Languages and Linguistics: General Internet Sites

Gateways and Other Sites

• Ethnologue: Languages of the World
  Hosted by the Summer Institute of Linguistics, this site tries to bring together the best information available on languages of the world. It serves as a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. It has links to a language name index, to languages of special interest, to the top 100 languages, to maps and other geographic areas.
• iLoveLanguages
  This site covers a wide-range of language-related Internet sources including language instruction, literature, and linguistics.
• Language, Learning and Technology
  This site has the online version of the journal Language, Learning and Technology, a refereed journal for second and foreign language educators.
• Language Links: A New World of Understanding
  This site, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has links to a variety of language sites.
• Online Text Collections in Western European Literature
  This page lists Internet sites for literary texts in Western European languages other than English.
• The Rosetta Project
  This site attempts to serve as a "contemporary version of the Rosetta Stone." It contains a database with descriptions, texts, analytic materials and audio files for 1,000 languages.
• Voice of the Shuttle: Literatures Other than English
  This site has links to literature sites for many languages.
• Xlation.com - More Than Words
  This site hosts a collection of tools for translation professionals. This site has a variety of features including a link to Dictionaries, Glossaries and Word Lists, and Grammar and Idioms sections. Users will also find links to a range of other reference materials. It features approximately 1,600 glossaries and more than 60 online grammars. Links also include resources on Computer Assisted and Machine Translation.

Specific Languages

• Chinese -Tools for Learning Chinese
• Czech-Little Czech Primer in Pictures
• Hindi - Ukindia Learn to Read Hindi
• Iberian Studies Web
• Italian Studies Web
• Scandinavian Studies Web

Dictionaries

• ForeignWord.com
• OneLook Dictionaries: The Fast Finder
• Word Online General Language Dictionaries
• Yahoo! Dictionaries
• YourDictionary.com

Linguistics

• LingNet-The Linguist's Network
  Developed by the U.S. Defense Department this site has resources available for many languages.
• The Linguist List
  Sponsored by Eastern Michigan and Wayne State Universities, this site has links a variety of linguistic topics including pedagogy, research and publications in the field.
• Linguistics Resources: Topical Listing
  A topically organized list of resources elsewhere on the Internet that may be of interest to the linguist.
• SIL International
  The site was created to work with language communities worldwide to facilitate language-based development through research, translation, and literacy.

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