- Aboriginal Languages of Australia
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Aotearoa-New Zealand |
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages
There are more than 200 Australian Indigenous languages, most of which have been destroyed; all the others are endangered. This site has annotated links to 140 resources for nearly 40 of these languages. About 30% of these resources are produced by Indigenous people.
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- More sites on www.dnathan.com
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- Australian Aboriginal Languages
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Pacific - South |
- Aymara Uta
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- Introduction to the language,
culture and history of the Aymara People. In Spanish and English
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- B.N.O. Walker's Wyandot Vocabulary
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Wyandot |
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- A short list of phonetic transcriptions, supplied by CA Buser Walker.
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- More sites on www.wyandot.org
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- cariblanguage
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Caribbean Islands |
- indigenous languages of the caribbean
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- Cös'a l'è a Padania - Che cos'è la Padania
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Europe & Russia |
- A short overview of the Padanian language, spoken in southern Europe.
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- More sites on www.geocities.com
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- Dum Baal-dum
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Tsimshian |
US - Alaska |
- Dum Baal-dum (We Will Try)is designed to give those interested in the Tsimshian Language, Shim-al-gyack, an opportunity to help preserve their culture. The teaching method is designed to be used with any language and with any mixed age group with no pressure.
Sha-aam-dza waan
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- El Quichua de Santiago del Estero
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Quechua |
America - South |
- A grammar of Santiago del Estero Quechua Language. Author: Jorge Alderetes (Tucuman, Argentina). In spanish.
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- Eurolang
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Europe & Russia |
- Eurolang® is a specialist niche news agency covering topics related to lesser-used languages, linguistic diversity, stateless nations and national minorities within the European Union.
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- Indigenous Languages
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America - South |
- This site offers 11,000 words
from 314 different Native American
languages alive and extinct. All
words are translated into Portuguese,
Spanish and English.
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- More sites on geocities.com
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- Ipheji labakhuluma isiZulu
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Africa |
- This site is in Zulu.
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- More sites on www.geocities.com
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- Juanas pag
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Q'anjob'al |
America - Central |
- Learn the Mayan language Q'anjob'al, spoken in the north-west of Guatemala.
Web site in english, spanish, swedish and q'anjob'al!
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- Kia Ata Mai Educational Trust
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Maori |
Aotearoa-New Zealand |
- Kia ora koutou. Kia Ata Mai Educational Trust provides Maori Language resources and research. Come and have a look.
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- Learn Maori Language
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Maori |
Aotearoa-New Zealand |
- Study the basics of the Mâori Language, through online video movie lessons. Learn to korero or speak Te Reo Mâori and get links to Mâori Language resources and organisations to help you
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- Lenguas Indígenas de la Amazonía (LINDA)
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America - South |
- Página interactiva de la Red de Lenguas Indígenas de la Amazonía, cuya coordinación
asume hoy Abya-Yala, como instrumento para reunir, conectar y difundir información.
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- More sites on www.abyayala.org
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- Linguasphere - classifying the world's languages, dialects and speech communities
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- The Linguasphere Observatory is a research network devoted to the classification of the world's languages and dialects, the study and promotion of multilingualism and the exploration of our global linguistic environment
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- LSA/CELP Endangered Language Database
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US - Southwest |
- The Linguistic Society of America's Committee on Endangered Languages and Their Preservation database includes information from one hundred and nine (109) language researchers reporting on 151 languages/dialects.
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- Maori Bibliography
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Maori |
Aotearoa-New Zealand |
- More sites on www2.waikato.ac.nz
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- Maori Language Information
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Maori |
Aotearoa-New Zealand |
- Contains Information on the
Maori language of New Zealand.
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- Mi'kmawi'simk
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Mi'kmaw |
Canada - Eastern |
- Mi'kmawi'simk is a French/Mi'kmaw web site asking help from anayone that can help complete the lexicon by suggesting mi'kmaw words or expressions. Canadian laws regarding natives, Mi'kmaw history since occupation by european, lots of links.
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- Ojibwe Language Resources
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Anishinaabe |
Canada - Northern |
- Originally developed Ojibwe language resources, including teaching aids and CD Rom available. Dynamic and experienced Native staff provide services, training, and program delivery in-community or on-campus that is culturally relevant
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- More sites on www.saultc.on.ca
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- Preserving Taiwan's Indigenous Languages and Cultures
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Asia |
- by Feng-fu Tsao, Kokugakuin University.
In Taiwan, as in many other parts of the world, indigenous languages and cultures are quickly being diluted because of the fast expansion of the majority language in the country. Recently in Taiwan as well as in some other places, people have learned the hard way to see things differently. |
- Quecha material from Serafin M. Coronel-Molina
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Quechua |
America - South |
- This site provides a wide range of information on Quechua language, literature and culture, language programs, linguistics, and miscellany. It also has numerous links to other sites on indigenous languages of the Americas.
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- The Ancient Baybayin Scripts Network
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- The Ancient Baybayin Scripts Network(ABSN) is a community of open forum academic exchange & discussion on the ancient writing scripts & writing systems of the Philippines and the writings of Baybayin(Alibata)scripts in the many languages of the Philippines. The Alibata forum brings unique,rare, and diverse topics about Ivatan syntax, Igorot Studies, Hanunoo-Mangyan poetry, Kinaray-a semantics, ambahan, computer fonts, ethnobotany, ethnopoetics, Surat Mangyan, Philippine ethnolinguistic groups, epigraphy, ethnomedicine, Aklanon phonetics, Bisayan genetic classification, Pangasinan grammar, Sambal proverbs, Agta linguistics, Ilonggo morphology, Mindanao news, & Lumad tribes.
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- More sites on groups.yahoo.com
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- the House of the small languages
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Europe & Russia |
- virtual monument devoted to the seriously endangered languages, all over the world. It is a virtual work of art, in permanent evolution
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- Turkcestan
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Turkic |
Asia |
- Orientaal's links to Turkic languages
Knowing Turkish, you only have to make a relatively small effort to understand other Turkic languages such as Azeri, Turkmen, Tatar, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz. The best way to achieve this is by reading (and listening to) documents in these languages. This page wants to provide you with the opportunity to get in contact with Turkic languages on the Web. Documents are selected solely from a linguistic point of view.
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- UNESCO Redbook on Endangered languages in Northeast Asia
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Asia |
- Juha Janhunen divided languages into seven categories, which he called (i) extinct, (ii) moribund or extinct, (iii) moribund, (iv) endangered or moribund, (v) endangered, (vi) potentially endangered, and (vii) not endangered languages.
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- Vietnam Lexicography Center
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Asia |
- A non-governmental
scientific-technological institution
Our Publications
Information on Lexicography
How to order
E-mail: vietlex@fpt.vn
URL: http://www.vietlex.com.vn
Established: 1993
Director: Hoang Phe
The Center has the following tasks:
- To promote systematic research into lexicography
(Vietnamese and general);
- Research and application of computational
lexicography for dictionary making;
- Compilation and publication of various kinds of
language dictionaries and reference books;
- Training of dictionary compilers and lexicographers.
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