Whistled Turkish and brain processing
Languages are a bit like animal species, they disappear from the surface of the Earth at an alarming rate. And just like animal species, the study of a rare language …
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Version 4.3 of the Freelang dictionary
Version 4.3 of the Freelang Dictionary fixes a bug that would prevent the installation of the program, in some cases when several Windows accounts were on the same computer. In …
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Freelang on your Android phone
As promised, we did it! We turned the Freelang Dictionary into an application that you can download on your phone or tablet, provided you use an Android system. To install …
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Why Is English So Hard to Learn?
Anyone who has had a conversation with someone who speaks English as a second language is likely to have heard the same complaint: English is one of the toughest languages …
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The Samoan Language – Present and Future
As the native language of a small Pacific Island, Samoan faces the same challenges many other indigenous languages are up against in the modern, globalized world. But Samoan also has …
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Cantonese Taking Its Place in a Changing World
TED talks, once the realm of academics and business magnates, are now well known and widely spread thanks to the Internet. But despite the level playing field the web has …
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New Recognition for Kurdish Language in Turkey
Kurdish nationalists within Turkey won a small victory recently when they were granted the right to use their own language in court. Kurdish populations comprise large minority groups in several …
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Vatican Ramps Up Attempts to Promote Latin Study
The latest reports from the Vatican have announced the establishment of a Pontifical Academy for Latin, designed to encourage and spread the learning of Latin around the world. Latin has …
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Tahitian – Staying Alive Beneath the Dominance of French
As a Pacific colony of the French, Tahiti suffered the same fate as many other colonies – its native language became somewhat displaced by the language of the colonizers. But …
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Australia Cuts Back on Indonesian Language Classes
In previous years Indonesian was acknowledge by Australian officials as one of the most important ‘strategic languages’ for its citizens to learn. Indonesia, with the world’s fourth-largest population, is an …
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