Learn about the Danish Language

Discover the Danish Language

If you're learning Danish you may very well want to get an overview of the language, some of its unique features, geographical information about native speakers as well as loads of information on grammar, linguistics, history, diaspora and general language structure.

All of this and more is available in Wikipedia's Danish entry. There are also some interesting links at the bottom which take you to further resources to explore and learn about the language of Denmark.

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Free Danish App and Games for Learning Basic Vocabulary (Online, Android, iPhone & iPad)

Free App and Dozens of Online Danish Games

Internet Polyglot offers fun and free games for learning basic Danish vocabulary online. They also offer free Danish apps for Android and iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch).

There are currently over forty lessons available in tutorial, guessing, typing, matching and mix formats. These Danish educational games are similar to learning with flashcards, with the added benefit of audio for pronunciation along with the fun of being able to mix and match the game experience.

Your Native Language Affects your Ability to Save Money?!

What does your native language have to do with saving cash?

A TED Talk with Keith Chen dives into the concept that the very language you learned growing up can actually have an effect on your ability to save money!

Sounds kind of wild, but if you watch the talk below, you'll find out why it is that this researcher believes your native language does, indeed, have an impact on your innate thinking about the future and, thus, your tendency to think about the world in a way which either makes you more or less likely to save money or spend money.

I don't want to spoil the fun, so I won't say any more than I already have. Enjoy!

Learn about the Thai Language

Discover the Thai Language

If you're learning Thai you may very well want to get an overview of the language, some of its unique features, geographical information about native speakers as well as loads of information on grammar, linguistics, history, diaspora and general language structure.

All of this and more is available in Wikipedia's Thai entry. There are also some interesting links at the bottom which take you to further resources to explore and learn about the language of Thailand.

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Learn about the Russian Language

Discover the Russian Language

If you're learning Russian you may very well want to get an overview of the language, some of its unique features, geographical information about native speakers as well as loads of information on grammar, linguistics, history, diaspora and general language structure.

All of this and more is available in Wikipedia's Russian entry. There are also some interesting links at the bottom which take you to further resources to explore and learn about the language of Russia and parts of Eastern Europe.

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Japanese Writing Systems

Japanese Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji and Rōmaji

Omniglot.com has an informative page about Japanese which gives an overview of the language, the alphabet and writing system in general. Omniglot covers all three Japanese writing systems, hiragana, katakana and kanji as well as the Latin romanization system called rōmaji.

Sample texts and sound recordings of the Japanese language are provided in this resource. Other materials include a sample text in Japanese.

Learn Dutch with this Free Online Book

Learn Dutch Free with Wikibooks

The Wikibook for learning Dutch contains free lessons for several skill levels. There is grammar information including adjectives, adverbs, gender, negation, preposition, pronouns, sentences, tenses and verbs. There are also several texts which are used for instruction.

Wikibooks is a great concept. Like Wikipedia, Wikibooks consists of content that is public domain. That means that anything there is reusable in any fashion, such as for teaching.

Learn about the Hebrew Language

Discover the Hebrew Language

If you're learning Hebrew you may very well want to get an overview of the language, some of its unique features, geographical information about native speakers as well as loads of information on grammar, linguistics, history, diaspora and general language structure.

All of this and more is available in Wikipedia's Hebrew entry. There are also some interesting links at the bottom which take you to further resources to explore and learn about the language of Israel.

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