Language
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Language is a formal combination of symbols for the purpose of communication.
Contents
Specifications
- Codes for the representation of names of languages (ISO 639-2): http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
English
Dictionary
- English dictionary: Collins | Miriam-Webster | Oxford | Cambridge | Longman Contemporary | FreeDictionary (includes specific Legal/Medical/Business)
- UrbanDictionary - English "slang" dictionary: http://www.urbandictionary.com | EXAMPLE - BBIAB
Reading
- Learn to Read English: http://www.learntoreadenglish.com/#
Writing
- Practice English Writing: http://www.learning-english-online.net//more/writing/
- EnglishLeap - Capitalization Rules: http://www.englishleap.com/other-resources/capitalisation-rules
- EnglishLeap - How to write a formal letter: http://www.englishleap.com/other-resources/how-to-write-formal-letter
- English Writing practice worksheets: http://englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Writing-Practice.htm
Conversation
- English Conversation listening skills: https://www.englishclub.com/listening/
Comprehension
- Test Of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): http://www.ets.org/toefl[2]
- Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC): https://www.ets.org/toeic
French
Dictionary
- Wordreference FRENCH-ENGLISH, ENGLISH-FRENCH: http://wordreference.com/fr/
Reading
- French resources (About.com): http://french.about.com/
- Reading comprehension: http://french.about.com/library/reading/bl-readingindex.htm
Writing
- French - VERB conjugation tables: http://conjf.cactus2000.de/index.en.php
- Live Mocha - Practice French Writing with native speakers: http://www.livemocha.com/practice/french-writing
Conversation
- BBC - French Steps: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/
- BBC - Talk French: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/index.shtml
Comprehension
- French Video Comprehension Resources: http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/Curriculum/modlang/french/index_fr_video.htm
Spanish
Dictionary
- WordReference: http://wordreference.com/es/
Reading
- DuoLingo -- Spanish course: https://www.duolingo.com/course/es/en/Learn-Spanish-Online
- Leamos en Familia!: http://www.rif.org/leer/
Writing
- Spanish Grammar & Verb Conjugation Activities: http://conjuguemos.com/list.php?type=fillin&division=grammar&language=spanish
- Spanish Writing practice on LiveMocha: http://www.livemocha.com/practice/spanish-writing
Conversation
- Verb list: http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/VERBLIST.HTM
- BBC's Spanish learning tools: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/lj/
Comprehension
- Yabla -- Spanish language E-Learning video/quiz platform: https://spanish.yabla.com/ (has since branched out to support multiple languages/directions but originally focused on "Spanish for English-speakers")
- SpanishPod101 - podcast: http://spanishpod101.com
- SPANISH - Rules for Stress: http://www.studyspanish.com/accents/rules.htm
- How Actively Watching Movies Helped Me Learn Spanish: http://lifehacker.com/5881696/how-actively-watching-movies-helped-me-learn-spanish
Japanese
- LevelCheck your Kanji for JLPT: http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp/LevelCheck/Kanji/01.htm
Dictionary
- Jim Breen's (now-famous) Kanji/Japanese Dictionary: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C[9][10]
- Saiga Kanji/word Dictionary: http://www.saiga-jp.com/kanji_dictionary.html
- Alc: http://www.alc.co.jp/
- NihongoDict: http://www.nihongodict.com/\
- English Slang Explained in Japanese: http://haradakun.cool.ne.jp/slang/tak_slang.html
- E-Words. IT dictionary: (Computer science/Computing/IT word definitions in Japanese): http://e-words.jp/
Reading
- Reviewing the Kanji: http://kanji.koohii.com/
- Rikai-chan (Firefox plugin): http://www.polarcloud.com/rikaichan/ | FF Add-On[11][12]
- Tae Kim's Grammar Guide: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar[13]
- Japanese Language - complete gaijin's guide: http://www.timwerx.net/home/index.htm
- StackExchange - Japanese help: http://japanese.stackexchange.com/
- Japanese TV show scripts: http://www.dramanote.com/
- Aozora - Japanese eBooks: http://www.aozora.gr.jp/ (free, electronic, out-of-copyright books)
- Glossary of Japanese Entertainment Industry terms: http://www.japan-zone.com/news/japanese_entertainment_words.shtml#geinojin
- Facebook - KanjiBox (daily kanji): http://apps.facebook.com/kanjibox/
Writing
- Remembering the Kanji - full text of kanjis: http://www.thallius.com/kanji/index_en.html
- Remembering the Kanji (Yahoo! Group): http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Remembering_The_Kanji/
- Remembering the Kanji (full text sample stories): http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/data/Heisig_complete_v3.rtf
- Kanji Clinic: http://www.kanjiclinic.com/
- Handwritten kanji recognition tool: http://kanji.sljfaq.org/draw.html
- Romaji to hiragana converter: http://kanjidict.stc.cx/hiragana.php
- Ajax IME -- Web-based Japanese Input Method: http://ajaxime.chasen.org/
- Kanji List -- 1900 most-common Kanji and their escape codes: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmkyCH91Fcm7dFlRb0drdm1ySFdFZGhxLVQ0US1vNkE&hl=en#gid=0[15][16]
- Japanese Alphabet characters: http://www.linguanaut.com/japanese_alphabet.htm (should work on most modern browsers)[17][18]
Conversation
- NHK High School - (The Japanese childhood you never had!) : http://www.nhk.or.jp/kokokoza/
- Tangorin - Example modern Japanese Sentences: http://tangorin.com/examples
- Example Japanese sentences (organized by JLPT level): http://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/skills/vocab/sentences/
- All Japanese All The Time: http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/about
- Basic Japanese expressions: http://www.speakrealjapanese.com/basicexpressions.htm
- Useful Japanese phrases: http://japan-studies.com/language/usefulphrases/
- Most Common Japanese phrases: http://www.jref.com/language/japanese_common_phrases.shtml
- Learn Japanese: http://www.coscom.co.jp/learnjapanese2/learnjapanese209-k.html
- US Navy/Military "survival Japanese" phrases: http://www.cnfj.navy.mil/phrases.html
- List of gairaigo and wasei-eigo terms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gairaigo_and_wasei-eigo_terms (unofficial/uncommon english, french and spanish katakana words passed as English borrowed words in Japan)
Comprehension
- JapanesePod101.com: http://japanesepod101.com
- Japanese Word of the Day: http://www.japanesewordoftheday.com/
- Streaming Japanese News: http://www.fnn-news.com/
- What is an SRS?: http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/what-is-an-srs
- Online+offline SRS: http://ichi2.net/anki
- SRS-based learning tool: http://www.iknow.co.jp/
- Geeky Japanese Internet TV: http://zh-tw.justin.tv/directory?order=hot&lang=ja
- Japanese AudioBooks: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6241&PN=1&TPN=1
- Biff! Bang! Pow! – Japanese onomatopoeia: http://japanese.lingualift.com/blog/japanese-onomatopoeia-sound-wrds/
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Chinese
Dictionary
- Chinese-English Dictionary: http://us.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php
- http://www.mandarintools.com/
Reading
- Learn Chinese Characters: http://www.zhongwen.com/
- Anki - spaced repetition system (SRS): http://ichi2.net/anki/
Writing
- Chinese Input Method Editor (web-based pinyin-to-Chinese): http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/ime.html
Conversation
- Chinese conversation samples (with audio): http://www.nciku.com/conversation/
- Mandarin Chinese Conversation Podcast: http://www.learnoutloud.com/Catalog/Languages/Other-Languages/Mandarin-Chinese-Conversation-Podcast/22853
- List of the best Chinese Conversation resources: http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/conversation.htm
Comprehension
- ChinesePod101: http://chinesepod101.com
- BBC Language series - Chinese (with video clips): http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/
Korean
Dictionary
- English-Korean dictionary: http://www.zkorean.com/english-korean-dictionary | EXAMPLE - mobile
- Korean-English dictionary: http://dic.impact.pe.kr/
Reading
- KoreanWikiProject - Learn Hangul: http://koreanwikiproject.com/wiki/index.php?title=Learn_hangeul
Writing
- Nalgaeset - Korean keyboard IME: http://moogi.new21.org/prg4.html (for Windows)
Conversation
- KoreanPod 101: http://koreanpod101.com
Comprehnsion
- WeeklyKorean: http://www.weeklykorean.com/[28]
Tools
- Anki - Spaced Repitition System (SRS): http://ankisrs.net/ (helps remember terms, concepts, language vocab/words, alphabets & grammars)
- EuroPass - Language Passport (listing of formal certifications/experience): http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/europass/home/vernav/Europass+Documents/Europass+Language+Passport.csp
- English-German/German-English dictionary: http://www.dict.cc/
API
WordReference
- WordReference: http://www.wordreference.com
- WordReference API: http://www.wordreference.com/docs/api.aspx[29]
- WordReference API – AJAX SDK & Widget: http://bcmoney-mobiletv.com/blog/2011/06/01/wordreference-ajax-sdk-widget/[30]
Lexvo
Lexvo.org brings information about languages, words, characters, and other human language-related entities to the Linked Data Web and Semantic Web.
- Lexvo - Linked Data about Language: http://www.lexvo.org/ | EXAMPLE - English language | EXAMPLE - Term, Onomatopoeia
NetLingo, Hood, Hacker & Geek speak
- Leet Translator: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/leet
- Ebonics Translator: http://www.joel.net/EBONICS/Translator
- English-to-Pirate Translator: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/translator.html
- English-to-Klingon: http://uta.mrklingon.org/
- English-to-Wookie: http://selarips.free.fr/wookieetranslator/
- English-to-Elf: http://www.coveworld.net/eberron/aerenal_translator.html
- English-to-Hobbit (Runic): http://www.bmeijer.com/fun_stuff/runic_translator/index.html
Resources
- SpeakFromDay1: http://speakfromday1.com/faq/
- I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years - Here's How: http://lifehacker.com/5903288/i-learned-to-speak-four-languages-in-a-few-years-heres-how (#1-Learn the correct pronunciation of the language, #2-Vocabulary/Grammar acquisition & no English, #3-Listening/Writing/Reading, #4-Speaking/Interacting/Submerging/Surviving)
- Je Me Duque: https://jemeduque.ca/ (French testing, verbs, exercises, etc)
Tutorials
- How to Detect Default Client’s Browser Language Using PHP: http://www.openscriptsolution.com/2009/09/14/how-to-detect-default-client-s-browser-language-using-php/
- JavaScript for detecting browser language preference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1043339/javascript-for-detecting-browser-language-preference
- Detect browser language in JavaScript cross-browser: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=631706
- Javascript language detection -- language based redirection to localized URL: http://able2know.org/topic/10004-1able2know.org/topic/10004-1
External Links
- wikipedia: Language
- wikipedia: Origin of language
- wikipedia: Communication
- wikipedia: Linguistics
- wikipedia: Dialectic
- wikipedia: Logogram
- wikipedia: Syntax
- wikipedia: Prose
- wikipedia: Verse
- wikipedia: Poem
- wikipedia: Psalm
- wikipedia: Hymn
- wikipedia: Fairytale
- wikipedia: Lullaby
- wikipedia: Storytelling
- wikipedia: Essay
- wikipedia: ISO 639
- wikipedia: IETF language tag (also referred to as BCP 47 language tag)
- wikipedia: List of languages by name
- wikipedia: List of language families
- wikipedia: List of languages by writing system
- wikipedia: List of languages by total number of speakers
- wikipedia: List of languages by number of native speakers
- wikipedia: List of languages by first written accounts
- wikipedia: Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB)
- From Greek to Latin - Visualizing the Evolution of the Alphabet: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/from-greek-to-latin-visualizing-the-evolution-of-the-alphabet/
- English as a universal language: https://wiki.dandascalescu.com/essays/english-universal-language
- Mental Tools: http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/category/attitudestechniques
- The Gaijin 12-Step Program: http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-gaijin-12-step-program
- Sleep and learning timeline: http://help.supermemo.org/wiki/Sleep_and_learning_timeline
- SuperMemo - Forget about Forgetting: http://www.supermemo.com/
- Slow Down! Why Some Languages Sound So Fast: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2091477,00.html
- "Survive Globalization" campaign by Cup Noodle brand ramen - cynical of "Rakuten English conversion": http://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1304/08/news135.html
- Mikitani and his "Englishnization" of Japanese business: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/07/30/language/mikitani-and-his-englishnization-of-japanese-business/
- It’s never too early to start juken: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/02/02/language/its-never-too-early-to-start-juken/
- Spaced Repetition System (SRS) -- The scientific, efficient way to learn languages: https://qz.com/1211561/how-to-learn-a-language-use-spaced-repetition/
- App Teaches How To Write Asian Language Characters On Your Smartphone: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/327663/app-teaches-how-to-write-asian-language-characters.html
- Hegel’s Dialectics: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hegel-dialectics/
- The Unusual (sign) Language That Linguists Thought Couldn’t Exist: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-unusual-language-that-linguists-thought-couldn-t-exist
- How to laugh online (textually) in 26 languages: http://preply.com/en/d/laughing-around-the-world-map--lp
- ‘Parentese’ Is Truly a Lingua Franca, Global Study Finds: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/24/science/parentese-babies-global-language.html
References
- ↑ Why is English so hard to spell?: https://graphics.reuters.com/USA-SPELLINGBEE/GRAPHIC/klvykoogzvg/index.html
- ↑ Skype English Learning Now More Popular (for Japanese learners): http://www.japanitup.com/skype-english-learning/
- ↑ The Push to Make French Gender-Neutral: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/inclusive-writing-france-feminism/545048/
- ↑ Abbreviations for months/days of the week.: https://www.reddit.com/r/French/comments/n593j/abbreviations_for_monthsdays_of_the_week/
- ↑ What Does "Subject-Verb Agreement" Mean?: http://www.brighthubeducation.com/spanish-lesson-plans/4330-what-does-subject-verb-agreement-mean/
- ↑ Spanish Verbs in the Present Tense and Conjugations: https://www.rocketlanguages.com/spanish/verbs/spanish-verbs-present-tense-and-conjugations
- ↑ Me Gusta vs Me Gustan: https://www.tes.com/lessons/kJzCLrIsYVOA-A/me-gusta-vs-me-gustan
- ↑ Idiomatic "por" sayings in Spanish: http://quizlet.com/111675368/expresiones-idiomaticos-con-por-flash-cards/
- ↑ JAPANESE/ENGLISH DICTIONARY PROJECT: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/edict_doc.html
- ↑ Tatoeba - example Japanese sentences translated using JDICT/EDICT: http://tatoeba.org/eng/
- ↑ Rikaichan alternative forked plugin (post-FF50): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/rikaichanext/
- ↑ RikaiChan (original XUL-based plugin for older FireFox versions < 55 only): https://web.archive.org/web/20150402215329/https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/rikaichan/versions/
- ↑ Potential Verbs: http://japanesestudynow.com/?p=2867
- ↑ SPLISH SPLASH - HOW TO USE A MODERN JAPANESE BATH: http://blog.gaijinpot.com/splish-splash-use-modern-japanese-bath/
- ↑ Japanese displaying as question marks: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/japanese-displaying-as-question-marks
- ↑ Japanese Input on Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr: http://www.localizingjapan.com/blog/2014/05/25/japanese-input-on-ubuntu-linux-14-04-lts-trusty-tahr/
- ↑ Menial Labor and Fun Times in Japan with WWOOF: http://www.tofugu.com/2011/11/16/wwoof-japan/
- ↑ How To Get Cheap Airplane Tickets To Japan: http://www.tofugu.com/2010/11/16/how-to-get-cheap-airplane-tickets-to-japan/
- ↑ 5 KEIGO PHRASES TO MAKE YOUR POINT POLITELY AT WORK: https://blog.gaijinpot.com/5-keigo-phrases-to-make-your-point-at-work/
- ↑ Japanorama - key links to websites in Japan: http://www.japanorama.com/links.html
- ↑ 42 insane Japanese language learning hacks!: http://www.iwillteachyoualanguage.com/japanese-learning-hacks/
- ↑ CamDictionary - Chinese/Japanese Image Recognition of Kanji (APP): https://itunes.apple.com/app/camdictionary/id407949200
- ↑ Multilingual Japanese dictionary (APP): https://itunes.apple.com/app/imiwa-japanese-dictionary/id288499125
- ↑ Midori - Japanese-English, English-Japanese dictionary (APP): https://itunes.apple.com/app/midori-japanese-dictionary/id385231773
- ↑ Japanese learning (APP): https://itunes.apple.com/app/japanese/id290664053
- ↑ iKanji touch - Japanese Handwriting recognition & training tool (APP): https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/ikanji-touch-japanese-kanji/id311920885?mt=8
- ↑ 11 Beautiful Japanese Words That Don't Exist In English: http://www.theodysseyonline.com/11-beautiful-untranslatable-japanese-words
- ↑ Learn to read and pronounce Korean Hangul in 2 days: http://www.joop.in/Archive/learn-to-read-and-pronounce-korean-hangul-in-2-days/
- ↑ Announcing the release of the WordReference API: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2160683#post10816012
- ↑ WordReference code-specific API implementations: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2194815
See Also
i18n | l10n | A11Y | Translation | NLP | E-Learning
