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The Names of Languages
The names of 13 languages in each of those same 13 languages.
The bold words are the names of the languages in their own language.
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Spanish |
Portuguese |
Italian |
French |
German |
Russian |
Arabic |
Japanese |
Chinese (Mandarin) |
Vietnamese |
Korean |
Swahili |
English |
ingles |
inglês |
inglese |
anglais |
Änglisch |
angliskiy английский |
alengleziah الإنجليزية |
eigo 英語 |
Yīngyǔ 英语 |
tiếng |
yeong-eo 영어의 |
Kiingereza |
Spanish |
español |
espanhol |
spagnolo |
espagnol |
Schpanisch |
ispanskiy испанский |
الأسبانية |
supeingo スペイン語 |
Xībānyá yǔ 西班牙语 |
tiếng |
seupein-eo 스페인어 |
Kihispania |
Portuguese |
portugués |
português |
portoghese |
portugais |
Portugiesisch |
portugal’skiy португальский |
البرتغالية |
porutogarugo ポルトガル語 |
Pútáoyá yǔ 葡萄牙语 |
tiếng |
poleutugal-eo 포르투갈의 |
Kireno |
Italian |
italiano |
italiano |
italiano |
italien |
Italiänisch |
italianskiy итальянский |
الإيطالي |
itariago イタリア語 |
Yìdàlì yǔ 意大利语 |
tiếng |
itallia-eo 이탈리아의 |
Kiitaliano |
French |
francés |
francês |
francese |
français |
Französisch |
frantsuzkiy французский |
فرنسي |
furensugo フランス語 |
Fǎyǔ 法语 |
tiếng |
peulangseueo 프랑스어 |
Kifaransa |
German |
alemán |
alemão |
tedesco |
allemand |
Deutsch |
nemetskiy немецкий |
ألماني |
doitsugo ドイツ語 |
Déyǔ 德语 |
tiếng |
dog–il–eo 독일어 |
Kijerumani |
Russian |
ruso |
russo |
russo |
russe |
Russisch |
russkiy русский |
الروسية |
roshiago ロシア語 |
Èyǔ 俄语 |
tiếng |
leosia-eo 러시아어 |
Kirusi |
Arabic |
árabe |
árabe |
arabo |
arabe |
Arabisch |
arabskiy арабский |
alarabiah العربية |
arabiago アラビア語 |
Ālābó yǔ 阿拉伯语 |
tiếng |
alab-eo 아랍어 |
Kiarabu |
Japanese |
japonés |
japonês |
giapponese |
japonais |
Japanisch |
japonskiy японский |
اليابانية |
nihongo 日本人 |
Rìyǔ 日语 |
tiếng |
ilbon-eo 일본어 |
Kijapani |
Chinese (Mandarin) |
chino |
chinês |
cinese |
chinois |
Chineesisch |
kitaiskiy китайский |
شجرة |
chūgokugo 中国語 |
Zhōng yǔ 中文 |
tiếng |
jung-gug-eo 중국어 |
Kichina |
Vietnamese |
vietnamita |
vietnamita |
vietnamita |
vietnamien |
Vietnamesisch |
v’etnamskiy вьетнамский |
الفيتنامية |
betonamugo ベトナム人 |
Yuènán yǔ 越南语 |
tiếng |
beteunam-eo 베트남어 |
Kivietinamu |
Korean |
coreano |
coreano |
coreano |
coréen |
Koreaanisch |
koreiskiy корейский |
كوري |
kankokugo 韓国語 |
Cháoxiǎn yǔ 朝鲜语 |
tiếng |
hangug-eo 한국어 |
Kikorea |
Swahili |
swahili |
suaíli |
swahili |
swahili |
Suaheli |
suakhili суахили |
السواحلية |
suwahirigo スワヒリ語 |
Sī wǎ xī lǐ 斯瓦希里 |
tiếng |
seuwahillieo 스와힐리어 |
Kiswahili |
The Polyglot Vocab Project
Did you know there’s really no limit to the number of languages you can learn? The average person can get to a respectable level in a language in about two years of study and practice. That means you could learn 10 languages in 20 years. So that’s what I’m doing. Remember, if you get to 10 languages you can officially call yourself a polyglot!
So far I’ve worked on Spanish, Vietnamese, and a little Japanese. In studying those languages, I found out the two most important things for learning a language: vocabulary and practice. You need words because they are the building blocks of language. You can’t communicate at all if you don’t have them. Especially in the beginning, you need to make an effort to do a little homework and learn as many new words on your own as possible. You need a strong vocabulary foundation so that you can start the other vital part…practicing. With practice everything else (grammar, pronunciation, spelling) will fall into place.
You all know I love lists, so it should be no surprise that I love grids too. What if, I thought, I could make a giant spreadsheet translating the most important words in English into the various languages I wanted to learn? This plan became known as The Polyglot Project. Then I found out there was already a Polyglot Project. So it became the Polyglot Vocab Project.
With the creation of Interopia, it became obvious that crowd-sourcing would be the best way to accomplish this. I’ve already done a lot of the work by creating an approximate list of about 3000 most common words in English. Some words, like about, for instance, will be difficult to translate into other languages, but we will do our best. Other words, like cat, should be pretty straightforward translations. I’ve set up the project for 13 languages besides English: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Russian, Arabic, Japanese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean, Hindi, and Swahili. I narrowed down the languages to these for population, geographic, cultural, and personal reasons. So, the number of words times the number of languages means about 45000 total words that need to be entered.
I have no idea how much interest people will have in helping me complete the project. Even if just one person helps me, it would be appreciated. Just e-mail the site if you would like editing privileges. I’ll be working on it myself even if no one else helps, so you can tune in to see my progress. Whether it takes a month or twenty years remains to be seen. The Google Docs Spreadsheet is available here.