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Joss was right... Mandarin is the language of the future...

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026 1:54 PM (P)

Age of AI prompts review of language curriculum at high schools in Japan

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260512_06/

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026 2:10 PM (P)

a Southern Min language in China, East of Guandong, with some Mandarin and Thai, the story of a young man who travels to Thailand to track down his long-lost grandfather


Chinese film ‘Dear You’ sparks global emotional resonance
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202606/1364057.shtml

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026 4:41 PM (P)

how it changes with time and info gets lost

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026 4:42 PM (P)

the sounds of Japan changed

Was Japanese ever tonal, perhaps or maybe or probably it depends who you ask, the classification of the family is difficult since its debated, it links to island languages it links inisde China and to the Korean word which no longer has tones if it once did, Thailand and Vietnam still have tones, scholars believe that Japonic was brought to the Japanese archipelago from the Korean peninsula with the Yayoi culture, a lot of Japanese dialects have been lost over time, North of Tokyo was a type of Hokkaido Siberia Alaska or Ainu culture a Native group outside of the Japanese culture and there was interaction, Proto-Japonic, also known as Proto-Japanese or Proto-Japanese–Ryukyuan, is the reconstructed language ancestral to the Japonic language family.

Is Japanese a Tonal Language?



EVOLUTION OF THE JAPONIC LANGUAGES



History and Evolution of the Japanese Language

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Thursday, June 25, 2026 4:12 PM (P)

Chinese meteorologist Xu awarded meteorology 'Nobel Prize'
https://www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/635464

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Friday, June 26, 2026 6:19 PM (P)

Learn Bulgarian Cyrillic script

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Sunday, June 28, 2026 4:21 PM (P)

What, if any, are the primary differences between Korean as spoken in the North and that spoken in the South?
https://korean.stackexchange.com/questions/5/what-if-any-are-the-prima
ry-differences-between-korean-as-spoken-in-the-north

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Monday, June 29, 2026 9:37 PM (P)

How to Actually Use AI for Language Learning (LLMs The Expert Way)

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Sunday, July 5, 2026 7:14 PM (P)

What’s The Difference Between


Chinese Teacher - Red

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026 5:18 PM (P)

the 'script reader' who was too lazy to learn the language in the foreign country where he now lives?

Simon Whistler Has Lost His MIND!


Metatron's Academy

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026 8:48 PM (P)

Siglas Poveiras: The Unusual Proto-Writing Left by Vikings to Portuguese Fishermen

https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/01/siglas-poveiras-the-unusual-
proto-writing-left-by-vikings-to-portuguese-fishermen
/


Dongba Script
https://www.theinfolist.com/html/ALL/l/D/Dongba_script.html

Tompa or Mo-so? Dongba symbols
https://www.detailedpedia.com/wiki-Dongba_symbols


and spoken Chinese Mandarin, Thai, Cantonese, German, Korean, French, Spanish, Japanese...its never been easier to access material

iq.com/album/the-king-of-stand-up-comedy-3-2026-ery42cm2b1?lang=en_us

,
bilibili.tv/en/play/1064244?bstar_from=bstar-web.category-anime.0.0
,
wetv.vip/en/play/ttemykzkg7lxcay/c4100uff6g4-Folk_tales_of_Chu_Maxian

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026 8:52 PM (P)


Letterseiries Cherokee syllabary alphabet song




Investigating the Cherokee Syllabary


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Monday, July 13, 2026 6:28 PM (P)

Apple Translate is getting 9 new languages in iOS 27
https://www.cultofmac.com/news/apple-translate-ios-27-9-new-language-s
upport

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026 5:48 AM (P)

What's the Difference?


Learn Japanese Deep Dive

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Sunday, July 19, 2026 12:58 AM (P)

Reading Books?

and a rich history of past times

One of the Four Great Classical Novels of China, the Water Margin: Yang Zhi's Treasure Knife

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Sunday, July 19, 2026 4:42 PM (P)

ARGENTINIAN Spanish & What Makes it So DIFFERENT

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Sunday, July 19, 2026 11:12 PM (P)

Japanese React to Dogen's Video

SHOHEI KONDO


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Monday, July 20, 2026 8:17 PM (P)

Sony, the 2026 Chinese-American co-production computer-animated film directed by Mu Zhengyang. The film was a United States and China-co production and produced by Sony Pictures

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt43515101/

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Tuesday, July 21, 2026 8:48 PM (P)


Honest view on China after 18 years living there

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Saturday, July 25, 2026 3:25 AM (P)

The Easiest Way to Read Korean Words 1 - You can read korean right after!



or to read maybe easy or not so easy

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Saturday, July 25, 2026 3:29 AM (P)

How AI Is Changing College Essay Help And The Admissions Process

https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/ai-changing-college-essay-help-14584529
1.html

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Saturday, July 25, 2026 3:31 AM (P)

5 AI Models For Transcribing Old Russian Handwriting And Printed Russian Texts

https://medium.com/transkribus/5-ai-models-for-transcribing-old-russia
n-handwriting-and-printed-russian-texts-361ee90a6bfd

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Saturday, July 25, 2026 3:34 AM (P)

12 RUSSIAN HABITS YOU SHOULD ADOPT



Learn the Top 25 Must-Know Russian Phrases!

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Sunday, July 26, 2026 4:49 PM (P)

Every Chinese Political Ideology Explained


klaize

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Tuesday, July 28, 2026 12:54 AM (P)

JAVIER MILEI'S CLONED DOGS?

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Tuesday, July 28, 2026 12:59 AM (P)


Korean intonation: How to sound more like a native

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Tuesday, July 28, 2026 2:41 PM (P)

Esperanto Explained

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Tuesday, July 28, 2026 6:08 PM (P)

and while Euros banned Air-Conditioners


42 C = 107.6 to Fahrenheit



How Do People Survive Chongqing's 42°C Summer?

Learn Chinese Through Real Life

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Tuesday, July 28, 2026 8:04 PM (P)

the Japanese problem of shaky ground, tsunami, volcanoes, quakes

and why other countries and regions and Empire like Turkey, New Zealand, Philippines, Hawaii, Iran, Mexico could never conquer the world

https://x.com/NHKWORLD_News/status/2082055301755498626

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026 1:38 AM (P)

the world through another one's eyes

Shit-hole Paris? the Japanese found out its dirty and it smells!

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026 1:39 AM (P)

I Live in Paris. Here's Why Visitors Leave Disappointed.

and some dumb jazzy miserable brass playing



The "Japan Only" Mental Illness: Paris Syndrome

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026 3:32 PM (P)

The Building Blocks of Chinese Character

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026 3:36 PM (P)

The Anatomy of a Japanese Kanj

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026 3:37 PM (P)

I think I have a Phobia of Cantonese...the other languages of Asia are difficult enough

a kids video

Chinese Radicals (Cantonese) - Wood

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026 3:37 PM (P)

20 most frequent Chinese character radicals (Simplified character version)

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026 3:38 PM (P)

Radical (Bamboo), it forms so many common Chinese characters you need every day



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Wednesday, July 29, 2026 3:40 PM (P)

These Radicals Make Chinese Easy!

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026 4:31 PM (P)

Why Does India Have So Many Writing Systems?

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026 4:32 PM (P)


The *Many* Languages of INDIA!

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026 10:51 PM (P)

Buddhists spread these Chinese pictures everywhere....but it can help you read long lost ancient version of Korean and Vietnamese poetry

Japan still uses them

Kanji Radicals Part 1

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Sunday, August 2, 2026 4:52 PM (P)

7 Levels of Japanese (explained by a linguist)

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Monday, August 3, 2026 4:06 AM (P)

Can you convert hanja to kanji?

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Monday, August 3, 2026 4:58 PM (P)

Native Esperanto speakers

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Monday, August 3, 2026 10:16 PM (P)

Kanji, Hanzi, Hanja - How Many Characters are there?




AND you can be blasted on China social media by this stuff, Tiktoks, Bilibili etc

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1UwmzB3E9V

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Tuesday, August 4, 2026 4:29 PM (P)

and it was an important language of the past


old Japanese Ryukyu Islands described by various Chinese Dynasties, Tanegashima clan came to rule then it went back and forth between Ming China and Japanese warlords with Japanese Okinawa Kingdom and the Lord of Satsuma establishing 'Rule' or Suzerainty,a cross road of language, religion and trade

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Tuesday, August 4, 2026 7:33 PM (P)

Celebrity Name Pronunciation Differences In 5 Asian Languages!

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Tuesday, August 4, 2026 7:43 PM (P)

Switzerland's four languages

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Wednesday, August 5, 2026 4:09 PM (P)

North Korean Girls React to Creepy North Korea TikTok For the First Time..!!


GIGGLE

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Sunday, August 9, 2026 11:50 PM (P)

El PENTÁGONO LIBERÓ 41 archivos UFO

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Monday, August 10, 2026 4:56 PM (P)

when the AI Chatbot fails to know everything

This German dialect leaves AI baffled, exposing a digital language blind spot
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-german-dialect-ai-baffled-exposing.html

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Monday, August 10, 2026 7:05 PM (P)

PETER THIEL HARÁ un FORO EN ARGENTINA

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Monday, August 10, 2026 7:07 PM (P)

How Cantonese Tones Really Work, Explained in 8 Minutes

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Monday, August 10, 2026 7:09 PM (P)

Can Italians in Rome Understand LATIN?

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Tuesday, August 11, 2026 4:04 PM (P)

Macedonian Alphabet


Learn Cyrillic

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Tuesday, August 11, 2026 4:06 PM (P)

Russian sounding like English but backwards - in reverse

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Tuesday, August 11, 2026 4:10 PM (P)

Hanja:10 Common Hanja in Korean You Should Know! ep 3

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Tuesday, August 11, 2026 4:18 PM (P)

Learn ANY Language with This Simple System (even if you're busy)

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Wednesday, August 12, 2026 1:04 PM (P)

Ninhongo - Trump and Iranians

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Wednesday, August 12, 2026 1:07 PM (P)

Español - mostly about Ukraine and Russians but also the Iranians Trump and War



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Wednesday, August 12, 2026 1:12 PM (P)

A South Korean broadcast service, reports on war and economy. Hangugeo from South Korea I assume, it doesnt sound like the North stuff, maybe some written Hangul Pyojuneo from Seoul dialect. More news about Trump and wars and supply lines and markets.



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Monday, August 17, 2026 3:34 AM (P)

a religious Christian village where Korean believers lived in hiding during the era of persecution

remove spaces >>>

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youtube
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watch?v=xNG2CPpD6hc

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Monday, August 17, 2026 11:24 PM (P)


I learned French in 3 days (parody)

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Tuesday, August 18, 2026 8:45 PM (P)

Vladimir Solovyov and Yevgeny Poddubny make grim predictions

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Tuesday, August 18, 2026 11:15 PM (P)

What Chinese Say about The Odyssey


HSK 1-9 Listening Challenge

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Saturday, August 22, 2026 5:46 PM (P)

Which Asian Country is Most Similar to Japan?


Interviewing Japan

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Sunday, August 23, 2026 2:55 PM (P)

the scandals got reported everywhere

clip from 6 months ago

EPSTEIN-AKTEN: Paukenschlag! Deal mit Trump? Maxwell will Begnadigung bei Aussage

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Sunday, August 23, 2026 2:57 PM (P)

more world wide reporting of scandals and Korean, SBS

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Sunday, August 23, 2026 3:16 PM (P)

Cantonese should be harder to learn than any from an English speakers perspective

she knowns Chinese characters so found Japanese easier...however that is not the normal path a English speaker takes, most English speakers can not even tell you a single Chinese /Japanese Hazi or Kanji pictogram logogram character

Korean, Japanese, Chinese - RATED. Which One is The Hardest?! (and which you should study...)


Zoe Discovers

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Monday, August 24, 2026 9:27 PM (P)

Understanding Different Mandarin Accents


Grace Mandarin Chinese

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Wednesday, August 26, 2026 2:31 AM (P)


Informe desde Beijing: empiezan los Juegos Mundiales de Robots en China


FRANCE 24 Español

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Sunday, August 30, 2026 6:11 PM (P)

Katastrophe

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Sunday, August 30, 2026 6:13 PM (P)

Nepal eleva a 553 los muertos por las devastadoras inundaciones; buscan a 937 desaparecidos

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Sunday, August 30, 2026 6:16 PM (P)

Japan news, Nepal, ANNnewsCH

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Monday, August 31, 2026 3:05 AM (P)

AI generated image and audio

Every Country #1 Language Studied on Duolingo (2024 Map)


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Monday, August 31, 2026 3:09 AM (P)

Geoguessr, but for LANGUAGES - Polyglot Plays Languageguessr

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Monday, August 31, 2026 3:08 PM (P)

Every Language Learning Method Ranked (Best to Worst)

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Monday, August 31, 2026 5:55 PM (P)

I Met The Most Interesting Italian in China, Aiden Qiu China



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Saturday, September 5, 2026 7:07 PM (P)

How Chinese Idioms Shape the Way People Think


Queen Mandarin

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Sunday, September 6, 2026 8:18 PM (P)

What similarities do you see between Latin and Ancient Greek?

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Monday, September 7, 2026 5:46 PM (P)

AI tool that invents languages created by UM professor
https://themiamihurricane.com/2026/08/26/ai-tool-that-invents-language
s-created-by-um-professor
/

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Monday, September 7, 2026 9:21 PM (P)

My Japan Life


Things That Surprised Me in 1969

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Tuesday, September 8, 2026 1:12 AM (P)

on the subject of West Iberian the Latin Celts and Galician–Portuguese

Ibero-Romance I: Portuguese and Galician
https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/61882/chapter-abstract/54772227
8


The Modern Celts of Northern Spain
https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/the-modern-celts-of-northern-
spain
/

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Tuesday, September 8, 2026 1:14 AM (P)

Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese Kanji comparison



Kanji Differences in China, Hong Kong, and Japan



Traditional vs Simplified Chinese - what are their differences?

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Wednesday, September 9, 2026 3:44 PM (P)

Smart Way to Expand Your Korean Vocabulary (5 Super Common Hanja)

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