LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGES
INITIATIVE
other useful links
On this page you will find a sampling of web links to assist you in locating information and utilizing resources relating to LCTLs available through the internet. The directory is divided into two sections. The first lists web pages devoted to organizations and libraries which deal with a variety of topics and languages. The second section provides web resources for individual languages and may facilitate your search for further materials on those particular languages. There are many other sites and we encourage you to explore widely, using your search engine.
Professional Organizations and Collective Language Resources
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages is an individual membership organization of more than 7,000 foreign language educators and administrators from elementary through graduate education, as well as government and industry.
http://www.actfl.org/
Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL)
Established in 1969, the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) addresses the professional concerns of administrators from nearly 1,000 departments at two- and four-year colleges and universities.
http://www.adfl.org
BBC Languages
Provides brief introductions through audio and video resources to approximately 40 languages.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/index.shtml
Center for Applied Linguistics
Extensive resource affiliated with the Appalachian Regional Education Laboratory which provides material on a diverse array of linguistic and cultural issues.
http://www.cal.org/
Ethnologue
An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,912 known living languages.
http://www.ethnologue.com/
Interagency Language Roundtable, Webliography of Less Çommonly Taught Languages
Provides a broad variety of web-based resources including professional organization listings and web links.
http://www.govtilr.org/Web_LCTL/multlang.htm
The Library of Congress Global Gateway
Contains a store of materials dealing with many aspects of international culture.
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html
Modern Language Association, Language Map
Interactive map and database showing the use of more than 300 different spoken languages within the U.S., based on 2000 census data.
http://www.mla.org/census_main
National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages
The CouncilNet website is the hub of CouncilNet, the World Wide Web based network for organizations representing the less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) in the United States.
http://www.councilnet.org/
Rotary International
Provides language study scholarships at The Pennsylvania State University.
http://www.rotary.org/
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Language Materials Project
This project includes resources for teaching Less Commonly Taught Languages.
http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/
University of Minnesota , Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA)
CARLA has a project on Less Commonly Taught Languages, including an inventory of languages taught at various colleges and universities.
http://www.carla.umn.edu/lctl/
University of Oregon, Yamada Language Center
The Yamada Language Guides offer extensive guides to language resources on the World Wide Web. The guides contain information on over 140 languages.
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides.html
University of Sussex Language Institute
Provides a variety of LCTL instructional materials
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/1-6-4-8.html
University of Wisconsin , Madison, African Language Sites
Provides a variety of web-based and language instruction materials for the African languages taught at The University of Wisconsin.
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/african.html
Word2Word Guide to Dictionaries
Dictionaries and electronic translators for more than 150 languages.
http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html
Individual Language Resources
Akkadian
Akkadian Cuneiform Page
Web resource on Akkadian alphabet and language, including web links.
http://www.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/Welcome_list.html
Arabic
The National Institute of Technology and Liberal Education,
Arab Culture and Civilization Page
Web resource on Arab Culture.
http://arabworld.nitle.org/index.php
Aramaic
WorldLanguage.com page on Aramaic
Various materials dealing with the Aramaic language and culture.
http://www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/Aramaic.htm
Chinese
University of Northern Iowa Chinese Links Page
Helpful collection of web links covering a variety of topics related to Chinese language and culture.
http://www.uni.edu/becker/chinese2.html
Egyptian
Egyptian (Middle Egyptian) Page
Fonts, discussion boards and other features dealing with Middle Egyptian.
http://www.iut.univ-paris8.fr/~rosmord/EgyptienE.html
Greek
Ancient Greek Resource Page
Materials relating to Ancient Greek from beginning to advanced levels of study.
http://www.greek-language.com/learn.greek/
Hebrew
Columbia University Libraries page for Middle East and Jewish Studies
Directory of web resources and specific linguistic tools such as dictionaries.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/hebrew.html
Hindi
Colorado State University , Hindi Language Resource Page
Lengthy directory of linguistic and cultural lessons and materials.
http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/hindilinks.html
Japanese
University of Wisconsin Japanese Resources
Extensive list of Japanese language and culture tools.
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/japan.html
Korean
Korean Resource Library
Personal page filled with numerous news, culture and language resources.
http://kalaniosullivan.com/Korea/KunsanCity/Korresource2.html
Norwegian
Resources for the Study of Norwegian Page
Background information and language lessons dealing with Norwegian.
http://employees.csbsju.edu/tnichol/norwegian.html
Portuguese
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Foreign Language Resource Center
List of Portuguese resources online. Useful for language and literature sources.
http://scholar.oit.unc.edu/Campus/Rl/FLRC.nsf/doc/5FF6F62CAE7FB8BA85256A5C004D22A2
Russian
University of Northern Iowa , Super Russian Website
Exhaustive listing of websites relating to Russia and the Russian language.
http://www.uni.edu/becker/Russian2.html
Sumerian
Sumerian Language Page maintained by John Halloran
Sumerian language and culture resources.
http://www.sumerian.org/
Swahili
Mwambao.com
Eclectic mix of Swahili cultural resources.
www.mwambao.com
Ukranian
Mongabay.com, Ukranian Resources Page
Academic, cultural and governmental resources relating to Ukraine and the Ukranian language.
http://www.mongabay.com/indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Ukranian.html
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