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main blog: @rainewrights native: english learning: spanish, yiddish interested: portuguese, asl, arabic

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How Do You Say ‘Email’ in Yiddish?

The first full-fledged English-to-Yiddish dictionary in 50 years is designed to carry Yiddish into the 21st century.

In a thousand-year-old language like Yiddish, with many of its words rooted in the ancient Bible, how would you say “email”? Or “transgender”? Or “designated driver”? Or “binge watch”?

Those terms came into popular usage long after the language’s heyday, when it was the lingua franca of the Jews of Eastern Europe and the garment workers of the Lower East Side and was the chosen literary tongue for writers like Sholem Aleichem and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Though the Holocaust and assimilation have shrunk the ranks of Yiddish speakers — once put at over 11 million worldwide — to a relative handful, Yiddish still needs to keep itself fashionably up-to-date.

So two of its conservationists have produced the first full-fledged English-to-Yiddish dictionary in 50 years and it is designed to carry Yiddish into the 21st century and just maybe beyond. After all, Yiddish has always had a canny way of defying the pessimists.

“Email”? How is “blitspost” — a combination of the Yiddish words for “lightning” and “mail”? “Transgender”? How’s “tsvishnminik,” which blends the common Yiddish words for “between” and “type.” “Designated driver”? “Der nikhterer shofer” does the trick by fusing the Yiddish word for “sober” with that for “driver.” And “binge watch” is “shlingen epizodn,” literally “wolf down episodes.”

… “In the long run if you keep borrowing English, you end up speaking English,” he said.

Read Joseph Berger’s full piece in The New York Times.

[thelanguagecommunity]

For Those Who Would Like to Learn Yiddish

http://www.yv.org/ - radio

http://www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com/ - dictionary and grammar tables

http://www.yiddishvoice.com/ - Boston-based radio

http://www.memrise.com/course/168796/basic-yiddish-latin-script/ - a latin-script memrise course

http://www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com/ - dictionary

http://www.pass.to/glossary/Default.htm - another dictionary

http://mylanguages.org/learn_yiddish.php - vocabulary (not romanticized)

http://www.derbay.org/links.html - a TON of links and resources

http://www.derbay.org/words/index.html - here are vocabulary lists from the same site

http://www.surfacelanguages.com/yiddish/yiddish-grammar - grammar

[languagesandstuff]

greetings:

Hello! - [sholem-aleichem] !שלום־עליכם :A Hello! - [aleichem-sholem] !עליכם־שלום :B

Good morning! / Good evening! - [gut morgn / gut ovnt] !גוט מאָרגן! / גוט אָװנט :A Good morning! / Good evening! [gut yor] - !*גוט יאָר :B *גוט יאָר literally means “good year”

How are you? - [vos hert zikh? / vos makhstu?] ?*װאָס הערט זיך? / װאָס מאַכסטו :A Everthing’s fine - [altz iz feyn] אַלץ איז פֿײַן  :B [abi gezunt] אַבי געזונט Good, thank you - [gut, a dank] גוט, אַ דאַנק lit.: Don’t ask - [freg nisht] פֿרעג ניש  So so / Not so good - [nishkoshe] נישקשה It always could be better/worse - [sken alemol zayn beser/erger] ס'קען אַלעמאָל זײַן בעסער/ערגער *informal, formal: ?װאָס מאַכט איר

goodbyes:

Goodnight! / Goodbye! - [a gute nakht / a gutn] !אַ גוטע נאַכט! / אַ גוטן :A Goodnight! / Goodbye! - [a gut yor!] !אַ גוט יאָר :B

Goodbye! - [zay gezunt] !זײַ(ט)* געזונט :A Goodbye! - !זײַ(ט) געזונט :B * זײַ - informal, זײַט - formal

[lahoedelaslenguas]

yiddish! (part 1)

when I started this blog the idea of learning Yiddish seemed like a pipe dream. It still does to some extent, but I’ve decided to start learning anyway. I thought I would share what I’ve been doing here in case anyone is wondering. Keep in mind that I have no idea what I’m doing ;)

1) I try and spend 15 minutes a day. It’s a manageable/realistic amount but I still feel like I can make practice. 

2) I started by learning the alphabet. Using resources from the Yiddish Book Center I made three quizlets: the names of the letters, the type of letter they are [constant, vowel, etc], and the sound they make. I go through these every time I practice, when I get something wrong I start it and practice it again.

3) I watched a video, also from the Yiddish Book Center, which shows the cursive spelling of the letters, as well as their pronunciation. I watch this every time I practice and I practice writing the cursive along with it. 

4) I am currently going through the other exercises provided by the Yiddish Book Center.

5) Using a list of the 1000 most common words in Yiddish I made another quizlet of the first ten. I have just started studying this every time I practice.

I’ve only been studying for about a month but I’m really excited. If you’re learning too let me know! And I’ll update again in a bit!

[languagesandstuff]

English – Polish – Yiddish

Hanukkah – Chanuka – חנוכּה [Chanike / Chanuke] Happy Hanukkah! - Szczęśliwej Chanuki! – !אַ פֿרײליכער חנוכּה holiday – święto – פֿײַערטאָג family – rodzina – משפּחה [mishpokhe] November – listopad – נאָװעמבער December – grudzień – דעצעמבער   Judaism – judaizm – ייִדישקײט Jewish (adj.) – żydowski – ייִדיש rabbi – rabin – רבי [rebe] blessing – błogosławieństwo –  ברכה [brakhe] eight days – osiem dni – אַכט טעג sunset – zachód słońca – זון-אינטערגאַנג   candle – świeca – ליכט Hanukkah menorah – świecznik chanukowy (chanukija) – חנוכּה לאָמפּ window – okno – פֿענצטער miracle – cud – נס [nes] song – piosenka – ליד Hanukkah money – chanukowe pieniądze – חנוכה געלט coin – moneta – מאַטבייע dreidel – drejdel - דריידל gift – prezent – געשאַנק

cheese – ser – קעז olive oil – oliwa – בוימל doughnut – pączek –  פאנטשקע latkes (potato pancakes) – placki ziemniaczane – לאַטקעס wine – wino – ווײַן

to pray – modlić się – דאַוונען to fry – smażyć – פּרעגלען to eat – jeść – עסן to drink – pić – טרינקען to sing – śpiewać – זינגען to play – grać – שפּילן to celebrate – świętować – יובֿלען

[useless-jewishfacts]

YIDDISH MASTERPOST (INCOMPLETE)

Prior to the Ha’Shoah, there were over 10 million speakers of Yiddish; 85% of the Jews who died in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers, leading to a massive decline in the use of the language. Nowadays, Yiddish can still be heard in Hassidic communities or households of Ashkenazic descent.

SITES WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE:

Yiddish stories (MP3/Hebrew transliteration/English translation)

http://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/Stories.html

The Tanakh (Hebrew Scripture) in Yiddish

http://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/texts/yehoyesh/tanList.htm

http://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/texts/schauss/welcome.htm

http://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/texts/mendl/welcome.htm

The Tanakh in Yiddish Literature

http://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/texts/manger/medresh.htm

Yiddish Journals

http://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/reference/Biblio/introduc.htm

http://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/tmr/TMR.htm

Other Yiddish learning/in-depth immersion resources:

http://www.ibiblio.org/yiddish/ (Best site for Yiddish novices hands down)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL29C3727AB8E1654C (Yiddish Youtube lessons)

http://www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com/ (Yiddish online dictionary)

http://www.yiddishculture.org/ (Yiddish culture beginner intro)

http://www.yv.org/ (Yiddish radio)

Grammar of the Yiddish Language, by Dovid Katz (PDF)

Universal Yiddish Encyclopedia 

[wonderful-language-sounds]

Overview:

Yiddish Alphabet PDF with sounds

Basic intro to the language

Pronunciation dictionary

Courses & Grammar

Basic Yiddish

Learn Yiddish

Word Lists

Yiddish Alphabet

Yiddish Dictionary Online

Yiddish Glossary

YiddishPop

Yiddish Verbs

Memrise Courses

Books & PDF

A Survey of Yiddish Grammar

College Yiddish

Grammar of the Yiddish Language

Yiddish

English-Yiddish Dictionary

Blogs & Media

yiddishwordoftheweek

Yiddish Voice Radio

[kalifornyer]

Would you mind sending me some Yiddish resources? I've been trying to learn for a while, but haven't been able to find much good

okay i don’t want to overwhelm you with things so here just a few things to get you started with…

1. yiddishpop is a great online language learning program and a very good starting place

2. once you get comfortable reading yiddish, reading the yiddish daily forward online is a great way to practice reading. if you dont know a word, click on it twice and a definition will pop up. 

3. the world of yiddish online dictionaries. the best place to go is verterbukh which is a searchable online version of the beinfeld bochner dictionary, which is the most comprehensive. it’s not free, unless you can get it through a library which you’re a member of. or you can pay. another good place to look is this dictionary

4. here’s a useful link dump of yiddish resources from the university of kentucky

zol zayn mit mazel un zayt gezunt khevre!

[pargolettasworld]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTBOMT5bMRs

I think a lot of people are at least vaguely familiar with “Tumbalalaika.”  It’s one of the better-known Yiddish folk songs, and it even makes a brief appearance in Angels in America.  This video isn’t the most complete performance of it that you’ll ever hear, but I chose it because I love the sheer volume of personality that went into it.

On banjo, we have Pete Seeger, of both The Weavers fame and “being part of one of the great American Ethnomusicology Families” fame.  (Okay, I admit that one of these is bigger fame than the other.)  The point is, Seeger knows a lot about folk music in general, and he makes an important point here, when he mentions that “Tumbalalaika” is the Jewish member in a pan-European category of folk song, the Riddle Song.  It’s a simple point, but an important one; musical cultures tend to be shared cultures, much more than we’d like to admit.  If Jews live in Europe, and there are common folksong genres in Europe, there will be Jewish versions of them.  This doesn’t mean that “Tumbalalaika” is any less Jewish, just like “I Gave My Love A Cherry” isn’t any less English for being an English Riddle Song.  Seeger is also a genius at framing and presenting both the song and the singer.

The singer is Ruth Rubin, one of the great collectors of Yiddish folk song.  Between her and Moshe Beregovsky, we’ve got quite the treasure trove.  YIVO, a group that collects, studies, and publishes about Eastern European Yiddish-language culture, has been putting together a searchable database of Rubin’s collection. 

As fine a scholar as she was, she was also really immersed in the tradition of folksong.  When she starts to sing, she actually picks the song up in the second verse, possibly cued by Seeger mentioning that it’s a Riddle Song.  In fact, Seeger very cleverly manages to go back and summarize the first verse in English.  Later on, Rubin just sort of hums the last line of the song rather than sing it.  This is a very human and very common way of singing folk songs.  You don’t sit on a stage with a guitar and present them; you’re sitting in your chair, humming to yourself, the song comes to you, you sing the words that are in your mind.  Maybe you forget the last line; it doesn’t matter.  It’ll come back the next time you sing it.  Or you’ll just make up a new one.  The song survives.  It’s bigger than you are, and it’s perfectly okay to mess with it, or forget bits in the moment.  It’s still The Song.

[languagesandstuff]

your annoying yiddish langblr here

so I’m digging more and more into Yiddish culture and history and lately I’ve been thinking of posting Yiddish vocab lists and grammar explanations here, more or less regularly, maybe with some notes about Ashkenazi culture, like customs, history, artists, cuisine, culture and so on. would you guys be interested? 🌱

[hello-dobs-deactivated20241118]

HEY TUMBLR

THIS IS A GREAT WEBSITE FOR THOSE OF YOU WANT TO START LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE AND ITS NOT LIMITED TO JUST ENGLAND OR AMERICA, IT’S SIGN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. SIMPLY TYPE IN THE WORD YOU WANT TO KNOW, CLICK THE COUNTRIES FLAG AND WATCH THE VIDEO DEMONSTRATION OF THE SIGN.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO YOU ALL WHO WANT TO START LEARNING BUT CAN’T AFFORD THE TUITION FEES. JUST CLICK THAT SENTENCE.

AND IT’S COMPLETELY FREE.

[rivkahstudies]

attention langblrs!

I need more fresh vocabulary lists and other resources on my dash. 

I’m currently studying the following:

Spanish

Italian

Hebrew 

Catalan

ASL

I intend to study the following next:

German

Russian

I am interesting in seeing more of:

Arabic

Mandarin

Please reblog if you post these/your mutuals post these!

[midwestlaw]

IF YOU STUDY FRENCH, LISTEN UP:

 Bon Patron will save your life. 

What is it?

 a free grammar checker that was developed by French professors

 not extremely sophisticated and won’t catch all of your errors 

but WILL prevent you from making dumb conjugation or agreement mistakes. 

MUCH BETTER THAN MICROSOFT WORD

What does it look like?

What’s it do?

it marks what mistakes you made (writes them out and you can also hover over them - I couldn’t screenshot the entire list because it is VERY THOROUGH) 

(I feel like I need to mention this is an automatically generated example, I’m bad at french but I’m not that bad)

says what type of mistake it is 

and what you can do to fix them.

What do I do with it?

Obviously don’t rely on it 100%, but if you’ve been staring at an essay for five hours it’s so nice to be able to run it through and have it catch the article you misused in the middle of the fourth paragraph. 

make sure you check again after correcting the errors because sometimes new ones will be flagged 

double check your work, sometimes it suggests corrections that you don’t need to make (since it’s a computer program and you’re a person)

BUT GO FORTH AND IMPROVE YOUR FRENCH GRADES (& share the good news)

[polyglotten]

There’s a Spanish version too! (You’re welcome)

[allthingslinguistic]

How to teach yourself linguistics online for free

Wish you were enrolled in an intro linguistics class this semester? Starting a linguistics major and looking for extra help? Trying to figure out whether you should study linguistics and what comes after?  Whether you’re just trying to grasp the basics of linguistics or you’re trying to construct a full online linguistics course, here’s a comprehensive list of free linguistics websites, podcasts, videos, blogs, and other resources from around the internet: 

Linguistics Podcasts

Specific episodes:

The International Phonetic Alphabet and vowels

Constituency

Gricean Maxims and presuppositions

Kids These Days aren’t ruining language

Learning languages linguistically

Phonemes

Prepositions and determiners

Morphemes and the wug test

Podcasts in general:

Lingthusiasm

The History of English Podcast

Talk the Talk

Lexicon Valley

The World in Words

A Way With Words

Linguistics Videos

Modular topics:

NativLang (cartoons)

The Ling Space

Tom Scott’s Language Files

Arika Okrent (whiteboard videos)

Structured video series like an online course:  

Introduction to Linguistics (TrevTutor)

Another intro linguistics series (DS Bigham)

Phonology (TrevTutor)

Mathematical linguistics (TrevTutor)

Syntax (TrevTutor)

Another syntax series following the chapter structure of a free online syntax textbook (Caroline Heycock)

The Virtual Linguistics Campus at Marburg University

“Miracles of Human Language” (on Coursera from Leiden University)

Blog posts

General

How much do I need to know before taking intro linguistics? (Spoiler: not much) 

28 tips for doing better in your intro linguistics course

How to find a topic for your linguistics essay or research paper

For typesetting linguistics symbols: What is LaTeX and why do linguists love it? (with sample LaTeX doc to download and modify).

Further linguistics resources about specific areas, such as sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition (first/second), historical linguistics, neurolinguistics, prescriptivism. 

Phonetics & Phonology

How to make your own paper model of the larynx

Teaching phonetics using lollipops

How to remember the IPA vowel chart

How to remember the IPA consonant chart

IPA transcription practice

A detailed explanation of sonorants, obstruents, and sonority

A very elaborate Venn diagram of English phonological features

The basics of how Optimality Theory works, with coffee analogy

Allophones of /t/, explained with internet gifs

Several good visualizations and explanations of the vocal tract

How to type IPA on your phone (Android and iOS) 

Various ways to type IPA on a computer

Morphology & Syntax

Morphological typology cartoons

So you asked the internet how to draw syntax trees. Here’s why you’re confused.

Types of trees: a sentence is an S, a sentence is an IP, a sentence is a TP

A step-by-step guide to drawing a syntax tree, with gifs

Distributed Morphology

Garden path sentences: how they work, some examples

Structural ambiguity and understanding people in Ipswich

How to draw trees on a computer (TreeForm and phpSyntaxTree) 

Pronoun typology and “the gay fanfiction problem”

The solution to violent example sentences: Pokemon

Semantics & Pragmatics

The difference between epistemic and deontic, necessity and possibility (with bonus modals as Hogwarts houses)

Why learn semantics? Comebacks to annoying people.

Presuppositions, implicature and entailment, and more presuppositions in Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Gricean maxims in Welcome to Night Vale

Scalar implicature and a duck gif

Giving a shit about Negative Polarity Items, NPIs explained using Mean Girls references, and a follow-up on Free Choice Items

The lambda calculus for absolute dummies

The Lambda Calculator (software for practising in Heim & Kratzer style)

Teaching & Academic/career advice

Linguistics resources for high school teachers

Teaching linguistics to 9-14 year olds

On writing an IB extended essay in linguistics (& follow-up)

IPA Bingo

IPA Jeopardy and IPA Hangman

Practising syntax trees using cards and string/straws

Find a linguistics olympiad near you!

Editing linguistics Wikipedia articles instead of writing a final paper that no one but the prof will read (see also wikiedu.org)

Should you go to grad school in linguistics? Maybe

Figuring out if you actually want to go to linguistics grad school

How to decide which linguistics grad school to go to

How to look for linguistics undergrad programs

How to interact with someone who’s just given a talk

An extensive list of undergrad and/or student-friendly conferences - apply to one near you!

Advice for linguistics profs on increasing enrollment and supporting non-academic careers

Linguistics jobs - a series about careers outside academia

Languages

Linguistic approaches to language learning resource roundup

Will linguistics help with language learning? / Will learning a second language help with linguistics?

The problem with “economically useful” as a reason for language learning

Further link roundups

This list not enough? Try these further masterposts: 

A very long list of linguistics movies, documentaries, and TV show episodes

A list of books (fiction and nonfiction) about linguistics

A comprehensive list of language and linguistics podcasts, from Superlinguo 

A very long list of linguistics YouTube channels and other free online videos about linguistics 

20 linguistics blogs I recommend following

How to explain linguistics to your friends and family this holiday season

[allthingslinguistic]

Updated for the beginning of a new semester! 

[lattesandtextbooks]

Basics

- Top 10 Reasons to Study Abroad

- Choosing to Study Abroad: First Steps

Africa

- Africa Packing List

- The College Tourist: Africa

- How to Stay Healthy While Travelling in Africa

- 11 Things to Know Before Studying Abroad in Ghana

- First time in Cape Town? 5 things to do on your trip

- 20 Things to Know Before you Travel to Morocco

- The Best Experiences of South Africa

Asia

- The College Tourist: Asia

- How to Pack for Study Abroad in China

- 27 May Must Have Travel Apps For China

- 10 Amazing Things To Do In Seoul, South Korea

- 20 Things to Know Before Studying Abroad in Japan

- 10 Tips for an Amazing Shanghai Study Abroad Experience

- 10 Reasons Why You Should Study Abroad in Thailand

- 10 of the most beautiful places to visit in South East Asia

Australia/New Zealand

- The College Tourist: Australia/New Zealand

- 13 Things to Know Before Studying in Australia

- What Do I Wear There? Study Abroad: Australia

- The Study Abroad Chronicles: How to Make it in Sydney, Australia

- Packing Tips for Studying Abroad in Australia

- 10 (Non-Touristy) Things to Do in Auckland New Zealand

- The Ultimate New Zealand Bucket List

- Where to ski in New Zealand?

Europe

- Packing Essentials: Studying Abroad in Europe

- Ten Underrated Places to Visit in Europe

- 8 Epic European Hostels That Cost Less Than $25 a Night

- 20 Perfect One Week European Itineraries

- How to Pack for a Semester Abroad in Europe

- The College Tourist: Europe

North America

- The College Tourist: North America

- 10 of the Best Places to Study Abroad in North America

- 9 Touristy Things to do in Chicago

- 15 Things To Do In Montreal If You’re Visiting For The First-Time

- A Traveler’s Guide to the Corn Islands, Nicaragua

- Study in the US

- Canada or USA: Studying in North America

- North America – ISEP Study Abroad Blog

- Study in North America

South America

- The College Tourist: South America

- Our Ultimate South America Travel Bucket List

- 28 Reasons Why You Should Study Abroad In South America

- What Do I Wear There? Study Abroad in India & South America

- 10 Most Beautiful Places in Chile

- 9 Spanish Phrases You’ll Use Most For Asking Directions in South America

- 10 Must-See Sites When Studying Abroad in South America

- Galapagos Packing List

Everywhere

- Choose Your Continent: Traveling in South America versus Europe

- 50 things every traveller should know infographic

- 12 Apps You’ve Gotta Have If You’re Always Traveling

- Top Apps for College Students Studying Abroad

- 16 Helpful Tips For Traveling The World

- Today’s Top Deals by Airline

- 41 Apps for Study Abroad

- Here’s everything you should do before you travel abroad

- 15 Items You’ll Be Glad You Purchased Before Going Abroad

- 22 Creative Ways to Document Your Time Abroad

- The Top 15 Unusual Study Abroad Destinations

- 62 Study Abroad Grants and Scholarships

- The Abroad Guide

[z-co]

Hello! A lot of you have been asking me where and how I’ve learn multiple languages and well, after a few hours of digging through my browser history and bookmarks, I was able to collect all of these resources. I have personally used all of these, so I can assure you they are useful! If there is something wrong with a website or a link, please let me know. Also, if you have any questions or if you want a learning buddy, my ask box is open. (I speak English and Spanish. I’m learning Korean, German, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Italian, and Esperanto)

Note: Learning a new language requires a lot of dedication, more than you actually think! Especially if you’re learning multiple languages at the same time. It isn’t impossible, but it will take time. And by time I mean months and/or years! So please, be patient. Take your time. Don’t rush. Keep in mind that you will mess up and that’s okay. Practice as much as you can. Practice out loud. Talk to yourself if you can. It doesn’t matter if people think you’re crazy. They won’t be thinking the same when you become a polyglot, so don’t mind them. This is for you and your future.

Get started:

Everything listed below is FREE! Some sites do require you to sign up, but that’s for you to keep track of your own process.

Tips to get you started

Language Hacking tips (blog)

More language hacking tips (blog)

The Polyglot Project (Library with foreign books that lets you translate while reading)

How to Learn Any Language

Effective Language Learning

Ankidroid (flashcard maker)

Multiple languages, one website

Duolingo (Latin American Spanish, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Swedish, Turkish, Norwegian (Bokmål), Ukrainian, and Esperanto)

BBC Languages (40 languages)

Learn A Language (18 languages)

Conjuguemos (French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish)

L-lingo (21 languages)

101languages (167 languages)

Languagepod101 (31 languages)

Foreign Services Institute (44 languages)

My Languages (95 languages)

Surface Languages (43 languages)

Lingualia (Spanish)

Linguanaut (16 languages)

OmniGlot (All languages [basic info for some of them])

Memrise (Various languages) (flashcard system)

Livemocha (Various languages)

Polyglotclub

Sharedtalk

Interpals (specify in your profile you only look for language exchange because there can be some creeps in this one)

Couchsurfing

Babbel

Specific Languages

Korean:

Learn to read Korean in 15 minutes! - Really helpful as well

Learnkoreanlp - Focuses on grammar

k-is4korean

Talktomeinkorean

Learn-korean

korean-flashcards - Focuses on vocabulary

Easytolearnkorean

Korean.go.kr/ - Focuses on pronunciation

Lang-8 - Community to correct your entries

Dongsa - Conjugations for verbs

Howtostudykorean- EXTREMELY helpful when it comes to learning hangul and writing structure!

hangulpractice - This blog has some useful posts.

letstteok-korean

Talktomeinkorea (YouTube channel)

fluentkorean

sweetandtasty

seoulistic - For culture lessons

GenkiKorean

Korean Word Game

English-Korean Vocabulary Quizzes

Hangul Keyboard - This is also EXTREMELY helpful with Hangul/romanization. It also converts any romanized syllables into hangul

Korean - Reddit threat

Chinese/Mandarin:

Hackingchinese

Chinese-tools - Pretty helpful with pronunciation.

Chinese Open courseware

Chinese Language - Reddit threat

Chinese Textbook

Chineasy

Learn Mandarin

Chinese Hacks

yoyochinese

How can I learn Chinese

Why is Chinese so damn hard?

Japanese:

Learn Japanese I / II - YouTube

Guidetojapanese

Free Japanese lesson

Japaneseclass.jp

thejapanesepage

Japanesepod101

Tofugu

Erin’s Challenge!

Jplang

Yesjapan

Marugoto - Includes culture lessons

Kana Invaders - Fun game for learning Kana

Another great masterpost for Japanese - So many resources!!!

Esperanto:

Note: I did a research and supposedly Esperanto is an easy-to-learn language that helps you with other languages.

Esperantofre

Esperanto “library”

Esperanto Grammar

Esperanto (Duolingo)

German:

Learn German Online

German Language Guide

Mission Berlin - Mystery adventure game

Basic German

Deutsch Lernen

Slow German

Kids’ Games - For vocabulary

Italian:

MIT Open Courseware

Italian Language Guide

Italian Grammar

Italian For Beginners - YouTube

Latin:

Some Latin grammar

Latin Course - YouTube

Portuguese:

Oneness

Ta Falado

Portuguese (Duolingo)

French:

Learn French Guide

Coffee Break French

University of Texas: Francais interactif

Podcastfrancaisfacile

French Language Guide

Lingopolo/french

Le Journal en français facile

News in Slow French

Francolab

Cliffs Notes

Native French Speech

French Podcast

Spanish:

Spanish - About.com

@spanishskulduggery

Study Spanish

Cliffs Notes

Destinos

One Minute Spanish

One Minute Spanish (Latin America focused)

Thai:

Learn Thai Podcast

Woman Learn Thai

Let’s Talk Thai

Thai 101

Lingopolo/thai

Arabic:

Books to Learn Arabic

Mandinah Arabic

Arabic Verbs (PDF)

al3arabiya

Arabic Pronouns (PDF)

Arabic Alphabet / Also Here / And Here!

Arabic For Language Exchange

Peace Corps

Hindi:

A Door Into Hindi

Learning Hindi

NYU Hindi Course

Quillpad - Great for typing

Namaste Dosti

SU Hindi Course

ispeakhindi

Hindi Script

Vietnamese:

VietnamesePod101

Survival Phrases

seasite.niu.edu

Learn Vietnamese Online

Greek:

Some Greek Grammar (New Testament)

Romanian:

Rolang

One Minute Romanian

Welsh:

Say Something in Welsh

Welsh Vocab

Dutch:

Lingopolo/dutch

Learn Dutch

Russian:

Speak Russian

Russian Alphabet

Taste of Russian

Master Russian

Russian Open Courseware

Russian Handwriting

Swedish:

Klartext

SwedishLingQ

Survival Phrases

That’s it. That’s all I have right now. I’ll try to search for more and will keep updating this list! If you have a request for a specific language, just send me an ask. Have fun and good luck! 

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