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Benefits of Learning a Constructed Language

Posted by Teddy Nee on October 28, 2023

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I speak 4 languages in Penang Malaysia and I shall learn 1 more language

Posted by Teddy Nee on October 06, 2023

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Learn From Multilingual Phrases

Posted by Teddy Nee on September 03, 2023

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5 Famous Polyglots and Their Learning Techniques

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 16, 2023

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How you can learn SignWriting fast?

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 09, 2023

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Current Target Language

Posted by Teddy Nee on June 30, 2023

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Instructions for Making Friends Internationally

Posted by Teddy Nee on June 14, 2023

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The Advantage of Reading in the Original Language

Posted by Teddy Nee on May 28, 2023

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Learning Writing Systems is Fun

Posted by Teddy Nee on April 28, 2023

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7 main languages of the new residents of Taiwan

Posted by Teddy Nee on March 28, 2023

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The Method of Learning by Analyzing Sentences

Posted by Teddy Nee on March 15, 2023

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Celebrate New Year With Tuvalu

Posted by Teddy Nee on February 10, 2023

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Ways to Encourage Development of Language Learning in Children

Posted by Teddy Nee on December 29, 2022

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Languages in my daily life

Posted by Teddy Nee on December 21, 2022

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Think in Italian

Posted by Teddy Nee on October 22, 2022

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Viva lets the whole world learn your language

Posted by Teddy Nee on October 11, 2022

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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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