Forvo. All the words in the world

This web is an interesting tool for language learners of any language. As the web page describes itself "Forvo is the largest pronunciation guide in the world, the place where you´ll find millions of words pronounced in their original languages."


How it works

You need to know how to pronunce a word in your target language (eg. thanks in Spanish: gracias). You Search your target language "Spanish" and the word "gracias": http://www.forvo.com/word/gracias/

There you can find different recordings uploaded by native people. If the word doesn't exist in the web you can ask for a native to record it.

Right now, there are 220 different languages in Forvo (English, Portuguese, Arabic, German, Spanish, Russian, Persian, Italian, Dutch...)

Forvo: http://www.forvo.com

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Learning Estonian

Recently, someone suggested in the Babelan directory a language page to practice Estonian, ZpeakIt. You can find there different useful phrases in Estonian and its translation into English. Clicking the phrase you can listen it.

There are some basic topics you can choose from: greetings, shopping, questions, help, conversation, thanks, conversation questions, common expressions, travel, asking the way, weather nad all phrases.

There is also a an area for registered users where you can monitor your progress.

ZpeakIt: http://zpeakit.com/main

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