Individual languages
Aboriginal Languages
Aboriginal Languages of Australia
Annotated links to over 140 resources for nearly 40 of Australia's more than 200 indigenous languages.
ASEDA
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) holds computer-based (digital) materials about Australian Indigenous languages in the Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive (ASEDA). ASEDA has materials including dictionaries, grammars, teaching materials, and represents about 300 languages.
Arabic
Handbook for Students of Arabic
This online handbook is an introduction to strategies and resources that can help students in their study of the Arabic language. It has been developed under the auspices of the National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC)
Arabic Gateway
Introductory material for learning Arabic.
Arabistan
Web resources for learning materials in Arabic.
LookLex Arabic Course
Free online Arabic course teaching basic sentences, how to write, count and introduces to grammar.
Arabic Without Walls
Arabic 1AW or "Arabic Without Walls," is a first-year Arabic instruction in a distance-learning format taught through UC Berkeley. It is based on the textbook Al-Kitaab fii Ta`alum al-Arabiyya (Brustad et al., 2nd ed., Georgetown University Press, 2004).
Arabic language
This online free encyclopaedia is a source of very good articles. This article gives an interesting family tree of dialects and a brief table of their phonological variations.
Arabismo
Excellent Arabic gateway for Arabic language, literature and culture. Mainly in Spanish.
Al-Waraq
Provides over a million pages of Arabic and Islamic works (the whole site is in Arabic). This is a very good site that provides extensive information on Arabic literature and humanities (philosophy, theology...) and also full-text version of a number of texts for free, you just need to register first.
SemArch - Semitisches Tonarchiv
An internet database developed and published by the Heidelberg University, which digitizes audio documents of Semitic languages or dialects. Its 1850 audio-documents cover 20 countries. It is a very useful tool for anyone interested in applied linguistics and dialectology of the Middle East.
Armenian Language
Armenian lessons online
Beginning Armenian lessons for English speakers. Includes pronunciation (in both Eastern and Western Armenian), the alphabet, some introductory vocabulary and grammar. Includes link to free Armenian fonts for Windows and an Armenian dictionary.
Baluchi
Barker, Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman. A course in Baluchi. Montreal: Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, 1969.
Collett, N. A. A grammar, phrase book and vocabulary of Baluchi: (as spoken in the Sultanate of Oman). 2nd ed. [Camberley]: [N.A. Collett], 1986.
Bantu Languages
Comparative Bantu online dictionary (CBOLD)
Dictionaries of Bantu languages.
Caucasian Languages
The Caucasian languages
Has many links to languages and peoples of the Caucasus.
Georgian Language
Georgian
History, basic phrases and alphabet of Georgian language.
The Georgian language : an outline grammatical summary
Very clear presentation of the Georgian language, which comes with a useful table of Georgian alphabets with audio samples of each phoneme. It also offers a good English-Georgian online dictionary.
Hausa
Hausa
Includes a map of where Hausa is spoken, an online grammar, audio phrases, a list of resources, and information on dialects, pronunciation, writing, and Hausa poetry and song.
Hawaiian
Hebrew
Jewish - Hebrew Learning Sites
Unannotated list of Web resources for learning the Hebrew language
Kurdish Language
“Kurdish language“ article in Wikipedia encyclopedia
Dibistana Kurdi (the Kurdish school)
One drawback of this is that the menus are in Kurdish.
Maori
Kōrero Māori
Bilingual website to learn the Maori language.
He puna taunai
A Maori language resource for librarians compiled by Hinureina Mangan and Chris Szekely.
Maori Television: Tōku Reo
The Maori television website, featuring among other things a language course "Tōku Reo" that teaches Māori language (te reo) to absolute beginners. It was designed by Professor John Moorfield, and it features an interactive website to reinforce learning: www.tokureo.maori.nz
Mongolian Language
Infosystem Mongolei
This is an an internet based journal on Mongolian affairs. It includes sections on language and linguistics. Information about Mongolian fonts - and downloads for displaying them - are also available.
Mongolia Society (Indiana University)
This site includes an introduction to the Mongolian language and scripts and a Directory of Mongolists.
Native American Languages
Native American Languages
An A-Z directory of tribal languages with links to word lists, online language lessons, general linguistics resources and articles about languages and their history.
Index of Native American language resources on the Internet
Includes links to indigenous and endangered language sites.
SSILA (Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas)
Languages of the Americas.
Pacific Islands Languages
The Pacific Collection
Gateway to Pacific Islands studies maintained by the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Persian Language
Persian literature
Searchable database of poems by classical Persian poets. The site is entirely in Persian.
Pushto Language
“Pashto language” article in Wikipedia encyclopedia
Romani Languages
The Romani Linguistics Page
The site is operated by the Manchester Romani Project – a cluster of academic research activities based at the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at the University of Manchester.
Semitic Languages
Tel Aviv University Semitics page
Links to many sites of Semitic, linguistic and related interest.
Links related to Mesopotamia and language
Useful site for internet resources in Ancient Semitic languages.
South Asian Languages
Digital Dictionaries of South Asia
This site includes Persian, Balochi and Pushto as well as the Hobson-Jobson Anglo-Indian English dictionary.
Swahili
The Kamusi Project: Internet Living Swahili Dictionary
A bilingual English/Swahili dictionary for this widely spoken African language. There is also a discussion forum. Learn Swahili provides a pronunciation guide, grammar notes, links to songs and poetry and other related links. Additionally, the Africa Guide contains links for individual African countries, arts, language, education, scholarship, news, development and social action, nature and wildlife, travel and more.
Turkic Languages
Turkcestan
Web resources for learning Turkic languages.
Turkish
Turkcekent
Web resources for learning Turkish.
Contemporary Turkish literature
Searchable list of translated modern Turkish literary works.
Turkish Poetry
Full text selection of poems from early 20th century to present, along with bio-bibliographic information on authors. Site created by a young assistant professor in Turkish literature, Sibel Adali.
