Linguistics

Delve into the field of Linguistics, find resources to help with your writing and explore programs for further study.

"The Language Map uses aggregated data from the 2006–10 American Community Survey (ACS) to display the locations and numbers of speakers of thirty languages commonly spoken in the United States."

A guide to the writing systems and languages of the world. Also contains tips on learning languages, language-related articles, useful phrases in many languages, multilingual texts, a multilingual book store and links to language-related resources.

A topically organized list of resources from SIL International.

Provided by SIL International.

Great resources for ESL teachers and students.

A commercial site aimed at ESL teachers. Check out the Resource Centre for useful classroom materials.

Origins of English words.

Presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds, used to compare and analyze the accents of different native and non-native English speakers.

Captures the diversity of modern spoken English in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. From the British Library.