User:BajookThug

Previously Bigballlover69, 

I love learning languages, learning Maltese as of now. Below I'll put free language learning resources for some languages if you need them. If you see a missing language don't worry, I'll add it soon. Also, I'll be adding new free resources over time, so some lists may get bigger. One really good source is https://www.pdfdrive.com/ it's a site that has tonnes of free books, textbooks, anything you want. Just type in "Learn (your target language)" and you'll find a bunch of good learning resources. A better place for language resources is https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/wiki/resources, I'll be using this link to get some resources and put them here.

Last Edit: 23.08.2021

Language Resources(WIP)
Ngl bruh just use wikipedia as a resource fr, wikipedia + google translate my go to, and for keeping up with a language just read news articles in that language or watch content in that language. Comments on media in your target language are always great for hearing informal or colloquial speak.

Belarusian

 * http://vitba.org/fofmb/introduction.html (Site that teaches the fundamentals of Belarusian)
 * https://www.youtube.com/c/Gavarunby (YouTube channel that dubs movie trailers and other things into Belarusian)
 * https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKImQUTeQ2qO1iydb70zSuw (YouTube channel that dubs cartoons into Belarusian)
 * https://uroki.movananova.by/ (Belarusian lessons, in Belarusian)

Corsican

 * https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=co&op=translate (English to Corsican Google Translate)

Catalan

 * http://www.catalandictionary.org/ca/search/ (Catalan Online Dictionary)


 * https://app.memrise.com/course/74569/basic-catalan/ (Memrise Basic Catalan Course)


 * https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ca&op=translate (English → Catalan Google Translation)


 * https://www.cultura.ad/recursos/utilitats/dictats-en-linia (Text and Audio in Catalan if you scroll down)


 * https://www.ccma.cat/catradio/directe/catalunya-radio/ (Radio in Catalan)


 * https://manybooks.net/search-book?language%5Bca%5D=ca (Free Online E-Books in Catalan)


 * https://ib3.org/noticies (Catalan News)


 * https://www.youtube.com/user/E7HeL (Catalan YouTube channel that teaches Catalan)


 * https://www.pdfdrive.com/colloquial-catalan-a-complete-course-for-beginners-colloquial-series-d159204816.html (Book that teaches Catalan in detail)

French

 * http://dontspeakfrench.com/ (Site that teaches French grammar and vocabulary)
 * https://www.pdfdrive.com/colloquial-french-the-complete-course-for-beginners-colloquial-series-e158105501.html (Colloquial French course PDF)

German

 * http://dontspeakgerman.com/ (Site that teaches German vocabulary and grammar)

Italian

 * http://dontspeakitalian.com/ (Site that teaches Italian vocab and grammar)
 * https://www.pdfdrive.com/colloquial-italian-the-complete-course-for-beginners-e4070083.html (Colloquial Italian course PDF)

Kurdish (Kurmanji)

 * https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/Kurmanji/kurmanji_complete.pdf (Kurdish Grammar PDF)
 * https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/Destp%C3%AAk (Kurdish Wiktionary, has more declensions and vocab in Kurdish, the only problem is that it's in Kurdish but you could just Google Translate it)
 * https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/Kurmanji/kurmanji_complete.pdf (Kurdish-English Dictionary)

Latvian

 * https://www.pdfdrive.com/colloquial-latvian-a-complete-language-course-for-beginners-e156821715.html (Colloquial Latvian course PDF)

Luxembourgish

 * https://www.lod.lu/ (Online Luxembourgish Dictionary)
 * https://www.pdfdrive.com/luxembourgish-language-grammar-learn-study-learning-e188448177.html (PDF with Luxembourgish phrases)

Ossetian

 * http://i.ironau.ru/ocherk/OssetianGrammar.pdf (Ossetian Grammar PDF)
 * https://www.ironau.ru/salamgeri.html (Site in Ossetian)

Portuguese (Portugal)

 * https://www.bing.com/translator (Has Portugal Portuguese translator which translates words into Portugal Portuguese specifically. Example: Iran = Irão in Portugal, while in Brazil it's Irã. The voice for the translator is also in the Portugal dialect, so that's pretty useful)

Punjabi

 * http://pt.learnpunjabi.org/assets/a%20reference%20grammar_final.pdf (Punjabi Grammar book that explains the grammar and phonology of Punjabi, USE DIS)


 * https://www.pdfdrive.com/punjabi-university-english-punjabi-dictionary-%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%AC-%E0%A8%AF%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9F-%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%AC-%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%9C-%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B8-d187919495.html (Punjabi Dictionary)


 * http://mylanguages.org/punjabi_alphabet.php (Site that teaches Gurmukhi, the script for writing Punjabi in India)


 * http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary (Online Punjabi Dictionary)


 * https://www.shabdkosh.com/dictionary/english-punjabi/ (Extensive Online Punjabi Dictionary)


 * http://dic.learnpunjabi.org/ (Big online Punjabi dictionary with Shahmukhi version of words DIS ONE IS DA BEST)

Russian

 * https://translate.yandex.com/?lang=en-ru (English to Russian translator, way better than Google Translate for Russian)
 * https://www.wikdict.com/en-ru/ (Online Dictionary that uses data from Wiktionary)
 * https://www.pdfdrive.com/colloquial-russian-the-complete-course-for-beginners-3rd-ed-2010-e186263946.html (Colloquial Russian course PDF)
 * https://www.pdfdrive.com/a-comprehensive-russian-grammar-third-edition-learn-russian-e14287129.html (Russian Grammar Textbook PDF)
 * https://www.svoboda.org/ (Russian news site)

Serbo-Croatian

 * https://www.pdfdrive.com/serbian-an-essential-grammar-essential-grammars-e159192139.html (Serbian grammar PDF)
 * https://www.pdfdrive.com/colloquial-serbian-the-complete-course-for-beginners-e186298337.html (Colloquial Serbian PDF, includes grammar lessons)
 * https://www.pdfdrive.com/bosnian-croatian-serbian-a-grammar-e51079926.html (Serbo-Croatian grammar PDF)

Spanish

 * http://dontspeakspanish.com/ (Site that teaches Spanish)

Tajik

 * https://www.ozodi.org/ (Tajik News Site that has videos and podcasts in Tajik)
 * https://archive.org/details/Nasrullo_Khojayori_TajikiReferenceGrammarForBeginners/mode/2up (Tajik Grammar book, was really useful for me)

Language Learning Methods
note: hi bro (Quick note: I don't explain things very well, :( sorry if you don't understand something) Everyone learns languages differently, so some of these methods may work for you and others may not. One important tip I'll give you right now, and it's obvious but still, make sure YOU actually want to learn the language you're learning. If you don't want to learn the language you're learning it will be way harder for you to learn and many methods won't help you as you don't actually want to learn said language. If you actually want to learn the language you're learning you'll find that you progress quicker and you have fun learning. So long story short, make sure you actually want to learn the language you're learning. I'll be updating and adding more methods soon.

Method 1
This is one of my favourite methods. Have a conversation with yourself in the language you're learning, say what you'd usually say in English (or whatever your native language is) and the words you don't know, learn, it's as simple as that. Example in Spanish: "me gusta jugar video games" as you can see here the speaker doesn't know the word for "videogames" in Spanish, so now he knows to learn that word. Basically hold a conversation as you would in English and fill in the missing vocabulary.

Punjabi to IPA
None of these are actually good, if you're not a native speaker and need help with this topic (Punjabi IPA transcription or Punjabi phonology in general) let me know.

Link
https://lingojam.com/PunjabitoIPA

Problems
It can not transcribe vowels, nor can it transcribe the letters ਲ਼, ਗ਼, ਫ਼, ਖ਼, ਜ਼, ਸ਼. Although this is a major problem I still use it as I can just add the vowels later, it makes adding Punjabi IPA to entries a bit more easier, until a pa-IPA module comes out I'll have to stick to this.

Punabi IPA 2
I've made a second converter that converts the transliteration to IPA, much better then the previous one, the link is below.


 * https://lingojam.com/yjthgrfed

Planned Wiki Work/Goals for wiktionary

 * Пока не умру продолжу искать тебя среди звёзд. Я взломаю тебя и возьму твой желток как будто мой

Languages:

Canadian Punjabi
Common phonological differences I hear in Punjabi in Canada as spoken by 2nd generation immigrants.

Vowels
In most speakers the epenthetic /ə̆/ is no longer pronounced. Thus, Majhi Punjabi /nə.məkə̆/, is Canadian Punjabi [nə.mək]. Could be happening in India or Pakistan as well. In Canadian Punjabi unstressed /äː/ > [ɐ]. "to do" /kəɾ.näː/ > [kəɾ.nɐ~kʌɾ.nɐ]
 * <ਐ> - [æː~ɛː]
 * <ਏ> - [ɪː~eː]
 * <ਆ> - [ɐ] (in specific environments)
 * <ਅ> - [ʌ~ə]
 * <ਊ> - [ʉː]
 * <ਔ> - [ɒː]

Consonants
Lazy will add soon