Language Learning Update for June 2025

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2025 is still going well, with another change this month. I added Latin, since that was something I did not study in school. I find I already know quite a bit, thanks to all those years singing in choirs and doing science. It annoys me a bit that Duolingo uses the classical pronunciation, though, since I think the ecclesiastical pronunciation is prettier.

If Latin goes well, I might consider teaching elementary Latin at the homeschool coops next year. My friend D used to teach it, but had to retire in favor of a full-time job.

If anyone else is on Duolingo, my name there is Katharina818820

Here's how it is going:

Status on Duolingo on Day 470

German: section 4 unit 33

Italian: section 3 unit 8

Norwegian: section 2 unit 32

French: section 2 unit 9

Spanish: section 2 unit 4

Dutch: section 2 unit 1

Klingon: section 1 unit 14

Russian: section 1 unit 13

Greek: section 1 unit 7

Romanian: section 1 unit 5

Korean: section 1 unit 4

Latin: section 1 unit 2

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As Latin is a dead language, do people actually know how the words should be pronounced, or is it something that the language nerds love to argue over?

When you get bored and need a challenge, Finnish welcomes you 😁 we belong to a lonely finno-ugric language family.

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I guess the linguists have some way of figuring out historical pronunciation. !PIZZA

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