For those who like statistics here we go again. This are the 10 most listened pronunciations at Forvo:
1. Fuck
2. ดูหนังฟรี
3. Gwyneth Paltrow
4. Mierda
5. Kimi Räikkönen
6. IKEA
7. Hermès
8. Wikipedia
9. Yves Saint Laurent
10. Carrefour
Surprised? What do you think of this list?
Well, not only language lovers but people who have joined Forvo. Once again, we have to thank your collaboration in creating the world´s biggest pronunciation database. We also want to mention recent comments about Forvo:
- Veryshortlist: Speaking in tongues.
- Bright.nl: Scheveningen zoals Scheveningen bedoeld is [dutch].
Para ser nuestro idioma nativo lo teníamos un poco olvidado, por primera vez, escribimos también en español. Esperamos tener lista la versión de Forvo en este idioma para dentro de muy poco. Aunque el proceso añadir y pronunciar es tan sencillo, que realmente no hace falta ser un experto en inglés, esperamos que así, más gente pueda utilizar Forvo de un modo que les resulte más cómodo y natural. Otros idiomas se irán añadiendo progresivamente.
Si tienes algo que decirnos también puedes hacerlo en este idioma.
Forvo has a great coverage in this week´s Startup Review. We sent it for a review and only two days later it´s online. That´s working fast!
A great article about Forvo in General Anzeiger (german required).
For those who like numbers and figures:
English: 8187 pronunciations; portuguese: 5136; spanish: 4653; german: 4342; catalan: 2749; italian: 1268; french: 1126; farsi: 796; finnish: 756; … and we could go on until the 83th language which has at least one pronunciation, Oshiwambo.
We are sincerely amazed by these numbers in only our first 5 months online, so thank you very much everyone!
Forvo is growing fast so we had to upgrade to a new server. Maybe you have noticed some interruptions or slow connections to forvo in the past weeks. We are sorry about that and we hope to give a better service at the new location.
ISO language codes don´t distinguish regional or country accents, so portuguese, spanish or english have only a code. It doesn´t exist brazilian portuguese, or american english. But, in fact, they exist and sometimes have little in common!
In forvo, we had covered that question asking your country to show it next to the pronunciation, but we are going further with a new and more accurate version. This is the result:
Pronunciation map for @
Pronunciation map for flickr
All you have to do is complete your personal information with your native location, (region or similar, is not necesary your street :),so all your previous pronunciations will update to this new location, giving other users a richer experience in their way to pronounce every word in the world.
We are finishing a new feature at forvo: accents on maps.
You know that forvo supports various pronunciations for the same word, because if you are from Lisboa your portuguese will be very different from a brazilian. Until now there was only a little text next to the speaker to show his country.
Now we are going further: Users can geolocate theirselves (exactly their accents) using the popular Google Maps tool. You can update your personal information to mark exactly your native accent.
In the next days we will complete this feature showing a map with located pronunciations in the word page.
Hope you like it.
