2024-02-08 03:25:41 (edited by morse 2024-02-09 23:59:15)

hello, everyone!
the purpose of this topic is to have a single thread in which everyone is free to post language learning resources of any language. this topic's purpose is to compile a compreensive collection of language learning materials from each post in this thread. This way, everyone will have a centralized location for easy access to language learning materials and resources.
have any language learning materials and resources? you can post them here! from any language, even constructed languages like esperanto, ido, lingua franca nova, lojban, toki pona, volapuk, solresol, ithkuil, sindarin, quenya, among oters. If you have been learning a language and you want to share the sources you used for the particular language you are learning, you can gladly do so, especially when these resources have worked for you
when you are posting a resource, indicate if they're paid or free, and include the links to said resources
tank you!
if this has been unclear, it's probably because I can't exactly convey what someone with a greater english proficiency and vocabulary can easily convey. I acknowledge that I cannot exactly express and describe properly what I'm trying to convey here. Even though my english improved since the last time I've replied to a post here in this forum. It's not perfect and mistakes and misunderstandings may and will happen, and I apologize if that's the case.

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2024-02-08 04:39:32

Cool topic and i understand what you were trying to convey just fine. I would love to learn so i will look forward to watching this topic.

Guitarman.
What has been created in the laws of nature holds true in the laws of magic as well. Where there is light, there is darkness,  and where there is life, there is also death.
Aerodyne: first of the wizard order

2024-02-08 08:01:40

i will also wwatch the topic with interest. i like learning languages so i am curious to know which resources do exist out there.

2024-02-08 20:16:39

I'll start with my native language, German:
dw learn german: https://learngerman.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-9528
free. different resources for beginners, intermediate and advanced. courses are semi-accessible, exercises with pictures or videos can not always be answered unfortunately.
germanpod101: https://www.germanpod101.com/
freemium (some content is free, some is paid). havent used this specific language from the pod series, i cant really tell how good it is. lessons generally are in audio form and are mostly 15 mins long. you also have exercises in between the lessons to test your knowledge.
german phrasebook from goethe verlag: https://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/EN/ENDE/ENDE002.HTM
this is an online phrasebook/small vocabulary guide. click on the button, not the button link, to play the audio of each word or sentence.
babbel: babbel.com
has german  courses. the site is very accessible, ios app is not. platform is subscription based. courses are very accessible except a few visual questions.
coffee break german: this is a free podcast in the cofee break language series. havent listened to this one. you can get bonus content by subscribing to the academy.

2024-02-08 23:07:47

latin language resources
the following is what I've found on resources to learn latin, one of them free with paid extra content, as far as I've looked
the london latin course by latinum: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEE440D6A8DCBA478
this, as far as I know, has a huge, and I do mean huge, amount of latin lessons. there seems to be extra paid content which is paid at latinum.org.uk. There are a lot of youtube videos, though, so that's good
lingua latina perse illustrata, seemingly teathrical version by scorpioMartianus (you can check his channel for even more content): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU1W … A060P487pV
it's free as well. It seems to be acted out in a teathrical like fashion
learn latin from scratch by Latin, Classics & Some Reasonable Linguistics: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYJn … twQ5W7FEAD
this is free as well, it explains various concepts, such as the cases, first declension, third declensions, among others, and there's a section in the playlist called translating latin into english
the oxford latin course by cornelius donley: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFhl … 8WfEiz9r6d
this course seems to be free. As far as the titles go they explain various concepts, such as the ablative case, nouns and verbs, and so on
perhaps I'll edit this post when I find more latin language material, but this is what I've found at the moment

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2024-02-09 01:27:45

Here are some resources for learning the Klingon language, because why not? It's a constructed language, but it's a language all the same. The following is from a Klingon learning resources thread I started quite some time ago, but slimmed down a bit to exclude the rather lengthy descriptions.

First up are the official resources which teach the basics of the language.

The Klingon Dictionary by Marc Okrand is the first published resource on the Klingon language, and can be found here on Amazon.com. Those in the US who are signed up with Bookshare can get this from there as well.

Next on the list is Conversational Klingon. This is also written by Marc Okrand and narrated by Michael Dorn. It can be found here on Amazon.com as an Audible audiobook. It's more of a language learning course.

Power Klingon, Also by Marc Okrand, continues on from Conversational Klingon, but I haven't been able to find it legally in digital form.

Next up, we have Klingon for the Galactic Traveler, yet again by Marc Okrand. It can be found in Kindle form here on Amazon.com. If I recall correctly, Bookshare also has this.

Finally, we have The Klingon Way: A Warrior's Guide, written once again by Marc Okrand. It can be found here as an Audible book.

And now for the web resources that I've found.

First, we have The Klingon Language Institute, a nonprofit corporation that exists to facilitate the scholarly exploration of the Klingon language and culture. A paid membership lets you access a Klingon course of sorts, and you can ask questions about the language. Note that to access the menus, you'll have to hover the mouse over the links or use whatever command your screen reader of choice provides for that.

Next is Klingonska Akademien. Yet another great resource about the Klingon language, this site includes transcripts of the various published books and tapes. You will need to prove that you have access to said books and tapes to download said transcripts for copyright reasons. There's also a section on Klingon songs which I think is pretty interesting.

Next on the list is Hol 'ampaS, yet another great resource about the Klingon language maintained by the Klingon Assault Group. Lots of stuff here.
And finally, there's this. Learn Klingon The Easy(ish) Way. A recording of the Vialingo Klingon course, released under the GNU Free Documentation License. I'm not entirely sure if they ever completed this, but it's an interesting video series. There is, of course, the normal Duolingo Klingon language course as well.

2024-02-09 22:57:28

On a somewhat related note, anyone have any tips for improving espeak-ng's handling of non-Latin characters? Or setting up a different speech synth with better Internationalization support for use with Orca? Wouldn't mind improving my Japanese beyond what I retain from taking it as my foreign language in high school, but what I know doesn't do me much good when kana strings get read as Japanese Letter Japanese Letter Japanese letter and Kanji get read as Chinese character... Would be nice if Greek strings were read as words instead of being spelled out as well, but at least Greek Text isn't completely inaccessible with my existing TTS.

2024-02-09 23:54:33 (edited by morse 2024-02-09 23:55:58)

to post7, the only solutions I know are microsoft japanese voices. from the settings you can get them from the voices panel, i think. I haven't foun a pro talker pot for the latest version of nvda, so unfortunately i think that's the only thing you can do. But at least with microsoft voices I got an european portuguese voice with actual vowel reduction because the one in eSpeak wasn't even close to that. Microsoft voices aren't of such a good quality, but I think those are the ony voices better than eSpeak right now.

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2024-02-10 01:14:28

Wow draq, thanks for the klingon resources. I've seen it spoken on the big bang theory and always wanted to learn.

Guitarman.
What has been created in the laws of nature holds true in the laws of magic as well. Where there is light, there is darkness,  and where there is life, there is also death.
Aerodyne: first of the wizard order

2024-02-10 03:17:39 (edited by Draq 2024-02-10 03:26:56)

I don't know if the Klingon spoken there is real or not. Many shows, Star Trek included sometimes, have writers who will skim over the dictionary and come up with something that sounds Klingon, but it's just nonsense.

Edit: Oh huh. It is real Klingon.
https://klingon.wiki/En/TheBigBangTheory

2024-02-10 15:43:52

spekaing of languages. Anyone knows which resources I could learn japanese from besides duolingo? Xd

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2024-02-11 07:55:51 (edited by UltraLeetJ 2024-02-11 08:00:59)

keep in mind that English is not my native or primary language, but as I lived int he u.s. for a while and had to you know, finish school and pass hard test like S.A.T my level is decent. I try to learn other languages from my mother tongue but then again when I learn french from English its also helpful because they have some vocab stuff in common.
for french I have used some free resources, like language transfer, found at
https://www.languagetransfer.org/free-courses-1

this guy is also good at explaining many other languages it seems
some apps:
I also used clozemaster for a while and that helped me produce language (I actually paid for it for a while as some activities really helped with this, see)
https://www.clozemaster.com/
I think the speechlin app is also helpful in this regard, even the free stuff they offer because the audio examples are the best i have found out there:
https://speechling.com/es/
I had made a simple small rudimentary accessible python flashcards program for windows a while back and Its self explanatory but just in case, you create a text file with the words  like this:
word, space, dash or hyphen, space, definition. I think these can be any length  and have spaces and so on in any of them.
When you open the exe, The program presents a normal list view with the words and pressing space on them reveals the definition. You can open a file using control o and  shuffle the words using control s. If you tab around There are also buttons in case you forget how to use the thing. A sample flashcards list is included too.
I think I should probably post its source  on git or something. but in the mean time:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eTv66 … p=drive_fs
courses or methods:
and then the best one I have found from english to french to get you you know, speaking and understanding more which I think is really worth its cost (too bad I have not found much more time) but its accessible and all is called the a moi Paris method from french today, see:
https://www.frenchtoday.com/learn-frenc … -beginner/
and a review, just to convince you more lol
https://www.frenchlearner.com/reviews/a-moi-paris/

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