# Learn a Language

Start speaking a new language today, free. Four starter guides: French, Spanish, Japanese, and German, each with 30 essential phrases, 40 core words, and pronunciation tips.

## Choose your language

- [**French**Français · More than 300 million speakers on five continents](/learn-french/)
- [**Spanish**Español · More than 600 million speakers, the world's second most spoken native language](/learn-spanish/)
- [**Japanese**日本語 · About 125 million speakers, almost all in Japan](/learn-japanese/)
- [**German**Deutsch · About 130 million speakers, the most spoken native language in Europe](/learn-german/)

## Tone trainers

In many Asian and African languages, pitch changes a word's meaning entirely. Train your ear and your voice with these free interactive trainers, each with live pitch feedback right in your browser:

- [**Mandarin Tones**](/learn-mandarin-tones/)
- [**Cantonese Tones**](/learn-cantonese-tones/)
- [**Vietnamese Tones**](/learn-vietnamese-tones/)
- [**Thai Tones**](/learn-thai-tones/)
- [**Japanese Pitch Accent**](/learn-japanese-pitch-accent/)
- [**Taiwanese Hokkien Tones**](/learn-taiwanese-hokkien-tones/)
- [**Yoruba Tones**](/learn-yoruba-tones/)

## Frequently asked questions

### Which languages can I learn here?

Four: French, Spanish, Japanese, and German. Each language page gives you 30 essential phrases, 40 core vocabulary words grouped by topic (greetings, food, travel, numbers), and pronunciation tips, all free.

### Are the translations accurate?

Yes. Every phrase and word was translated by hand into English, French, Spanish, and Japanese, and checked for correctness. The Japanese pages also include romaji (Latin letters) so you can pronounce everything right away.

### Is this enough to become fluent?

No single page makes you fluent, but these pages give you a working survival kit: greetings, politeness, food, directions, and numbers. Use them as your first week of study, then build with courses, apps, or classes.

### Is it really free?

Yes. All language pages are free forever, with no account and no limits. Learn at your own pace.

### Do any of these languages use tones?

French, Spanish, and German do not use tones. Japanese uses pitch accent instead of stress: the same sounds can be different words depending on the pitch pattern. Many languages beyond these four are fully tonal. The interactive tone trainers above cover Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese pitch accent, Taiwanese Hokkien, and Yoruba, each with live microphone feedback so you can hear and produce the tones yourself.