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    Default Language Resources

    Thought I would give this idea a whirl. I've seen members asking for or giving useful links to others to help them learn a language, and it reminded me that we have no general 'resources' thread in here. This thread should serve as a repository for useful online resources for learning languages - the content can be anything (lessons, e-books, videos) just as long as they are free and legal. If this picks up, I can edit the OP into a 'table of contents' listing everything that is posted.

    I'll provide some links to start off.

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    Early Indo-European Online - A series of grammar and vocab lessons provided by the Linguistics Research Center at UT Austin in early and modern Indo-European languages. Languages: Albanian, Armenian, Baltic (Lithuanian and Latvian), Old English, Old French, Gothic, Classical Greek, New Testament Greek, Hittite, Old Iranian, Old Irish, Latin, Old Norse, Old Church Slavonic, Sanskrit, Tocharian.

    FSI Language Courses - Public domain versions of language courses from the Foreign Service Institute. Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and many more.

    Wiki Books - Some full or partially completed books/lessons. Languages: Latin, Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, some more.

    For fun: Introduction to the Babylonian Language - Some resources in Akkadian/Babylonian, if anybody wants to read Hammurabi's Code in its most authentic form... Languages: Babylonian/Akkadian

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    Vítor Gaspar's Avatar Protector Domesticus
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    The site looks horrible but it has some really good information.

    Portuguese Online - it is really great in that it is really well written and, phonetically-wise, it has the pronunciations, and even slang, of European and Brazilian Portuguese.
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    Excellent idea! + rep

    William Whitaker's Words is indispensable for any student of Latin.

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    This is an excellent online library of ancient Greek dictionaries. It is very easy to look for words and even includes the famous Liddell Scott dictionary, which is like a bible for students and professors alike.

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    Found a site called Lexicity which contains a number of resources on ancient languages. Textkit also has free downloads for many ancient Greek and Latin textbooks.

    Also, I'd like to mention that language resource products (books/tapes that you purchase) should be posted in the Product Reviews forum. It'd be really great to see some reviews on language products.

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    A very usefull site that allows you to easily learn words and expressions in other languages in the form of a mini-quiz. Contains lessons for most European languages and few Asian and African ones too

    http://www.internetpolyglot.com/lessons-ro-en
    Last edited by Sir Adrian; November 28, 2012 at 04:42 AM.
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