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How Taiwanese am I?

Posted by Teddy Nee on September 23, 2022

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A unique group of Chinese Indonesian: Why are they still able to converse fluently in Hokkien after most areas have been "Indonesianized"?

Posted by Teddy Nee on August 01, 2022

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KomunIKON at SciLang 2022

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 21, 2022

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Medan Chinese: The most controversial community in Indonesia

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 15, 2022

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Meet people from around the world in the Polyglot Gathering 2022

Posted by Teddy Nee on May 07, 2022

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Learn Chinese Mandarin with Cecilia Chen

Posted by Teddy Nee on March 29, 2022

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6 Local Writing Systems in Indonesia

Posted by Teddy Nee on March 06, 2022

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Learn the essentials

Posted by Teddy Nee on February 05, 2022

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Reading with In-Line Translation

Posted by Teddy Nee on January 06, 2022

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My sign language experience

Posted by Teddy Nee on January 01, 2022

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Two Esperanto meetups at the same time

Posted by Teddy Nee on November 15, 2021

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Language Discussion with Lingspark

Posted by Teddy Nee on October 02, 2021

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Virtual Congress of Esperanto 2021

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 28, 2021

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Indonesian language from Medan city

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 18, 2021

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Visual communication by using icons

Posted by Teddy Nee on June 19, 2021

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Meet people from around the world in the Polyglot Gathering 2021

Posted by Teddy Nee on May 26, 2021

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The importance of using frequently the language you are learning

Posted by Teddy Nee on December 10, 2020

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Learn Arabic Script Easily for Indonesian

Posted by Teddy Nee on November 13, 2020

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How much do you know about languages in the world?

Posted by Teddy Nee on September 27, 2020

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Guest Post: How to Use Translation to go from Online Student to Online Entrepreneur

Posted by Teddy Nee on August 16, 2020

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3 Problems and Solutions for a Successful Language Exchange

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 23, 2020

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The 52nd Opening Day of UEA and TEJO

Posted by Teddy Nee on April 26, 2020 0 Comments

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The 7th Iranian Esperanto Congress

Posted by Teddy Nee on April 26, 2020 0 Comments

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Interview: Ermira B Gashi (Kosovo)

Posted by Teddy Nee on April 19, 2020 0 Comments

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Guest Post: How Language, Culture, and Crisis Interact

Posted by Teddy Nee on April 02, 2020 0 Comments

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Zamenhof Day 2019

Posted by Teddy Nee on December 24, 2019 0 Comments

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Nee's Book Depository Is Launched

Posted by Teddy Nee on September 25, 2019

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Watch TV on YouTube

Posted by Teddy Nee on August 08, 2019 1 Comment

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Book Publishing

Posted by Teddy Nee on June 20, 2019

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Learn Toki Pona to Understand the Basics of Language Learning

Posted by Teddy Nee on April 08, 2019

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Esperanto Friendship

Posted by Teddy Nee on February 07, 2019

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