More Urdu Android Apps than you can Handle!

Anyone with an Android gadget most likely knows about Google Play, as it's become the go-to source for Android apps. That said, I wanted to point out a pre-defined search on the Google Play website that allows users to view available apps for learning Urdu.

Urdu is one language for which there is no shortage of apps to discover, test and use. This is a good thing, but it can also be daunting. Apps with good reviews (and lots of them) are generally a good place to start.

Urdu Writing System

Omniglot.com has an informative page about Urdu which gives an overview of the language, the alphabet and writing system in general.

Sample texts and sound recordings of the Urdu language are provided in this resource. Other materials include a sample translation from Urdu to English.

Online Vietnamese Course

For many languages such as Vietnamese, it is challenging to find enough free quality materials online to compromise a complete course. Even if you can bring together the materials, you have to craft a course on your own to cover all the bases.

Online Romanian Course

For many languages such as Romanian, it is challenging to find enough free quality materials online to compromise a complete course. Even if you can bring together the materials, you have to craft a course on your own to cover all the bases.

Learn Romanian Free using Phrases

Surface Languages Romanian offers free tutoring tools online for learning basic Romanian phrases, ranging from your first words to small talk to general topics for getting by and more. Audio of native speakers is provided to ensure that your pronunciation is correct.

Many people enjoy learning language via phrases because of their inherent use (practicality) and as a means to establish a basic foundation on which to build conversations and personal interactions.

Of course, for the traveler only passing through, a general free Romanian phrasebook is always handy!

Discover the Romanian Language

If you're learning Romanian 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 Romanian entry. There are also some interesting links at the bottom which take you to further resources to explore and learn about Romanian.

Don't Miss the Romanian Language Category Page

Online Pashto Course

For many languages such as Pashto, it is challenging to find enough free quality materials online to compromise a complete course. Even if you can bring together the materials, you have to craft a course on your own to cover all the bases.

Enter Transparent Pashto, the fruits of a longstanding language education house focusing on the modern digital world of learning. It's not free but it's also not expensive, and is well worth the investment.

Interactive, Social, Cultural and Mobile Pashto Learning

Learn Pashto with 'Mems' that Create Vivid, Sensory Memories

Memrise Pashto is a fun, community-oriented (i.e. 'social') and - gasp! - scientific way to learn Pashto online.

The idea behind the interface is a merging of science, technology, methodology and community that helps increase your ability to effectively memorize and retain new information.

Oh, and it's totally free! At least for the time being. Hopefully this will still be true when you read this article. They do offer a $10/month upgrade which gives you more in-depth reporting and customization of your learning experience (see more on this below).

What are 'mems' and why use them?

Pashto Writing System

Omniglot.com has an informative page about Pashto which gives an overview of the language, the alphabet and writing system in general.

Sample texts and sound recordings of the Pashto language are provided in this resource. Other materials include a sample translation from Pashto to English.