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Want to brush up on your Spanish before your family vacation in Mexico, or need to pick up some quick Japanese phrases before you're transferred to Tokyo? Language education courses can be expensive, and your local library might not have the right resources for the language you need. However, these 10 Websites will provide you with a host of tools for learning almost any language imaginable, from the most common to the ancient and endangered:
BBC Languages (http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/): Learn or improve your language skills in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Greek and other languages. The online courses cover grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary, and also provide audio and video tools for brushing up your skills in another language.
Free Online Language Courses (http://www.word2word.com/coursead.html): Start here to find links to courses, phrase guides, primers and more for everything from Abenaki to Xhosa.
The Internet Public Library's Kidspace (http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/hello/): You won't get fluent in any one language here, but you and your kids can learn how to say "hello" in any one of 30 languages, including Mayan, Tagalog and sign language. Delve a little further into the site, and you'll find links to many other language-learning resources online.
The Internet Public Library's Language & Linguistics section (http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum40.00.00/): For a comprehensive collection of online resources to teach you how to say more than "hello, " check out this section of the Internet Public Library. It provides numerous links to sites for learning everything from American Sign Language and Czech to Swahili, Turkish and Welsh.
Language Online: Free Foreign Language Resources (http://webgerman.com/languages/): This is a great starting point for anyone looking for free Internet resources for learning many common, lesser-known and endangered languages. You can also find links to international Webcams, online translation tools and quick phrases in many languages (including how to say "cow" in 539 different tongues).
Linguanaut.com (http://linguanaut.com/): Visit this site to find out how to say 101-plus essential phrases in languages from Arabic and Bulgarian to Urdu, Vietnamese and Zulu.
Transparent Language (http://transparent.com/): While Transparent sells language learning programs at a price, its Website also offers many free resources for those wishing to learn Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Swedish and many other languages. Follow the home page links for each individual language to find free resources, or subscribe to Transparent's Word of the Day, which emails you a different word with example phrases and audio pronunciation in any of five languages (as well as English for Spanish speakers).
TravLang (http://www.travlang.com/languages/#): A great resource for travelers, TravLang offers a guide to essential phrases in 80-some languages, from Afrikaans and Albanian to Yiddish and Zulu. Each language section also features links to additional online resources for pronunciation, further instruction and regional information.
Usborne Publishing Quicklinks (http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/usa/usa_menu_areas_pages/languages/languages.asp?type=subject&menu=s64): Usborne publishes a wide range of excellent educational books for children, and provides supplemental online resources for many of them. The Internet links for its language books provide translated text, audio pronunciations, games, quizzes and other resources for kids (and adults) who want to learn French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese or Russian.
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