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Interesting stuff I find about languages, language learning, linguistics, and translation
How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words. "With half of our 7,000 languages due to disappear this century, linguicide is one of the most pressing cultural emergencies of our age." amzn.to/4pjKPRe
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words. "With half of our 7,000 languages due to disappear this century, linguicide is one of the most pressing cultural emergencies of our age." amzn.to/4pjKPRe
The Atlas of Languages: Words Around the World amzn.to/3K8TW8m
A beautifully illustrated overview of the history of languages around the world, filled with maps, sidebars, and unusual facts that will satisfy curious kids (and language-loving adults)
A beautifully illustrated overview of the history of languages around the world, filled with maps, sidebars, and unusual facts that will satisfy curious kids (and language-loving adults)
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Atlas of Languages: Words Around the World amzn.to/3K8TW8m
A beautifully illustrated overview of the history of languages around the world, filled with maps, sidebars, and unusual facts that will satisfy curious kids (and language-loving adults)
A beautifully illustrated overview of the history of languages around the world, filled with maps, sidebars, and unusual facts that will satisfy curious kids (and language-loving adults)
The book Little Brother (amzn.to/42Uj6LW) (full of contemporary slang – see sample) has been translated into both Standard Esperanto (amzn.to/41AWuyI) and a gender-neutral version (amzn.to/42AYA3d) (ex. frato changed to sibo (sibling)). #Esperanto
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The book Little Brother (amzn.to/42Uj6LW) (full of contemporary slang – see sample) has been translated into both Standard Esperanto (amzn.to/41AWuyI) and a gender-neutral version (amzn.to/42AYA3d) (ex. frato changed to sibo (sibling)). #Esperanto
Now with over 5000 human-created books and resources! LanguageCrawler's Language Learning Bookstore: Curated books and podcasts to learn over 250 languages: www.amazon.com/shop/languag...
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Now with over 5000 human-created books and resources! LanguageCrawler's Language Learning Bookstore: Curated books and podcasts to learn over 250 languages: www.amazon.com/shop/languag...
GIGANTIC 1170-page, 8.5" x 11" book jammed packed with Spanish to English vocabulary, including over 100 pages of slang, a grammar section and much more. Link to book: amzn.to/3IBzFqY #spanishvocabulary #learnspanish
August 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
GIGANTIC 1170-page, 8.5" x 11" book jammed packed with Spanish to English vocabulary, including over 100 pages of slang, a grammar section and much more. Link to book: amzn.to/3IBzFqY #spanishvocabulary #learnspanish
One voice can shift the world!
June 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
One voice can shift the world!
2025 Goals Unlocked!
June 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
2025 Goals Unlocked!
How translators can be "AI Resilient". A French to English translator for 15 years, he wrote this book about how to "Thrive, Charge More, and Stay Irreplaceable in the Age of AI": amzn.to/4nd6SZL
Click Read Sample under the cover image for a long free preview #translation
Click Read Sample under the cover image for a long free preview #translation
June 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
How translators can be "AI Resilient". A French to English translator for 15 years, he wrote this book about how to "Thrive, Charge More, and Stay Irreplaceable in the Age of AI": amzn.to/4nd6SZL
Click Read Sample under the cover image for a long free preview #translation
Click Read Sample under the cover image for a long free preview #translation
Immigrant Tongues: Exploring How Languages Moved, Evolved, and Defined Us: amzn.to/44rxvCH
"Patrick Foote’s Immigrant Tongues is the ultimate language history book, blending stories of migration, culture, and evolution to uncover how languages have shaped our world.
"Patrick Foote’s Immigrant Tongues is the ultimate language history book, blending stories of migration, culture, and evolution to uncover how languages have shaped our world.
June 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Immigrant Tongues: Exploring How Languages Moved, Evolved, and Defined Us: amzn.to/44rxvCH
"Patrick Foote’s Immigrant Tongues is the ultimate language history book, blending stories of migration, culture, and evolution to uncover how languages have shaped our world.
"Patrick Foote’s Immigrant Tongues is the ultimate language history book, blending stories of migration, culture, and evolution to uncover how languages have shaped our world.
Language Differences Control Your Brain’s Sentence-Prediction Habits. The brain’s response to information depends on language’s grammatical structure
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
May 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Language Differences Control Your Brain’s Sentence-Prediction Habits. The brain’s response to information depends on language’s grammatical structure
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
Excited about this new grocery store where I can purchase my ogarnic onarges and nabanas
April 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Excited about this new grocery store where I can purchase my ogarnic onarges and nabanas
German linguistics YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@Linguistike...
The author also wrote a textbook: amzn.to/4bPzCSY
The author also wrote a textbook: amzn.to/4bPzCSY
March 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
German linguistics YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@Linguistike...
The author also wrote a textbook: amzn.to/4bPzCSY
The author also wrote a textbook: amzn.to/4bPzCSY
New French language reality game show on Amazon: amzn.to/4ko7TNj
March 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
New French language reality game show on Amazon: amzn.to/4ko7TNj
March 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Three free French textbooks for military and peace professionals (with audio files)
En avant ! méthode de français pour les militaires et les professionnels de la paix: www.observatoire-boutros-ghali.org/la-methode-e...
Three free French textbooks for military and peace professionals (with audio files)
En avant ! méthode de français pour les militaires et les professionnels de la paix: www.observatoire-boutros-ghali.org/la-methode-e...
March 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
March 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Three free French textbooks for military and peace professionals (with audio files)
En avant ! méthode de français pour les militaires et les professionnels de la paix: www.observatoire-boutros-ghali.org/la-methode-e...
Three free French textbooks for military and peace professionals (with audio files)
En avant ! méthode de français pour les militaires et les professionnels de la paix: www.observatoire-boutros-ghali.org/la-methode-e...
The Language of Trump (written in French). The chronicles of a press translator who translates Trump into French: amzn.to/4kq0Y6b
March 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The Language of Trump (written in French). The chronicles of a press translator who translates Trump into French: amzn.to/4kq0Y6b
Hazards of relying on machine translation. This option at an Italian self-service car wash should be translated as "WAX" (cera) and not "THERE WAS" (c'era). No human would make this mistake.
February 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hazards of relying on machine translation. This option at an Italian self-service car wash should be translated as "WAX" (cera) and not "THERE WAS" (c'era). No human would make this mistake.
Not all constructed languages (conlangs) are created for the same purpose:
February 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Not all constructed languages (conlangs) are created for the same purpose:
"I'll be brief"
January 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"I'll be brief"
I received this multilingual letter from a large U.S. insurance company with nonsense characters for some of the languages. Coding errors happen, but this must have gone through several hands, so how is it possible that no one at the company noticed this?
January 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I received this multilingual letter from a large U.S. insurance company with nonsense characters for some of the languages. Coding errors happen, but this must have gone through several hands, so how is it possible that no one at the company noticed this?
Oops. I found this in the middle of a printed book of sample sentences for Arabic verbs that sells for $21.95. Apparently people are using ChatGPT (AI) to create books. Unfortunately, the sentences generated by AI are not always reliable. I returned it immediately.
January 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Oops. I found this in the middle of a printed book of sample sentences for Arabic verbs that sells for $21.95. Apparently people are using ChatGPT (AI) to create books. Unfortunately, the sentences generated by AI are not always reliable. I returned it immediately.
New 475-page Basic to Intermediate Arabic Grammar: Mastering Arabic Grammar: A Comprehensive Guide to Arabic Grammar from Scratch to Mastery! amzn.to/4fnXwoE
December 17, 2024 at 6:37 PM
New 475-page Basic to Intermediate Arabic Grammar: Mastering Arabic Grammar: A Comprehensive Guide to Arabic Grammar from Scratch to Mastery! amzn.to/4fnXwoE
Resources for European Portuguese can be hard to find. That's why this outstanding new 300-page book of European Portuguese slang is a welcome edition to your library. Warning: it does contain some adult language amzn.to/49JJKeT
December 17, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Resources for European Portuguese can be hard to find. That's why this outstanding new 300-page book of European Portuguese slang is a welcome edition to your library. Warning: it does contain some adult language amzn.to/49JJKeT
Colloquial Arabic: From Standard to Spoken: Embrace Levantine, Egyptian, and Gulf Dialects. This book bridges the gap between MSA & colloquial speech understood by natives. By presenting consistent examples across all three dialects to compare and contrast amzn.to/4f7T39C
December 9, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Colloquial Arabic: From Standard to Spoken: Embrace Levantine, Egyptian, and Gulf Dialects. This book bridges the gap between MSA & colloquial speech understood by natives. By presenting consistent examples across all three dialects to compare and contrast amzn.to/4f7T39C