Awesome/fun sites for language lovers

[anna3101]

Hello friends,

Today I would like to share some links with you, and if you have anything to add, please do.

These are some unusual/fun sites, obviously language-related.

• Simple Write lets you type in some text and will mark all the words that do not belong to the most basic 1000:
• http://xkcd.com/simplewriter/
• Interesting facts about words and language:
• http://mentalfloss.com/section/language
• Amazing site where you can find detailed information about the languages spoken in a particular country:
• https://www.ethnologue.com
• A word a day - the title says it all:
• http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.html

And not strictly related to languages, but interesting nevertheless

• A project showing current world population and your life expectancy depending on which country you live in:
• http://population.io/
• A world map that changes depending on the year you put in:
• http://geacron.com/home-en/?&sid=GeaCron472516

Have fun

Ania

[LeesaJohnson]

I would like to share a website which helps in learning various languages http://www.selectmytutor.co.uk/subject/language.html and it is very easy to find a tutor with this platform.

[Trellum]

I loved the world map one, mind blown   Sometimes it's hard to imagine how things were many centuries ago... just amazing!  Thanks for sharing   I'll now share my absolute favorite: http://www.factslides.com/     I love facts and slides   This site has both, basically just a bunch of facts separated by specific categories or topics, it's addicting  because of the slides format  

[Lingua Franca]

Very nice set of sites. I gave simplewriter a go, who would have guessed that writing in a simple form would be so difficult, but it is fun though. 

[CyanHeart]

What really helped me get ahead was Memrise (just Google it) and it's a site for word memorization. I know in some languages it can be hard to find good lists, as they are made by other users, but if you can it is really worth your time.