Learn to read a sentence of Chinese in 3 minutes!

Chinese deconstructed.
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Chinese deconstructed.

Are some languages really faster than others? This infographic compares the speeds and information densities of different languages. Click here for the large version.
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Are some languages really faster than others? This infographic compares the speeds and information densities of different languages. Click here for the large version.

Today’s Free Language-Related Kindle Books (2/19/12)

These ebooks from Amazon may be free only for today (and only in the US), so grab them while you can. They can be read on Kindles, in a web browser, on a Mac or PC, on an iPhone or iPad, and on Android devices.

Every day there are new free Kindle books in or on a variety of languages. If this type of list is something you’d like to see more often, please like it or reblog it so I know.

SPANISH

CHINESE

HINDI

ENGLISH

Are You Learning Chinese?

So my brother loves studying Chinese and he loves programming. Put those together and you get his new iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch app.

It’s called Trevor’s Chinese Memory Game. It’s a matching game where you match similar-looking Chinese characters together. But it’s much more powerful than that; you can focus on sets of random characters or sets of similar-looking characters. You can also sort the levels by difficulty.

Here’s the app in iTunes. Go check it out!

You can also learn more about it at the app’s website, LingoSpring.com. He’s also got a free web app called Trevor’s Chinese Reader that’s really cool.

The Search for the World's Most Difficult Language

Sweet article from The Economist.