Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

How Money Learns to Speak: What Currency Names Reveal About Language, Value, and Thinking

Before we talk about money as economics, we should admit something uncomfortable:money is first a word, and only then a number. Every culture names its currency, […]

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December 2025

Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect Dec 24, 2025

Chinese Is Not Spoken — It Is Tuned

Why Tones Are Not Pronunciation, but the Architecture of Chinese Thinking Choose your language: https://levitinlanguageschool.com/#languages/Read this article in:English (current) · Deutsch · Українська · Русский · […]

Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect Dec 11, 2025

When a Language Has No “To Be”: How Greek (and Chinese) Rewrite the Way We Think

Readers often assume that grammar differences are cosmetic. A form here, a tense there, a word order twist — nothing more. But that illusion collapses instantly […]

Chinese Dec 6, 2025

Chinese for Beginners Online: Start Learning from Zero with a Tutor

(Author’s work by Tymur Levitin, Founder & Director of Levitin Language School / Start Language School by Tymur Levitin) Before you start — choose your language:➡️ […]

September 2025

Chinese Sep 16, 2025

Complete Guide to Learning Chinese Online

Chinese (Mandarin) is spoken by over 1.1 billion people, making it the most widely spoken language in the world. As the official language of China and […]

July 2025

Chinese Jul 3, 2025

Why Learning Chinese with a Private Tutor is More Than Smart — It’s Transformational

Start Language School by Tymur Levitin — also known internationally as Levitin Language School — is not just another online platform. It’s a human-driven learning system where real progress […]

June 2025

Chinese Jun 26, 2025

Learn Chinese Online: What Actually Works (And What Doesn’t)

Before we dive in, choose your preferred language for learning: Choose your language Why Learning Chinese Is a Different Journey Mandarin Chinese is one of the most spoken […]