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Free resources for learning specific languages. Those mentioned in [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-resources-for-polyglots]] and its linked pages 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.


== Chinese ==
== Chinese ==


'''https://freehkfonts.opensource.hk/'''
'''https://github.com/cantrellnm/draw-hanzi'''


Standard Hong Kong Chinese font. The only open-source one for now.
Hanzi drawing. It is open-source.
 
'''https://hanzigraph.com/'''
 
Graph of words. It is open-source.


'''https://www.relativescalc.com/'''
'''https://www.relativescalc.com/'''
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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.


== English ==
'''https://zi.tools/'''


'''<big>!!</big> https://thetypingcat.com/'''
Detailed introductions of glyphs.


For typing fluently. It supports many keyboard layouts.
'''https://github.com/ichitenfont/inheritedglyphs'''


'''<big>!!</big> https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/'''
Traditional glyphs. Its content is under a public license.


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.
== English ==


'''<big>!!</big> https://www.elsanow.io/en/'''
'''https://www.vocabulary.com/'''


For training speaking.
A site for practising words.


'''https://www.vocabulary.com/'''
'''http://latinandgreekrootwords.com/'''


A great site for practising words.
Word roots.


'''<big>!!</big> http://latinandgreekrootwords.com/'''
'''https://standardebooks.org/'''


Word roots. It is not hard to find, but many people neglect it.
High-quality e-books. Its work is under a public license.


'''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/'''
Some resources from EF.


'''https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/'''
'''https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/'''


Guide to punctuation, for English only.
Guide to punctuation.


'''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/'''
Some listening practice with transcripts.
'''http://www.elllo.org/'''
Some listening practice with transcripts.


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


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


'''https://visuwords.com/'''
'''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/'''
Analyze your writing, or other people's.


'''https://www.phrases.org.uk/'''
'''https://www.phrases.org.uk/'''
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All about memes.
All about memes.
'''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.
For composing poets. There are other functions.


'''https://iwl.me/'''
== French ==


See who writes like you. Just for fun. They say Cory Doctorow for me, every time.
'''https://github.com/andrewmcc/french-verbs'''


== French ==
Conjucation practice.


'''http://www.litteratureaudio.com/'''
'''http://www.litteratureaudio.com/'''


Listen to more than 6000 audiobooks that you can also download in Mp3.
Downloadable audiobooks.


'''https://grammalecte.net/'''
'''https://grammalecte.net/'''
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== German ==
== German ==
'''https://resources.german.lsa.umich.edu/'''
Resources for learning German.


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


'''https://deutschtraining.org/'''
== Hebrew ==
 
'''https://github.com/HebrewTools/ParseTrainer'''


Some in-depth mind maps.
Parse trainer. It is open-source.


'''https://www.wirtschaftsdeutsch.de/lehrmaterialien/grammatik-nominalisierung-liste-verben.pdf'''
== Icelandic ==


List of nominalised forms of verbs.
'''https://ylhyra.is/'''


'''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.
== Japanese ==


== Interlingue ==
'''https://core6000.neocities.org/'''


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


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


== Japanese ==
Vocabulary test.


'''https://www.tofugu.com/'''
'''https://github.com/Anupya/JapaneseTab'''


Helpful blog with pleasant design.
Learn vocabulary with Chrome tabs. It is open-source.


'''https://words.marugotoweb.jp/'''
'''https://github.com/blastrock/kakugo/'''


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


'''https://github.com/Anupya/JapaneseTab'''
'''https://github.com/scriptin/topokanji'''


Learn vocabulary with Chrome tabs. It is open-source.
Kanji in topoligical order.


'''https://hirogaru-nihongo.jp/'''
'''http://suiren.io/'''


Memorise basic words through pictures and articles, also some videos with subtitles.
Learn related words in chains.


'''http://houhou-srs.com/'''
'''https://kurumi.com/jp/kjbh/'''


Software for learning. It is open-source.
See the Kanji taken apart.


'''https://github.com/blastrock/kakugo/'''
'''https://minosvasilias.github.io/kanjigrid/'''


Kana, Kanji and vocabulary. It is open-source.
Grid of Kanji. It is open-source.


'''http://suiren.io/'''
'''https://kai.kanjiapi.dev/'''


Learn related words in chains.
See Kanji and its related words.


'''https://jlptsensei.com/'''
'''https://jyosuushi.com/'''


A place to learn grammar.
Counters.


'''https://www2.gwu.edu/~eall/vjgnew/vjghomepage/vjghome.htm'''
'''https://github.com/syt0r/Kanji-Dojo'''


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


'''http://niai.mrahhal.net/similar'''
'''https://asdfjkl.github.io/kanjicanvas/'''


Dictionary for similar words.
Handwriting. It is open-source.


'''https://www.kangenius.com/web/index.html'''
'''https://www.ryouflashcards.com/'''


A little game for memorising Kanji.
Online flashcards with pitch accents.


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://kenrick95.github.io/itazuraneko/'''


'''https://www.polyglots.net/service/mondo/'''
Miscellaneous stuff.


App for reading articles. Some have translations, some have recordings.
'''https://sethclydesdale.github.io/genki-study-resources/lessons-3rd/'''


'''https://kanji.koohii.com/'''
Genki Exercises. It is open-source.


For memorising Kanji.
'''https://waniconjugation.herokuapp.com/'''


'''https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asji.kanjitree'''
Conjunction. It is open-source.


For Kanji drilling.
'''https://baileysnyder.com/jconj/'''


'''https://thekanjimap.com/index.html'''
Source code is on [https://github.com/baileysnyder/japanese-conjugation Github].


Map of Kanji.
Conjugation practice. It is open-source.


'''https://minosvasilias.github.io/kanjigrid/'''
'''https://wkdonc.github.io/conjugation/drill.html'''


Grid of Kanji.
Conjugation practice. It is open-source


'''http://www.japanesenumberconverter.com/'''
'''http://www.japanesenumberconverter.com/'''
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Accent dictionary, including vocabulary in textbooks.
Accent dictionary, including vocabulary in textbooks.


'''http://accent.u-biq.org/english.html'''
'''http://accent.u-biq.org/'''


Lists of pitch accents.
Lists of pitch accents.


'''https://reajer.weebly.com/'''
'''https://onomatoproject.com/'''
 
Readings in different levels.
 
'''https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/'''
 
NHK news for learners of Japanese.


'''https://manga-sensei.com/'''
Onomatopoeia and mimetic words.


This looks casual. Some comic and something else.
'''https://bunkeibank.ninjal.ac.jp/'''


I always feel that its title is incomplete.
Grammar.


'''http://yourei.jp/'''
'''http://yourei.jp/'''


Example sentences.
Example sentences.
'''http://www.tangoristo.com/'''
For reading. Its furigana is sometimes wrong.
'''https://tenjinreader.com/'''
Reader. Its source code is available, but it is unlicensed.
'''https://github.com/kuanyui/Furiganaize'''
Browser add-on for adding furigana.


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


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


'''https://the-tab-of-words.keipixel.com/'''
'''https://tadoku.org/japanese/free-books/'''


Add-on for seeing a word when opening a new tab.
Some reading materials. Its work is under a public license.


'''https://www.japanesewithanime.com/2017/01/jisho-kioku-extension.html'''
'''https://github.com/ripose-jp/Memento'''


Add-on for Jisho.org, adding a few features.
Translate subtitle from mpv and create Anki flashcards. It is open-source.


'''https://www.tanos.jp/'''
'''https://aozoraroudoku.jp/'''


Miscellaneous materials.
Audiobooks of Aozora.


'''https://www.manythings.org/japanese/signs/'''
'''https://pooi.moe/Locale-Emulator/'''


Practice of reading signs.
Locale emulator. It is open-source.


'''https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/'''
'''https://github.com/Artikash/Textractor'''


News about anime, manga, novels and games.
Extract text from games. It is open-source.


'''https://myanimelist.net/'''
'''https://github.com/fauu/Kamite'''


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].
OCR for desktop. It is open-source.


'''https://vndb.org/'''
'''https://game2text.com/'''


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


'''https://xupefei.github.io/Locale-Emulator/'''
'''https://legendsoflocalization.com/'''


Change locale (for playing non-Unicode programs).
A serious look at localisation from Japanese and to Japanese.


'''https://www.retroarch.com/'''
== Korean ==


Emulator of many game consoles for PC. It is open-source.
'''https://mirinae.io/'''


'''https://github.com/Swordfish90/Lemuroid'''
Sentence analyser.


Emulator of several game consoles for Android. It is open-source.
== Latin ==


'''https://legendsoflocalization.com/'''
'''https://ahushh.github.io/LatinDeclensions/'''
 
A serious look at localization.


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.
Declension.


== Literary Chinese ==
== Literary Chinese ==
'''https://ctext.org/'''
Old books, the essence of the Chinese culture, with incomplete translations.
'''http://chinesenotes.com/'''
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'''
Collection of classical books.
'''https://shici.store/huajianji/'''
Poetry.


'''http://www.kangxizidian.com/'''
'''http://www.kangxizidian.com/'''
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A game.
A game.
== Polish ==
'''https://realpolish.pl/tag/polish-listening/'''
Listening material.
'''https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/polish-spellchecker-dictionary/'''
Spellchecker.


== Russian ==
== Russian ==


'''https://lurkmore.to/'''
'''https://dekline.herokuapp.com/'''


Informal encyclopedia focusing on Internet subcultures, folklore, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme memes].
Declension.


== Yiddish ==
'''https://instead.hugeping.ru/'''
'''http://www.sbjf.org/sbjco/schmaltz/yiddish_phrases.htm'''


Digital gamebook. It is open-source.


Phrases.
==Other Lessons==
* [[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]

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