When this series started, the Bradford family consisted of Tom, the father, a respected columnist for the Sacramento Register, Joan, his wife for about 25 years, and the eight children of the couple, all of them were very normal but quite independent. Unexpectedly, actress Diana Hyland died of cancer and was written off the series after 5 episodes.
Let's first take a closer look at the linguistic diversity that existed five hundred years ago. In 1500 there were probably about 7 thousand languages spoken across the earth, most still groupable into the 25 or so major families represented today.
By Flad (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Arabic is the official language of 27 different states, so itâs no surprise that itâs one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. As a whole it is made up of several different varieties, but altogether Arabic has 420 million speakers worldwide.