The PocketPolyglot blog
Notes from
building it.
Method, research, and the quiet parts of language learning that don't get talked about enough. Written while shipping.
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Why Latvian first
PocketPolyglot's method travels — but we started with Latvian on purpose. A note on why we chose a language most apps forgot, and what building it in Rīga has taught us so far.
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The 1,000-word rule
Why learning the first 1,000 words of a language, in frequency order, is the single highest-leverage decision you can make as a beginner — and why almost no app does it.