A practical comparison of Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnamese, including pronunciation, tones, vocabulary, history, diaspora communities, and which variety to learn in Vietnam, France, Australia, or Canada.
My favourite YouTube channels for comprehensible Mandarin Chinese, from visual beginner stories to learner podcasts and street interviews.
A clear, opinionated guide to building a study stack for less-common languages, from textbooks and tutors to sentence banks, audio habits, and community support.
All the language families for “Watermelon” (in common languages… that I know)
Should beginners learn On1 or On2 salsa first? This practical guide compares timing, history, music, performance, and social dancing so you can choose confidently.
We’ve made our Swahili Grammar Guide available for free on swahiligrammar.com.
My personal, brief list of CORE Mexican slang words (in Spanish, of course). Just the basics, not a massive list.
Our firsthand guide to living in Mexico City: neighborhoods, weather, transport, food, Spanish, internet, safety, costs, and the practical reasons CDMX works so well for a longer stay.
Explaining a technique I used to follow online resources to learn languages by following my curiosity.
My favourite Turkish phrases that I’ll miss.