Tag: language

  • Alphabets and writing systems

    Alphabets and writing systems

    Who would not want to see all world’s writing systems organized in a structured way? This is what was done by WorldWritingSystems.org (referenced by Jason Kottke, including the partial list below). And, on a more humorous tone (from xkcd): But do not forget the history of… counting languages. It is not as simple as you…

  • AI prompt: First steps in German

    AI prompt: First steps in German

    For the last two years, I have been learning German. My background in English is probably helping me, but it still is a full-time job. I need to be thorough and maintain effort. So, I settled on a few tools to assist me. But I would like to share with you how I use Artificial…

  • Let the US government teach you a language

    These are language courses which have been developed by the US government and are set in the public domain. So, you can use them as much as you want. A long list of languages: Amharic Arabic Bulgarian Cambodian Cantonese Chinese Chinyanja Czech Finnish French Fula German Greek Hausa Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Igbo Italian Japanese Kituba…