Republic. There are only seven newspapers in that language: Karpatska Rus', Amerikansky Russky Viestnik, Lemko, and four others (I don't know why I keep on talking about newspapers; the first time I said something about them was when I was talking about Võro, and now it's the second time).

6. Aleut

  Aleut is spoken in the Aleut islands, the Pribilof islands, and the Commander islands. It is estimated that there are only 100-300 Aleut speakers left! That is very, very small!

7. Faroese

  Faroese is spoken in the Faroe islands that are part of Denmark. It is one of the five languages descending from Old West Norse (the other four are Norwegian, Icelandic, Norn, and Greenlandic Norse).

8. Wymysiöeryś

  Wymysiöeryś is spoken in the Polish town of Wilamowice, on the border of Silesia and Małopolska, near the city Bielsko-Biała. It is an endangered language, with 70-100 native speakers.

9. Tok Pisin

  Tok Pisin is spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is a creole language. Many Anglophones refer to it as "Pidgin English" or "New Guinea Pidgin". Tok Pisin, English, and Hiri Motu are the three official languages of Papua New Guinea.

10. Armãneshce

  Armãneshce is spoken in Southeast Europe. If you speak it, you're called a Vlach. A large part of their vocabulary is inherited from Latin, but most of it is from Greek. Armãneshce has three main dialects: Gramustean, Pindean, and Fãrshãrot.