Learn Languages Online

There are so very many languages in this world. Over six thousand reportedly. But word is that many of them are threatened with extinction. Yikes! Some languages are only spoken in an academic context, and some just aren’t being taught to the next generation. Just think of all of that history and culture dissapearing. I know that these days money can me a bit scarce, so I began wondering how it would be possible for us to expand our horizons through language study and not break the bank. The following list is the result of that pondering. Some of the links listed take you to entire language courses, while others only list useful phrases, but all of them should be free to use. So, choose a language and give it a try.

If you know of any other good, free internet resources for a particular language, especially one not listed here, please comment and tell me about it. I will continue to add to the list.

(Mango Languages is available through the Alameda County Library Website and requires a library card to log in.)

Albanian – (BBC)

Arabic – (Livemocha), (Mango – Levantine)

Basque – (BBC)

Belarusian – (BBC)

Bosnian – (BBC)

Breton -(Kervarker)

Bulgarian – (BBC), (Livemocha)

Catalan – (BBC)

Cherokee – (Cherokees of California)

Chinese – (BBC), (Livemocha – Mandarin), (Mango – Mandarin)

Cornish – (BBC), (Learn Cornish)

Croatian – (BBC), (Livemocha)

Czech – (BBC), (Livemocha)

Danish – (BBC)

Dari – (Mango)

Dutch – (BBC), (Livemocha)

Elvish – (Parma Tyelpelassiva), (Quenya Course)

English – (BBC), (Livemocha), (Mango), (USA Learns)

Esperanto – (Esperanto USA), (lernu)

Estonian – (BBC), (Livemocha)

Farsi – (Livemocha), (Mango)

Finnish – (BBC), (Livemocha)

Flemish – (BBC)

French – (BBC), (Livemocha), (Mango)

German – (BBC), (Livemocha), (Mango)

Greek – (BBC), (Livemocha), (Mango)

Hebrew – (Livemocha), (Mango)

Hindi – (Livemocha), (Mango)

Hungarian – (BBC), (Livemocha)

Icelandic – (BBC), (Livemocha)

Irish – (BBC), (Mango)

Italian – (BBC), (Livemocha), (Mango)

Japanese – (BBC), (Livemocha), (Mango)

Klingon – (Klingon Language Institute)

Korean – (Livemocha), (Mango)

Latin – (National Archives UK – Latin 1086 – 1733), (OpenLearn – Classical), (Ecclesiastical Latin)

Latvian – (BBC)

Lithuanian – (BBC)

Luxembourgish – (BBC)

Macedonian – (BBC)

Maltese – (BBC)

Manx – (Learn Manx)

Norwegian – (BBC)

Pashto – (Mango)

Polish – (BBC), (Livemocha)

Portuguese – (BBC), (Livemocha – Brazil), (Livemocha – Portugal), (Mango – Brazil)

Romanian – (BBC), (Livemocha)

Russian – (BBC), (Livemocha), (Mango)

Scottish Gaelic – (BBC)

Serbian – (BBC)

Slovak – (BBC)

Slovene – (BBC)

Spanish – (BBC), (Livemocha), (Mango – Latin America)

Swedish – (BBC), (Livemocha)

Tagalog – (Mango)

Thai – (Mango)

Turkish – (BBC), (Livemocha), (Mango)

Ukrainian – (BBC), (Livemocha)

Urdu – (BBC), (Livemocha), (Mango)

Vietnamese – (Mango)

Welsh – (BBC)

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