eduFire
eduFire, a language learning site I heard about recently. It’s designed to bring together language learners and tutors via the web using what they call ‘live video language learning’. Tutors can set their own fees, a small proportion of which is retained by the eduFire people as service charge, and students can try sample video lessons and talk to other students before deciding on a tutor. The most popular languages are Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
eduFire are giving away free one-hour tutoring sessions for readers of this blog. The first ten people to email freetutoring@edufire.com will receive a coupon code that allows their session to be complimentary.
Don’t forget the My favourite kanji competition, by the way. I said that the closing date for entries is today, but as I’ve only received two entries so far, I’ll extend that to the end of July.
Apologies for the lack of language quiz yesterday. This was due to server problems. As I know you enjoy these quizzes … here’s a recording in a mystery language. Can you guess or do you know which language it is?
10 Responses to “eduFire”
allartean on 30 Jun 2008 at 7:41 pm #
Lingua Vasconum, Lingua Navarrorum,
Lingua Vasca, Limba Vasca,
Llengua Vasca,
Lengua Vasca, Langue Basque,
Baskische Sprache, Baskische Täl,
Baskitski Jazyk,
Baskisk Sprog, Jelzik Baskiski,
Bask Sprok,
Baski Ezin, Bask Nielv, Vaskii Jazik,
Basko Simi, Ibaskiki Glosa,
Kaskin Kieli,
Baski Keele, Baski Geld, Urrulimi Baski,
Uzuelelu Vasco,
Nkobe Vasco, Ludimi Bask, Baskeren
Lezou, Aluga Baskia, Basuku go,
Pachike
Yü, Bask Ki Ke, Leilali Bask,
Euskera, Üskara, Euskeria, Euskerie,
Euskara:
Gure hizkuntza da.
IT’S OUR LANGUAGE
TJ on 01 Jul 2008 at 5:24 am #
So the language quiz is … Basque?
It has somehow a latin sound (I know Basque is an isolated language after all)… I thought it is more like something from South America … like Quechua.
d.m.falk on 01 Jul 2008 at 6:22 am #
Actually, I was first thinking Ladino. DEFINITELY not Basque. Africa is mentioned.
d.m.f.
Greg on 01 Jul 2008 at 4:34 pm #
I still think it’s Basque; dominant languages have a way of exerting influence even on the accent and pronunciation of a completely unrelated language. i.e. Spanish on Basque.
chuchu valinez on 01 Jul 2008 at 6:13 pm #
howdy folks,
my gess - sum injun lingo
michael farris on 01 Jul 2008 at 6:21 pm #
At first the general enunciation sounded more Native American to me (I was thinking more amazonian than andean or central american) but …
I think I hear words like kaukaz and semetico which would make sense if it’s about languages some have tried to link to Basque.
And modern Basque pronunciation is impressionistically very much like Spanish. But I’ve read that historically the influence was from Basque to Spanish.
“Jelzik Baskiski”
If this is supposed to be Polish, it’s ” język baskijski “
LandTortoise on 01 Jul 2008 at 9:05 pm #
i’ve always been struck that Basque seems to have Spanish prosody- and in this case the speaker rerally sounds Spanish. I also heard the word “euskera” in the passage. Think I’ll go along with the general concensus. Basque methinks.
tazgo on 01 Jul 2008 at 9:17 pm #
It’s definitely Basque. I studied it a little in college.
Jeremy on 02 Jul 2008 at 4:21 am #
basque most definitely
Simon on 02 Jul 2008 at 2:26 pm #
The language is indeed Basque (Euskara) and the recording comes from YouTube.