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Usually, people who endeavour to learn a language do so in the hope of being well-understood by its native speakers. Where French is concerned, that hope borders on need – the French revel in the exquisiteness of their language; they do...

Forvo, the world's largest pronunciation dictionary, has released its list of the most consulted words of 2019. Can you guess what words or names we could be talking about? In fact, an audio accessory is at the top of this year's list....

We are so thrilled to announce that we have just included the 400th language in Forvo with the addition of the Mandinka language. Considering that there are users in Forvo who speak this language, we decided to add it to our list of languages,...

We recently spoke to Alex Redfern, Founder of the language tutoring platform, Lingoci , about how students can learn languages in preparation for traveling abroad. Hi Alex, we’re curious – let’s say a student wants to learn...

We are excited about the new app that we have launched for travel lovers!  Launching the new guide section was really appreciated by our users and we thought it was high time we could offer an app that would support this section. We...

During the last months, we have been working hard to develop some apps for learning different languages directed to children. In the first stage, we decided to launch the English and Basque versions of the app. And after the positive...

We are honoured to announce that we have been considered as one of the best resources to learn languages by Tutorfair! This company, formed by parents, tutors and web entrepreneurs, offers an interesting service to learn not only...

Forvo, the world's largest pronunciation dictionary, has released its list of the most consulted words of 2018. For the first time in Forvo's history, a person has been the most visited entry. Can you guess what football player we are...

It's no surprise, we love languages. Whether a language is spoken by many or few, it is important and contributes to the wonderful diversity of society. Learning more about these languages helps you to understand and appreciate the cultures...

After a tough selection process and after whittling down from hundreds of recommended resources, we are delighted to announce that Forvo has been chosen to feature in Tutorful's Italian language and culture editorial! Considering that many...

In order to enrich the user experience, we are continually trying to come up with new features. Recently we have been working on the language page and we are glad to announce that the first step has already been taken. Now our users can learn...

Exciting news about our translation service! We're pleased to announce that more languages are available in our translation service. Until now, we could choose three possible languages as the source language: English, French and Spanish....

These last months we have been working in order to satisfy our users' demands, who asked for a new section that would be useful when travelling. Thanks to the help and collaboration of many users, we could create a new section of travel...

We're glad to announce that we've added a new language to our already wide list. Although it is not currently used in our everyday live, we believe it is a great idea to add this language for educational purposes. We are talking about...

Forvo, the world's largest pronunciation dictionary, has released its list of the most pronounced words of 2017. Wondering which word has been reproduced the most this year? The Danish word "hygge" was the one which aroused the...

Since 2001, the European Day of Languages (EDL) has been celebrated each 26 September. It was the result of a campaign launched by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, a group which decided to celebrate this event annually....