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Languages don’t follow any laws

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Hello everyone!
This time I would like to tell you about an interesting article that I read about universal language laws. As the article was in Dutch, I shall translate the main concepts in English:
” Learning a foreign language is a paradox experience. The phonemes and words are different, but at the same time there is [...]

The extinction of languages

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Hi Mynglers,
We want to share with you this alarming article (its in Dutch) about certain languages becoming extinct. I made a rough translation for all of you, who don’t speak Dutch.
Did you know that almost 80 % of the world’s population altogether speaks only 83 languages? What is even more disturbing, is that half of [...]

Saying I love you from A - Z

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Hello language lovers,

Since Sunday is the day of love, we want to share with you this lovely presentation about saying I love you in all kinds of different languages, from A - Z!

Maybe it can help you surprise you loved ones!
The Myngle team wishes everyone a happy valentine’s day

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Google’s plan to overcome language barriers

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Hi everyone!
Some big news for everyone struggling with language barriers: Google is developing a software for the first phone that will be able to translate foreign languages instantly combining in voice recognition and automatic translation.
If they succeed, this could completely transform communication between different languages and also influence language learning.
If you want to know more [...]

The language e-learning industry - part 3: Language learning market (II)

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Overview of the language e-learning industry: Language learning market size and players

The language e-learning industry - part 3: Language learning market (I)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Language learning market

The language e-learning industry - part 2: History of language learning

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

History of language learning

The language e-learning industry- part 1: Languages

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Languages in the world

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Top 5 E-learning myths
Although online education has been booming over the last years there are still a lot of people who still have doubts. Those people still buy in to the so-called “E-learing myths”. Browsing on the internet I found this post of Jamie Littlefield of about.com. She has put together the top 5 myths [...]

The world greatest linguists

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

I was just looking at the amazing collection of nationalities and spoken languages we have here in the office of Myngle, and the couple of language-geeks who are moving towards 8-10 languages spoken (yes, Elisa & Tetyana, I am talking about you here), when I had to find the answer: how many languages is it [...]


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