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title: "Learn a language by reading: 39 languages | ContextCat"
description: "ContextCat explains any word you tap in 39 languages, from Spanish, French and German to Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Pick yours and see what there is to read."
url: https://contextcat.app/languages
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[ContextCat](https://contextcat.app/)[Languages](https://contextcat.app/languages)

# Learn a language by reading it

ContextCat works in 39 languages. Read in any of them, and get every explanation in your own, whichever of the 39 that is.

-   [Learn English by reading](https://contextcat.app/languages/english): Read real English news, books and your own PDFs on iPhone. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence, explained in your own language.
-   [Learn Spanish by reading Español](https://contextcat.app/languages/spanish): Learn Spanish by reading real Spanish: news, books and your own PDFs. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence, explained in your language.
-   [Learn French by reading Français](https://contextcat.app/languages/french): Learn French by reading real French news, books and your own PDFs on iPhone. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence, in your language.
-   [Learn German by reading Deutsch](https://contextcat.app/languages/german): Learn German by reading real German news, books and your own PDFs on iPhone. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence, in your language.
-   [Learn Japanese by reading 日本語](https://contextcat.app/languages/japanese): Read Japanese news and texts on iPhone. Tap any word, even without spaces, to see what it means in that sentence, explained in your own language.
-   [Learn Korean by reading 한국어](https://contextcat.app/languages/korean): Learn Korean by reading real Korean news and texts on iPhone. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence, explained in your own language.
-   [Learn Chinese by reading 中文](https://contextcat.app/languages/chinese): Learn Chinese by reading real Chinese news and texts on iPhone, simplified or traditional. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence, in your language.
-   [Learn Italian by reading Italiano](https://contextcat.app/languages/italian): Learn Italian by reading real Italian news, books and your own PDFs on iPhone. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence, in your language.
-   [Learn Portuguese by reading Português](https://contextcat.app/languages/portuguese): Learn Portuguese by reading real Portuguese news, books and your own PDFs on iPhone. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence, in your language.
-   [Learn Russian by reading Русский](https://contextcat.app/languages/russian): Learn Russian by reading real Russian news, books and your own PDFs on iPhone. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence, in your language.
-   [Learn Turkish by reading Türkçe](https://contextcat.app/languages/turkish): Learn Turkish by reading real Turkish news, books and your own PDFs on iPhone. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence, in your language.
-   [Learn Dutch by reading Nederlands](https://contextcat.app/languages/dutch): Learn Dutch by reading real Dutch news, books and your own PDFs on iPhone. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence, in your language.
-   [Learn Swedish by reading Svenska](https://contextcat.app/languages/swedish): Learn Swedish by reading real Swedish news, books and your own PDFs on iPhone. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence, in your language.

## Also in ContextCat

Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Thai, Ukrainian.

Every one of them can be read and can be the language of your explanations. How much there is to read on Today and in the Store varies: you can always import your own texts.

[Download on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6737737343?pt=122713589&ct=site_languages&mt=8)