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Less Commonly Taught Languages

Links and shelfmarks

The Librarian is grateful to Delicious, Omniglot and Wikipedia for providing so many good links

External links

Below are the links to the external websites. Language Centre takes no responsibility for the content of these websites.

Afrikaans / Albanian / Amharic / Aramaic / Azerbaijani / Bambara / Basque / Belarusian / Bengali / Breton / Burmese / Cambodian / Cantonese / Catalan / Chichewa / Chinyanja / Cornish / Croatian / Danish / Dari / Esperanto / Estonian / Faroese / Farsi (Persian) / Fijian / Finnish / Flemish / Frisian / Galician / Gascon / Georgian / Guarani / Gujarati / Haitian Creole / Hausa / Icelandic / Igbo / Indonesian / Kannada / Kaqchikel / Kazakh / Kinyarwanda / Komi / Korean / Krio / Kurdish / Kyrgyz / Ladino / Laotian / Latvian / Limousin / Lingala / Lithuanian / Macedonian / Malagasy / Malay / Malinké / Manx / Maori / Marathi / Mayan languages / Mende / Mongolian / Nepali / Occitan / Panjabi / Pitjantjara / Pulaar / Pushto / Quechua / Reunionese creole / Romanian / Romansh / Sami languages / Sanskrit / Scots / Serbian / Serbo-Croatian / Setswana / Shona / Sinhalese / Siswati / Slovak / Slovenian / Somali / Sorbian languages / Southern Sotho / Swahili / Swedish / Switzerland, all languages / Syriac / Tagalog / Tajiki / Tamazight / Tamil / Tatar / Telugu / Tetum / Tibetan / Tok Pisin / Twi / Ukrainian / Uyghur / Uzbek / Vietnamese / Xhosa / Yiddish / Yoruba / Zulu

Afrikaans
Library shelfmark: AF

• Afrikaans online dictionary
• Die Burger newspaper
• Easy Afrikaans for beginners
• RSG online radio

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Albanian
Library shelfmark: AL

• Albanian language contains a lot of audio files
• Evropaelire online radio

• Learn Albanian language online lessons
• Wikitravel alphabet and phrasebook

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Amharic
Library shelfmark: AM

• Meskot an Ethiopian online literary journal
• Amharic page from Omniglot
• Radio from VOA news
• Amharic dictionary
• Amharic glossary
• CyberEthiopia list of resources and news links
• Radio Fana
• Spectrum Radio weekend programmes produced by the Ethiopian Community Centre, UK
• Deutsche Welle radio

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Aramaic
Library shelfmark: ARA

• Aramaic lexicon
• Arshama Aramaic online lessons from Oxford University Classics Department
• Jewish-Aramaic page from the Jewish Language Research Website

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Azerbaijani (Azeri)
Library shelfmark: AZ

• Azeri page from Princeton University, offers a series of links at bottom of page
• Azeri-English dictionary
• Learn Azerbaijani
• Online Azerbaijani lessons
• Online Azerbaijani radio

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Bambara
Library shelfmark: BAM

• Bambara.org contains a lexicon
• Online course from the French wikibook
• Phrasebook and links to other sites

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Basque
Library shelfmark: BA

• Euskonews & Media
• Euskara Euskadi.net
• Buber's Euskara page
• Eke.org the Basque culture online with links in English, French and Spanish
• Euskadi.net
• Grammar
• Grammar from the University of the Basque country
• Online dictionary

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Belarusian
Library shelfmark: BE

• Belarusian grammar
• Belarusian language and literature
• Slavic Dictionary
• Old Belarusian language article in Wikipedia

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Bengali
Library shelfmark: BE

• Virtual Bengladesh: Bengali with on-line tutorials such as Bengali primer
• A few links from Cornell University
• Learn to read Bengali
• Bengali grammar by P. Williams

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Breton
Library shelfmark: BR

• AnTourTan online radios
• Brezhoneg online tutorials
• Kervarker online tutorials
• Ofis ar Brezhoneg

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Burmese
Library shelfmark: BM

• Burmese-English-Burmese dictionary
• Burmese page from omniglot
• Language, literature and culture from the Center for Southeast Asian Studies Northern Illinois University
• Salika.com online lessons

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Cambodian
Library shelfmark: CA

• AK online e-lessons
• Cambodia SEASite from the Centre for SouthEast Asian Studies, University of Northern Illinois
• Khmer dictionaries
• Omniglot page on Khmer with links of interest at the bottom of page
• RFA.org Khmer online radio

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Cantonese

Library shelfmark: CN

• Cantonese basic course
• Learn Cantonese
• Cantonese news from RTHK radio, Hong Kong

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Catalan
Library shelfmark: CT

• Catalan at Oxford University
• Catalan studies links from the University of Birmingham
• Internet resources from the University of Cambridge
• Gran diccionari de la llengua catalana
• AVUI Catalan AVUI newspaper
• University of Barcelona
• El Periódico de Catalunya Catalan-language version of the paper

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Chichewa or Chinyanja
Library shelfmark: CHC

• Chichewa phrasebook from wiki travel
• Chichewa dictionary from the Heart for Malawi foundation free access though limited to 10 searches per day and to the first lines of an entry. Otherwise readers could subscribe to a licence.
• Chichewa learning materials
• Chichewa article in wikipedia
• Chichewa article in omniglot

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Chinyanja

• see Chichewa entry above

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Cornish
Library shelfmark: CO

• BBC A taste of Cornish
• Freelang Cornish dictionary
• Let's learn Cornish!
• Maga Cornish language partnership
• Warlinenn - The Cornish Language Online offers weekly news podcasts in Cornish

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Croatian
Library shelfmark: CR

• Croatian for travellers online lessons
• Hrvatska online lessons
• Vjesnkik online newspaper

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Danish
Library shelfmark: DA

• BBC quick fix
• Politiken newspaper
• Danske Akademi
• New to Denmark

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Dari
Library shelfmark: DAR

• Dari language project from the University of Berkeley
• Dari Omniglot page
• Afghanistan.com online lessons
• Online dictionary project
• Survival phrases from the University of Indiana

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Esperanto
Library shelfmark: ESP

• Esperanto Studies Foundation, emphasises the linguistic aspects of Esperanto
• Esperanto Association of Britain current news about Esperanto and Esperanto learning aids
• Esperanto online lessons
• Kiosk newspapers in Esperanto
• Kurso de Esperanto online lessons

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Estonian
Library shelfmark: EST

• Estonia Page
• Oneness City Estonia online lessons
• Sakala newspaper
• Speak Estonian online lessons
• Postimees newspaper

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Faroese

See also Old Norse

• The National Library of the Faroe Islands
• Faroe Islands - Travel Guide
• Faroese page from omniglot

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Farsi (Persian)
Library shelfmark: PE

• Iranian Cultural Information Centre
• The Iranian: Poetry
• The Makhmalbaf Film House The website of the film-making Makhmalbaf family
• AriaDic.com Farsi-English dictionary
• Hamshahri newspaper
• Ettela'at online
• Online Persian Learning Resource from the University of Arizona

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Fijian
Library shelfmark: FIJ

• Fiji Guide vocabulary list
• Useful phrases from omniglot

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Finnish
Library shelfmark: FI

The Librarian wishes to thank Liisa Ågren, Library Assistant, for offering many useful weblinks.

• The Finnish Institute in London
• Discover Finland
• Centre for International Mobility in Finland
• Language resources
• Easy Finnish elementary language course
• Kemppinen language course
• Helsingin Sanomat newspaper (national news)
• Ilta-Sanomat newspaper
• Turun Sanomat newspaper
• Yleisradio TV and radio channel
• Blog of radio show Aristoteleen kantapää

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Flemish (Dutch dialect)
Library shelfmark: DU

• Flemish Foundation for Literature
• DS De Standaard online newspaper
• De Tijd business newspaper
• Do enjoy also watching Pauline & Paulette, a film by Lieven Debrauwer that is in the library

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Frisian
Library shelfmark: FS

See also Old Frisian

• eduFrysk a pilot website for learners of the Frisian language
• Farsk a literary e-journal
• NF Radio (North Frisian)
• OmropFryslan Radio (West Frisian)

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Galician (Galego)
Library shelfmark: GAL

The Librarian wishes to thank María Liñeira, Lectora in Galician, Centre for Galician Studies, Queen's College, Oxford University, for offering many useful weblinks and several books to the library.

• Galician at Oxford
• Dictionaries: English-Galician, Galician-English, Galician, Medieval Galician Galego.org contains English and Spanish pages on Galician, dictionaries and useful links
• Online learning: e-Galego, Xunta de Galicia Literature and culture: Culturagalega Newspaper: Vieiros
• Galician language: Instituto da Lingua Galega, the Institute of Galician Language at the University of Santiago de Compostela, The Galician Language Academy

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Gascon
Library shelfmark: GS

• Lexilogos dictionaries Gascon-French
• Béarnais.org links to a few learning Gascon websites

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Georgian
Library shelfmark: GGN

Georgian is a language taught at the Centre. For more information please send an e-mail to admin@lang.ox.ac.uk

• Kvali.com dictionary
• Georgian language and culture
• Tavisupleba radio
• Radio Kinto list of radio stations
• Fonts for writing
• Translit transliteration and spellchecks
• Georgian language page in wikipedia
• Georgian writing page in omniglot

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Guarani
Library shelfmark: GUA (video section only)

• Guarani home page
• Interactive Guarani dictionary created by Wolf Lustig and Gilbert Ramirez

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Gujarati
Library shelfmark: GU

• Gujarati language resources
• Gujarati language and literature from the University of Pennsylvania
• Gujarati lexicon
• Zazi.com

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Haitian Creole
Library shelfmark: HAI

• Omniglot page with some referential links at the bottom of page
• Haitian proverbs with translation in English
• VolCreole forum in French or creoles, about creole culture

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Hausa
Library shelfmark: HA

• Hausa phrasebook from wikitravel
• Hausa pages from the BBC

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Icelandic
Library shelfmark: IC

See also Old Norse

• digital dialects (for beginners) games
• Icelandic online dictionary and readings
• ielanguages.com online tutorial
• Landsteinar Strengur
• National University and Library of Iceland
• English Faculty Library, Oxford University special collections
• RUV online radio

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Igbo
Library shelfmark: IGB

• IgboNet on-line lessons
• Igbo page in omniglot
• Igbo phrasebook on wikitravel
• Learn Igbo
• Survival Igbo contains a lot of audio material

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Indonesian
Library shelfmark: IN

Informal courses provided by the Oxford Indonesia Society

• SEAssite Learning Indonesian from the Center for SouthEast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University.
• Indonesian phrases
• Learning Indonesian.com contains podcasts

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Kannada
Library shelfmark: KAN

• Kannada page on omniglot
• Kannada page on wikipedia

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Kaqchikel
Library shelfmark: KAQ

• FAMSI foundation for the Advancement of MesoAmerican studies
• Omniglot Mayan page

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Kazakh
Library shelfmark: KA

• Kazakh page from omniglot
• Learn Kazakh from Italki.com, language exchange
• Learn Kazakh from mylanguageexchange.com, language exchange
• Lekeshmidt Kazakh-English-Russian glossary

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Kinyarwanda
Library shelfmark: KI

• Kinyarwanda language article in wikipedia
• Kinyarwanda page in omniglot
• Kinyarwanda dictionary

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Komi
Library shelfmark: KM

• Minority Languages of Russia on the net
• Komi language page from wikipedia

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Korean
Library shelfmark: KO

• An introduction to Korean by J. David Eisenberg
• Korean Course online lessons
• Korean page from omniglot
• Learn Korean online lessons
• Let's Learn Korean from KBS world radio
• NJStar word processors and converters

Krio

No library shelfmark at the moment

• PanAfril10n information about the language
• Sierra Leone proverbs

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Kurdish
Library shelfmark: KU

• Institut Kurde de Paris
• Kurdish service from the VOA
• Kurdish Academy of Language
• Kurdish language page from omniglot

 

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Kyrgyz
Library shelfmark: KI

• The talking Kyrgyz phrasebook
• Learn Kyrgyz blog
• Online news and radio

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Ladino
Library shelfmark: LA

• Ladino alphabet
• Ladino Center
• Ladino, the Sephardic Language with some audio files
• Ladino music from wild ruby page

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Laotian
Library shelfmark: LAO (reference only)

• Northern Illinois University South East Asia site language lessons, cultural resource notes including: art, history, folklore.
• Laoconnection A short guide to the Laotian language and its characters.
• RFA online radio
• Omniglot's guide to Laotian script

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Latvian
Library shelfmark: LV

• University of Latvia
• Welcome to Latvia
• Latvian alphabet
• Latvian phrasebook from wikitravel

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Limousin
Library shelfmark: LI

• Limousin language page from wikipedia

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Lingala
Library shelfmark: LIN

See also our African Studies Links page

• Lingala page from omniglot
• FSI language course
• online lessons (from the French)

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Lithuanian
Library shelfmark: LN

• Debeselis online lessons
• Oneness online lessons
• Verslas newspaper

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Macedonian
Library shelfmark: MAC

• DictsInfo dictionary
• Macedonian course from the University of Toronto to accompany "A course for beginning and intermediate students" by Christina E. Kramer
• Macedonian language e-learning center
• Online radio and news with Makdenes.org

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Malagasy

Library shelfmark: MG

• French Malagasy dictionary
• Encyclopedia of Madagascar

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Malay
Library shelfmark: MA

• Utusan Malaysia Online newspaper
• Malay language page from wikipedia

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Malinké
Library shelfmark: MAL

• Malinké writing page on Omniglot
• Malinké page on wikipedia

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Manx
Library shelfmark: MAN

• Kishtey stoo yuan a very useful website with a lot of information about the language. Also in English
• Learn Manx from beginner to advanced levels
• Linguistical sketch of Manx

 

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Maori
Library shelfmark: MI

• Kimikupu Hou Lexical Database
• Maori language.net
• Maori page from omniglot
• niupepa collection of newspapers

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Marathi
Library shelfmark: MAR

• Maayboli.com resources from around the world
• Marathi page from omniglot
• Online dictionary from the University of Chicago

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Mayan languages
Library shelfmark: MAY (at present, Jan 2012, there is just one film "Apocalypto" for Yucatec Mayan)

• Dictionary for Ycatec Mayan from FAMSI/David Bolles
• Dictionary from University of Quintana Roo
• Omniglot Mayan page

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Mende
Library shelfmark: ME

• Mende language page from Omniglot
• Mende language page from wikipedia

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Mongolian
Library shelfmark: MO

• Ethnologue - Languages listed for Mongolia
• Library of Congress, Federal Research Division
• Lingua Mongolia online lessons
• Mongolian language page on wikipedia
• Mongoluls.net Mongolian fonts
• Soros Foundations Network

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Nepali
Library shelfmark: NE

• Nepali Info online tutorials
• Ms.dk free language material
• Nepali page from omniglot

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Occitan
Library shelfmark: OC

• IEO (Institut d'Estudis Occitans) with a map of the South of France including Novelum (many thanks to Professor Denis Noble for providing those links)
• Occitanet information pages available from Occitan, French or English
• Panoccitan.org online course and dictionary
• Trésor de la langue d'Oc online texts from l'Université de Provence and le Ciel d'Oc
• Radiolengadoc online radio

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Panjabi (or Punjabi)
Library shelfmark: PA

• Language page from omniglot
• RajKaregakhalsa.net online lessons
• Reading Tutorial

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Pitjantjara
Library shelfmark: PI

• Pitjantjara lesson on ngapartji.org
• Pitjantjara language page on wikipedia

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Pulaar
Library shelfmark: PUL

• Ibamba.net e-course
• Pulaar page on wikipedia

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Pushto (or Pashto, Afghani)
Library shelfmark: PU

• Pashto Web dictionaries, poetry.
• Online lessons from the University of Minnesota.
• Online Pushto dictionary from the University of Chicago.
• The Afghan Post newspaper.

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Quechua
Library shelfmark: QU

• A Grammar of Argentinian Quechua In Spanish
• Runasimi A multi-lingual site with Quechua texts, dialects and vocabulary
• Basic Quechua lessons In Spanish and English
• Cultures of the Andes From Ada and Russ Gibbons. Including Quechua resources
• Fun facts to know and tell about Quechua By Mark Rosenfelder.
• The Sounds of the Andean languages contains audio files. The film Che which is in the library contains some Quechua dialogues

Reunionese creole

Library shelfmark: REU

• créole: a little English-Créole dictionary
• la langue créole contains a lexicon, some expressions, grammar and songs

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Romanian
Library shelfmark: RO

• Verbix Romanian verb conjugator
• Romanianlessons.com a basic language learning guide
• Dictionaire English-Romanian dictionary
• LearnRomanianMagazine
• Libertatea Online daily newspaper online
• Voiced Sounds of Romanian language

Romansh
Library shelfmark: ROH

• Omniglot page on Romansh
• Radio Television Romansh
• Romansh lessons
• Dictionary (including several dialects of Romansh)

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Sami languages
Library shelfmark: SAM

• Database in Finnish and North Sami
• Gulahalan online lessons
• Lohkan online lessons
• Sámi giellatekno lexical resources for several Sami languages from the University of Tromsø
• Sami University College

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Sanskrit
Library shelfmark: SA

• The Sanskrit Portal Acharva: Learn Sanskrit online lessons
• Ukindia online lessons
• Online Sanskrit dictionary from the University of Chicago

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Scots
Library shelfmark: E-S

• BBC voices, Scots section
• Dictionary of the Scots language
• Scottish corpus
• Scots education resources

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Serbian
Library shelfmark: SE

• Unilang Serbian for Beginners
• Serbian page from wikipedia
• Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian writing page from omniglot

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Serbo-Croatian
Library shelfmark: SE

• alphaDictionary dictionaries
• multilingualbooks links to dictionaries
• Mongabay.com links to resources

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Setswana
Library shelfmark: ST

• Setswana language page from wikipedia
• Setswana language page from omniglot

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Shona
Library shelfmark: SH

• Shona dictionary
• Shona page from UCLA

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Sinhalese
Library shelfmark: SIN

• Let's speak Sinhala online tutorials
• Learn Sinhala vocabulary list
• Rivira newspaper

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Siswati
Library shelfmark: SI

• Swati language page from wikipedia

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Slovak
Library shelfmark: SK

• OXAM Digital copies of most of the official examination papers (including the Honours School Examination for Modern Languages) presented by the University of Oxford during the academic years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001. Please note: access is limited to those in the Oxford domain.
• Slovak-English English-Slovak dictionary
• Slovak lexicon
• Slovak literature resources
• Slovake.eu a very rich website to help you learn the language
• Slavism.com Slovak alphabet and pronunciation
• Slovakia.com information about the country

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Slovenian (or Slovene)
Library shelfmark: SL

• Slavic Dictionary
• Slovar Slovenskega knjižnega jezika dictionary
• Slovenian language
• Slovenia Guide
• Slovenian for Travelers
• Thezaurus.com Slovenian Language and Cultural Resources
• University of Ljubljana

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Somali
Library shelfmark: SM

• Somali page from omniglot
• Somali vocabulary quizzes
• BBC world service in Somali

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Sorbian languages
Library shelfmark: SM

• Sorbian languages page from wikipedia
• Sorbian writing page from omniglot

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Southern Sotho
Library shelfmark: SO

• Sotho language page from wikipedia
• Southern Sotho writing page from omniglot

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Swahili
Library shelfmark: SWA

• Learn to speak Swahili with audio examples
• Swahili-English dictionary
• Swahili dictionary from the Kamusi Project
• Swahili language and culture

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Swedish
Library shelfmark: SW

• Swedish Language Course
• Swedish Grammar written by Leif Stensson
• Lexin Swedish dictionary
• Ordlista.se dictionary
• SpråkrådLexinet multilinks
• Svenska språket multilinks
• Nordisk familjebok Sweden's most comprehensive encyclopedia of all times digitised by Project Runeberg
• Swedish Academy
• Swedish Institute
• 8sidor latest news from around the world
• Sveriges Radio in simple Swedish published by the easy to read Swedish Centre
• Dagens Nyheter newspaper
• Dagens Industri economic news

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Switzerland, all languages
Library shelfmark: FR for French, GE for German, IT for Italian

• Sweizerdeutsch (see also the Language Centre German page)
• Swiss Government Pages (French, German, Italian and Romansh)

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Syriac
Library shelfmark: SY

• Omniglot page on writing Syriac
• Radio and News

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Tagalog
Library shelfmark: TAG

• Learn Tagalog online a complete Tagalog language course which also includes the Essential Tagalog grammar
• Tagalog page from the SEAsite project
• Omniglot page on writing Tagalog
• Paul Morrow's website on Filipino

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Tajiki
Library shelfmark: TAJ

• BBC News in Tajiki
• Omniglot page on writing Tajik
• Radio Free Europe (page in the Cyrillic alphabet)

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Tamazight (Berber)
Library shelfmark: TMZ

• Ancient Scripts
• Centre de Recherche Berbère
• Dictionary French-Kabyle from Lexilogos

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Tamil
Library shelfmark: TA

• Tamil electronic library includes many reference websites, a bibliography, research centres in India and twentieth century Tamil authors
• Tamil Language in Context from the South Asia Language Resource Centre (SALRC)

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Tatar
Library shelfmark: TAT

• Offical website of the Republic of Tatarstan
• Omniglot page
• Online newspaper
• News and radio

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Telugu
Library shelfmark: TE

• Telugu World History of Telugu language, poetry

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Tetum
Library shelfmark: TIM

• Tetum page from Omniglot
• Learn Tetum online lessons
• Traveller's dictionary

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Tibetan
Library shelfmark: TI

• English-Tibetan dictionary
• LearnTibetan.net online lessons
• Omniglot Tibetan alphabet
• Tibet Times

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Tok Pisin
Library shelfmark: TO

• Language Variety: Tok Pisin
• Tok-Pisin.com online dictionary

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Twi
Library shelfmark: TW

• Twi Language page from Omniglot alphabet and pronunciation
• Phrase book
• English-Twi dictionary
• Twi-English dictionary

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Ukrainian
Library shelfmark: UK

Oxford University Ukrainian Society

• online thesaurus
• online lesson (from peacecorps)
• online dictionary
• read Ukrainian
• slovnyk.net
• Slavic Dictionary
• English to Ukrainian dictionary
• BBC in Ukrainian

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Uyghur
Library shelfmark: UY

• Uyghur-English dictionary
• Online news and radio

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Uzbek
Library shelfmark: UZ

• Uzbek Language Orthographic Rules
• Introduction to the Uzbek Language - by Mark Dickens
• Uzbek Glossary

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Vietnamese
Library shelfmark: VI

• Northern Illinois University South East Asia site Language lessons, cultural resources and travel notes.
• VN Express Detailed Vietnamese news, as well as international news (in Vietnamese).

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Xhosa
Library shelfmark: XH

• Xhosa page on omniglot
• Xhosa language page on wikipedia

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Yiddish
Library shelfmark: YI

• Yiddish at Oxford
• Audio samples from the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Columbia University
• Historical Jewish Press will include digitised versions of newspapers, for example Haynt
• The Jewish Culture and the Yiddish language
• Jewish Language Research Website which has a page for Yiddish
• Yiddish Web from La Maison de la Culture Yiddish, Paris
• Yiddish Word of the Week blog

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Yoruba
Library shelfmark: YO

• Yoruba page from PanAfriL10n
• Yoruba dictionary by Pamela Smith and Adebusola Onayemi

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Zulu
Library shelfmark: ZU

• The Zulu nation
• Ethnologue
• Zulu resources
• Zulu podcast

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