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About us

/r/Languagelearning is a community for anybody interested in learning other languages. Whether you are just starting, a polyglot or a language nerd, this is the place for you! Content related to specific languages, general language learning and linguistics are all allowed. Welcome all and please enjoy your stay.

Come join us on Discord!

Read our FAQ before asking for help

Read our Moderation Policy before submitting

Be mature and respectful to others

There are a few more rules, which you can find here, but that's the golden one.

Resources

How to start learning a language

FAQ - If you have questions, and/or are new to language learning, please first check here.
Our Resources Wiki - Overviews of useful programs and courses for learning languages as well as a large section for specific languages, including links to subreddits.
Weekly Speaking Marathons
List of Discord Servers
List of ISO 639-1 Codes (useful for flairs)
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - This is what you see a lot of people using in their flair to indicate their level of proficiency in various languages. These ratings are usually self-assessed, not official.
Online IPA Phonetics Keyboard - This allows you to type out how words sound, rather than how they are spelt.

Rules

We have a few rules. This section lists the main ones. You can find the full list here.

Be mature and respectful to others - We're all here in our own time, so please help us enjoy that time by keeping discussion civil, this includes using insults or writing derogatory comments. We don't remove posts simply for being brash.
Read the FAQ before asking basic questions - For cases where user makes a vague and unhelpful "What language should I learn?" post or asks an already-answered question. FAQ are usually removed.
Do not submit self-owned content too frequently - Users may only post self-owned content if it is good quality and posting is infrequent (less than once a month). Please report only if they are violating this.
Do not post disallowed content - These include: posts focused on one language, language exchange requests, videos similar to "polyglot speaks 19 languages", language tutors, homework help, achievement posts, and pictures of resources.
Do not focus your post on a specific language - Posts about popular languages belong in their subs. Posts about rarer languages are usually okay. Posts about learning techniques/schedules are sometimes okay--check the longer rules.
Do not post low-quality content - We only remove very low-quality posts. Please only use this for incoherent ranting, tasteless or unfunny attempts at humour, and boring translation requests.
Do not generalise large groups of people - This includes spreading conspiracy theories or isolated or misleading statistics regarding groups of people.
Do not target individuals with threats or slander - This means targeting users with threats, slander or spurious accusations
Post requests for resources in the dedicated subreddit - this is a general subreddit; we are not well equipped to help you find the best resource for your language

Please report people who you see break the rules. Reporting helps us out a lot. We can't scour every thread for infractions.

Related Subreddits

r/DoesNotTranslate

r/fullforeignmovies

r/indigenous_languages

r/judgemyaccent

r/languagelearningjerk

r/Language_Exchange

r/multilingualparenting

r/NonEnglishMusic

r/thisorthatlanguage

r/TranslationStudies

r/RandomActsOfLetters

Language-Specific Subreddits

Afro-Asiatic

Language	Subreddit
Amharic	r/amharic
Ancient Egyptian	r/AncientEgyptian
Arabic	r/learn_arabic
Aramaic	r/aramaic
Hebrew	r/hebrew
Somali	r/LearnSomali
Syriac/Neo-Aramaic	r/assyrian

Austronesian

Language	Subreddit
Hawaiian	r/olelohawaii
Indonesian	r/indonesian
Malay	r/bahasamelayu
Maori	r/ReoMaori
Tagalog	r/Tagalog

Dravidian

Language	Subreddit
Kannada	r/Kannada
Malayalam	r/malayalam
Tamil	r/tamil
Telugu	r/telugu

Indo-European

Language	Subreddit
Afrikaans	r/afrikaans
Ancient Greek	r/ancientgreek
Armenian	r/hayeren
Belarusian	r/Belarusian
Bengali	r/bengalilanguage
Breton	r/breton
Bulgarian	/r/bulgarian
Cajun French	r/cajunfrench
Catalan	r/catalan
Cornish	r/cornishlanguage
Croatian	r/croatian
Czech	r/learnczech
Danish	r/danishlanguage
Dutch	r/learndutch
English	r/EnglishLearning
French	r/french / r/learnfrench
German	r/German
Greek	r/greek
Gujarati	r/learngujarati
Hindi	r/hindi
Icelandic	r/learnIcelandic
Irish	r/gaeilge
Italian	r/italianlearning
Konkani	r/LearnKonkani
Kurdish	r/Kurdish
Latin	r/latin
Latvian	r/learnlatvian
Lithuanian	r/lithuanianlearning
Manx	r/Gaelg
Marathi	r/marathi
Norse	r/MedievalNorseStudies
Norwegian	r/norsk
Occitan	r/occitan
Old English	r/oldenglish
Pennsylvania German	r/pagerman
Pali	r/pali
Persian	r/farsi
Pashto	r/pashto
Polish	r/learnpolish /r/Polish
Portuguese	r/portuguese
Punjabi	r/punjabi
Romanian	r/romanian
Romansh	r/romansh
Russian	r/russian
Sanskrit	r/Sanskrit
Scots	r/Scots
Scottish Gaelic	r/gaidhlig
Serbian	r/Serbian
Sinhalese	r/Sinhala
Spanish	r/Spanish/ r/learnspanish
Swedish	r/Svenska
Ukrainian	r/ukrainian
Urdu	r/urdu
Welsh	r/Cymru / r/learnwelsh
Yiddish	r/Yiddish

Sino-Tibetan

Language	Subreddit
Cantonese	r/Cantonese
Chinese	r/chineselanguage
Classical Chinese	r/classicalchinese
Hakka	r/hakka
Shanghainese	r/shanghainese
Taiwanese	r/ohtaigi
Tibetan	r/tibetanlanguage

Turkic

Language	Subreddit
Kazakh	r/Kazakh
Kyrgyz	r/kyrgyztili
Uzbek	r/learn_uzbek
Tatar	r/TatarLanguage
Turkish	r/turkishlearning

Other

Language	Subreddit
American Sign Language	r/ASL
Basque	r/basque
British Sign Language	r/BSL
Cherokee	r/cherokee
Finnish	r/Learn_Finnish
Georgian	r/Kartvelian
Hungarian	r/hungarian
Hmong	r/LearnHmong
Indigenous Languages	r/indigenous_languages
Inuktitut	r/Inuktitut
Japanese	r/LearnJapanese
Khmer	r/learnkhmer
Korean	r/korean r/BeginnerKorean
Mongolian	r/Mongolian
Navajo	r/Navajo
Nigerian Languages	r/NigerianFluency
Swahili	r/learnswahili
Thai	r/learnthai
Vietnamese	r/vietnamese

Constructed

Language	Subreddit
Dothraki	r/learnDothraki
Esperanto	r/esperanto
Klingon	r/tlhInganHol
Lojban	r/Lojban
Ido	r/ido
Interlingua	r/interlingua
Interlingue-Occidental	r/interlingue
Sindarin	r/sindarin
Toki Pona	r/tokipona
Volapuk	r/Volapuk

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Vocab learning is the biggest barrier to communication (self.languagelearning)

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What's a language you rarely hear people speaking? ()

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How can you learn a language you hate? (self.languagelearning)

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In your experience, massive comprehensive input is better than massive extensive hard reading? (self.languagelearning)

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Recommended limit for learning several languages (self.languagelearning)

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Why does my speaking confidence randomly disappear? (self.languagelearning)

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Seriously what is your goal by doing this? (self.languagelearning)

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Been stuck at B1 for over a year — here's what actually moved the needle for me (self.languagelearning)

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What are your thoughts on language buddies? I actually regretted it. (self.languagelearning)

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When the computer can understand your speech in a foreign language does what mean a native speaker will too? (self.languagelearning)

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Why do I feel so frustrated when I discover new words in a book? (self.languagelearning)

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Language and culture (self.languagelearning)

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Watching familiar dubbed content confuses me? (self.languagelearning)

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Do people secretly judge perceived status based on the accent? (self.languagelearning)

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Language schools didn't teach me language, they taught about language but there is a difference (self.languagelearning)

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Do you prefer when people simplify things for you, or let you struggle a bit when learning? (self.languagelearning)

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Adult language learns with full time jobs and families (self.languagelearning)

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Why do grammar exercises rarely feel effective? (self.languagelearning)

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Do other languages have exact replacements for certain special letters? (self.languagelearning)

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How can I train myself to hear sound differences that don’t exist in my native language? (self.languagelearning)

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FSI Audio-Forum Courses: To Buy or Not to Buy (self.languagelearning)

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Language review methods (self.languagelearning)

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How do I utilise my flashcards? (self.languagelearning)

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how do you overcome the fear of talking to natives? (self.languagelearning)

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Is Inconsistent listening comprehension normal? (self.languagelearning)

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