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American Sign Language

French

German

Indonesian

Italian

Portuguese

On learning to speak, read, and write the Romance language predominantly spoken in Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Macau (China), Mozambique, Portugal, and São Tomé and Príncipe.

Russian

Spanish

Resources in this category:

Bahasa Indonesia in 7 Days :: http://www.seasite.niu.edu/indonesian/percakapan/indonesia7days/indo7days_fs.htm

If you're only going to need Indonesian for a short period of time, this is the site for you! Learn quick building-blocks of speech that will cut down your need for phrase books and still be easy to learn in a few days.

Beginner Level Japanese Course Home Page :: http://home.threeweb.ad.jp/english/jpncntrl/bgnr_hp.html

"Completely interactive and comprehensive Japanese language study program on the internet. It includes reading, writing, speaking and listening. We have designed our lessons to include a selection of multiple sensory study aids so that you can use the tools which fit your particular study needs."

Ceachtanna Gaeilge: Irish-Language Lessons :: http://www.gael-image.com/doras/ceachtanna/index.html

A set of language lessons for Irish Gaelic. Includes pronunciation guides with RealAudio, grammar, and alphabet notes.

English to Portuguese Dictionary :: http://www.if.ufrj.br/general/dictionary.html

Despite its title, this is actually an English-Portuguese glossary for travelers.

Finnish Pronunciation :: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/finnish.pronunciation.html

"How to pronounce Finnish," for English speakers.

Foreign Languages for Travelers :: http://www.travlang.com/languages/

Are you studying a foreign language? Would you like to learn how to say "yes" or "please" in dozens of languages? At the Travlang site, you can listen to basic words and phrases, such as numbers and "thank you," being said in over 60 languages.

GR Junction :: http://home.iprimus.com.au/richwarm/gr/gr.htm

How to read and write Gwoyeu Romatzyh, a method of representing putonghua (Mandarin Chinese) in ASCII text while indicating tones by variations in spelling. This is probably the easiest method of representing Chinese by a Western keyboard.

The Greek Alphabet :: http://www.ibiblio.org/koine/greek/lessons/alphabet.html

Greek letters, their names, equivalent English letters, and tips for pronouncing those letters which are pronounced differently from the equivalent English letters; designed as part of a series of lessons on Koine (New Testament Greek).

Hawaiian Dictionaries :: http://wehewehe.olelo.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/hdict

Online access to the Pukui/Elbert and Mâmaka Kaiao Hawaiian-English Dictionaries. Enter a word into the text field and receive its meaning.

Hebrew Alphabet :: http://www.jewfaq.org/alephbet.htm

An explanation of the "alefbet," or Hebrew alphabet, with pictures of the letters in several different styles of writing and an explanation of their various pronunciations.

Hebrew Language Teachers' Toolbox :: http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/personal/naph/toolbox.shtml

A collection of tools that Hebrew language teachers might want to use in working with their students and of ideas and suggestions related to the use of technology in the Hebrew classroom.

Hindi 101 at Syracuse University :: http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/jishnu/101/default.asp

Language lessons meant to supplement, not replace, real-time instruction. Also includes animated GIFs of how to write Devanagari script.

Hindi Grammar :: http://www.itu.dk/people/pfw/hindi/index.html

A clearly organized collection of notes by a student for students.

Hungarian Lessons for Beginners with Puzzles and Quizzes :: http://www.hungarotips.com/hungarian/b/

Also includes sound files, a discussion of the Hungarian alphabet, and links to a few reference sites.

Hungarian Verbs :: http://garfield.chem.elte.hu/Turanyi/mige.html

Some of the many different verb tenses and forms of Hungarian verbs, provided in a handy chart for students to refer to.

Introduction to Swedish :: http://www2.hhs.se/isa/swedish/default.htm

This online course should help you to start reading and practising Swedish on your own, with the help of a good dictionary. The course presents a brief outline of Swedish grammar, with the emphasis on the spoken, everyday language, and includes 186 speech samples (Wave files in PCM format). The words selected are, with few exceptions, among the most frequent in the Swedish language. No previous knowledge of grammar is required.

Japanese-Online :: http://www.japanese-online.com/

Allows Japanese learners to find and talk to one another, as well as seek language exchange relationships with Japanese speakers, and Japanese speakers to find language exchange partners to study with.

Jennifer's Language Page :: http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/index.htm

Translations for several basic words and phrases in hundreds of languages including indigenous languages. No pronunciation guide.

Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid :: http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm

Search for English definitions of 15,600 Latin words. There is also an accompanying alphabetical wordlist and grammar aid, with examples of translations for the various uses of several noun cases, and the endings for regular nouns, adjectives, active verbs, and present participles. Plenty of links to other Latin dictionary and grammar sites are included.

Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage :: http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Lindict/

Web version of the original 1972 print version. The online version uses Hanyu Pinyin for romanization, with some Zuyin Fuhao support.

MTA SZTAKI: English-Hungarian, Hungarian-English Online Dictionary :: http://dict.sztaki.hu/dict_search.php?start=1&F=0&L=ENG:HUN:EngHunDict&O=ENG&F=0

One of the Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA STZAKI)'s online translating dictionaries.

Native Tongue - The Language of the Hawaiian Islands :: http://www.aloha-hawaii.com/hawaii/native+tongue/

A brief glossary of several Hawaiian words.

Online English to Portuguese to English Dictionary :: http://www.freedict.com/onldict/por.html

Another online translation dictionary from Freedict.com.

Passing Phrase: I Want To Learn Hebrew :: http://www.learnhebrew.org.il/

"A passing phrase is all about enhancing your current knowledge of spoken Hebrew in a fun and informal way. [...] Once a week a new and useful Hebrew phrase will be explained in its context." Current week's lesson can be printed or e-mailed; past lessons are archived. From the Jewish Agency for Israel.

Romanian (Limba Românã) :: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/romanian.htm

Learn the Romanian alphabet! (Well, the Romanian modifications of the Roman alphabet.)

Romanian - English Dictionary :: http://www.dictionare.com/

Online Romanian English Dictionary.

Short Portuguese Lessons :: http://alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt/spl/

Learn a bit of Portuguese online!

A Small Lexicon of Tsalagi Words :: http://public.csusm.edu/guests/raven/cherokee.dir/cherlexi.html

Tsalagi/Cherokee words for animal names, nouns, adjectives, verbs, names and other miscellaneous items compiled by a non-native speaker.

Swahili Pronunciation Guide :: http://kamusiproject.org/

How to pronounce Swahili, with examples in .wav format.

Swedish Grammar :: http://www.lysator.liu.se/language/Languages/Swedish/Grammar.html

"This grammar is (being) written by Leif Stensson, and is a part of the Language and Linguistics pages at the academic computer society Lysator at Linköping University in Sweden." In progress.

Swedish idioms in painfully literal translation :: http://home.swipnet.se/~w-52132/te3a/jokes/idiom.html

"Aficionados of the Swedish language like to collect idioms and amuse each other by translating them literally." Accepts submissions.

The Finnish Language :: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/Finnish.html

A collection of data about Finnish, mostly presented towards English-speakers.

UK India - Learn Arabic Page :: http://www.ukindia.com/zar1.htm

A few basic lessons in learning how to read Arabic.

Useful Expressions and Greetings in 26 Languages :: http://www.nypl.org/branch/central/dlc/df/useful.html

From "Good morning" to "Good night", and "Happy Birthday" to "Happy Anniversary", this is the site where you can learn these useful phrases (and many more!) in twenty-six languages --including Chinese, Danish, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Useful Swahili Words :: http://www.glcom.com/hassan/swahili.html

Learn common Swahili words in this page by a native speaker; pronunciations are offered in .ra and .mp3 formats.

Your Name in Hawaiian :: http://www.e-hawaii.com/hawaiian-names

Find out the Hawai`ian equivalent of your given name!

Zhongwen.com: Chinese Characters and Culture :: http://zhongwen.com/

"This website counters the simplistic myth of character inferiority by translating traditional Chinese character etymologies into English to show how Chinese themselves have used and understood the symbols they created." All characters in GIF format. Uses frames. Also has lists of Chinese dynasties, Chinese names of famous Chinese-Americans, common Taiwanese pronunciations, and common Chinese surnames, among other things.