Beyond English

First words in a new language.

Beginner vocabulary by topic, with a pronunciation guide and a simple example for every word.

latin116 words

Afrikaans

Learn essential Afrikaans vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, time, travel and verbs, with pronunciation tips and examples.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
signs107 words

American Sign Language (ASL)

Learn core ASL vocabulary by topic: greetings, family, numbers, colors, food, time and feelings, with each sign described step by step.

Greetings and introductions · Family · Numbers
greek120 words

Ancient Greek

Learn 120 essential Ancient Greek words: mythology, Koine and biblical Greek, English word roots, family, nature and core grammar words.

Greetings and everyday words · Numbers · Family and people
arabic100 words

Arabic

Learn essential Arabic vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family, travel and common verbs, with pronunciation guides and example sentences.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
hanzi106 words

Chinese

Learn essential Chinese vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family, travel, and business, with pinyin and example sentences.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
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Danish

Learn essential Danish vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family, travel and verbs, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
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Dutch

Learn essential Dutch vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family, travel and verbs, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
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Finnish

Learn essential Finnish vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, time, travel and verbs, with pronunciation tips and examples.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
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French

Learn essential French vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, clothing and festive words, with pronunciation tips and examples.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
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German

Learn essential German vocabulary for beginners: greetings, numbers, colors, food, clothing, cooking, business and Christmas words with pronunciation.

Greetings and everyday phrases · Numbers · Colors
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Haitian Creole

Learn essential Haitian Creole vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, travel and common verbs, with examples.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers 1-12 · Colors
hebrew108 words

Hebrew

Learn essential Hebrew vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, travel and biblical terms, with pronunciation and examples.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
devanagari105 words

Hindi

Learn essential Hindi vocabulary in Devanagari script by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, verbs and travel, with romanized pronunciation.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
latin110 words

Icelandic

Learn essential Icelandic vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, weather, travel and verbs, with pronunciation tips.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
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Irish

Learn essential Irish vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
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Italian

Learn essential Italian vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
kana-kanji120 words

Japanese

Learn essential Japanese vocabulary for JLPT N5 level: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family, travel, verbs and business words with romaji.

Greetings and everyday phrases · Numbers · Colors
hangul120 words

Korean

Learn 120 essential Korean words for beginners: greetings, numbers, family, food, verbs and everyday topics often covered at TOPIK I level.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
latin101 words

Latin

Learn essential Latin vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, family, nature, verbs, and Latin and Greek roots, with pronunciation and example sentences.

Greetings and everyday phrases · Numbers · Family and people
latin108 words

Norwegian

Learn essential Norwegian vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, travel and nature, with pronunciation and example sentences.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
latin112 words

Polish

Learn essential Polish vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, travel and common verbs, with pronunciation and examples.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers 1-12 · Colors
latin122 words

Portuguese

Learn essential Portuguese vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, family, food and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
cyrillic119 words

Russian

Learn essential Russian vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
devanagari110 words

Sanskrit

Learn essential Sanskrit vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, nature, verbs and more, with pronunciation guidance.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
latin120 words

Spanish

Learn essential Spanish vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, animals and travel, with pronunciation tips and examples.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
latin100 words

Swahili

Learn essential Swahili vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family, travel and common verbs, with pronunciation guides and example sentences.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
latin104 words

Swedish

Learn essential Swedish vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
latin110 words

Tagalog

Learn essential Tagalog vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
thai103 words

Thai

Learn essential Thai vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
latin101 words

Turkish

Learn essential Turkish vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, common verbs and travel phrases, with pronunciation and examples.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
arabic103 words

Urdu

Learn essential Urdu vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors
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Vietnamese

Learn essential Vietnamese vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, travel and Sino-Vietnamese words, with pronunciation and examples.

Greetings and polite phrases · Numbers · Colors

These lists are independent starter selections written for English speakers. They are not official course or exam vocabularies.