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Language Learning Links - Multilingual

General Websites

• Interactive IPA Chart
Comments: One of the most important tools in linguistics; see J.C. Catford's classic text, A Practical Introduction to Phonetics, for an explanation of it

• Omniglot
Comments: A beautiful website with summary explanations of many different languages

• Lexilogos
Comments: A collection of language dictionaries and online multilingual keyboards

• Book2 Audio Trainer
Comments: An audio phrasebook that has been translated into 50 different languages

• Forvo Pronunciation Dictionary
Comments: Recordings of individual words

• HiNative Language Exchange
Comments: Ask native speakers for explanations or corrections

Books & Articles

[We have put together a series of language learning tools elsewhere.]

• Kató Lomb - Polyglot: How I Learn Languages [Summary]
Comments: A "polyglot" is a person who speaks multiple languages. Kató Lomb was an interpreter of around 16 different languages.

• Frederick Bodmer - The Loom Of Language
Comments: This is a classic polyglot reference, particularly the wordlists that compare Romance Languages, Germanic Languages, and Greek Roots.

• 808CJK
Comments: This is an online copy of the Common Vocabulary Dictionary of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean made by the Trilaterial Cooperation Secretariat. Here is just the wordlist from the same book. I will try to translate the example sentences and usage notes into English sometime in the near future.

• iReviews - 34 Great Apps and Resources to Help You Learn a Language
Comments: A fantastic run down of many of the apps and services for learning multiple languages, whether free or paid

YouTube Channels / Videos (In no particular order)

• NativLang

• Tim Doner - Breaking The Language Barrier (TEDxTeen 2014)

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