# Language Transfer

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Language Transfer and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free audio courses that teach language concepts and grammar in a calm, non-gamified way, recommended for learning Spanish, Greek and other languages.

## Why people recommend it

- Widely recommended as an excellent resource (4 comments): "the Spanish resources I've enjoyed most are dreamingspanish.com and languagetransfer.org" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45867249)) "I can recommend https://languagetransfer.org as an excellent resource" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49774910)) "a good introductory course by Language Transfer" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47004179))
- Effective, quick progress for learners (3 comments): "Language Transfer helped me pick up so many languages in a short time easily." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47380311)) "You got me started on learning Spanish there. So far so good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47380894)) "It was a mind-blowing learning experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47112368))
- Free with strong value (2 comments): "language transfer is unbeatable value (especially since it's entirely free)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46273251)) "is an excellent free source for learning grammar" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47118134))
- Clear grammar and concept explanations (2 comments): "helped me understand the concepts of the language much more" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46323683)) "is an excellent free source for learning grammar" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47118134))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Duolingo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/duolingo.md): 39 recommend
- [9M Mandarin tone speech model](https://hackerapproved.com/p/9m-speech-model-for-mandarin-tones.md): 14 recommend
- [Pimsleur](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pimsleur.md): 9 recommend
- [Voxel Tokyo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/voxel-tokyo.md): 9 recommend
- [italki](https://hackerapproved.com/p/italki.md): 8 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.languagetransfer.org/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Language Transfer", https://hackerapproved.com/p/language-transfer/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).