Other European languages

ARMENIAN

Library shelfmark: AN

• Old Armenian

General

• Armeniapedia - online lesson (Eastern Armenian)
• Armenian Lessons Online - online Armenian Beginners course with an online dictionary
• TACentral.com - Language Guide - online Armenian phrasebook with grammar explanations

Dictionaries

• Armenian English Dictionary - online dictionary

Writing

• AM Translit - transliteration and spell checker
• Armenian Alphabet from Omniglot

Radio and news

• Armenia Liberty
• Radio Van

Other

• Armenian electronic library (Armenian House) - information on Armenian history, culture, and religion, with a special section devoted to the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1919. Content of the site in Armenian, English and Russian. Several sections: fiction, non-fiction, history, poetry, and religion, with biographical information. Design and content: Anna and Karen Vrtanesyan.
• Armenian Language
• Armenian Poetry
• Armeniapedia

BELARUSIAN (OR BYELORUSSIAN)

Library shelfmark: BEL

• Belarusian language and literature at Oxford University
• Learn Belarusian
• Slavic Dictionary
• Old Belarusian language article in Wikipedia

ROMANIAN

Library shelfmark: RO

• Verbix Romanian - verb conjugator
• LearnRomanianMagazine
• Libertatea Online - daily newspaper online
• Voiced Sounds of Romanian language

SERBIAN

Library shelfmark: SE

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

SERBO-CROATIAN

Library shelfmark: SE (or BO for Bosnian, currently one film available)

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

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. 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
• Slovakia.com - information about the country

SLOVENIAN (OR SLOVENE)

Library shelfmark: SL

• Slavic Dictionary
• Slovar Slovenskega knjižnega jezika - dictionary
• Slovenian language
• University of Ljubljana

TATAR

Library shelfmark: TAT

• Omniglot page
• Online newspaper
• News and radio

UKRAINIAN

Library shelfmark: UK

• Read Ukrainian
• Slovnyk.net
• Slavic Dictionary
• BBC in Ukrainian

YIDDISH

Library shelfmark: YI

• Yiddish at Oxford
• Audio samples - from the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Columbia University
• Jewish Language Research Website - which has a page for Yiddish
• Yiddish Web - from La Maison de la Culture Yiddish, Paris
• Lost songs of the Holocaust - from the University of Akron
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

DANISH

Library shelfmark: DA

• Den Danske Ordbog – The Danish Dictionary
• BBC - Quick Fix
• Vores fællessprog - Basic lessons in Danish grammar. No audio, so better for those who already have some grasp of Danish pronunciation.
• Danish Language and Culture Resources - An extensive list of learning resources
• DR Ligetil - A Danish news site written in simple language for learners, with tests for reading comprehension
• Politiken - newspaper
• Danske Akademi
• New to Denmark

ESTONIAN

Library shelfmark: EST

• Estonia Page
• Sakala - newspaper
• Speak Estonian - online lessons
• Postimees - newspaper

FAROESE

See also Norse in the ancient languages page

• The National Library of the Faroe Islands
• Learn Faroese
• Faroese page from omniglot

FINNISH

Library shelfmark: FI

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

• The Finnish Institute in London
• Centre for International Mobility in Finland
• Easy Finnish - elementary language course
• Kemppinen language course
• Helsingin Sanomat - newspaper (national news)
• Ilta-Sanomat - newspaper
• Turun Sanomat - newspaper
• Yleisradio - TV and radio channel

GREENLANDIC (KALAALIISUT)

Library shelfmark: KAL (CD-ROM section only, in Librarian's office)

• Greenlandic conversation - basic level
• KNR radio - radio station with also some pre-recorded songs and programmes

ICELANDIC

Library shelfmark: IC

See also Norse

• digital dialects - (for beginners) games
• English Faculty Library, Oxford University - special collections
• RUV online radio
• Islenzka – A Journey in Learning Icelandic - A blog with an extensive list of resources
• Viltu Læra ĺslensku? - A series of video lessons, good for listening comprehension
• Icelandic Online - A free course from the University of Iceland
• Mimir – Icelandic grammar notebook - Basic reference grammar.
• Sagnavefur - Lots of common verbs conjugated, with examples

KOMI

Library shelfmark: KM

• Minority Languages of Russia on the net
• Komi language page from wikipedia
• Official site of the Republic of Komi (in Russian)
• Komi-Russian dictionary

LATVIAN

Library shelfmark: LV

• University of Latvia
• Latvian phrasebook - from wikitravel

LITHUANIAN

Library shelfmark: LN

• Debeselis - online lessons
• Oneness - online lessons
• Loecsen - basic expressions and pronunciation

SAMI LANGUAGES

• Database - in Finnish and North Sami
• Sámi giellatekno - lexical resources for several Sami languages from the University of Tromsø

SWEDISH

Library shelfmark: SW

• Swedish Language Course
• Swedish Grammar - written by Leif Stensson
• Lexin - Swedish dictionary
• SpråkrådLexinet - multilinks
• Nordisk familjebok - Sweden's most comprehensive encyclopedia of all times digitised by Project Runeberg
• Swedish Academy
• Swedish Institute
• Sveriges Radio - in simple Swedish
• Dagens Nyheter - newspaper
• Dagens Industri - economic news

ALBANIAN

Library shelfmark: AL

• Albanian language - contains a lot of audio files
• Evropaelire - online radio
• Wikitravel - alphabet and phrasebook

BASQUE

Library shelfmark: BA

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

CATALAN

Library shelfmark: CT

• Catalan at Oxford University
• Catalan studies links - from the University of Birmingham
• Gran diccionari de la llengua catalana
• AVUI - Catalan AVUI newspaper
• University of Barcelona
• Online lessons - from Geocities

GALICIAN (GALEGO)

Library shelfmark: GAL

The Language Centre 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, 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

LADINO

Library shelfmark: LA

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

MACEDONIAN

Library shelfmark: MAC

• Macedonian language e-learning center
• Online radio and news with Makdenes.org

MALTESE (OR MALTI)

• Maltese page - on omniglot
• Digital dialects page

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

BRETON

Library shelfmark: BR

• AnTourTan - online radios
• Ofis ar Brezhoneg

CORNISH

Library shelfmark: CO

• BBC A taste of Cornish
• Freelang - Cornish dictionary
• Warlinenn - The Cornish Language Online - offers weekly news podcasts in Cornish

CROATIAN

Library shelfmark: CR

• Croatian for travellers - online lessons
• HKV Naslovnica
• Learn Croatian

FLEMISH

Library shelfmark: DU (there are Flemish films in the DVD section)

• Flemish Foundation for Literature
• DS De Standaard online - newspaper
• De Tijd - business newspaper
• Do also watch Pauline & Paulette, a film by Lieven Debrauwer that is in the library, as well as other films in Flemish

FRISIAN

Library shelfmark: FS

See also Old Frisian

• eduFrysk - online course

GASCON

Library shelfmark: GS

• Lexilogos - dictionaries Gascon-French
• A Vóste - journal

LIMOUSIN

Library shelfmark: LI

• Limousin language - page from wikipedia
• Institut d'Occitan du Limousin
• BBC languages - audio documents

LUXEMBOURGISH

Library shelfmark: LTZ (only one book and one CD-ROM)

• Dico.Lu - dictionary
• LOD dictionary
• LuxoGramm - grammar
• Quattropole  - Learning online
• CPLL - Conseil permanent de la langue luxembourgeoise (in Luxembourgish)
• Institut de langue et de littératures luxembourgeoises - at the University of Luxembourg
• Centre for Luxembourg Studies - at the University of Sheffield

MANX

Library shelfmark: MAN

• Blog
• Learn Manx - from beginner to advanced levels
• Manx directory
• Dictionary

ROMANSH

Library shelfmark: ROH

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

SCOTS (OR LOWLAND SCOTS)

Library shelfmark: E-S

• BBC voices, Scots section
• Scottish corpus
• Scots education resources
• Wikipedia page

SORBIAN

Library shelfmark: not yet attributed

• Glottolog page
• Sorbian language textbook
• Learning Sorbian Online
• Institute for Sorbian Studies - at Leipzig University
• Soblex - German-Sorbian dictionary
• Short history - of Sorbian (in German)
• Domowina - publishing house (in German)
• Sorbian languages - page from wikipedia
• Sorbian writing - page from omniglot

SWISS LANGUAGES

Library shelfmark:  ROH for Romansh (see above), 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)