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LANGUAGES LEARNED BY JACQUES CORY AND WITH AT LEAST SOME READING CAPABILITIES
(D – Dictionaries at Cory's home, T – Taughtat courses or by self teaching,
B – Books at Cory's home, if not - Extracts at Cory's home or on the Internet, S – Speakers of the language.Sorted by Cory's language proficiency)
1. HEBREW (ANCIENT/MODERN)- D/T, B - 300+, S –6Millions (M)
2. FRENCH –D/T, B - 200+, S - 124M
3. ENGLISH (ENGLAND & US) - D/T, B - 100+, S - 470M
4. LADINO - D/T, B - 10+, S – 120 thousands (K)
5. SPANISH (CASTELLANO) - D/T, B - 50+, S - 392M
6. INTERLINGUA - D/T, B - 10+, S - 1K
7. ITALIAN (FLORENTINE) - D/T, B - 30+, S - 64M
8. GERMAN (HOCHDEUTSCH) - D/T, B - 40+, S - 121M
9. PORTUGUESE (IBERIAN AND BRAZILIAN) - D/T, B - 20+, S - 182M
10. CATALAN - D/T, B - 10+, S - 10M
11. GALEGO - D/T, B - 5+, S - 4M
12. ASTURIAN (BABLE) - D/T, B - 5+, S - 550K
13. PROVENCAL - D/T, B - 10+, S - 750K
14. OCCITAN (LANGUEDOCIEN) - D/T, B - 10+, S - 10M
15. AUVERGNAT - D/T, B - 3+, S - 500K
16. GASCON - D/T, B - 20+, S - 250K
17. CORSICAN - D/T, B - 3+, S - 341K
18. PICARD - D/T, B - 3+, S - 200K
19. WALLOON - D/T, B - 3+, S - 500K
20. ALSATIAN - D/T, B - 3+, S - 1M
21. ANTILLES CREOLE - D/T, B - 5+, S - 650K
22. HAITIAN CREOLE - D/T, B - 5+, S - 7.4M
23. RUMANTSCH - D/T, B - 10+, S - 50K
24. FRIULIAN - D/T, B - 5+, S - 450K
25. ROMANIAN (DACO-ROMAN & MOLDAVIAN)- D/T, B - 10+, S - 26M
26. YIDDISH - D/T, B - 10+, S - 3M
27. ARAMAIC - D/T, B - 5+, S - 167K
28. PAPIAMENTO - D/T, B - 5+, S - 262K
29. PLATTDEUTSCH (LOW GERMAN, HAMBURG)- D/T, B - 5+, S - 2M
30. LUXEMBOURGISH - D/T, B - 10+, S - 410K
31. LATIN - D/T, B - 5+, S - 1K
32. ESPERANTO - D/T, B - 20+, S - 2M
33. IDO - D/T, B - 5+, S - 1K
34. DUTCH - D/T, B - 10+, S – 14M
35. FLEMISH - D/T, B - 10+, S – 6M
36. AFRIKAANS - D/T, B - 10+, S –6M
37. FRISIAN - D, B - 5+, S – 700K
38. SRANAN (SURINAME) AND OTHER DUTCH CREOLES - D, S – 500K
39. SWEDISH - D/T, B - 10+, S –9M
40. NORWEGIAN - D/T, B - 10+, S –5M
41. DANISH - D/T, B - 10+, S –5M
42. ICELANDIC - D/T, B -5+, S – 300K
43. FAROESE - D/T, B -1, S –47K
44. NORWEGIAN NYNORSK - D/T, EXTRACTS, S – 5M (See Norwegian)
45. ARABIC - D/T, B – 10+, S – 280M
46. GREEK - D/T, B –5+, S – 12M
47. ANCIENT GREEK, IONIC, DORICOTHER GREEK DIALECTS -B - 1
48. RUSSIAN - D/T, B – 10+, S –288M
49. POLISH – D/T, B – 3+, S –44M
50. UKRAINIAN – D/T, B – 3+, S – 41M
51. CZECH –B - 1, S –12M
52. KASHUBIAN, S – 50K
53. SLOVAK – S – 6M
54. SLOVENE – S – 2M
55.MACEDONIAN – S – 2M
56.CROATIAN – S – 6M
57.BOSNIAN – S – 2M
58. BELORUS -S – 10M
59. BULGARIAN – S – 9M
60. SERBIAN – S – 9M
61. MONTENEGRIN – S – 140K
62. SORBIAN – 70K
63. PALITYAN – 1K
64. OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC AND OTHER SLAVIC LANGUAGES
65. LADIN - D/T, B - 3+, S - 30K
66. LOMBARD (MILAN) – D/T, B - 3+, S - 9M
67. VENETIAN (VENICE)–D/T, B - 5+, S - 2.2M
68.SARDINIAN(LOGUDORESE/CAMPIDANESE/GALLURESE/SASSARESE)-B- 1, S- 1.5M
69. CALABRESE (COSENZA)- B - 1, S - 700K
70. NEAPOLITAN/CAMPANIA (NAPOLI)–B - 1, S - 1M
71. PIEMONTESE (TORINO)–B - 1, S - 3M
72. ROMAN/LAZIO (ROMA)–B - 1, S - 3M
73. SICILIAN (PALERMO)–B - 1, S - 4.6M
74. LIGURIAN (GENOVA), S - 1.8M
75. TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE (TRENTO)
76. FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA (TRIESTE)
77. EMILIA ROMAGNA (BOLOGNA)
78. TOSCANA (FIRENZE)
79. SAMMARINESE –S - 20K
80. MARCHE (ANCONA)
81. UMBRIA (PERUGIA)
82. ABRUZZO-MOLISE (PESCARA)
83. PUGLIA (BARI)
84. BASILICATA (TARANTO) AND OTHER ITALIAN DIALECTS
85. ZARPHATIC
86. SHUADIT (JUDEO-PROVENCAL)
87. ITALKIAN
88. SURSILVANS, SURMIRANS, SUTSILVANS–B - 4+
89. NIGERIAN PIDGIN
90. BAHAMAS CREOLE ENGLISH – S - 225K
91. BELIZE CREOLE ENGLISH – S - 114K
92. HAWAI CREOLE ENGLISH – S - 500K
93. LESSER ANTILLES CREOLE ENGLISH – S - 192K
94. WEST CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH – S - 2.2M
95. NEW PAPUA ENGLISH CREOLE – D/T
96. PIJIN – SOLOMON PIDGIN, & OTHER ENGLISH CREOLES PIDGINS
97. INDO-PORTUGUESE (CEYLONESE)
98. CRIOULO GUINEA BISSAU(PORTUGUESE) – S - 400K
99. CRIOULO CABO VERDE (PORTUGUESE)
100. LINGUA FRANCA NOVA (INTERNATIONAL AUXILIARY LANGUAGE)
101. VIETNAM FRENCH PIDGIN
102. MAURITIUS CREOLE – S - 600K
103. MARTINIQUE CREOLE
104. REUNION CREOLE –S - 600K
105. CAJUN CREOLE –S - 1M
106. TRINIDADIAN FRENCH CREOLE
107. DOMINICAN FRENCH CREOLE
108. ST LUCIEN FRENCH CREOLE
109. SEYCHELLES CREOLE, SESELWA
110. GUYANEFRENCH CREOLE
111. HUEFRENCH PIDGIN
112. OTHER FRENCH CREOLE AND PIDGINS
113. MODERN VAUDOIS
114. JOUAL (VULGAR QUEBECOIS)
115. LORRAIN
116. NORMAND
117. JERSIAIS
118. BOURGUIGNON
119. BERRICHON
120. BOURBONNAIS
121. ORLEANAIS
122. GALLAIS
123. FRANCO - PROVENCAL
124. SAVOYARD
125. SUISSE ROMAND
126. DAUPHINOIS
127. JURASSIEN
128. LYONNAIS
129. FOREZIEN
130. NICOIS
131. VIVAROIS
132. POITEVIN SAINTOGEAIS
133. QUEBECOIS
134. OTHER FRENCH DIALECTS
135. ALLEMANISCH
136. PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH (PENSILFAANISCH/AMISH, USA)
137. BAVARIAN –B - 1
138. KOLSCH –B - 1
139. HESSISCH –B - 1
140. SCHWABISCH –B - 1
141. BERLINERISCH –B - 1
142. SACHSISCH –B - 1
143. WIENERISCH –B - 1
144. SCHWYZERDUTSCH –B - 1
145. FRANKISCH
146. OSTERREICHISCH
147. ERZGEBIRGE
148. HOF
149. LECHTAL
150. RHEINLAND-PFALZ
151. RUHRPOTT
152. SAARLAND
153. TIROLESE
154. THURINGISCH AND OTHER GERMAN DIALECTS
155. ARAGONESE –B - 1, S - 33K
156. VALENCIAN –B - 1
157. ANDALUSIAN
158. EXTREMADURAN – S - 700K
159. MURCIAN
160. LEONESE
161. MOZARABIC AND OTHER SPANISH DIALECTS
162. VLACH – S - 1.5M
163. ARUMENIAN OR MACEDOROMANIAN – S - 110K
164. ISTROROMANIAN (CROATIA) – S - 147K
165. MIGLENOROMANIAN (GREECE) –S - 12K
166. DALMATIAN (ROMANIAN)
167. OTHER ROMANIAN DIALECTS
168. NEWFOUNDLANDISH
169. BRAIDS SCOTS
170. OTHER ENGLISH DIALECTS
171. MIRANDES – S - 10K
172.FORRO (SAO TOME & PRINCIPE)
173. OTHER PORTUGUESE DIALECTS
174. GALLURIAN
175. OTHER ROMANCE & GERMANIC DIALECTS
176. OLD ENGLISH
177. OLD SAXON
178. GOTHIC
179. ANGLO-SAXON
180. OLD NORSE
181. OLD FRANKISH
182. OLD LOMBARDO
183. VISIGOTH
184. VANDAL
185. DALMATIAN
186. OSCAN
187. FALISIAN
188. SABINE
189. OLD UMBRIAN
190. OTHER EXTINCT ROMANCE AND GERMAN DIALECTS
EXPOSURE TO LANGUAGES WITHOUT BASIC KNOWLEDGE
191. MALTESE
192. TURKISH - D/T
193. GAGAUZ
194. TURKMEN
195. OTHER ARABIC AND TURKISH LANGUAGES
196. CHINESE MANDARIN - D/T, 1 BOOK
197. SWAHILI (KENYA)
198. MALAY
199. INDONESIA BAHASA
200. HAUSA (NIGERIA)
LINGUISTICS - 10+ BOOKS
AT CORY'S HOME: ABOUT 1,000 BOOKS IN MORE THAN 50 LANGUAGES
UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS – THE
DOCUMENT MOST TRANSLATED IN THE WORLD TO ~ 400 LANGUAGES. AT CORY'S HOME ~ 100 LANGUAGES, READING CAPABILITIES ~ 60.
LANGUAGES – EXTRACTS AT CORY'S HOME
LANGUAGES OVERVIEW I - LES PRINCIPALES LANGUES DU MONDE CLASSEES PAR FAMILLES ET NOMBRE DE LOCUTEURS, THE INO-EUROPEAN FAMILY OF LANGUAGES, ALPHABETICAL AND REGIONAL LISTING OF UN LANGUAGES, JACQUES CORY'S LANGUAGES AND BOOKS
LANGUAGES OVERVIEW II - LEXILOGOS, 120+ LANGUAGES OF J. CORY, DIALECTS OF GERMANY (24), FRENCH (34), DUTCH (2), ITALIAN (9), SPANISH (8), PORTUGUESE (2), ENGLISH (4), ARABIC (2), CHINESE, SLAV (3), SCANDINAVIAN (5), GREEK, LATIN, LINGALA (CONGO), MALAGAZY, TAHITIAN, NAHUATL (AZTEC)
LANGUAGES OVERVIEW III - LIST OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS, UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES - EUROPE, WIKIPEDIA - ROMANCE LANGUAGES, DIALINKS - LINKS FOR DIALECTOLOGISTS - ENGLISH, DUTCH, GERMAN, SCANDINAVIAN, FRENCH, ROMANCE
INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS (HUNDREDS) - NUMERALS
ESPERANTO - ESPERANTO - ENGLISH DETAILED DICTIONARY AND CONCISE ENGLISH - ESPERANTO - ENGLISH GLOSSARY
FRIULIAN - DICTIONARY, FRIULIAN - ENGLISH PART I AND II
HAITIAN CREOLE - ENGLISH - HAITIAN CREOLE DICTIONARY
ICELANDIC – GRAMMAR, IDO - VOCABULARY, IDO - ENGLISH DICTIONARY
LOMBARD – GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE, LOMBARD – ENGLISH DICTIONARY
PAPIAMENTO - PAPIAMENTO - ENGLISHDICTIONARY
PROVENCAL - GRAMMAIRE, VOCABULAIRE, ARTICLE, MINORITY LANGUAGES
SRANAN – ENGLISH, TURKISH - ENGLISH DICTIONARIES
VENETO – GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE, VENETO – ITALIANDICTIONARY
UNITED NATIONS LANGUAGES, UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ~ 100 LANGUAGES IN 5 BOOKS
- DICTIONARIES IN MOST LANGUAGES
(MINORITY LANGUAGES)
(BOOKS ON THE INTERNET)
(BOOKS ONLINE)
(TRANSLATIONS, INTERFACE)
(TRANSLATIONS)
LITERATURE– EXTRACTS AT CORY'S HOME
10 AFRIKAANS STORIES - BY ENGELBRECHT, DURAND, BLACKIE, LLOYD, LOMBAARD, NIEMAND, VAN TAAK, BRUMMER, TALJAARD, NEL, IN AFRIKAANS
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN - 7 STORIES IN DANISH: DEN LILLE HAVFRUE, DE VILDE SVANER, FYRTOJET, HISTORIEN OM EN MOR, KLODSHANS, KLOKKEN, LILLE CLAUS OG STORE CLAUS, AND TRANSLATIONS IN FRENCH, ENGLISH, PLATTDEUTSCH AND ICELANDIC (3)
BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON - ARNE, JOHAN SEBASTIAN WELHAVEN - SELECTED POEMS, IN NORWEGIAN
JOOP BOOMSMA IN FRISIAN - BIOGRAPHY, POETRY, OP SYK NEI DE LAUWERS, FJOUWERENTWINTICH OEREN EN FIERDER, GERKE, MISJEL EN IK
ALAN BRUSINI AND GIAN PAOLO LINDAIN FRIULIAN - I FORESC'
ESPERANTO - NOVELS, POETRY, STORIES, ARTICLES BY ZAMENHOF, MAYAKOVSKY, DANTE, ALTOV, ANDERSEN, AYME, LA FONTAINE, CHAPEK
CARLO GOLDONI IN VENETIAN - IL SERVITORE DI DUE PADRONI, LE BARUFFE CHIOZZOTTE, UNA DELLE ULTIME SERE DI CARNOVALE, IL CAMPIELLO,I RUSTEGHI
HENRIK IBSEN - ET DUKKEHJEM, A DOLL'S HOUSE IN NORWEGIAN
ICELANDIC SAGA - VICKINGS - BANDMANNA SAGA, GRAENLENDINGA SAGA, GRAENLENDINGA BATTUR, EDDA SAEMUNDAR - POEMS, IN ICELANDIC
FRANCO MARCHETTA - MADALENE IN FRIULIAN
MICHEL RODANGE - RENERT, POEME EPIQUE, PARTS I AND II IN LUXEMBOURGISH
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - JULIO CEZARO IN ESPERANTO
AUGUST STRINDBERG - DODSDANSEN I, DANCE OF DEATH I, IN SWEDISH
AUGUST STRINDBERG - EIN DROMSPEL, A DREAM PLAY, IN SWEDISH
AUGUST STRINDBERG - TILL DAMASCUS, TO DAMASCUS, IN SWEDISH
JACOB VAN LENNEP - NOVELA - HET GODSOORDEEL, IN FLEMISH
GUSTAV WIED - ADEL, GEJSTLIGHED, BORGER OG BONDE: MINDFESTEN, HERRENS VENNER, CENTRUM, DODEN; STEEN STEENSEN BLICHER - ERIK SORENSENS DAGBOG, AALSOE PRAESES OPTEGNELSER, IN DANISH
EXTRACTS AT CORY'S HOME
ESSAYS, ARTICLES, GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY, STORIES, PROVERBS, POEMS/SONGS
- ASTURIAN, CALABRESE, FAROESE, FRISIAN, FRIULIAN, LOMBARD, NEAPOLITAN
- CATALAN, RUMANTSCH, INTERLINGUA, HAITIAN, CREOLE, PAPIAMENTO
- PIEMONTESE, ROMAN, SARDINIAN, SICILIAN, VALENCIAN, VENETIAN
FRIULIAN - ARTICLES, GRAMMAR, SARDINIAN - POETRY, LUXEMBOURGISH - ARTICLES, POL GREISCH - LEIWE KLEESCHEN - EXTRACTS OF PLAY, PAPIAMENTO - CRITICS AGAINST MONOPOLY, POETRY, UN MANIFESTO
IDO - LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, BIBLIOGRAPHY - ARTICLES, ESSAYS AND STORIES BY CAMUS...
LATIN - 700 QUOTATIONS AND SAYINGS LATIN/ENGLISH, VIOLETA PARRA - POEMAS, 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE - ESSAY - ENGLISH, FRENCH, AMERICAN, GERMAN, ITALIAN, SPANISH, THE LORD'S PRAYER IN GERMANIC LANGUAGES
LOMBARD – LANGUAGE, GRAMMAR, LITERATURE: PARLA EL TASSISTA – SHORT STORIES, BARZELLETTE, PROVERBI, CANZONI, POEMS; ENRICO BARTAZZI – EL RICHETTO DEL VERZEE, POETRY
PICARD - ARTICLES, POESIE, GASCON - POETRY, MINI DICTIONNAIRE, ROMANIANDIALECTS - GRAMMAR, ARTICLES, ARAGONES - ARTICLES, LEXICO
PLATTDEUTSCH - ESSAY ON LITERATURE, ARTICLES, GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY, LETZEBUERGESCH - STORIES, POEMS AND SONGS
VENETO – VENETIAN – LANGUAGE, GRAMMAR, DICTIONARY VENETO - ITALIAN
LANGUAGES OF CHRISTIAN BIBLE PRAYERS IN132 LANGUAGES
LANGUAGES OF THE BIBLE - RUTH/JOHN I
- ROMANCE LANGUAGES: SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, ITALIAN, ROMANIAN, HAITIAN CREOLE, LATIN; SLAVONIC LANGUAGES: BULGARIAN, CZECH, POLISH, RUSSIAN, SLOVAK, UKRAINIAN
- GERMANIC LANGUAGES: GERMAN, DUTCH, AFRIKAANS, NORWEGIAN, SWEDISH, DANISH, ICELANDIC, PLATTDEUTSCH; ARABIC
EXTRACTS LANGUAGES – AT CORY'S HOME
VENETO - CARLO GOLDONI - PLAYS
PROVENCAL - COURS ET GRAMMAIRE, VOCABULAIRE FRANÇAIS, OCCITAN, PROVENCAL, LE BILINGUISME PROVENCAL FRANÇAIS - ARTICLE, THE EUROPEAN MINORITY LANGUAGES
NORWEGIAN - BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON - ARNE, JOHAN SEBASTIAN WELHAVEN - POEMS
FRISIAN - JOOP BOOMSMA - BIOGRAPHY, POETRY, NOVELS
LUXEMBOURGISH- MICHEL RODANGE- RENERT- POEME EPIQUE I, II
UNITED NATIONS LANGUAGES - UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS - FROM AFRIKAANS TO ZULU, IN 5 PARTS
VENETO - CARLO GOLDONI - IL SERVITORE DI DUE PADRONI,
FRANCAIS- HONORE DE BALZAC- LA MAISON DU CHAT QUI PELOTE
ENGLISH - ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE - ADVENTUREOF BLACK PETER
ROMANIAN - MIHAI EMINESCU - POETRY IN ROMANIAN PARTIALLY TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH AND SWEDISH
YIDDISH - POEMS BY ITSIK MANGER AND DORA TEITELBOIM PARTIALLY TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH AND HEBREW, IULIAN BOLDEA - POEMS IN ROMANIAN, BALADE POPULARE IN ROMANIAN
DUTCH - HENRIK IBSEN - GHOSTS, AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
GREEK (MODERN) - EURIPIDES - ELECTRA, SOPHOCLES - OEDIPUS THE KING, ARISTOPHANES - LYSISTRATA
JORGE LUIS BORGES – CUENTOS
NYNORSK – EXTRACTS
DORIC AND OTHER GREEK DIALECTS - EXTRACTS