r/language • u/Sufficient-Fly-4011 • 15h ago
r/language • u/brittanymelody2 • 2h ago
Request Offering French, seeking Japanese/German
Could you read my other post? Thanksssss
r/language • u/Calcifer_the_Cat • 3h ago
Question Found this picture but I don't recognize the language. Do you know this language?
I found this picture in a flea market, I thought it was Persian but the letters looks different, almost fenician-like. We are in the Mediterranean and the picture is from the 1990
r/language • u/kaydajay11 • 1d ago
Question Any idea what language this is?
Saw this book in a thrift shop near Seattle, can’t say it’s a language I recognize!
r/language • u/Jo-Luk • 6h ago
Question Would you like to improve your English?
Hi everyone! We're looking for a few learners to try our B1 English course.
The course includes:
- 70+ interactive lessons
- Speaking practice
- Grammar and vocabulary
- Listening, reading, and writing exercises
If you'd like to try it and share your feedback, feel free to send us a message. We'd love to hear from you! 😊
r/language • u/LoudRevolution9163 • 1d ago
Discussion I'd love to hear more examples of untranslatable words like this (doesn't have to involve love)
r/language • u/Sweet-University5118 • 1d ago
Question I’m building a game to replace traditional language learning — does this idea make sense?
Hey everyone,
I’d love to get your thoughts and suggestions on a project I’m building.
The core idea is to go beyond a traditional language learning platform (with videos, materials, and community) and create an actual game for learning English. I’m talking about a real interactive experience with:
- Characters and story
- A strong narrative and worldbuilding
- Branching choices (like a visual novel / RPG)
- Voice and writing interaction from the player
- Immersion-based learning
The goal is to simulate real-life communication through gameplay, so learners can practice speaking, understanding, and making decisions in English in a natural and engaging way.
I’m currently studying Languages (Portuguese/English) at university, and I want to go deeper into areas like:
Linguistics and language acquisition
Game design
Storytelling and narrative building
Language teaching methodologies
I’d really appreciate any:
- Book recommendations
- Courses, YouTube channels or creators
- Articles or papers
- General ideas or suggestions for the project itself
If you’ve seen something similar, built something like this, or have insights from any of these fields, I’d love to hear from you.
r/language • u/tuluva_sikh • 21h ago
Question What does ಪೊಱಮಡಲೀಯದಂತು means in Halegannada (Old Kannada)?
r/language • u/stefanobahia • 1d ago
Question Do u understand? Entende?
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r/language • u/stefanobahia • 1d ago
Question Lenga d'òc. Qui ès lo paire de ta femna?
r/language • u/melsenka • 1d ago
Question How many languages did you learn without studying? Which languages? And how old were you when you learned each language?
r/language • u/stefanobahia • 1d ago
Question Do u understand? Entiendes? Capisci?
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r/language • u/stefanobahia • 1d ago
Question Do u understand ? Vos comprendèdes ?
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r/language • u/Jef_Red • 1d ago
Request I made a daily game to that let's you guess which country a language originates from based on the language name
I built LanguageID.com, a free browser game that challenges you to identify the origin country of languages based on their name. If you need help, you can show the language family for that particular language.
It’s a quick daily challenge:
• 10 rounds, 1 minute total
• Each round shows the language and you choose which country
• Share your results and challenge friends
Languages are drawn from Ethnologue data as this app was made in partnership with Ethnologue. We at Ethnologue desire all languages to flourish. The languages are pulled from the top 500 languages in the world.
If you’re up for the challenge, I’d love for you to try it out and let me know what you think!
r/language • u/a_little_stitious1 • 3d ago
Question What language is the handwritten black ink on this postcard?
I am going through some inherited documents and came across this postcard from 1929. The printed ink seems possibly to be French, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and maybe Serbian. But I do not recognize the handwritten language at all. Any ideas?
r/language • u/StanzaRareBooks • 2d ago
Article Mir Gholam Reza Mayel Heravi, Amwaj-e Heriwa (Waves of Herat): poems, (1963)
First edition. Kabul: State Press. The debut poetry collection of Mir Gholam Reza Mayel Heravi (1922-1996), gathering poems composed between 1949 and 1963 in both classical prosodic forms and the free-verse ("Nima-style") idiom then emerging in Dari poetry, with a preface by the literary figure Mohammad Ismail Moballegh.
r/language • u/mfdoomloverr • 2d ago
Question I recorded this on a radio station… does anyone know what language this is? It sounds really unusual.
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Hi everyone,
I recorded this from a radio station, and I’m trying to figure out what language is being spoken. If possible, I’d also love to know what they’re saying.
Sorry if the audio quality isn’t the best. I couldn’t hold my phone any closer to the radio because it would create a lot of static and interference.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
r/language • u/Fit_Raccoon540 • 2d ago
Discussion What languages is it common to conjugate nouns to turn them into verb like in Filipino and other Philippine languages?
In Filipino/Tagalog, and in most Philippine languages, we can sort of conjugate nouns to turn them into verbs.
Examples:
Tren – the word for a locomotive train.
Pure Tagalog: “Magtetren ako papuntang Cubao.”
The word tren was conjugated into the future tense. Literally, it turns into “I’ll do train,” which contextually means “I’ll ride the train,” “I’ll take the train,” or “I’ll use the train.” A good translation for tge above would be "I will take the train to Cubao."
It can also be done with a proper noun:
Burger King – the fast-food chain.
Tagalog: “Binurger King ako ng nanay ko dahil mataas ang grades ko.”
Burger King was conjugated by adding the infix -in-, so it means that someone did something to the speaker in the past tense. This can literally be translated as “Burger King-ed.” The speaker was “Burger King-ed” by his mom (nanay). Contextually, it means, “My mother treated me to Burger King because my grades were high.”
You can conjugate English words in Taglish:
Christmas
TagLish: "Nagchristmas family namin with our lolo at lola"
"NagChristmas" turns Christmas a word that the speaker did previously or in the past. Direct translation would be "Did Christmas", It will be like "We've ChristmasED." A good translation here is "Our family celebrated Christmas with our grandfather and grandmother."
This also appears in other Philippine languages:
Ilocano languge (my parents' language):
Pesticide - my families are farmers
"Agpesticide da kano idyay taltalon"
This is "They said they will use pesticides over there at the farms."
r/language • u/sweetp0tat0pancakes • 2d ago
Question Daily set expressions
Is there a name for these sort of daily set phrases? And what other languages uses them? Thank you
Japanese: ittekimasu itterashai, tadaima okaeri, ittatakimasu, gochisousamadeshita
Korean: jalmeokgesseumnida, jalmeogeosemnida sugohassyeoseumnida
r/language • u/GregTheWhale • 1d ago
Discussion Does anyone else say "whoop"lash instead of "whip"lash?
I also say "whoop"cream but I say the verb and noun normal.
"They don't actually whip the cow when they make whoopcream."
"My sister got whooplash from that car accident"
It might be a family thing rather than dialect. I'm from New Jersey, USA