Here’s an interesting discussion about this on the r/askscience subreddit on Reddit. I personally like the theory supported by John McWorther: as languages are left to their own devises (mainly lack of interaction with speakers of different languages or dialects), they tend to outgrow quite a bit in complexity. That is mainly because children have… Continue reading The Difficulty of Ancient Languages Compared to Modern Ones
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German Interlinear translation: Peasant and the Devil by the Brothers Grimm
Read a novel German Interlinear translation from InterlinearBooks.com right on our blog today. Interlinear are translations where you have the original and a translation right below each word and expression.
Common European Languages Framework (CEFR) and Vocabulary Size
The Common European Languages Framework does not provide a clear vocabulary size for any of its levels, so we do not know how many knows words are expected at each level. Milton and Alexiou have attempted to do that in 2009. Here’s their table for English and French, with the addition of Greek from them… Continue reading Common European Languages Framework (CEFR) and Vocabulary Size
How To Learn Russian through Interlinear translations
Learning Russian? We have helped develop a novel method for that – Interlinear translations. They help you read Tolstoy in Russian! Find out more.
Example of the Russian Interlinear Translation by InterlinearBooks
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I would like to let all of you know of the newly launched site InterlinearBooks.com that serves Interlinear book translations for language learners. Interlinear translation is a great and yet undiscovered method to learn languages, and I wish you all to find out about it. So what exactly is Interlinear translation? Interlinear is a translation method… Continue reading InterLinear Translations now available at InterlinearBooks.com!
The Language Behind Months
Here are somethings that you might not have known about the months of the year and how language knowledge can help you decipher their origin.
My Idea For a Trick to Make Absolutely Sure You Learn The Language While In The Country
I have just come back from my stay in Greece where I tried to learn Greek (more on the results of that in my next post) and that experience got me thinking about: those of you who go to foreign countries and try to learn the local language will know that learning it will not come by itself: you actually have to put a lot of work in; and even then sometimes it’s very hard. In this day and age of English as the international language, speaking opportunities are scarce and even then conversations end prematurely due to your low level of the language or you just don’t seem to be able to discuss difficult topics. At the end of the day, you end up staying in the country and not learning much if any of the local language. That’s where I got an idea.
Want To Learn A Language? Argue With Everybody!
I just had this random idea reading a site on the Internet. Isn’t the best way to learn a language discussing in it? Here’re a few reasons why it might be.
Do You Use These 3 Simple Language Learning Tips When Being In The Country!
Just a couple of tips that I think are helpful to learn languages while you are living in the country (like me in Greece). I assume most people should know them but I get surprised by how many times they don’t. Here we go.
Which Dialect of Arabic Should You Learn?
There are quite a few dialects of Arabic. The question is: which dialect of Arabic should you learn if you want to communicate with as many Arabic speakers as you can? I attempt to give a summary of this question.