Linguistics

Article by David Harrison discussing the importance of disharmony for theories of vowel harmony.

From the UCLA Language Materials Project.

Wordlist comparing English, Aklanon and Tagalog.

Program at the University of Washington (Seattle) offering instruction in Latvian and Lithuanian (as well as Estonian).

Alphabet, greetings and phrases, grammar lessons, sound files, and "Word of the Day" mailing list.

Detailed analysis by Frederik Kortlandt of the phonology and grammar of the version of the Old Prussian language found in the Second Catechism (originally published in the journal Baltistica in 2002).

International Committee for the Defense of the Breton Language, with branches in the US and Canada.

Some basic information, including grammatical, on the Gaulish language. The page is an article of the online Encyclopædia Orbis Latini.

Home of "Urras Shomhairle", the Sorley MacLean Trust. A huge amount of information on the world famous 20th century Gaelic poet Sorley MacLean, his life, poetry, etc.

Bulletin board with Gaelic discussion, news and help to learners. In Gaelic and English. Questions about the language from learners are welcomed.

Bilingual site of the main Scottish Gaelic language development agency.

The Gaelic song and music section of Craig Cockburn's Scotland guide. This section covers Gaelic song and music, including bands, musical styles, traditional music and singing information

Full-time residential Welsh language teaching centre, based in Nant Gwrtheyrn (Wales). Course descriptions, frequently asked questions, accommodation and curriculum information. Bilingual site (Welsh-English).

Database of Welsh language and Welsh interest books from the Welsh Books Council. Books can be ordered through the council for delivery from a bookstore of choice. Bilingual site (Welsh-English).

Audio clips and free language lessons to download, to be used in conjunction with a BBC radio programme of the same name.

A center for learning with the Internet. Interactive exercises, audio files, literature, games, comics, news, fiction and other useful resources to help you learn online.

Free lessons and online courses with more than 1000 audio files.

Includes courses, phrases, and travel information.

Basic words and phases for studying German.

Beginner's and advanced German lessons, mainly focusing on grammar.

Information from Ethnologue on the Swedish language, with short bibliography.

Lets you compose a page of Yiddish text from your web browser. Also converts between a growing list of Yiddish computer file formats and character encodings.

Online version of a book by Koenraad Elst, published by Aditya Prakashan in New Delhi (India). It oulines the latest arguments (including those in linguistics) for and against the prehistoric invasion of India by Indo-European speakers.

Latin language information: history of Latin, Latin names, Latin links, map of the empire, and gallery of images.

From the UCLA Language Materials Project.

Features information on the Examination in the Czech language on the Level A1 as a condition for permanent residence in the CR.

A very thorough reference grammar of the Macedonian language, by Victor Friedman. Part of the Reference Grammar Network of the Slavic and East European Language Resource Center.

A very thorough reference grammar of the Polish language, by Ron F. Feldstein. Part of the Reference Grammar Network of the Slavic and East European Language Resource Center.

A searchable 150 million word collection of samples of written and spoken Russian from a wide range of texts in electronic form. The corpus represents modern Russian in all the variety of genres, styles, territorial and social variants of usage.

Sections organized by parts of speech. Includes Java exercises.

Introduces the Russian alphabet; includes some practice exercises and sound files. Does not require Russian fonts to be installed.

Online Russian course, grammar lessons, vocabulary and translation tools. Specific focus on language used for dating, relationships and marriage.

Video lessons, grammar, and quizzes for beginning and intermediate learners.

Free online Russian courses for beginner and intermediate language learners. Get help from native Russian speakers.

A database that analyzes/synthesizes forms and whole paradigms of Russian words. Entry by English translations also available. Best viewed with special fonts (downloadable onsite).

Download the TITUS font from here.

Description of English usage in Hong Kong.

Encyclopedia article on Tamil-English pidgin.

An open-source phrasebook at Wikitravel.

A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Francophone Louisiana.

Board members, records and bylaws, local workshops, form downloads, mailing list, links.

Offers video remote interpreting across the United States.

African-American, Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native-American, and other minority status interpreters can discuss interpreting issues.

Group falls under the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Mission is to promote better communication between interpreters who are Deaf and hearing, native signers and non-native signers and Deaf community members.

Learn and practice your Estonian with a native speaker in a language exchange via email, text chat, and voice chat.

Bilingual library of Hawaiian language materials including online edition of the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian language dictionary, nineteenth century newspaper archives and the "Baibala Hemolele."

Broad overview on technology and Hawaiian language revival.

Paper by Diane Massam and Carolyn Smallwood of the University of Toronto comparing predication in two typologically diverse languages to account for differences in word order.

A short introduction to the spoken language of Bali, Indonesia, with instructions for learning and pronouncing some basic words and phrases.

Basic lessons in Cebuano grammar and free penpal addresses.