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The Thinking of Speaking
Issue #32 March / April 2018
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FEATURED
Fiverr and Languages:
Finding Translators on the Mini Jobs Network
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One person's experience with using Fiverr for small jobs, including translating and proofreading foreign texts.
Why I Will Never Learn the IPA
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The International Phonetic Alphabet is a valuable tool for learning how to properly pronounce words. It is also something one person says he will never learn. Read Erik Zidowecki's arguments against the IPA.
Teddy Talks
Can You Speak Bahasa?
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Teddy talks about Bahasa language and how it is related to other languages around it.
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Fiverr and Languages:
Finding Translators on the Mini Jobs Network
One person's experience with using Fiverr for small jobs, including translating and proofreading foreign texts.
Why I Will Never Learn the IPA
The International Phonetic Alphabet is a valuable tool for learning how to properly pronounce words. It is also something one person says he will never learn. Read Erik Zidowecki's arguments against the IPA.
Teddy Talks
Can You Speak Bahasa?
Teddy talks about Bahasa language and how it is related to other languages around it.
COLUMNS
Letter From The Editor
Letter From The Editor
Another letter from the editor. Why do we write these? Does anyone truly know?
News Brief
Get the latest in world language news.
Mark Your Calendar
Find notices of upcoming language events.
In Focus
Yellowstone National Park, USA
See pictures from others' travels here and be inspired to embark on your own journeys.
Proverbs from the World
Swedish
Proverbs add spice to languages. Tarja Jolma shares some from Swedish here.
Language Puzzles
Join us here every issue for a new language puzzle
Basic Guide to Punjabi
Punjabi is an Indo-European language spoken in the Northern Indian state of Punjab and in Pakistan. Written in both the Gurumukhi script and the Shahmukhi script, it is t...
At A Glance
Quick look at various language websites and resources
IN OTHER ISSUES
Languages in Peril
Decline of the Gallo-Italics
Not all endangered languages are brought to the edge because they are forbidden by a dominating conqueror. Sometimes, they just can't compete with a more popular rival la...
Special Feature
Avoiuli
Cultures and languages influence each other, but how often does a cultural practice become a form of writing a language? On the island nation of Vanuatu, this has happene...
Revisited
Words From The Names Of Animals
Greedy as a pig. Stubborn as a mule. Crazy like a fox. People love to use animals to describe particular traits of people. This article talks about some of these in Engli...
The Beginning Of A Surprising But Promising Partnership - LingoHut and TeachMe.vn
Vincent Esnoul tells how his site, TeachMe.vn and LingoHut joined forces to reach more people.
Lasciare Andare –
Learning Italian And The Art Of Letting Go
Some people were born in the wrong country and life finds a way to correct this. Author Melissa Muldoon tells how she has adopted Italy.
Language Learning Methods
Books
The second in our series of articles about language learning methods covers probably the most popular: books.
The Phaistos Disc
Puzzle of Crete
Perhaps the worlds greatest linguistic puzzle, the Phaistos Disc, found in the basement of an ancient palace, has confused scholars for a century with it's unknown text a...
Languages in Peril
The Good Language of Brazil
Many of the indigenous languages of the Brazilian Amazon are dying out. Eugênio Brito describes exactly what is happening to one, and what he and others are doing to sav...
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