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Yoruba

Yoruba

Wednesday August 6, 2025

Yoruba is a language of West Africa with over 25 million speakers. It is spoken, among other languages, in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo and traces of it are found among communities in Brazil, Sierra Leone, northern Ghana and Cuba.
Vietnamese

Vietnamese

Wednesday August 6, 2025

Vietnamese is one of only two languages in the Austroasiatic language family that are used as a national and official language. Furthermore, Vietnamese has the largest number of speakers in its language family, and is ranked 4th among Asian languages spoken at home in the U.S.A. The Vietnamese program offers students a rare opportunity to work in multilingual situations in the US, Europe, or Vietnam.
Swahili

Swahili

Wednesday August 6, 2025

Swahili is spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Indian Ocean coastline from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique, including the Comoros Islands.
Russian

Russian

Wednesday August 6, 2025

Russia is of critical geopolitical importance in today’s world and understanding its language, complex history, and rich cultural traditions is more relevant now than ever. Expertise in Russian language and culture prepares students for a wide variety of careers in spheres such as industry, finance, law, international relations, national security, and education. All of these sectors actively recruit graduates in Russian studies.
Polish

Polish

Wednesday August 6, 2025

The Polish Studies Program at the University of Florida was founded in 2004 as a joint undertaking of the Center for European Studies and the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages. The goal of the program is the development of an innovative curriculum of courses in Polish language and culture in order to provide students with strong area skills over a broad range of topics within Polish Studies. The program places a special emphasis on the culture and society of contemporary Poland.
Japanese

Japanese

Wednesday August 6, 2025

Japanese is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. The Japanese Specialization major develops proficiency in Japanese language and provides students with a solid grounding in Japanese studies, as well as the methods of analysis and research of the literature, culture and media of Japan.
Italian

Italian

Tuesday August 5, 2025

The major and minor in Italian Studies provide students with a rigorous training in Italian language, as well as a broad and solid knowledge of Italian literary and cinematic culture, and of the social and political history of the Italian peninsula.
Hebrew

Hebrew

Tuesday August 5, 2025

Hebrew is considered by millions of people to be a sacred, sometime magical language. It is one of the oldest languages spoken today, and a pillar of Classical and Modern Western Culture. At the same time, Hebrew is a gateway to the culture, the media and the politics of the Middle East. In addition, Hebrew is an important component in the study of translation, beginning with the translation of the Bible and ending with Shakespeare’s The Merchant Venice.
Haitian Creole

Haitian Creole

Tuesday August 5, 2025

More than 10 million people in Haiti speak the Haitian Creole language. Haitian Creole is also spoken throughout the Caribbean basin and in the United States, Canada and France. After English and Spanish, Haitian Creole is the third most commonly spoken language in Florida. Over 400,000 Haitian Creole speakers live in the Sunshine State, many in major cities like Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa.
German

German

Tuesday August 5, 2025

German is the most widely spoken language in the post-Brexit European Union, along with English and French. It is the official language of Germany, Austria, and Liechtenstein and an official language in Switzerland and Luxembourg. Over 130 million people around the world speak German, and around 7.5 million people in 42 countries belong to a German-speaking minority.
French & Francophone

French & Francophone

Tuesday August 5, 2025

French is a growing language, official in over forty countries and with over 300 million speakers worldwide. Our program in French stresses the linguistic, cultural and critical skills necessary to access the cultural and professional opportunities of today’s globalized reality.
Czech

Czech

Tuesday August 5, 2025

The Czech Studies Program at the University of Florida was founded in 2005 as a joint undertaking of the Center for European Studies and the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages. The goal of the program is the development of an innovative curriculum of courses in Czech language and culture in order to provide students with strong area skills over a broad range of topics within Czech Studies. The program places a special emphasis on the culture and society of contemporary Czech republic.
Chinese

Chinese

Tuesday August 5, 2025

Chinese is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by over one billion people as their native tongue. Most common among the five major regional forms of Chinese is “Mandarin” (Putonghua / Guoyu), which is based upon the Beijing dialect and is the official language of both the PRC and Taiwan. The written language is the same for all varieties of Chinese.
Arabic

Arabic

Tuesday August 5, 2025

The Arabic language is essential for understanding the culture and history of North Africa, the Middle East, and the Arabian Peninsula. It is the liturgical language of over a billion Muslims and one of the six official UN languages.
Akan

Akan

Tuesday August 5, 2025

Akan is a language group spoken by related peoples in mainly Ghana and eastern Côte d’Ivoire. The descendants of escaped slaves in the interior of Suriname and the Maroons in Jamaica still use a form of this language.