The phrases that open doors
Ten words get you through a short trip. The first hundred could carry you through years of living somewhere.
Italy day. Start with Italian for a full course. Ten phrases a lesson, and what you miss comes back for review.
Learn the basic phrases of European languages
Free beginner lessons for every European language, from the ones you learned a few phrases of in school to Latin and Esperanto. Every phrase comes with pronunciation you can read out loud.
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- Azerbaijani0/10
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- Esperanto0/10
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- French0/10
- Galician0/10
- Georgian0/10
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- Icelandic0/10
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- Spanish0/10
- Swedish0/10
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Learn the basic phrases of Asian languages
Free beginner lessons for every Asian language, several written right to left. Every phrase carries pronunciation you can read out loud, so an unfamiliar alphabet is a place to start rather than a wall.
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- Lao0/10
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- Mandarin Chinese0/10
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- Mongolian0/10
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- Pashto0/10
- Persian0/10
- Punjabi0/10
- Sinhala0/10
- Tagalog0/10
- Tajik0/10
- Tamil0/10
- Telugu0/10
- Thai0/10
- Turkish0/10
- Urdu0/10
- Uzbek0/10
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Learn the basic phrases of North American languages
Free beginner lessons for every North American language, including Navajo, Cherokee, Inuktitut, Greenlandic and Haitian Creole, spoken here long before the colonial languages arrived.
Learn the basic phrases of African languages
Free beginner lessons for every African language, from Swahili down the east coast to Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa in Nigeria and Amharic and Tigrinya in the Horn.
Learn the basic phrases of Oceanian languages
Free beginner lessons for every Oceanian language, spread across a third of the planetโs surface and almost all of it water.
Learn the basic phrases of South American languages
Free beginner lessons for every South American language, including Quechua and Guarani, still spoken by millions across the Andes and Paraguay.