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    Your 2025 New Year's Resolutions: how to learn a new language this year

    Achieve your New Year's resolutions in 2025! We tell you how to work on your new year goal so you get to speak naturally and confidently, . . .

    16/12/2024

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    Discover mind-blowing language learning tips, stories from the world of languages, and more key advice to help you learn fast. And have fun while you're doing it.

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    English,

    Introduction to the Yoruba language: tones, alphabet, greetings and how hard it really is

    Yoruba has three tones, a 25-letter alphabet and 45-50 million speakers. An...

    12/08/2026

    English,

    Japanese writing systems: hiragana, katakana, kanji, romaji

    Japanese uses four scripts side by side: 46 hiragana, 46 katakana, around 2,000...

    12/08/2026

    English,

    How to learn Russian: the complete beginner's guide

    Russian has 33 letters, six cases and stress you cannot predict. A beginner's...

    11/08/2026

    English,

    How to Count in Japanese: From 1-100

    Learn to count from 1 to 100 in Japanese with practical examples and a handy...

    11/08/2026
    Three women from diverse ethnic backgrounds celebrating the New Year.

    Language learning,

    Your 2025 New Year's Resolutions: how to learn a new language this year

    Achieve your New Year's resolutions in 2025! We tell you how to work on your...

    16/12/2024

    English,

    Good morning in 25+ languages, and when to use each one

    How to say good morning in 26 languages, with native script, romanisation,...

    04/08/2026

    English,

    10 must-read Japanese books: the essential list, and what level of Japanese each one needs

    The 10 essential Japanese novels, with original titles, translators, page...

    04/08/2026

    English,

    10 must-read French books: what to read, in French or in English, and how hard each one really is

    10 of the best-known and most widely-respected French novels, ranked by their...

    04/08/2026

    English,

    10 must-read Korean books: the essential list, and what you need to read them in Korean

    The 10 Korean books worth reading, with Hangul titles, translators, page counts...

    04/08/2026