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Is Finnish the most complicated language to learn? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 35 Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:53 am
the language of Prime Time TV 0 Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:36 am
US universities shall abolish all English instruction 6 Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:04 am
Best way to forget a language? 10 Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:55 am
Do Swedish singers or band not love "Swedish"? 9 Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:24 pm
I think we shall wake up 7 Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:28 am
Modern Standard Arabic 3 Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:59 am
German is definitely worth learning! (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:32 am
Please read this thread..... Be necessary 7 Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:16 am
Will Swedish disappear in future? (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:20 am
Word-final devoicing in German (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:52 pm
Why do the singers at ESC always sing English songs? 4 Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:18 pm
Why Does My "French In Africa" Post Keep Getting D 11 Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:58 am
Why didn't Spanish become an official language? (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 51 Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:20 am
Charles Gounod's FAUST 0 Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:20 pm
Barcelona Vs Spanish (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 58 Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:39 pm
Don't be too CNN! (pages: 1 2 3 ) 43 Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:40 am
Claim: Sun Yat-sen was Korean (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 67 Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:14 pm
Iraqi Arabic... 4 Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:59 am
The Bitterness of a Lost Mother Tongue 12 Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:05 am
Egyptian Arabic VS Gulf Arabic 6 Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:03 pm
Where is Provencal actively spoken ? 11 Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:14 am
IE without genders (pages: 1 2 3 ) 30 Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:07 pm
Is Hebrew Relatively Easier Than Arabic For Non-Semitic? (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:17 am
Thomas Jefferson, “Letter to Peter Carr” (1788) - Extract 0 Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:50 pm
She = He 5 Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:05 pm
William Shakespeare - The Best Ever? 9 Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:28 am
French translation (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:01 pm
Russian or Chinese: Which Is More Worth Learning? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 72 Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:49 pm
Jules Verne and Breton 5 Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:39 am
"how is his English?" 7 Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:35 am
Le point de traduire a l'ordinateur 5 Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:12 am
Which language sounds the funniest? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 32 Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:49 pm
Because of the power and presence of English... (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ) 124 Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:02 am
Anyone speaks fluent Russian 0 Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:08 pm
Wéorfjur ði Englece sprac léren? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ) 118 Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:45 am
Norwegians against Swedes??? who's friendlier?? 8 Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:17 pm
Scandinavian language 5 Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:56 pm
how many and what languages do you speak? (pages: 1 2 ) 24 Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:14 pm
What is your linguistic background? 14 Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:35 am
the meaning of word Ellas or Eallada 2 Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:36 am
Top 100 Languages by Population (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ) 120 Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:44 pm
English accent in German 10 Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:04 pm
How Turkish sounds to you? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 33 Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:42 pm
Latin Pronounciation (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 46 Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:36 pm
negative aspects of knowing languages 2 Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:46 am
French-Speaking Celebrities (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 48 Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:06 am
Vulgar German, Vulgar Celtic and Vulgar Slavic? 9 Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:26 pm
Uralic / Finno-Ugric in Russia 2 Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:28 am
Swahili (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:19 am
Sveiki! 8 Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:13 pm
Forgetting languages - what first? 11 Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:10 pm
Is spanish logical? 3 Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:28 am
Godfather (1, 2, and 3) and Italian 9 Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:03 am
Michel Thomas or Pimsleur? (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:35 am
retarded names syndrome worldwide? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 30 Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:02 am
Russian, easy and hard points? (pages: 1 2 ) 29 Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:41 pm
Swedish or Norweigen?? CAN'T DECIDE!!! (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 51 Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:04 am
Det er i huset 0 Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:28 pm
Where can I find a good resource for learing Italian? 9 Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:21 pm
Where can I find a good resource for learing Portuguese 9 Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:18 am
The Union for the Mediterranean: UPM . What language(s)? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 62 Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:11 am
Swiss accent on Standard German 4 Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:17 pm
Difficulty of Japanese (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:24 am
What languages are these? 7 Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:31 pm
What is the most important language for Catholic people? (pages: 1 2 ) 29 Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:37 pm
kill time 12 Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:15 am
Did all languages from the same language develop? 6 Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:54 am
Appreciative Native Speakers 1 Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:42 am
Fête Nationale/National Holiday 1 Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:16 am
From Czech Republic to Kyrgyzstan, German vs Russian 5 Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:10 am
Learning a completely unknown language 9 Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:38 pm
Transparent Language and other computer language programs 1 Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:39 pm
unique language and national identity 11 Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:11 pm
Chinese based constructed languages 1 Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:11 pm
plurals in various languages 13 Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:54 am
Is this Romanian? (pages: 1 2 ) 27 Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:00 pm
The future of Spanish language in USA (pages: 1 2 3 ) 33 Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:27 am
Catalan anyone? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 39 Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:21 am
Is Mexican Spanish uniform? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ) 91 Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:16 pm
French repression of minority languages (pages: 1 2 3 ) 37 Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:53 pm
Spanish in South America 2 Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:01 am
Qui ne parle pas l'anglais? Wer spricht kein Englisch? 7 Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:01 am
How many languages can you detect here? 14 Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:00 am
Juan Diego Florez the new tenor 2 Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:26 am
Bêtise et sottise (pages: 1 2 ) 27 Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:42 pm
spanish - un or no un 8 Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:21 pm
En lenga (pages: 1 2 ) 27 Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:47 am
Misere - French & English Meanings 6 Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:06 pm
21 Accents 11 Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:01 pm
What are the two most important languages in soccer? (pages: 1 2 ) 27 Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:02 pm
'Glendale Valley', most tautologic toponym ever! 5 Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:34 pm
uhh, umm , eeehh etc 7 Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:16 pm
learning 3rd language through 2nd? (pages: 1 2 ) 20 Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:50 pm
Influence of Oscan in Spanish 13 Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:40 pm
Which language family do you specialize in? (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:32 pm
Melissa Scott's language skills. 6 Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:24 am
German in Eastern Europe (pages: 1 2 3 ) 31 Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:47 pm
Why study a romance language? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ) 75 Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:29 am
ROmance MI with Romanian (pages: 1 2 ) 25 Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:14 pm
What is real Italian language? 6 Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:50 am
Which is the longest one-syllable word in your language? (pages: 1 2 ) 25 Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:33 pm
Does Ancient Greek Use the Same Script...? 1 Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:16 am
Nynorsk - Western Norwegian only? 2 Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:43 am
Spoken latin (pages: 1 2 ) 21 Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:54 pm
What language do they speak in Nebraska? 7 Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:10 am
Frisian (I guess West Frisian) (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 63 Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:46 pm
Jalapa or Xalapa ? (pages: 1 2 ) 26 Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:34 am
Need a little help regarding grammar 3 Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:47 am
Russian speakers needed 8 Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:38 pm
Factor XS 3 Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:39 am
Do Spanish speakers really understand Italian & Portugue (pages: 1 2 3 ) 30 Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:50 pm
How Useful Are Ancient Greek and Latin? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 32 Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:18 pm
Most useful Slavic language (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:53 am
Easiest Slavic language for an English/Romance speaker? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 40 Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:06 am
Gender system in Slavic languages 3 Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:02 am
spanish & italian footballers - which language? (pages: 1 2 ) 27 Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:50 am
Portugal to reform the language in favor of Brazil? (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ) 75 Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:45 pm
Do people think only through their mother tougue? (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:19 pm
best value for time language to learn 5 Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:27 am
Moved: What is the difference? 2 Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:03 pm
French language in Canada? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 30 Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:55 pm
Turkish vs Persian 12 Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:35 am
Where do Korean and Japanese language originate from? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 39 Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:41 am
Mandarin Chinese or Japanese? 1 Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:12 pm
regarding Indian languages... 9 Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:15 am
Language and social engineering 4 Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:18 am
Dutch surnames in French, and related issues. (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ) 105 Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:28 am
HOW CAN I LEARN FRENCH PRONUNCIATION? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 39 Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:02 am
Cornish conspiracy theory ? 9 Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:08 pm
PURE PHONETICAL Language (pages: 1 2 ) 29 Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:49 am
Citation de Léon Blum à taduire (pages: 1 2 ) 27 Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:49 pm
Languages in Spain 2 (pages: 1 2 3 ) 44 Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:03 pm
Arabic/Egyptian 8 Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:51 pm
Is it true Russian language does not have variations? 4 Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:21 pm
The Arabic problem (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:01 pm
Why "V" is "B" in Spanish ? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 32 Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:43 am
Why is Dutch so different from all other Germanic languages? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 43 Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:10 am
If you had a baby...? (pages: 1 2 ) 23 Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:05 am
Anne Frank's Diary written in Dutch? 7 Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:30 am
Reply to a question about Romance languages (pages: 1 2 3 ) 43 Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:13 am
Is Spanish Super Easy or What? 7 Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:00 am
How did languages originate? 13 Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:28 am
Russian in Eastern Europe 11 Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:03 pm
Austrian-German 14 Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:09 pm
How Useful Is Russian? 6 Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:35 am
Pronunciation of Aleph 2 Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:30 pm
Languages in Spain (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 45 Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:52 pm
אָלֶף & 1 Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:34 pm
Old Germanic mutual intelligibility 7 Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:28 pm
Porra: ¿Quien ganará la Eurocopa? 6 Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:59 pm
Russian or German? 9 Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:59 pm
Spanglish 4 Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:55 pm
Learning to read Japanese or Chinese (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 61 Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:54 pm
What language should you learn? (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:10 am
Cordova in Alaska? Madrid in New York? what about Toledo? 12 Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:09 pm
Amharic language 4 Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:35 pm
Sanskrit, Latin, and Greek 3 Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:19 pm
Typing Traditional Chinese quote marks with (PRC)Pinyin IME? 8 Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:46 pm
How do you pronounce "Xie"? 14 Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:41 pm
future of all languages 5 Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:39 pm
German's Learning Difficulty (pages: 1 2 ) 26 Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:36 am
Learning Another Language 4 Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:31 pm
Japanese place names (pages: 1 2 ) 22 Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:32 pm
Italian & Portugese Lexical Similarities (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ... 26 27 28 29 30 ) 442 Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:50 pm
Which is the language of Euro 2008? (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:48 pm
Blind Chinamen (pages: 1 2 3 ) 35 Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:32 pm
monoglottism 2 Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:57 pm
Greek in the Roman Empire 10 Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:39 pm
Language differences within a language (not dialects) 1 Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:23 am
Why do Romance language speakers constantly mention Latin? (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 52 Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:52 am
Bokonon 2 Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:38 pm
bonanokton 5 Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:03 pm
The Hungarian language of peoples (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:55 am
Language Tips (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:55 am
The methods of two amazing polyglots 9 Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:45 am
IPA not sufficient enough? 2 Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:10 am
Why are these forums not moderated? 9 Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:15 pm
Learning Russian 9 Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:32 am
Would "French+German" classes be the best ones in (pages: 1 2 ) 18 Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:55 am
Vosotros (pages: 1 2 ) 19 Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:00 pm
Spanish language in the United States (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 55 Sun Jun 08, 2008 6:36 pm
What is the difference between Canadian English and US Engli 4 Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:21 pm
The German Pretirite - dying out in speech? (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:50 am
What is Polari language? 7 Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:31 am
Impossible languages (pages: 1 2 3 ) 31 Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:09 am
Bilingual Proficiency? 3 Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:55 pm
Which language spoke Napoleon I? (pages: 1 2 ) 24 Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:45 pm
Which language has the most Compound words ? 11 Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:06 pm
Spanish-Portuguese language blunders (pages: 1 2 3 ) 41 Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:01 pm
Studying two foreign languages at the same time? 4 Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:04 pm
Thank-you in the Slavic languages (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:35 pm
Characteristic english errors. 1 Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:48 am
Hebrew, Ivrit 4 Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:28 am
I love you Josh! 7 Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:53 am
Languages stereotypes part III (pages: 1 2 ) 15 Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:45 pm
Lanuage stereotypes II part 12 Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:57 pm
which Tenses are used for spoken French? 5 Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:30 pm
Lanuage stereotypes (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ) 86 Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:50 pm
Italian cultural and language division (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 53 Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:46 pm
The Dutch Language 6 Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:51 pm
Portuguese Definition 6 Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:45 am
What Language is most similar to Spanish (pages: 1 2 3 ) 41 Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:16 pm
No le gusta que ... 6 Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:33 am
Czech "Ř" 9 Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:02 pm
Indirect objects in Brazilian Portuguese 11 Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:32 pm
What language is the most dissimilar to French? 3 Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:24 pm
The upcoming Union of South American Nations II part 0 Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:02 am
Languages You Can Learn at Home or/and Abroad (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ) 91 Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:38 am
The upcoming Union of South American Nations (pages: 1 2 ) 24 Sat May 31, 2008 9:43 pm
Gogol Bordello 7 Sat May 31, 2008 3:46 pm
Multilinguals/Polyglots/Linguists/Bilinguals (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 47 Sat May 31, 2008 1:28 am
G castellana 6 Sat May 31, 2008 1:18 am
Catalan language 1 Sat May 31, 2008 12:56 am
Personalized infinitives in Spanish (pages: 1 2 3 ) 36 Sat May 31, 2008 12:28 am
H in "Hermano" 2 Fri May 30, 2008 2:07 pm
In the future, it will be every other lang and then English (pages: 1 2 3 ) 39 Thu May 29, 2008 10:30 pm
Are languages really worth preserving? (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 46 Thu May 29, 2008 1:43 pm
Hindi - how easy is it? 12 Thu May 29, 2008 7:26 am
France finally catches up with Europe - languages recognised (pages: 1 2 3 4 ) 48 Thu May 29, 2008 3:57 am
YOU (pages: 1 2 ) 26 Tue May 27, 2008 5:50 pm
Please stop saying Castilian Spanish (pages: 1 2 3 ) 34 Tue May 27, 2008 10:56 am
Ustedes (pages: 1 2 ) 23 Mon May 26, 2008 2:17 pm
Qui or Que?? 8 Sun May 25, 2008 10:24 pm
Subjuntivo presente in Rioplatense 3 Sun May 25, 2008 9:31 pm
Italian & German 4 Sun May 25, 2008 2:34 pm
Least/most linguistic professions? (pages: 1 2 ) 16 Sat May 24, 2008 11:02 pm
California vuelve a ser mexicana, gracias al vodka (pages: 1 2 3 4 5 ... 17 18 19 20 21 ) 303 Sat May 24, 2008 11:20 am
Danish/Portuguese/Arabic 1 Sat May 24, 2008 8:01 am
How come people don't make grammatical mistakes with...? 6 Sat May 24, 2008 1:06 am
How did you learn the foreign languages that you know ? 12 Sat May 24, 2008 12:08 am
International languages in Asia 9 Fri May 23, 2008 4:56 pm
¿Cuál es la palabra más larga que existe en vuestro idioma? 11 Fri May 23, 2008 10:01 am
French Numbers - very strange crazy logic (pages: 1 2 3 ) 44 Fri May 23, 2008 10:00 am
The last trace of New France! 6 Fri May 23, 2008 9:59 am
Google Translate Now in 10 More Languages 10 Fri May 23, 2008 6:02 am
Looking for Language Information on language in NM. 2 Thu May 22, 2008 10:32 pm
Languages without tenses (pages: 1 2 ) 17 Thu May 22, 2008 10:19 pm
studying a similar language to your native language 12 Thu May 22, 2008 1:55 am
is language necessary for cultural identity? (pages: 1 2 3 ) 32 Wed May 21, 2008 11:00 pm
German masterpieces in Latin (pages: 1 2 ) 24 Wed May 21, 2008 10:13 pm
We Need A Free Language Market Economy! 14 Wed May 21, 2008 2:16 am
an easy riddle: Oro parece (pages: 1 2 ) 25 Wed May 21, 2008 2:06 am
The 3 most important world languages 9 Tue May 20, 2008 11:36 pm
West Slavic mutual intelligibility 5 Tue May 20, 2008 10:07 am
easy-to-read French authors (pages: 1 2 ) 23 Tue May 20, 2008 9:29 am
ES 3 Mon May 19, 2008 10:36 pm
Spanish H - H castellana (pages: 1 2 ) 19 Mon May 19, 2008 7:54 pm
Regard 4 Mon May 19, 2008 3:12 pm
IL In French Word (pages: 1 2 ) 26 Mon May 19, 2008 3:08 pm
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