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101
Languages.net
Contains
essential facts and figures about 35 different languages,
as well as a basic introduction to each one. 
http://www.101languages.net/
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A
Welsh Course
Familiarize
yourself with the Welsh language.
http://www.cs.brown.edu/fun/welsh/
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About.com
A list
of 850 essential English words that was originally devised
by two eminent scholars in the 1920's.
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/bl850_basics.htm
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About.com
Contains
various English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish
language learning resources.
http://www.about.com/education/
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Accelerated
Learning
Multimedia
language learning course that promises fast results.
http://www.acceleratedlearning.com/
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Anglik.net
Basic Polish
phrases and vocabulary.
http://www.anglik.net/polish_phrases.htm
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Auralog
Offers
online e-learning courses in a range of languages.
http://www.auralog.com/
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BBC.co.uk
How good
is your English? Sit the self-test on this website and find
out.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/testthenation/english/
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BBC.co.uk
Learn a
language online, from a simple "hello" to a complete
course - all for free.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/languages.shtml
http://www.bbclanguages.com/
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Babbel
Online
language courses that allow you to study on your own or with
an international study partner.
http://www.babbel.com/
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Babel:
Arabic
An online
Arabic course aimed at tourists that includes sound files
to help you perfect your pronunciation.
http://lexicorient.com/babel/arabic/
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Before
You Know It
BYKI offers
free language software downloads in over 60 different languages.
Students who are serious about learning a language can pay
and upgrade to the Deluxe version of the course.
http://www.byki.com/
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Champs-Elysees
Audiomagazines
For intermediate
to advanced speakers of French, Italian German and Spanish.
http://www.audiomagazine.com/
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Chinese
Pod.com
Learn Mandarin
Chinese using the podcast episodes on this website.
http://www.chinesepod.com/
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Conversational
Mandarin Chinese Online
Listen
and learn basic Mandarin Chinese using sound files. A hardcopy
of each lesson is also available in PDF format.
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/ccol/content.htm
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Croatian
Language
Learn some
basic Croatian phrases.
http://www.hr/hrvatska/language/
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Eloquence
Learn a
language online, consult a dictionary, improve your vocabulary,
or search for a pen pal.
http://www.elok.com/
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English
Online
Free English
language courses for students at every level of learning,
from beginners to advanced.
http://www.english-online.org.uk/
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Fodor's
Essential
phrases covering topics such as dining, airports, asking directions,
health, shopping and more in French, German, Spanish and Italian.
http://www.fodors.com/language/
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Francais
Interactif
Explore
French language and culture with this course from the University
of Texas.
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/
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Free
Online Language Courses
Links to
language courses covering dozens of languages all over the
globe.
http://www.word2word.com/coursead.html
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Friends
Abroad
A global
online community for people learning languages.
http://www.friendsabroad.com/
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French
Assistant.com
Learn French
with the aid of sound files, and active question generating
and pharse learning tools.
http://www.frenchassistant.com/
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German
for Travellers.com
Learn German
using pictures, audio and video files. The site also includes
a useful section on German culture.
http://www.germanfortravellers.com/
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Go
2 Mexico
Spanish
language primer aimed specifically at tourists.
http://www.go2mexico.com/
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Hungarian
Lessons
Learn basic,
intermediate of advanced Hungarian with the help of the online
lessons, sound files, self-tests, quizzes and puzzles at this
website.
http://www.hungarotips.com/hungarian/
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Indian
Language Phrases
Essential
phrases in over two dozen Indian tongues.
http://www.languageshome.com/English.htm
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Indonesian
Language
Essential
words and phrases, grammar and pronunciation.
http://www.indoinfo.com/language/
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Into
Asia
An online
course that teaches basic Thai.
http://www.into-asia.com/thai_language/
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Italicon
Italian
language and culture resource.
http://www.italicon.it/
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Japanese-Online.com
This site
offers a free online dictionary, Japanese lessons, discussion
forum and useful links.
http://www.japanese-online.com/
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Jennifer's
Language Page
At this
site you can learn how to say several essential words and
phrases in hundreds of different languages, including "thank
you" in 465 different languages.
http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/index.htm
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JPN
Goblish.com
Get by
in English with a vocabulary of just 1,500 words.
http://www.jpn-globish.com/file/1500motsGlobish.pdf
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Kindersay
Free online
videos to help pre-school children learn English.
http://www.kindersay.com/
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Korea
Infogate
Learn the
Korean language online.
http://www.koreainfogate.com/tutor/tutor.asp
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Kwintessential
Offers
online and telephone language tuition to students of English
and many other languages.
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/
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Language
Center
Geared
to the needs of travellers, this multi-language tutorial contains
hundreds of words and phases in eight different languages.
Listen to a native speaker give the proper pronunciation of
the words as you read them.
http://content.technologysolutionsgroup.ca/echo_21/Content/27/
TPC/Worldview/content/cs/resources/language1.htm
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LanguageGuide.org
Improve
your vocabulary and pronunciation with the aid of the free
audio courses available on this site; all the major European
languages are covered, as well as Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese
and Mandarin Chinese.
http://www.languageguide.org/
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Learn
Cantonese
Learn basic
Cantonese and make yourself understood in Hong Kong as well
as Canton province.
http://www.cantonese.ca/
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Learn
Direct
Self-study
language courses in French, German, Spanish and English As
A Second Language. The service is only available to British
residents and registration is required.
http://catalogue.learndirect.co.uk/browse/languages/
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Learn
Dutch
Learn to
speak Dutch with an online course that is used in 90 countries
worldwide. If you are in a hurry, or just want to know the
basics, there is a crash course available.
http://www.learndutch.org/
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Learn
English
A British
Council website that contains free materials and resources
to help you practise your English.
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/
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Learn
English
Contains
a wealth of resources to help you learn the English language
and familiarize yourself with British culture and traditions.
http://www.learnenglish.de/
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Learn
English Online
English
lessons for beginners.
http://www.learn-english-online.org/
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Learn
German Online
German
language resource.
http://www.learn-german-online.net/
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Learn
Greek Online!
An online
Greek language school featuring over a hundred 15-minute long
audio files. Registration required.
http://kypros.org/LearnGreek/
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Learn
Plus
Online-only
courses in German and Spanish.
http://www.learnplus.com/
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Learning
Practical Turkish
Just as
it says.
http://www2.egenet.com.tr/mastersj/
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Let's
Learn Farsi
Learn basic
Farsi, the main language of Iran.
http://www.farhangsara.com/Farsi0.htm
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Linese.com
Learn to
speak Chinese.
http://www.linese.com/
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Linguaphone
Learn a
language online with the famous language school.
http://www.linguaphone.com/
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Linguaphone
Daily Services
Every day,
Linguaphone's editorial team will take real news stories from
international press, TV and radio and turn them into self-contained
language lessons.
http://www.linguaphone.com/dailyservices/
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Lingvosoft
Sells foreign
language dictionaries, phrasebooks and flashcards that run
on mobile devices.
http://www.lingvosoft.com/
http://www.lingvosoft.co.uk/
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Listen
Learn
Contains
sound files to help novice, intermediate and advanced students
practice any one of half a dozen European languages.
http://www.listenandlearn.org/
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Mango
Free language
learning system featuring colour coded translations, audio
files, and reading and pronunciation help. The 1,100 lessons,
which cover 11 popular languages, can be accessed online or
downloaded to an MP3 player.
http://www.mangolanguages.com/
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MIT
OpenCourseWare
Full-blown
courses in foreign languages and literature from the world
famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Foreign-Languages-and-Literatures/
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My
Language Exchange.com
An online
service that allows you to practice a foreign languages with
a native speaker who is learning your language. Over 100 different
languages are covered.
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/
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Net
Learn Languages
Live, online
language learning. English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch,
German, Russian and Croatian are just some of the courses
available.
http://www.netlearnlanguages.com/
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One
Stop Polish
Learn some
basic Polish by listening to the audio files on this website.
http://onestoppolish.com/useful_polish_phrases.htm
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Open
Learning
Features
a selected number of free language courses from The Open University.
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
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Parlo
Learn major
European languages online.
http://www.parlo.com/
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Peak
English
Interactive,
online English courses.
http://www.peakenglish.com/
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Polish
Language Phrases
Useful
Polish phrases complete with audio files to help you pronounce
them correctly.
http://www.cs.sfu.ca/people/GradStudents/koperski/personal/audio/polish.html
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Praxis
Learn Spanish
or Chinese with the aid of free daily podcasts and, for paying
students, Skype chats with teachers.
http://praxislanguage.com/
http://blog.praxislanguage.com/
http://chinesepod.com/
http://spanishsense.com/
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Project
Gutenberg
Download
foreign language ebooks for free.
http://www.gutenberg.org/
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Romanian
Lessons
Online
Romanian language tutorial.
http://www.geocities.com/romanianlessons/
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Rosetta
Stone
Subscribe
to one of Rosetta Stone's Dynamic Immersion online language
learning courses; every major tongue from Arabic to Welsh
is available.
http://www.rosettastone.com/
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RusLang
Improve
your Russian and learn more about the country into the bargain.
http://www.ruslang.com/
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SCOLA
SCOLA broadcasts
television programmes from around the world in native languages,
via satellite, cable TV and the internet, so that people around
the world can learn about one anothers cultures, languages
and ideologies.
http://www.scola.org/
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Sonia
Portuguese.com
An online
Portuguese phrasebook that comes complete with MP3 audio files,
to help perfect your pronunciation.
http://www.sonia-portuguese.com/
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Spanish
Uno
Online
Spanish language learning system. The course is free to try,
but you have to pay for the full version.
http://www.spanishuno.com/
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Speak
7
Learn any
one of the following languages online: Arabic, French, German,
Italian, Russian, Spanish.
http://www.speak7.com/
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Speak
Mandarin Campaign
This site
from Singapore, designed to promote the world's most spoken
language, contains a useful section on basic business Mandarin.
http://mandarin.org.sg/html/home.htm
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Study
Spanish
Free online
Spanish tutorial.
http://www.studyspanish.com/
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Survival
Maltese
A Maltese
language introduction course specifically designed for tourists
planning to visit the island.
http://www.aboutmalta.com/language/survival.htm
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Thailand.com
Learn Thai.
http://www.thailand.com/travel/learnthai/learnthai_intro_introduction.htm
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The
French Pod Class
Learn French
using the bite-sized lessons available on this podcast.
http://www.frenchpodclass.com/
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The
Little Czech Primer
Fun-to-use
Czech language primer.
http://www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~ab267/
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The
Open University
Distance
learning courses in French, German and Spanish, each of which
takes a year to complete. Registration required.
http://www.open.ac.uk/beginners-languages/
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Tour
2 Korea
Contains
a Korean language primer aimed at beginner and intermediate
level students.
http://english.tour2korea.com/02Culture/KoreanLanguage/l_korean/
learnKorean.asp?konum=subm1_1&kosm=m2_9
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Travlang.com
The ultimate
foreign language resource on the Net.
http://www3.travlang.com/
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UniLang
Online
language resource: dictionaries, phrasebooks, pronunciation
guides, vocabulary lists, articles, exercises, online courses,
forums, links, etc.
http://www.unilang.org/
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Useful
Swahili Words
Language
primer.
http://www.glcom.com/hassan/swahili.html
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Verbal
Planet
Learn a
language online with the help of your own personal language
tutor.
http://www.verbalplanet.com/
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Vietnamese
Language Primer
Just as
the title says.
http://grunt.space.swri.edu/vietlang.htm
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Wiki
Travel
Hosts online
phrasebooks in a wide range of languages.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:List_of_phrasebooks
http://wikitravel.org/en/article/Wikitravel:List_of_phrasebooks
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Wiki
Travel
Language
primer for a whole range of tongues ranging from Arabic to
Tok Pisin.
http://wikitravel.org/en/article/Wikitravel:List_of_phrasebooks
http://wikitravel.org/en/Chinese_phrasebook
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Word2Word
Features
online dictionaries and translators, online language learning
courses, online translation services, chat translation and
many more resources for a host of world languages.
http://www.word2word.com/
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World
Nomads.com
Free MP3
Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Japanese, Italian, Chinese, Thai,
Indonesian, Hindi and Lao language learning guides.
http://journals.worldnomads.com/language-guides/
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Worldwide
Learning
A huge
directory of online courses around the world.
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/
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