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Top 100 Language Lovers 2011 Buttons

Andreas — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:29:53 +0000

The Top 100 Language Lovers 2011 competition is over and the results can be viewed on the bab.la Language Portal

If you are amongst the top 100 language lovers feel free to include the badge on your site.

Instructions: Just copy the code below the badge and paste it on the part of your website where you want it to be shown. The badge graphic and the link to the top 100 results will appear automatically.

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Top 100 Language Lovers - Category Buttons

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Ce que les apprenants de français veulent entendre – les 100 mots français les plus écoutés

Sarah — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:08:23 +0000

Comme nous l’avons fait pour l’anglais et l’allemand, nous avons réalisé quelques statistiques concernant le top 100 des mots que les apprenants de français souhaitent écouter. Elles sont basées sur des données provenant de 500 000 clics d’utilisateurs qui ont utilisé la fonction audio dans les dictionnaires de bab.la. A cette occasion, Christopher nous a préparé un nouveau graphique. Voici quelques faits intéressants :

- Le top 100 des mots français les plus écoutés ne représente que 9,4% du total des mots français écoutés par les utilisateurs.
- Dans le top 100 des mots les plus écoutés, 14,9% sont des mots vulgaires. Nous pensons que les utilisateurs trouvent que les mots grossiers sont amusants à écouter.
- Le mot français le plus écouté est « bonjour ».
- Les utilisateurs souhaitent aussi entendre des phrases et expressions utiles à la vie de tous les jours en France : « Comment allez-vous ? », « Je vais bien, merci. », « Je ne comprends pas »…
- Les statistiques nous permettent aussi de comprendre quels sont les mots les plus difficiles à prononcer pour des apprenants de français : « un », « oui », « essayer », « sœur », « beau »…

Le graphique d’origine à télécharger : les 100 mots français les plus écoutés

Si vous utilisez ce graphique, merci d’indiquer sa source: dictionnaire bab.la (http://fr.bab.la/dictionnaire/)

Voici quelques informations supplémentaires si vous souhaitez poursuivre votre lecture :
Les mots français utilisés par les anglais
Top 10 des mots les plus utilisés en français
Liste de 1750 mots français les plus courants (Wiktionnaire)
Les 600 Mots Français Les Plus Usités
Les mots français les plus longs

Was Deutsch-Lerner hören wollen – die 100 meistgehörten deutschen Wörter

Andreas — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:34:41 +0000

Nach unserer Auswertung zu den 100 meistgehörten englischen Wörtern haben wir nun auch eine Auswertung der Top 100 deutschen Wörter zusammengestellt. Sie basiert auf Daten von 1 Millionen Klicks auf die deutsche Aussprache in unseren bab.la Wörterbüchern. Dank Christopher gibt es auch wieder eine schöne Grafik. Uns sind einige interessante Fakten aufgefallen:

- Die top 100 Wörter machen nur 10% aller angehörten Wörter und Ausdrücke aus.
- Knapp 20% der meistgehörten deutschen Wörter sind vulgärer Natur (dies ist fast identisch mit den englischen Zahlen). Sobald die top 100 erweitert werden, fällt der Anteil vulgärer Wörter stark ab. Wir glauben, dass viele Nutzer es "lustig" finden, sich vulgäre Wörter anzuhören.
- Mit 1% aller angehörten Ausdrücke steht "Ich liebe Dich" wie im Englischen auch unangefochten auf Platz 1.
- Viele Aussprachen sind keine einzelnen Wörter, sondern typische Kennenlernsprüche wie "Ich komme aus..." oder "Wie heißt Du?"

Die Originalgrafik zum Download: 100 meistgehörte deutsche Wörter

Die Grafik kann gerne genutzt werden, solange ein Hinweis zur Originalquelle erfolgt: bab.la Wörterbuch (http://de.bab.la/woerterbuch/)

Weitere interessante Informationen:
100 typische deutsche Wörter vom Goethe-Institut
Deutsches Wort des Jahres
Deutsches Unwort des Jahres
Verschiedene Listen zu den 500 wichtigsten deutschen Wörtern
Deutsche Wörter in anderen Sprachen

What English learners want to hear – the top 100 most-listened to English words

Andreas — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:24:18 +0000

Sometimes our work lets us take a look at some interesting statistics. Last week we evaluated which English words were listened to the most in our bab.la dictionaries by using the pronunciation function. We looked at the last 3 million clicks which should give us a fairly objective result. While looking at the results we thought why not share them with the language community? So, here we go with some interesting stats (thanks to Christopher we even have some nice graphics to share):

- The top 100 words & expressions only make up for about 5% of the listened to words.Within the top 100 words about 20 percent we would classify as R-rated (for lack of a better wording). Therefore, we created two graphics as you might be interested in a "clean" version.
- Looking at the top 500 words the R-rated words number drops significantly. Our interpretation is that people like to listen to the f*** and similar words as they think it is funny.
- With 0.2% of the overall listened to word-count 'I love you' is the number 1 word. The world is good after all...
- The most difficult to pronounce words for non-native English speakers are: though, thought, through, although and tough. What can we say but that those really are tough words?

The original size for download: Top 100 English Words Rated R and Top 100 English Words Rated G
You are welcome to use the graphics when quoting the source: bab.la dictionary (http://en.bab.la/dictionary/)

UPDATE: We did the same analysis for the top 100 most listened to German words.

Here are some more or less useful links for further reading:
bab.la top misspelled word list 2009
Top 100 most commonly used English words
Top 100 most-used English words from the WSJ
Background article on top 100 most frequently used English words list
Top 5.000 most used words (free download after registration)
Saddest English words (competition by NY Times, you need to sort the comments by 'reader's recommendations')
Top 10 mispronounced English foodie words
Most misspelled web searches
Top 100 US baby names 2010

The Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 – The results are in!

Priscila — Fri, 28 May 2010 11:28:23 +0000

The results of The Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 competition are finally in. Congratulations to all of you who took part in the competition! Also thank you very much for nominating, cheering and voting for your favorite blogs!

We have received more than 20,000 votes and countless e-mails and comments. For more information about the competition, you can read all about it in our ‘how the competition works’ article.

You can find the Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 list on bab.la:

http://bab.la/news/top-100-language-blogs-2010

You can also check the Top 10 Language Blogs per category:

• Language Learning
• Language Teaching
• Language Technology
• Language Professionals

The lucky winners got some nice prizes. We have given them gifts certificates from KIVA , a non-profit website which helps people in third-world countries with so called micro credits. They can show their readers that their writing has made a difference in the lives of others.

We have prepared some nice personalized buttons for the Top 20 Blogs overall and the Top 10 Blogs in each category. For anyone who didn't make it to the very top there is a general button which can be picked up here.

All of us at bab.la and Lexiophiles hope that you enjoy reading and following the blogs on our list – and look out for the next competition!

Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 Buttons

Christopher — Fri, 28 May 2010 08:31:48 +0000

The Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 competition is over and the results can be viewed on the bab.la Language Portal

If you are amongst the top 100 blogs feel free to include the badge on your blog.

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Top 100 Language Blogs - Category Buttons

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The Top 100 Language Blogs – Vote for your favorite!

Priscila — Tue, 18 May 2010 07:00:41 +0000

It has been one week since the beginning of the voting period for The Top 100 Language Blogs. Great blogs are taking part in this competition and running for the number 1 spot! There are four categories in the competition for you to vote for. Visit the pages and cast your votes for the best:

1. Language Learning: Blogs about the language learning process, difficulties with or discussion about learning a language.
2. Language Teaching: Blogs discussing languages from the perspective of a teacher.
3. Language Technology: Blogs discussing technology as part of the language learning process.
4.Language Professionals: Blogs by people using languages in their profession, such as translators or interpreters.

Apart from all the new readers we also have some great prizes up for grabs. So cast your vote and don’t forget to check the results on May 28 th! If you want to know more about how the competition works, check here.

Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 – It’s time to vote!

Priscila — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:18:14 +0000

UPDATE: Voting is now closed. The results (and winners!) will be published on Friday (May 28). Check back then!

First of all, thanks for all the suggestions and blog nominations! We are very pleased to have received a total of 495 blog nominations. From those, we have selected 100 blogs in each category that will go into the voting phase.

How to vote? Very simple: just click on the blog you want to vote for in each of the categories below.You can vote only once in each category.

• Language Learning
• Language Teaching
• Language Technology
• Language Professionals

Remember to check back soon to find out who the winners were, and see what they won!

Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 – Vote for Language Technology

Priscila — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:50:01 +0000

UPDATE: Voting is now closed. The results (and winners!) will be published on Friday (May 28). Check back then!

Here are all the Language Technology blogs who have made it to the voting phase (read more about how the competition works).

Click the radio button next to the blog name you want to vote for and click 'vote' at the bottom of the poll!
You can vote only once in each category.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Other categories: Language Learning - Language Teaching - Language Professionals

View the full list of nominations for Language Technology.

Add the voting button to your blog!

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Thanks and remember to check back on May 28th to find out who the winners are!
If you have further questions or would like to contact us for feedback email priscila (at) bab (dot) la

Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 – Vote for Language Professionals

Priscila — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:49:42 +0000

UPDATE: Voting is now closed. The results (and winners!) will be published on Friday (May 28). Check back then!

Here are all the Language Professionals blogs that have made it to the voting phase (read more about how the competition works).

Click the radio button next to the blog name you want to vote for and click 'vote' at the bottom of the poll!
You can vote only once in each category.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Other categories: Language Learning - Language Teaching - Language Technology

View the full list of nominations for Language Professionals.

Add the voting button to your blog!

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Thanks and remember to check back on May 28th to find out who the winners are!
If you have further questions or would like to contact us for feedback email priscila (at) bab (dot) la