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Sorry if this isn’t appropriate for this subreddit but it’s driving me crazy what language is this person speaking? What are they even saying the language sounds Germanic in nature kind of like Dutch but I know it’s not Dutch.

7 Comments
2024/03/09
03:23 UTC

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I need some help, if people have some time. Thanks

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2024/03/09
00:16 UTC

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What is my boyfriend speaking? Is this Klingon?

28 Comments
2024/03/08
20:15 UTC

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Speak the Language or You’ll Never Learn

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2024/03/08
19:09 UTC

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What Does This Say?

I don't know what this says, can someone please translate it for me?

사람은 왜 살까요

토리야마 작가님이 돌아가셨다는 말을 듣고 많은 생각이 듬 카라쿠리님도 생각나고 뭐

2 Comments
2024/03/08
14:25 UTC

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Identify and Translate

Can someone identify this language and or translate it?

4 Comments
2024/03/08
04:33 UTC

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Which languages have Haramzada as a swear word?

I know Hindi, Urdu, Turkmen and Bengali uses it but what other languages have it?

5 Comments
2024/03/08
01:14 UTC

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Found at a School

Any assistance in identification of language/translation would be very much appreciated. A teacher of my daughter's acquaintance has told her that notes containing the phrase above are being found at their school...I'm not a linguist, and I've pretty much exhausted my Google-fu skills. I think they're just hoping to rule out anything more nefarious than a sweet little lunchbox note from Mum or Grandmum (which is the sense I get from the lovely script!)

19 Comments
2024/03/08
00:48 UTC

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Can anyone help me understand what this means: あなたの友は

My understanding is that あなたの友は means “your friend is”. Can “friend” as used in the phrase mean something familial like a brother too?

5 Comments
2024/03/07
06:19 UTC

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What language is this and what does it say ?

6 Comments
2024/03/06
22:30 UTC

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Universal language

Guys do you think that English can unite people? In fact I think the answer is yes. But it is not too American softpower? Should we create a new language like Esperanto (essentially build in romance languages). But a new language based on all languages and all alphabets. And maybe create a new alphabet too? So, I think my question is more: Do we really need to create a new language for all people without any root or country's softpower? I absolutely want your opinion please.

27 Comments
2024/03/06
19:35 UTC

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Does anybody know what "Will you go to prom with me?" In Arabic is?

Context: I want to ask a girl to prom in her native language. And I don't trust Google translate.

32 Comments
2024/03/06
16:36 UTC

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Help me with this Ancient rock writings to translate?

Can someone read this? This rock is found burried into soil and i think it is something belongs Ancient Greek or Roman Empire. Im so curious about what it says.. Thx 4 help.

8 Comments
2024/03/06
16:29 UTC

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What language is this and what does it say?

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2024/03/06
12:12 UTC

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Is it just me or is Japanese pronunciation really easy despite its reputed difficulty as one of the Category 4 languages?

When I started Japanese I was expecting a really difficult time with its pronunciation since Japanese is one of the few Category 4 languages which is the hardest level of difficulty in the Foreign Service Institute language difficulty ranks. Oh before I forget for context, here's a link explaining the language category difficulty.

https://blog.rosettastone.com/the-complete-list-of-language-difficulty-rankings/

I am currently learning Vietnamese and had learned Italian, Indonesian, Russian, Farsi, French, and German months ago. The hardest part of the lessons were pronunciation esp for the non-European Farsi and the Slavic Russian. Took me so many times to get a passing grade on Instant Immersion for those two languages and the three other languages I had a bit more difficulty in practising speech than almost any other aspects. Don't get me started on Vietnamese where it took me over 2 weeks to get the first lesson with a passing score and my throat's been hurting two weeks prior form practising Vietnamese for the first time. To the point I'm skipping speech lessons and am just focusing on the writing, reading, and grammar exercise of Vietnamese in the software.

I was expecting Japanese to be 5X harderhan Vietnamese.........

Except I passed the fist 3 units' pronunciation tests! In fact I decided to skip on reading and writing lessons because Kanji is so hard and I'm still laddled with Vietnamese and just focus on Japanese.......... Because the pronunciation was not just easier than I expected but I'm passing tests on a first try each time so far! Tot he point I'd say Japanese is not only easier than German in pronunciation but is about the same level as Italian and French pronunciation if not even easier!

I'm so darn surprised because as one of the few Category 4 languages I really was expecting more frustration in Japanese than I'm already having with Vietnamese, at least increased by threefold. But instead I'm passing lessons with relatively much more ease than one would expect for a language being touted as one of the top 5 hardest in the world in passing speech lessons in a computer software and practising phonology!

I ask is this unusual or is it actual normal for learning Japanese? Admittedly since I already learned several languages I have a big advantage over most people, so to be particular I ask how it'd go for a typical English-only speaker who never learned any other language as far as learning Japanese pronunciation and other elements of phonology goes?

10 Comments
2024/03/06
08:45 UTC

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Anyone know what language this is or what it says?

10 Comments
2024/03/06
05:21 UTC

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Mystery Language

I'd love to know what language this is and from what country, can anybody figure it out? Any help would be greatly appreciated. See link for the 2 second clip.

https://soundcloud.com/dojakitty-647424038/mystery-language-and-country

2 Comments
2024/03/05
06:42 UTC

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Pistachio

is literally "happy fruit" (開心果/开心果) in Chinese. Or happy nut. I just feel like this is very very important information, and everyone should know it.

4 Comments
2024/03/05
04:12 UTC

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Musical score study of Brazilian Piece

This is Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Nonet. He is a Brazilian composer that I am writing a paper about. Does anyone know what language is being sung here?

3 Comments
2024/03/04
19:57 UTC

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anyone know what this chopsticks package says

at a ramen restaurant and i cant read jt

45 Comments
2024/03/04
18:31 UTC

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what does this song translate to?

so i have grown up visiting Turkey a lot, and as i’ve grown older its become one of my favourite countries to visit, its so beautiful and the food and music is amazing ! in particular, last year i discovered this song whilst dancing with some lovely turkish girls my age at our resort, and im obsessed with it its so catchy and i need to know what he’s saying !!🤣 i’ve tried a many times to learn some turkish but its so hard. any help for translating it would be appreciated :)

2 Comments
2024/03/04
17:12 UTC

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English Language Lab Software | Digital Teacher

0 Comments
2024/03/04
06:05 UTC

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Not sure if this is even a language

But can someone help me decipher what this is? A girl that i really like sent it to me and i have no idea what it says

‘Yommeave io thangerndoutu’do becarspe to t tisithito beno, wim d Ke lu’d tino is Yo don lan d tito ag’

So it’s easier to copy and paste

4 Comments
2024/03/04
00:43 UTC

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Could you guys give me some sources?

I'm trying to start studying Mandarin bc a friend will be visiting in summer and I need some sources, like apps, websites or even E-textbooks, similar to "Genki", I think twas called.

So could you recommend me some stuff?

4 Comments
2024/03/03
21:26 UTC

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Hi folks, I'm trying to reveal some of the hidden texts on a book binding using hyperspectral imaging. I came across this text a while ago. It is blurry and I wasn't able to figure out what it was saying. I don't know what language it is, so I thought maybe one of you guys could figure it out...

2 Comments
2024/03/03
21:07 UTC

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What do you think? Found in Ulcinj Montenegro. I have sneaky suspicion that althought its uses arabic script it may be turkish any ideas? I may be wrong

6 Comments
2024/03/03
19:20 UTC

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Do the word "pain" in English and "peine" in French have a common origin ?

9 Comments
2024/03/03
12:10 UTC

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What language sounds the oddest/funniest in a word by word translation into English?

11 Comments
2024/03/03
11:51 UTC

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