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Languages Around the World

Kids around the world speak thousands of different languages! In this section you can learn some new words in a different language.

Sub-headings:

American Sign Language
Arabic
Chinese
Czech
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hawaiian
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latin
Mohawk
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish

Resources in this category:

1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/: A collection of over 2000 international tongue twisters in more than 100 languages. Several of the entries have translations. Accepts contributions.
Jennifer's Language Page
http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/index.htm: Translations for several basic words and phrases in hundreds of languages including indigenous languages. No pronunciation guide.
Many Ways to Say Merry Christmas
http://www.travlang.com/xmas.html: Did you know that Brazilians say "Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo" at Christmas? This site tells you how people from dozens of nations around the world say "Merry Christmas."
Say Hello to the World
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/hello/: Are you interested in learning to speak another language? Here you can learn over 30 and you can learn about the people who speak that language, too!
Useful Expressions and Greetings in 26 Languages
http://www.nypl.org/branch/central/dlc/df/useful.html: From "Good morning" to "Good night", and "Happy Birthday" to "Happy Anniversary", this is the site where you can learn these useful phrases (and many more!) in twenty-six languages --including Chinese, Danish, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese.

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