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Other Non-English Languages

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De Tudo Um Pouco: A Course in European Portuguese
http://homepage.mac.com/mikeharland/dtup/godtup.html
Online version of an integrated course book with multimedia software used at the University of Glasgow.
The Dictionary Of The Spoken Taino Language
http://members.dandy.net/~orocobix/tedict.html
A dictionary of terms from the language of the Taino, the indigenous people of the Carribean. The dictionary has an English and a Spanish version.
The Mohawk Language Standardization Project
http://www.kanienkehaka.com/msp/msp.htm
"In August 1993, the Mohawk Language Standardisation Conference met at Tyendinaga to decide on a standard, written form of Mohawk. The conference was co-sponsored by the six Mohawk First Nations and supported by the Ontario ministries of Education and Training, of Citizenship, and of Culture, Tourism and Recreation." This is the report of that conference.
Native Languages of the Americas
http://www.native-languages.org/
Operated by a small non-profit, this site has online materials for over 800 indigenous Native American languages across the Western Hemisphere. In addition to the information on the site itself, there is a fairly extensive links section for more about Native American languages.
Online Romanian Lessons
http://www.romanianlessons.com/
A series of lessons created by "two American guys who have a real interest in the Romanian language and people." Includes some sound clips in .wav and .mp3 format.
Romanian - English Dictionary
http://www.dictionare.com/
Online Romanian English Dictionary.
Sakha Open World - Yakut (Sakha) Pronunciation Guide
http://sakhaopenworld.org/library/yakut_pronunciation.html
This site is a pronunciation guide to the Sakha language (also called the Yakut language) of northeastern Siberia (the Sakha Republic) in northeastern Russia. It includes English translations of some words, and offers a link to read and listen to Yakut proverbs. You can also link here to a Sakut (Yakut) discussion forum.
A Small Lexicon of Tsalagi Words
http://public.csusm.edu/guests/raven/cherokee.dir/cherlexi.h...
Tsalagi/Cherokee words for animal names, nouns, adjectives, verbs, names and other miscellaneous items compiled by a non-native speaker.
Teaching Indigenous Languages
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/TIL.html
"The Teaching Indigenous Languages Web Site contains 46 full text papers from indigenous languages conferences that focused on stabilizing, teaching, and revitalizing endangered languages (mostly American Indian languages) held in 1989, 1997, and 1998. It also has full text columns on American Indian/Alaska Native education from the newsletter of the National Association for Bilingual Education from 1990 to the present. There are also links to many other American Indian Education and Bilingual Education sites."
Virdainas - A Sūdovian Dictionary
http://www.suduva.com/virdainas/
Virdainas is the dictionary for the Sūdovian language. The dictionary lists words from English to Sūdovian and vice versa. Under a section called Conversation, common Sūdovian phrases are translated into English.
Viteliu
http://www.evolpub.com/LCA/VTLhome.html
Information about the languages spoken in Italy before Latin was generally adopted.
Welsh Informationary
http://www.gwybodiadur.co.uk/
A directory of information on Welsh language and culture, with numerous resource links.

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