Other European languages
Information on library materials and links to online language resources
ARMENIAN
Library shelfmark: AN
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
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
UKRAINIAN
Library shelfmark: UK
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
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
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:
- Literature and culture:
- Newspaper:
- 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
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
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)