Top 10 World Languages
A little article about the top 10 languages of the world by total number of speakers, i.e. L1+L2.
Fritaliañol
A pocket reference grammar for Spanish, French and Italian, all in one. You should already be familiar with Romance grammar! This is not didactic, and is just for reference or revision purposes.
You can also get a one-page version that you can fold up. Look here for folding instructions.
German Grammar Reference
A pocket reference grammar for German - advisable only for learners of German who have already covered the grammar in depth.
You can also get a one-page version that you can fold up. Look here for folding instructions.
Spanish Grammar Reference
A pocket reference grammar for Spanish - advisable only for learners of Spanish who have already covered the grammar in depth.
You can also get a one-page version that you can fold up. Look here for folding instructions.
Turkish Grammar Reference
A pocket reference grammar for Turkish - advisable only for learners of Turkish who have already covered the grammar in depth.
You can also get a one-page version that you can fold up. Look here for folding instructions.
Yom Lexicon
A lexicon of Yom, a Gur language of Northern Benin. This is a work in progress and may contain inaccuracies or other errors! Please contact me if you'd like to know about the technical implementation of this lexicon for use in your own project; I can send you relevant code and other advice.
Languages of India
A map of the states of India with their main language highlighted. Blue-green areas are Indo-Aryan, orangey areas are Dravidian and purpley areas are Sino-Tibetan. Based on this map.
Lost in Translation
There are actually two games in one here, both played on a political map of the world:
Icelandic Conquest is a crazy game, in which you have to build an empire for Iceland - not with military might (Iceland has none), but with flags. You gain flags by making deliveries all over the world; the shorter the route you take to get to the destination country, the more flags you'll get. At the same time, another randomly selected country is building an empire, and will start claiming countries for itself. You have to remove their flags or replace them with your own, and ultimately, you must take over the world. To top things off, you find various cultural items lying around which can get you extra points if returned to their country of origin. This includes lemurs from Madagascar.
Lost in Translation, now at version 2, has you translating documents from one language to another. To do this, you just walk into a country that speaks that language. But this time, it's not about finding the shortest route - it's the shortest linguistic route you want. It's no good going through Hungary, Austria and Germany to get to France from Romania; far better to head for Italy, since it's a related language. Making efficient translations gets you skill points, which you can spend on actually learning languages, which allows you to make even more efficient translations. Learning every language of the world, though, is only part of the attraction...
It would be helpful if you could send bug reports, if indeed you happen to fall into one of its exceptionally niche audiences! I have alpha-tested version 2 quite thoroughly, but I still recommend saving regularly - just in case.
You'll need a Glulx interpreter to run the game.
