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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 ==


Some in-depth mind maps.
'''https://github.com/HebrewTools/ParseTrainer'''


'''https://www.wirtschaftsdeutsch.de/lehrmaterialien/grammatik-nominalisierung-liste-verben.pdf'''
Parse trainer. It is open-source.


List of nominalised forms of verbs.
== Icelandic ==


'''http://www.studentstories.de/index.html'''
'''https://ylhyra.is/'''


Listening material, 100 episodes. B2 level. Some mistakes are in the text.
Texts and flashcards. It is open-source.


== Interlingue ==
== Japanese ==


'''https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/interlingue-spell-checker/'''
'''https://core6000.neocities.org/'''


Spell checker.
Vocabulary list.


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


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


'''https://github.com/blastrock/kakugo/'''
'''https://github.com/scriptin/topokanji'''


Kana, Kanji and vocabulary. It is open-source.
Kanji in topoligical order.


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


'''https://www.polyglots.net/service/mondo/'''
'''https://kurumi.com/jp/kjbh/'''


App for reading articles. Some have translations, some have recordings.
See the Kanji taken apart.


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


Grid of Kanji. It is open-source.
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 [https://github.com/baileysnyder/japanese-conjugation Github].
Conjugation practice. It is open-source.
'''https://wkdonc.github.io/conjugation/drill.html'''
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://onomatoproject.com/'''
Onomatopoeia and mimetic words.
'''https://bunkeibank.ninjal.ac.jp/'''
Grammar.


'''http://yourei.jp/'''
'''http://yourei.jp/'''
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Example sentences.
Example sentences.


'''https://tenjinreader.com/'''
'''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/'''


Reader. Its source code is available, but it is unlicensed.
Some reading materials. Its work is under a public license.


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


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


'''https://www.japanesewithanime.com/2017/01/jisho-kioku-extension.html'''
'''https://game2text.com/'''


Add-on for Jisho.org, adding a few features.
Capture text from visual novels and create Anki flashcards. It is open-source.


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


A serious look at localization.
A serious look at localisation from Japanese and to Japanese.
 
== Korean ==
 
'''https://mirinae.io/'''


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.
Sentence analyser.


== Literary Chinese ==
== Latin ==


'''http://chinesenotes.com/'''
'''https://ahushh.github.io/LatinDeclensions/'''


Books with dictionary.
Declension.
 
== Literary Chinese ==


'''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]