The 40 languages
Stichos writes stories in 40 languages. Any of them can be the language you learn, and any other can be your own language: the one Stichos uses for menus, translations, and word meanings.
Every language Stichos supports
“Pronunciation help” is what the reader’s Pronunciation toggle shows when you’re signed in. See Which languages show pronunciation help? below.
| Language | Name in the language | Alphabet | Pronunciation help |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic (right to left) | العربية | Arabic | Romanized or IPA |
| Bosnian | Bosanski | Latin | IPA |
| Bulgarian | Български | Cyrillic | Romanized or IPA |
| Catalan | Català | Latin | IPA |
| Croatian | Hrvatski | Latin | IPA |
| Czech | Čeština | Latin | IPA |
| Danish | Dansk | Latin | IPA |
| Dutch | Nederlands | Latin | IPA |
| English | English | Latin | IPA |
| Esperanto | Esperanto | Latin | IPA |
| Estonian | Eesti | Latin | IPA |
| Finnish | Suomi | Latin | IPA |
| French | Français | Latin | IPA |
| German | Deutsch | Latin | IPA |
| Greek | Ελληνικά | Greek | Romanized or IPA |
| Hebrew (right to left) | עברית | Hebrew | Romanized or IPA |
| Hungarian | Magyar | Latin | IPA |
| Icelandic | Íslenska | Latin | IPA |
| Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | Latin | IPA |
| Italian | Italiano | Latin | IPA |
| Korean | 한국어 | Hangul | Romanized or IPA |
| Latvian | Latviešu | Latin | IPA |
| Lithuanian | Lietuvių | Latin | IPA |
| Macedonian | Македонски | Cyrillic | Romanized or IPA |
| Norwegian | Norsk | Latin | IPA |
| Persian (right to left) | فارسی | Arabic | Romanized or IPA |
| Polish | Polski | Latin | IPA |
| Portuguese | Português | Latin | IPA |
| Romanian | Română | Latin | IPA |
| Russian | Русский | Cyrillic | Romanized or IPA |
| Serbian | Српски | Cyrillic | Romanized or IPA |
| Slovak | Slovenčina | Latin | IPA |
| Slovenian | Slovenščina | Latin | IPA |
| Spanish | Español | Latin | IPA |
| Swahili | Kiswahili | Latin | IPA |
| Swedish | Svenska | Latin | IPA |
| Tagalog | Tagalog | Latin | IPA |
| Turkish | Türkçe | Latin | IPA |
| Ukrainian | Українська | Cyrillic | Romanized or IPA |
| Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | Latin | IPA |
These are the only languages Stichos offers.
Example
Amira’s own language is English, and she’s learning Arabic and Finnish. Her Arabic stories read right to left, and she turns on Pronunciation to see each word in Latin letters. Her Finnish stories show each word in IPA.
Pick your languages
- Your own language is set when you sign up, on the step “Which language should Stichos use with you?” Menus, translations, and word meanings are in this language.
- The language you’re learning is set on the next step. You can change it for each story in the Story Studio form.
The language you’re learning can’t be the same as your own language. Any other pair works, such as Croatian for a Spanish speaker or Korean for a Vietnamese speaker.
Which languages read right to left?
Three languages read right to left: Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian. Their stories and words run right to left. The rest of the page, such as the buttons and menus, keeps its usual left-to-right layout.
At A0, A1, and A2, Hebrew stories are written with full vowel points (niqqud) and Arabic stories with full vowel marks (tashkeel), as in a children’s reader.
Which languages show pronunciation help?
Signed in, every language has pronunciation help. Turn on Pronunciation in the reader’s toolbar.
- Languages in the Latin alphabet (such as Croatian, Spanish, and Vietnamese) always show IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet.
- Languages in another alphabet can show Romanized (the word in Latin letters) or IPA. These are Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian (Cyrillic), Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, and Korean.
To choose between Romanized and IPA, open Settings and find Pronunciation style. See Pronunciation.
I’m reading a tutor’s link without an account. Why is there no pronunciation help?
Without signing in, the reader can show Romanized only for stories in Cyrillic (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and in Greek. Other languages show pronunciation help once you sign in.
Which languages have audio?
Every language has audio. Esperanto has no native voices yet, so Polish voices read it and it has a Polish accent. See Audio.
Is Serbian written in Cyrillic or Latin letters?
Serbian stories are written in Cyrillic. Bosnian and Croatian stories use the Latin alphabet.
Related: Levels A0 to B2 · Pronunciation · Audio · Getting started as a learner
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