Tatoeba.org Native Speakers This section of a4esl.com is temporary and will eventually be deleted. Short, easy-to-remember URL to this page http://bit.ly/nativespeakers
The sentence counts are based on data from the
April 13, 2013sentences-detailed.csv file.
On April 13, 2013, 1,461,406 sentences (64.58%) out of 2,263,055 on tatoeba.org were owned by usernames on this list in their own natives languages.
You can read more info at the bottom of this page, including how to get your username on this page.
Information
Why This List?
Knowing who the native speakers are will help you find trustworthy sentences that you can translate into your own native language.
Disclaimer
This is not an official list. This may not be accurate.
... if you want to let me know your native language so I can include you.
... if you know the native langauge of a member who is not listed here.
Why Is a List of Native Speakers Important?
Knowing who the native speakers are will help you find trustworthy sentences that you can translate into your own native language.
Of course, native speakers sometimes make mistakes, too, but their mistakes are usually typing mistakes.
Non-native speakers aren't just more likely to make grammar and vocabulary mistakes, but also often create sentences that aren't the most natural way things would be said.
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Who Is Included?
These are all the native speakers I know about, either from what was written in their profiles or what I've been told. I have used this information under the (perhaps false) assumption that Tatoeba Project members are honest.
I have limited this to one native language per member. I know that there are some members that perhaps grew up speaking more than one language, but even for those people, one language is usually stronger. For most people, it's the language in which they did their formal education, have read the most, written the most, watched the most TV, listened to the most radio, and had the most conversations.