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== Japanese ==
== Japanese ==
'''https://www.tofugu.com/'''
Helpful blog with pleasant design.
'''https://words.marugotoweb.jp/'''
Basic vocabulary.


'''https://github.com/Anupya/JapaneseTab'''
'''https://github.com/Anupya/JapaneseTab'''
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Memorise basic words through pictures and articles, also some videos with subtitles.
Memorise basic words through pictures and articles, also some videos with subtitles.
'''http://houhou-srs.com/'''
Software for learning. It is open-source.


'''https://github.com/blastrock/kakugo/'''
'''https://github.com/blastrock/kakugo/'''
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Learn related words in chains.
Learn related words in chains.
'''https://jlptsensei.com/'''
A place to learn grammar.
'''https://www2.gwu.edu/~eall/vjgnew/vjghomepage/vjghome.htm'''
Video lessons.
'''http://niai.mrahhal.net/similar'''
Dictionary for similar words.
'''https://www.kangenius.com/web/index.html'''
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://www.polyglots.net/service/mondo/'''
'''https://www.polyglots.net/service/mondo/'''


App for reading articles. Some have translations, some have recordings.
App for reading articles. Some have translations, some have recordings.
'''https://kanji.koohii.com/'''
For memorising Kanji.
'''https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asji.kanjitree'''
For Kanji drilling.
'''https://thekanjimap.com/index.html'''
Map of Kanji.


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


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


'''http://www.japanesenumberconverter.com/'''
'''http://www.japanesenumberconverter.com/'''
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Lists of pitch accents.
Lists of pitch accents.
'''https://reajer.weebly.com/'''
Readings in different levels.
'''https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/'''
NHK news for learners of Japanese.
'''https://manga-sensei.com/'''
This looks casual. Some comic and something else.
I always feel that its title is incomplete.


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


Example sentences.
Example sentences.
'''http://www.tangoristo.com/'''
For reading. Its furigana is sometimes wrong.


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


Reader. Its source code is available, but it is unlicensed.
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.
'''https://the-tab-of-words.keipixel.com/'''
Add-on for seeing a word when opening a new tab.


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


Add-on for Jisho.org, adding a few features.
Add-on for Jisho.org, adding a few features.
'''https://www.tanos.jp/'''
Miscellaneous materials.
'''https://www.manythings.org/japanese/signs/'''
Practice of reading signs.
'''https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/'''
News about anime, manga, novels and games.
'''https://myanimelist.net/'''
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/'''
Database of visual novels.
'''https://xupefei.github.io/Locale-Emulator/'''
Change locale (for playing non-Unicode programs).
'''https://www.retroarch.com/'''
Emulator of many game consoles for PC. It is open-source.
'''https://github.com/Swordfish90/Lemuroid'''
Emulator of several game consoles for Android. It is open-source.


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

Revision as of 14:47, 16 March 2022

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.

Chinese

https://freehkfonts.opensource.hk/

Standard Hong Kong Chinese font. The only open-source one for now.

https://www.relativescalc.com/

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

English

!! https://thetypingcat.com/

For typing fluently. It supports many keyboard layouts.

!! https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/

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.

!! https://www.elsanow.io/en/

For training speaking.

https://www.vocabulary.com/

A great site for practising words.

!! http://latinandgreekrootwords.com/

Word roots. It is not hard to find, but many people neglect it.

https://www.elevateapp.com/

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/

Guide to punctuation, for English only.

https://wikidiff.com/

See the differences between two words.

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://www.esl-lab.com/

Some listening practice with transcripts.

http://www.elllo.org/

Some listening practice with transcripts.

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

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.

http://www.analyzemywriting.com/

Analyze your writing, or other people's.

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://www.openbookpublishers.com/

Licensed free contemporary books about humanity and social sciences.

https://rhymezone.com/

For composing poets. There are also other functions.

https://iwl.me/

See who writes like you. Just for fun. They say Cory Doctorow for me, every time.

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.

German

https://resources.german.lsa.umich.edu/

Resources for learning German.

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

Strong verbs. It is open-source.

https://deutschtraining.org/

Some in-depth mind maps.

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

List of nominalised forms of verbs.

http://www.studentstories.de/index.html

Listening material, 100 episodes. B2 level. Some mistakes are in the text.

Interlingue

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

Spell checker.

Japanese

https://github.com/Anupya/JapaneseTab

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

https://hirogaru-nihongo.jp/

Memorise basic words through pictures and articles, also some videos with subtitles.

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

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

http://suiren.io/

Learn related words in chains.

https://www.polyglots.net/service/mondo/

App for reading articles. Some have translations, some have recordings.

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

Grid of Kanji. 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/english.html

Lists of pitch accents.

http://yourei.jp/

Example sentences.

https://tenjinreader.com/

Reader. Its source code is available, but it is unlicensed.

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

Add-on for adding furigana for Firefox.

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

Add-on for Jisho.org, adding a few features.

https://legendsoflocalization.com/

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.

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/

Kangxi dictionary.

New Zealand Sign Language

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

A game.

Polish

https://realpolish.pl/tag/polish-listening/

Listening material.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/polish-spellchecker-dictionary/

Spellchecker.

Russian

https://lurkmore.to/

Informal encyclopedia focusing on Internet subcultures, folklore, and memes.

Yiddish

http://www.sbjf.org/sbjco/schmaltz/yiddish_phrases.htm


Phrases.

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