Chapter 1
Sounds you didn't know humans could make
Chapter 2
Grammar systems that will bend your brain
Chapter 3
Writing systems designed like puzzles
Chapter 4
Languages that change how you see the world
YOUR GOAL
Master of The wild world of human speech
Ch 2 · Grammar systems that will bend your brain
duolingo Guugu Yimithirr Spatial Grammar
Forget left and right, Point north and south, Your compass mind!
duolingo A colorful diagram breaks down the single word tusaatsiarunnanngittualuujunga into its English meaning
BETA
duolingo Decode the strangest writing systems to learn how the world's hardest languages actually work.
Fun Fact
Tsez grammatical cases: Speakers use sixty-four distinct noun endings to describe exact physical locations.
Quiz
Which Indigenous Australian language famously groups women, fire, and dangerous things into one grammatical category?
duolingo Australian Aboriginal languages organize nouns into unique grammatical gender classes