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African
Afrikaans
Arabic
Aramic
Bilingual Education
Chinese
Danish
Dutch
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Esperanto
Finnish
Flemish
French
Georgian
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hieroglyphics
Hindi or Hindu
Hmong
Hmong-Mien
Hungarian
Indonesian
Irish or Gaelic
Italian
Japanese
Jewish
Klingon
Korean
Kurdish
Lao
Latin
Mandarin
Medieval
Mongolian
Native American
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Sanskrit
Sign Language
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Thai
Tibetan
Turkish

Also Try

1. Languages Lesson Plans (Awesome Library)
2. Multicultural

Cards

1. Post Cards (The Digital Postcard)
   Provides email postcards in many languages.

Lists

1. -Language Dictionaries (yourDictionary.com) 
   Provides translation dictionaries in over 150 languages. 5-00
2. Countries - Search Engines by Country (Search Engine Colossus)
   Provides search engines from within many countries in both the language of the country and English. 3-00
3. Cybertown Campus - Foreign Languages School
4. Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
5. Foreign Languages for Travelers
6. Language Resources (Benschop)
7. Language Resources (iLoveLanguages - Chambers)
   Includes resources for over 125 languages. Possible resources include lessons, fonts, dictionaries, translation guides, and literature
8. Languages Resources (VADA)
   Provides hundreds of language resources, listed alphabetically. Select the country (listed alphabetically by letter of the alphabet on the left) 9-01
9. Medieval Languages (Georgetown University)
10. Multilingual Software Library (GY.com)
11. Search the Web in 44 Languages (Alltheweb.com)
    Searches the Web in one of 44 languages. 4-02.
12. Translating Dictionaries (Travlang)
    Provides 35 dictionaries that translate between sets of languages.
    
13. Translations Search (Internet Oracle)
    Provides seven language translators, as well as additional translation dictionaries. The fourth listing provides the most complete word translations.
14. Western European Languages Literature Online (ALA and University of Virginia - Campbell)
    Provides literature by language. Includes Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Fnnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Old Norse and Modern Icelandic, Portuguese, Provençal, Spanish, and Swedish literature. Part of the Western European Specialists Section (WESS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries. 2-00

Materials

1. -Foreign Language Translator for Travelers (Travlang)
   Translates common words from 20 languages to 39 languages. 1-01
2. Code for Translating a Web Page (Alta Vista)
   Provides word translations between English and four other languages, without the use of language fonts. Included are French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. educacion 4-01
3. Dictionaries and Translators - Language (Bigben and RIC)
   Provides dictionaries for 69 languages. Also contains links to numerous translators to and from English.
4. Dictionaries and Translators for 40 Countries (Rivendell - Bigben)
   Provides multiple dictionaries, where possible, for each of 40 languages. 1-01
5. Language Dictionaries (Yahoo)
6. Language Dictionaries (yourDictionary.com)
   Provides translation dictionaries for 160 languages.
7. Translation Tools (Foreignword.com)
   Provides tools for translators, including dictionaries to support 58 languages, a language translation search engine, a translation engine, and a search for context. 6-00
8. Translations for Your Web Pages (WordReference.com)
   Provides script to allow any word on your Web page to be translated into French, German, Italian, or Spanish by simply "double-clicking" on it. 6-00
9. Translator (Alta Vista)
   Provides word translations between English and eight other languages, without the use of language fonts. Included are French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. educacion 4-01
10. Translator (Free Dictionary)
    Provides word translations between English and 16 other languages, without the use of language fonts. Included are Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish. educacion 6-00

News

1. News in World Languages (LanguageBox.com)
   Provides news from 20 different countries in their own languages. Provides an opportunity to download fonts for the language, if necessary. Includes English, Chinese, Spanish, Scandinavian Languages, French, Dutch, Flemish, Afrikaans, German, Hebrew, Italian, Thai, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Greek, Japanese, Turkish, and Korean. 8-00

Papers

1. Fonts - How to Include Accent Marks (MySchoolOnline)
   Provides instructions for adding accent marks, necessary in Spanish and other languages. 10-00
2. Languages of the World (Summer Institute of Linguistics - Grimes)
   Provides information about geographic distribution, languages of special interest, language by country, language families, names of languages, and more. 2-00
3. Studying in Other Countries (StudyAbroad.com)
   Provides information on programs, internships, travel, and more for studying in a country other than your own. Includes programs and opportunities in the USA. 4-02

Purchase Resources

1. Domain Names and Other Internet Services (Awesome Library)
   Provides sources of Internet services, such as Web addresses in languages other than English. (Awesome Library does not endorse the services, but provides them as examples.) 11-01
2. Language Course Finder (International WHERE and HOW)
   Provides a search for courses, books, and certification programs. Provides language course locations by selected language, with 70 options, and then by institute, city, or country. 5-00

Standards

1. Foreign Language Standards (MCREL) 1-01
2. Foreign Language Standards by State (Putnam) 9-99