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A Look at the Eskimo Languages 27 Aug 2013 | 05:31 pm
The Eskimo languages are well known for being some of the mostly convolutedly difficult languages on Earth. We take a look at two Eskimo languages for a glimpse into their complexity. Eskimo-Aleut E...
A Look at the Hawaiian and Maori Languages 27 Aug 2013 | 05:27 pm
The Polynesian languages are generally thought to be pretty easy to learn compared to other world languages. There is some truth to this, but Maori is probably harder than it seems. We take a look at ...
A Look at the Vietnamese and Khmer Languages 27 Aug 2013 | 05:22 pm
Vietnamese and Khmer, two tonal languages of SE Asia, are quite hard for an English speaker to learn for a variety of reasons. We take a look at those two languages here. Austroasiatic Mon-Khmer Vi...
A Look at the Hungarian Language 27 Aug 2013 | 05:18 pm
A look at Hungarian from the view of how hard it is to learn for an English speaker. Hungarian is legendary for being a hard language to learn. The British diplomatic corps did a survey of their diplo...
A Look at the Finnish and Estonian Languages 27 Aug 2013 | 05:13 pm
A look at two Finno-Ugric languages, Finnish and Estonian, from the point of view of how hard they are for an English speaker to learn. Finnish is legendary for being one of the hardest languages on E...
A Look at the Turkish Language 27 Aug 2013 | 05:08 pm
A look at the Turkish language from the point of view of an English speaker trying to learn the language. Turkish is not a difficult langauge to learn, but it is not exactly simple either, and the agg...
A Look at the Quechua and Aymara Languages 27 Aug 2013 | 04:59 pm
A look at two major South American Indian languages, Quechua and Aymara with a view towards how difficult they are to learn for an English speaker. Aymara, which is actually at least two separate lang...
A Look at Algonquian Languages 26 Aug 2013 | 02:24 am
From here. A look at the Algonquian languages in terms of the difficulty they present for the English speaking language learner. Algonquian languages are nightmarishly complicated. Algic Algonquian...
A Look at Iroquoian Languages 26 Aug 2013 | 02:19 am
From here. A look at the difficulties involved in learning an Iroquoian language for an English speaker. Iroquoian languages are probably some of the most monstrously complex languages on the face of...
India, Land of Rapes 26 Aug 2013 | 01:51 am
Here. American college student goes to India and endures the usual endless creepathon dealing with groping, masturbating, gawking, stalking, assaulting, raping, rapey, rapey Indian guys. This story ...
