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Dabbling diary: An awkward attempt at acquiring Armenian
Dabbling diary: An awkward attempt at acquiring Armenian
I know, I know. Back in December, I promised that I would soon write a blog post about my efforts to study Armenian. But well… I got busy.
Kevin Sun
May 28, 2022
Dabbling diary: Iranian interests (Kurdish, Persian, etc.)
Dabbling diary: Iranian interests (Kurdish, Persian, etc.)
As I’ve tried to stick to a regular schedule for my blog posts over the years, one problem has come up again and again: my language…
Kevin Sun
Jan 30, 2022
Dabbling diary: Aramaic — the first “world language”?
Dabbling diary: Aramaic — the first “world language”?
About a decade after Marco Polo set out on his journey along the Silk Road to China in the late 13th century, a monk from Beijing (then…
Kevin Sun
Jan 8, 2022
Prioritization problems: or, how to study fewer languages (I don’t know how)
Prioritization problems: or, how to study fewer languages (I don’t know how)
Editor’s note: First of all, I am my own editor lol. 😝 But also, after reviewing what I’ve written in this post… I’m not sure it’s…
Kevin Sun
Dec 18, 2021
Dabbling diary #1: Learning Neapolitan from 30+ hours of TV
Dabbling diary #1: Learning Neapolitan from 30+ hours of TV
On top of the hundreds of hours of Netflix in a dozen languages I watched last year, I also recently watched four full seasons of one show…
Kevin Sun
Jan 10, 2021
Wu Dialect Ain’t Nothing to F*** With— or, How Learning Hindi Made Me Better At My Mother Tongue
Wu Dialect Ain’t Nothing to F*** With— or, How Learning Hindi Made Me Better At My Mother Tongue
“Native language,” “first language” and “mother tongue” aren’t always straightforward concepts. Depending on how you interpret these terms…
Kevin Sun
Aug 2, 2017
Introduction to Uyghur — slides from Polyglot Conference Fukuoka 2019, with commentary
Introduction to Uyghur — slides from Polyglot Conference Fukuoka 2019, with commentary
Last month, I attended the 2019 edition of the Polyglot Conference™ in Fukuoka, Japan, which was reportedly attended by as many as 400…
Kevin Sun
Nov 2, 2019
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A Beginner’s Guide to Studying African Languages, Part 1: Bantu Languages
A Beginner’s Guide to Studying African Languages, Part 1: Bantu Languages
I’m pretty happy with the wide range of languages I’ve managed to cover in my posts so far—from Spanish and Portuguese through Arabic and…
Kevin Sun
Aug 12, 2017
Indonesian 30-Day Language Challenge: Day 3
Indonesian 30-Day Language Challenge: Day 3
Day 3’s video is here! I decided to not have a strict time limit for this one and it ended up going for eight minutes. Translation and…
Kevin Sun
Dec 3, 2017
Indonesian 30-Day Language Challenge: Day 5
Indonesian 30-Day Language Challenge: Day 5
Video number 5 is here! This went over ten minutes in length because I tried talking a bit about my recently-confirmed grand jury duty…
Kevin Sun
Dec 5, 2017
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