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Free resources for learning specific languages. Those mentioned in [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-resources-for-polyglots]] are not to be listed again here.
Free resources for learning specific languages. Those mentioned in [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-resources-for-polyglots]] and its linked pages (course, dictionary, listening, etc.) are not to be listed again here.


== Amharic ==
== Chinese ==
'''https://www.abyssinica.com/'''


Search engine, dictionary and others.
'''https://github.com/cantrellnm/draw-hanzi'''


== Chinese ==
Hanzi drawing. It is open-source.
 
'''https://hanzigraph.com/'''


'''https://freehkfonts.opensource.hk/'''
Graph of words. It is open-source.
Standard Hong Kong Chinese font. The only open-source one for now.


'''https://www.relativescalc.com/'''
'''https://www.relativescalc.com/'''
Like a calculator, it helps to understand the forms of address of relatives.
Like a calculator, it helps to understand the forms of address of relatives.
'''https://zi.tools/'''
Detailed introductions of glyphs.
'''https://github.com/ichitenfont/inheritedglyphs'''
Traditional glyphs. Its content is under a public license.


== English ==
== English ==


'''<big>!!</big> https://thetypingcat.com/'''
'''https://www.vocabulary.com/'''
For typing fluently. It supports many keyboard layouts.


'''<big>!!</big> https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/'''
A site for practising words.
Useful tools and information, from Skills (Courses is only a trial) to Apps. The earlier Flash version of that pronunciation chart is https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/TEphonemic_GreyBlue2_0.swf.


'''<big>!!</big> https://www.elsanow.io/en/'''
'''http://latinandgreekrootwords.com/'''
For training speaking.


'''https://www.vocabulary.com/'''
Word roots.
A great site for practising words.
 
'''https://standardebooks.org/'''


'''<big>!!</big> http://latinandgreekrootwords.com/'''
High-quality e-books. Its work is under a public license.
Word roots. It is not hard to find, but many people neglect it.


'''https://www.elevateapp.com/'''
'''https://www.elevateapp.com/'''
It helps you to pass through the prolonged intermediate phase.
It helps you to pass through the prolonged intermediate phase.


'''https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/'''
'''https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/'''
Some resources from EF.


'''https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/'''
Guide to punctuation.
Guide to punctuation, for English only.


'''https://wikidiff.com/'''
'''https://wikidiff.com/'''
See the differences between two words.
See the differences between two words.
'''https://github.com/Kaiyiwing/qwerty-learner'''
Typing practice for Chinese speakers.


'''https://www.manythings.org/'''
'''https://www.manythings.org/'''
Many things, including many articles and several books with audio. The pages are not designed well, but the contents are not that bad.
Many things, including many articles and several books with audio. The pages are not designed well, but the contents are not that bad.


'''https://www.esl-lab.com/'''
'''https://sourceforge.net/projects/toeflpractice/'''
Some listening practice with transcripts.


'''http://www.elllo.org/'''
A program for practising TOFEL speaking skills. It is open-source.
Some listening practice with transcripts.


'''https://sourceforge.net/projects/toeflpractice/'''
'''https://visuwords.com/'''
A program for practising TOFEL speaking skills.


'''https://visuwords.com/'''
Excellent for seeing the relations between words. But there is only one part of speech for each word, which is a big flaw.
Excellent for seeing the relations between words. But there is only one part of speech for each word, which is a big flaw.


'''http://www.analyzemywriting.com/'''
'''https://www.phrases.org.uk/'''
Analyze your writing, or other people's.


'''https://www.phrases.org.uk/'''
This site has a lot of phrases with their origins.
This site has a lot of phrases with their origins.


'''<big>!!</big> https://www.storynory.com/'''
'''https://english-number.com/number-test'''
Little stories with audio.


'''https://english-number.com/number-test'''
For practising numbers.
For practising numbers.


'''https://knowyourmeme.com/'''
'''https://knowyourmeme.com/'''
All about memes.
All about memes.
'''https://wordfeud.com/'''
Word game with multilingual dictionaries.
'''https://www.openbookpublishers.com/'''
Licensed free contemporary books about humanity and social sciences.


'''https://rhymezone.com/'''
'''https://rhymezone.com/'''
For composing poets. There are also other functions.


'''https://iwl.me/'''
For composing poets. There are other functions.
See who writes like you. Just for fun. They say Cory Doctorow for me, every time.


'''<big>!!</big> https://www.grammarly.com/'''
== French ==


'''<big><big><big>It is yet another privacy nightmare. Do not use, or use with caution.</big></big></big>'''
'''https://github.com/andrewmcc/french-verbs'''


https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/7w67dv/grammarly_leaks_everything_youve_ever_typed_in/
Conjucation practice.


https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/b0y95z/why_i_removed_grammarly_chrome_extension_and/
'''http://www.litteratureaudio.com/'''


Grammar checker.
Downloadable audiobooks.


If you want to enjoy their premium corrections with a free account, you can just let it check your sentences one by one, and make changes to the sentence little by little and try to make it indicate no premium correction.
'''https://grammalecte.net/'''


== French ==
'''http://www.litteratureaudio.com/'''
Listen to more than 6000 audiobooks that you can also download in Mp3.
'''https://grammalecte.net/'''
Grammar checker. It is open-source.
Grammar checker. It is open-source.


== German ==
== German ==


'''https://resources.german.lsa.umich.edu/'''
'''https://github.com/Sw24Softwares/StarkeVerben/'''
Resources for learning German.


'''https://github.com/Sw24Softwares/StarkeVerben/'''
Strong verbs. It is open-source.
Strong verbs. It is open-source.


'''https://deutschtraining.org/'''
== Hebrew ==
Some in-depth mind maps.


'''https://www.wirtschaftsdeutsch.de/lehrmaterialien/grammatik-nominalisierung-liste-verben.pdf'''
'''https://github.com/HebrewTools/ParseTrainer'''
List of nominalised forms of verbs.


'''https://www.redensarten-index.de/suche.php'''
Parse trainer. It is open-source.
Dictionary of idioms.


'''https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oridov.germannouns'''
== Icelandic ==
An app for practicing articles, with translations in your system's language. It supports fewer words in other languages than in English.


'''https://slowgerman.com/'''
'''https://ylhyra.is/'''
Listening material.


'''http://www.studentstories.de/index.html'''
Texts and flashcards. It is open-source.
Listening material, 100 episodes. B2 level. Some mistakes are in the text.


== Interlingue ==
== Japanese ==


'''https://www.ie-munde.com/'''
'''https://core6000.neocities.org/'''
Dictionaries, grammar, manuals, phrases for conversation.


'''https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/interlingue-spell-checker/'''
Vocabulary list.
Spell checker.


== Japanese ==
'''https://glenn-sun.github.io/japanese-vocab-test/'''


'''https://www.tofugu.com/'''
Vocabulary test.
Helpful blog with pleasant design.


'''https://words.marugotoweb.jp/'''
'''https://github.com/Anupya/JapaneseTab'''
Basic vocabulary.


'''https://github.com/Anupya/JapaneseTab'''
Learn vocabulary with Chrome tabs. It is open-source.
Learn vocabulary with Chrome tabs. It is open-source.


'''https://hirogaru-nihongo.jp/'''
'''https://github.com/blastrock/kakugo/'''
Memorise basic words through pictures and articles, also some videos with subtitles.
 
Kana, Kanji and vocabulary on Android. It is open-source.


'''http://houhou-srs.com/'''
'''https://github.com/scriptin/topokanji'''
Software for learning. It is open-source.


'''https://github.com/blastrock/kakugo/'''
Kanji in topoligical order.
Kana, Kanji and vocabulary. It is open-source.


'''http://suiren.io/'''
'''http://suiren.io/'''
Learn related words in chains.
Learn related words in chains.


'''https://jlptsensei.com/'''
'''https://kurumi.com/jp/kjbh/'''
A place to learn grammar.


'''https://www2.gwu.edu/~eall/vjgnew/vjghomepage/vjghome.htm'''
See the Kanji taken apart.
Video lessons.


'''http://niai.mrahhal.net/similar'''
'''https://minosvasilias.github.io/kanjigrid/'''
Dictionary for similar words.


'''https://www.kangenius.com/web/index.html'''
Grid of Kanji. It is open-source.
A little game for memorising Kanji.


I asked the creator why it require so many coins to unlock all characters that when you have such a number you have already unlocked them all, and I got the response: it requires real money.
'''https://kai.kanjiapi.dev/'''


'''https://www.polyglots.net/service/mondo/'''
See Kanji and its related words.
App for reading articles. Some have translations, some have recordings.


'''https://kanji.koohii.com/'''
'''https://jyosuushi.com/'''
For memorising Kanji.


'''https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asji.kanjitree'''
Counters.
For Kanji drilling.


'''https://thekanjimap.com/index.html'''
'''https://github.com/syt0r/Kanji-Dojo'''
Map of Kanji.


'''https://minosvasilias.github.io/kanjigrid/'''
Kana and Kanji writing practice. It is open-source.
Grid of Kanji.
 
'''https://asdfjkl.github.io/kanjicanvas/'''
 
Handwriting. It is open-source.
 
'''https://www.ryouflashcards.com/'''


'''http://www.japanesenumberconverter.com/'''
Online flashcards with pitch accents.
Reading of number.


'''http://www.gavo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ojad/'''
'''https://kenrick95.github.io/itazuraneko/'''
Accent dictionary, including vocabulary in textbooks.


'''http://accent.u-biq.org/english.html'''
Miscellaneous stuff.
Lists of pitch accents.


'''https://reajer.weebly.com/'''
'''https://sethclydesdale.github.io/genki-study-resources/lessons-3rd/'''
Readings in different levels.


'''https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/'''
Genki Exercises. It is open-source.
NHK news for learners of Japanese.


'''https://manga-sensei.com/'''
'''https://waniconjugation.herokuapp.com/'''
This looks casual. Some comic and something else.


I always feel that its title is incomplete.
Conjunction. It is open-source.


'''http://yourei.jp/'''
'''https://baileysnyder.com/jconj/'''
Example sentences.


'''http://www.tangoristo.com/'''
Source code is on [https://github.com/baileysnyder/japanese-conjugation Github].
For reading. Its furigana is sometimes wrong.


'''https://tenjinreader.com/'''
Conjugation practice. It is open-source.
Reader. Its source code is available, but it is unlicensed.


'''https://github.com/kuanyui/Furiganaize'''
'''https://wkdonc.github.io/conjugation/drill.html'''
Browser add-on for adding furigana.


'''https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/furiganaize'''
Conjugation practice. It is open-source
Add-on for adding furigana for Firefox.


'''https://the-tab-of-words.keipixel.com/'''
'''http://www.japanesenumberconverter.com/'''
Add-on for seeing a word when opening a new tab.


'''https://www.japanesewithanime.com/2017/01/jisho-kioku-extension.html'''
Reading of number.
Add-on for Jisho.org, adding a few features.


'''https://www.tanos.jp/'''
'''http://www.gavo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ojad/'''
Miscellaneous materials.


'''https://www.manythings.org/japanese/signs/'''
Accent dictionary, including vocabulary in textbooks.
Practice of reading signs.


'''https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/'''
'''http://accent.u-biq.org/'''
News about anime, manga, novels and games.


'''https://myanimelist.net/'''
Lists of pitch accents.
Database of anime, manga and some novels (in “Manga” section). There is another one which is completed as well but not so popular: [https://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=main AniDB].


'''https://vndb.org/'''
'''https://onomatoproject.com/'''
Database of visual novels.


'''https://xupefei.github.io/Locale-Emulator/'''
Onomatopoeia and mimetic words.
Change locale (for playing non-Unicode programs).


'''https://www.retroarch.com/'''
'''https://bunkeibank.ninjal.ac.jp/'''
Emulator of many game consoles for PC. It is open-source.


'''https://github.com/Swordfish90/Lemuroid'''
Grammar.
Emulator of several game consoles for Android. It is open-source.


'''https://legendsoflocalization.com/'''
'''http://yourei.jp/'''
A serious look at localization.
 
Example sentences.
 
'''https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/furiganaize'''


There is no wonder that there are so many mistakes in localization considering Japan's EF EPI rank. There is also no wonder that there are so many mistakes in localization considering the Japanese level of developers from other countries.
Add-on for adding furigana for Firefox. It is open-source.


== Literary Chinese ==
'''https://tadoku.org/japanese/free-books/'''


'''https://ctext.org/'''
Some reading materials. Its work is under a public license.
Old books, the essence of the Chinese culture, with incomplete translations.


'''http://chinesenotes.com/'''
'''https://github.com/ripose-jp/Memento'''
Books with dictionary.


'''https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=%E5%9C%8B%E8%AA%9E%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E5%AE%A4'''
Translate subtitle from mpv and create Anki flashcards. It is open-source.
Collection of classical books.


'''https://shici.store/huajianji/'''
'''https://aozoraroudoku.jp/'''
Poetry.


'''http://www.kangxizidian.com/'''
Audiobooks of Aozora.
Kangxi dictionary.


== New Zealand Sign Language ==
'''https://pooi.moe/Locale-Emulator/'''


'''http://www.nzslsignninja.co.nz/'''
Locale emulator. It is open-source.
A game.


== Polish ==
'''https://github.com/Artikash/Textractor'''


'''https://realpolish.pl/tag/polish-listening/'''
Extract text from games. It is open-source.
Listening material.


'''https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/polish-spellchecker-dictionary/'''
'''https://github.com/fauu/Kamite'''
Spellchecker.


== Russian ==
OCR for desktop. It is open-source.


'''https://lurkmore.to/'''
'''https://game2text.com/'''
Informal encyclopedia focusing on Internet subcultures, folklore, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme memes].


== Yiddish ==
Capture text from visual novels and create Anki flashcards. It is open-source.
'''http://www.sbjf.org/sbjco/schmaltz/yiddish_phrases.htm'''


Phrases.
'''https://legendsoflocalization.com/'''


== Uncoded languages ==
A serious look at localisation from Japanese and to Japanese.


'''aUI'''
== Korean ==
https://auilanguage.org/


'''Europanto'''
'''https://mirinae.io/'''
http://www.europanto.be/


'''Folksprak'''
Sentence analyser.
https://folksprak.org/


'''Glosa'''
== Latin ==
http://www.glosa.org/en/


http://glosa.free.fr/index_uk.htm
'''https://ahushh.github.io/LatinDeclensions/'''


'''Interslavic'''
Declension.
http://steen.free.fr/interslavic/


'''Ithkuil'''
== Literary Chinese ==
http://ithkuil.net/


'''Latino sine flexione'''
'''http://www.kangxizidian.com/'''
http://mono.eik.bme.hu/~galantai/LSF/


'''Lingwa de Planeta'''
Kangxi dictionary.
http://www.lingwadeplaneta.info/


'''Loglan'''
== New Zealand Sign Language ==
http://www.loglan.org/


'''Romániço'''
'''http://www.nzslsignninja.co.nz/'''
http://romaniczo.com/


'''Romanid'''
A game.
http://romanid.nyelv.info/english.html


'''Sambahsa'''
== Russian ==
http://sambahsa.pbworks.com/w/page/10183084/FrontPage


'''Slovio'''
'''https://dekline.herokuapp.com/'''
https://www.slovio.com/


'''Toki Pona'''
Declension.
https://tokipona.org/


https://moosader.itch.io/toki-pona-pal
'''https://instead.hugeping.ru/'''


'''Uropi'''
Digital gamebook. It is open-source.
http://uropi.free.fr/index1.html


'''Unish'''
==Other Lessons==
http://www.unish.net/
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/How-to-locate-the-origin-of-a-video-or-a-photo|How to locate the origin of a video or a photo]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Meanings-of-Country-Names|Meanings of Country Names]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Keyboards|Keyboards]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Online-Specialized-Dictionaries|Online Specialized Dictionaries]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Good-Memories|Good Memories]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Producing-dictionaries-with-web-scraping|Producing dictionaries with web scraping]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Texts-and-Audios-under-a-Public-License|Texts and Audios under a Public License]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Christmas-Truce|Christmas Truce]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Best-Job-Search-Websites-by-Country|Best Job Search Websites by Country]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Most-Popular-Sports|Most Popular Sports]]
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Latest revision as of 08:22, 27 May 2024

Free resources for learning specific languages. Those mentioned in Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-resources-for-polyglots and its linked pages (course, dictionary, listening, etc.) are not to be listed again here.

Chinese[edit | edit source]

https://github.com/cantrellnm/draw-hanzi

Hanzi drawing. It is open-source.

https://hanzigraph.com/

Graph of words. It is open-source.

https://www.relativescalc.com/

Like a calculator, it helps to understand the forms of address of relatives.

https://zi.tools/

Detailed introductions of glyphs.

https://github.com/ichitenfont/inheritedglyphs

Traditional glyphs. Its content is under a public license.

English[edit | edit source]

https://www.vocabulary.com/

A site for practising words.

http://latinandgreekrootwords.com/

Word roots.

https://standardebooks.org/

High-quality e-books. Its work is under a public license.

https://www.elevateapp.com/

It helps you to pass through the prolonged intermediate phase.

https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/

Guide to punctuation.

https://wikidiff.com/

See the differences between two words.

https://github.com/Kaiyiwing/qwerty-learner

Typing practice for Chinese speakers.

https://www.manythings.org/

Many things, including many articles and several books with audio. The pages are not designed well, but the contents are not that bad.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/toeflpractice/

A program for practising TOFEL speaking skills. It is open-source.

https://visuwords.com/

Excellent for seeing the relations between words. But there is only one part of speech for each word, which is a big flaw.

https://www.phrases.org.uk/

This site has a lot of phrases with their origins.

https://english-number.com/number-test

For practising numbers.

https://knowyourmeme.com/

All about memes.

https://rhymezone.com/

For composing poets. There are other functions.

French[edit | edit source]

https://github.com/andrewmcc/french-verbs

Conjucation practice.

http://www.litteratureaudio.com/

Downloadable audiobooks.

https://grammalecte.net/

Grammar checker. It is open-source.

German[edit | edit source]

https://github.com/Sw24Softwares/StarkeVerben/

Strong verbs. It is open-source.

Hebrew[edit | edit source]

https://github.com/HebrewTools/ParseTrainer

Parse trainer. It is open-source.

Icelandic[edit | edit source]

https://ylhyra.is/

Texts and flashcards. It is open-source.

Japanese[edit | edit source]

https://core6000.neocities.org/

Vocabulary list.

https://glenn-sun.github.io/japanese-vocab-test/

Vocabulary test.

https://github.com/Anupya/JapaneseTab

Learn vocabulary with Chrome tabs. It is open-source.

https://github.com/blastrock/kakugo/

Kana, Kanji and vocabulary on Android. It is open-source.

https://github.com/scriptin/topokanji

Kanji in topoligical order.

http://suiren.io/

Learn related words in chains.

https://kurumi.com/jp/kjbh/

See the Kanji taken apart.

https://minosvasilias.github.io/kanjigrid/

Grid of Kanji. It is open-source.

https://kai.kanjiapi.dev/

See Kanji and its related words.

https://jyosuushi.com/

Counters.

https://github.com/syt0r/Kanji-Dojo

Kana and Kanji writing practice. It is open-source.

https://asdfjkl.github.io/kanjicanvas/

Handwriting. It is open-source.

https://www.ryouflashcards.com/

Online flashcards with pitch accents.

https://kenrick95.github.io/itazuraneko/

Miscellaneous stuff.

https://sethclydesdale.github.io/genki-study-resources/lessons-3rd/

Genki Exercises. It is open-source.

https://waniconjugation.herokuapp.com/

Conjunction. It is open-source.

https://baileysnyder.com/jconj/

Source code is on Github.

Conjugation practice. It is open-source.

https://wkdonc.github.io/conjugation/drill.html

Conjugation practice. It is open-source

http://www.japanesenumberconverter.com/

Reading of number.

http://www.gavo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ojad/

Accent dictionary, including vocabulary in textbooks.

http://accent.u-biq.org/

Lists of pitch accents.

https://onomatoproject.com/

Onomatopoeia and mimetic words.

https://bunkeibank.ninjal.ac.jp/

Grammar.

http://yourei.jp/

Example sentences.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/furiganaize

Add-on for adding furigana for Firefox. It is open-source.

https://tadoku.org/japanese/free-books/

Some reading materials. Its work is under a public license.

https://github.com/ripose-jp/Memento

Translate subtitle from mpv and create Anki flashcards. It is open-source.

https://aozoraroudoku.jp/

Audiobooks of Aozora.

https://pooi.moe/Locale-Emulator/

Locale emulator. It is open-source.

https://github.com/Artikash/Textractor

Extract text from games. It is open-source.

https://github.com/fauu/Kamite

OCR for desktop. It is open-source.

https://game2text.com/

Capture text from visual novels and create Anki flashcards. It is open-source.

https://legendsoflocalization.com/

A serious look at localisation from Japanese and to Japanese.

Korean[edit | edit source]

https://mirinae.io/

Sentence analyser.

Latin[edit | edit source]

https://ahushh.github.io/LatinDeclensions/

Declension.

Literary Chinese[edit | edit source]

http://www.kangxizidian.com/

Kangxi dictionary.

New Zealand Sign Language[edit | edit source]

http://www.nzslsignninja.co.nz/

A game.

Russian[edit | edit source]

https://dekline.herokuapp.com/

Declension.

https://instead.hugeping.ru/

Digital gamebook. It is open-source.

Other Lessons[edit | edit source]