Modern Languages

A directory of over 8000 dictionaries and glossaries.

Includes a general Japanese-English dictionary, several specialized subject dictionaries, as well as Kanji search.

Includes some newer and several older dictionaries for various South Asian languages such as Hindi, Tamil and Urdu.

36 dictionaries presented by the Institute of Indology and Tamil Studies, Cologne University.

Provided by SIL International.

Instantly translates words or text passages to and from over 50 languages.

"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.

Collection of media materials for various languages, including clips illustrating regional variations of widely-spoken languages.

Instructional materials on many languages from the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition.

Lessons in American Sign Language from Gallaudet University

A topically organized list of resources from SIL International. Includes grammars and dictionaries of numerous languages.

Provided by SIL International.