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24 April 2010

When it unbreaks again... FSI public domain language courses (via lifehacker) Down currently because of language junkie overload.

post by: notquitemaryann at: 16:11 | 3 comments

This makes me very happy. (not the fact that it's down, the fact that it's there.)

posted by JanetLand 24 April | 16:52

Igbo? Twi? These are real languages? This is VERY exciting.

posted by JanetLand 24 April | 16:53

Twi is the language of 18.3 million total speakers, and Igbo (language) is spoken by some 25 million people. I think the language with the fewest speakers is More or Mòoré, with ~ 5 million speakers. Fun wiki list page: languages by number of native speakers.

In regards to the files being down due to overwhelming site use: this is a reason that torrents are wonderful. Provide web seeding, and you have scalable distribution (from what I understand).

posted by filthy light thief 25 April | 01:09

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