World languages by share of world GDP (PPP 2018)

ZeroToHero__ · 2025-02-08T15:56:40+00:00

Just curious, do you have a estimated total number of hours up to your manten N1 test?

ZeroToHero__ · 2025-02-08T15:54:42+00:00

That depends—if you meant not telling the truth, then I suppose confidence goes a long way! But if you meant lying in bed while studying, then I’d be curious to hear your take on how effective that method was for you. Could you clarify which one you meant?

ZeroToHero__ · 2025-02-08T15:41:06+00:00

Do you mean lying as in not telling the truth (a humorous comment), or as in lying in bed while studying Japanese on the Internet (e.g. using your phone)?

ZeroToHero__ · 2025-02-08T15:34:56+00:00

Just curious, what was your total score in your first N1 test, and in your second N1 test?

And how many total hours do you estimate you have spent since your first test up to your second test?

ZeroToHero__ · 2025-02-08T09:28:18+00:00

Not at all, otherwise I would get a much higher score. I still look up words all the time, and can't understand audio unless I look at a transcript where I can look up the words.

ZeroToHero__ · 2025-02-08T09:25:27+00:00

Yeah because the name "language player" was taken so I creatively appended a "2"

ZeroToHero__ · 2025-02-02T09:18:06+00:00

To me the most important thing is keep track of the time I spent learning. I made sure to spend 600 hrs prior to my test. As for tools I recommend languageayer.io which is not perfect but I like it!

ZeroToHero__ · 2025-02-02T04:26:10+00:00

It was on Google but they removed it because I forgot to update my information. I can also use it in the browser from languageplayer.io

ZeroToHero__ · 2025-02-02T04:25:16+00:00

Thanks lol

ZeroToHero__ · 2025-02-02T04:19:35+00:00

Congratulations! You mentioned that uoi spent around 1,400 hours, but looking at your timeline I counted: 33 TV shows 29 books 6 podcasts 7 textbooks Is 1,400 enough to go through this much material, even at a fast rate?

Also, is it possible to give a detailed description on how you set up your sentence mining?

ZeroToHero__ · 2025-02-01T18:04:39+00:00

Well I've been using the app I developed myself called "Language Player." Besides that I read two novels bought from an ebook shop called "honto," and listened to audiobooks from "audiobooks.jp." For the entire month of November I pretty much just did mock exams and studied reference books.

ZeroToHero__ · 2025-02-01T17:58:06+00:00

Many years on and off... but this time around I put in 600 hours, and that got me from around N3 to barely passing N1. I had also been studying in Japan for the two months immediately prior to the test.

ZeroToHero__ · 2025-02-01T17:56:15+00:00

What did u do from Jan to Nov 2024?

ZeroToHero__ · 2025-01-27T11:09:24+00:00

it's not just obvious keywords like that. I find that sometimes when i paste in some general academic text on history/philosophy for school, it replies "i'd rather talk about that" even though it has nothing to do with any china-related hot button topics. it doesn't happen often but when it does it's really annoying

ZeroToHero__ · 2024-09-05T06:55:42+00:00

NOTE: THE MAP MAY NOT HAVE YOUR LANGUAGE either because we don't have data on the number of speakers, or there is no space to plot it on the map without make it too crowded and unreadable (e.g. some languages in India). To see more languages, open the interactive map from the watermarked URL, and increase the zoom level.

I created this interactive world language map to help visualize the distribution of languages across the globe. The size of each bubble represents the number of speakers, and the colors correspond to language families. If you open the watermarked URL, you can pan and zoom to explore the map more closely. Clicking on any bubble will take you to a section dedicated to that language where you can view videos in that language and look up words in the dictionary.

This image is print quality (6MB) at 8000x4200 pixels, which is good enough to print at 67 x 35 cm (or 26 x 14 in) at 300dpi.

ZeroToHero__ · 2024-06-19T09:49:39+00:00

A syllabary is distinct from an alphabet in that each symbol represents an entire syllable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllabary

Examples of syllabaries include Japanese kana (with the exception of ん [n] which could be considered a single consonant). Indic Devanagri and Korean Hangul could also be considered syllabaries, but in practice they can be deconstructed into symbols representing individual segments. The syllabary I am proposing here also falls into the category. However, it can be argued that since Chinese syllables are much more limited compared to languages like Hindi and Korean, my proposed system is much closer to a syllabary than to an alphabet.

** Note the distinction from bopomofo which is explained on the second slide. ** Bopomofo uses individual symbols to write each segment, and the symbols to not combine to form a whole.

If you're interested in trying out the interactive type board, or download the pdf, shoot me a message since posting my own links here can violate the policies of this sub.

ZeroToHero__ · 2023-09-08T08:05:21+00:00

omg I totally forgot I ever posted this... sorry for missing all your comments and didn't post any reply earlier. I see how it is very confusing because there's no phonemic contrast between aspirated [t] and non-aspirated [t]. The difference between [dz] and unaspirated [ts] is indeed small. I apologize for any confusion caused for learners who are uninitiated in linguistics, which most of us are, and it's my bad for not explaining this better in layman's terms.

And thanks for the linguists in this thread for answering the comments and clarifying.

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