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The following collections of links that might be very useful resources for foreign language(s) students is copy-pasted from http://wordreference.com, and I copy-pasted them in order to share them with you.  

 Enjoy!  

 1. German  
 2. Russian  
 3. Polish  
 4. Ukranian  
 5. Czech  
 6. Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian  
 7. Belarussian  
 8. Macedonian and Bulgarian  
 9. Slovenian, Slovak  
 10. Hebrew  
 11. Arabic  
 12. Italian  
 13. Latin, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek  
 14. French  
 Extra: Various languages  

 If you add information to this post please message winters or kira and ask them to add it to it to table of contents.  
   
   
 1.GERMAN LANGUAGE  
 Dictionaries  
 http://www.dict.cc/ English-German  
 http://www.ponsline.net/cgi-bin/wb/w.pl - English, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish dictionary  
 http://dict.leo.org/ English-German/German-English, French-German/German-French  
 http://pauker.at/deutsch - German bilingual dictionaries  
 http://www.dwds.de/?woerterbuch=1&qu=&last_corpus=DWDS - monolingual dictionary  
 http://www.canoo.net/index_en.html  
 http://wortschatz.uni-leipzig.de/  
 http://www.langenscheidt.de/  
 http://www.lexilogos.com/allemand_l...ctionnaires.htm - monolingual dictionary plus synonymes  
 http://www.iee.et.tu-dresden.de/cgi-...nerr/search.sh he New English-German Dictionary - there are more than 190.000 revised translations in this dictionary  
 http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/ - T Chemnitz – English – German dictionary, with over 182.000 entries  
 Foreignword.com German links - page of links to mono and bilingual german dictionaries  
 http://www.du.nw.schule.de/geds/fach...tsch/dejsp.htm - juvenile slang  
 http://www.redensarten-index.de - a very useful searchable database of idioms and proverbs  

 Encyclopedic references  
 http://www.brockhaus.de/  
 http://www.wissen.de/c/cachehome.html  
 http://www.ilexikon.com/  
 http://www.xipolis.net/  

 Monolingual lexicons  
 http://www.phillex.de/ - philosophy  
 http://www.gesundheit.de/roche/ - medicine  
 http://www.wasser-lexikon.de/ - water  
 http://www.natur-lexikon.com/ - nature  
 http://www.rpi-virtuell.net/verweise/lexartikel.asp - religion  
 http://www.biologie-lexikon.de/Startseite.html - biology  

 Language learning  
 http://www.hueber.de/sixcms/list.php?page=index_the  
 http://germangrammar.gymliestal.ch/  
 http://www.ex.ac.uk/german/abinitio/  
 http://german.about.com/ - for students of all levels  
 http://german.about.com/library/blworttag.htm - a word a day  
 http://www.germanfortravellers.com/ - crashcourse  

 Grammar  
 http://german.about.com/library/blgrammatik.htm  
 http://www.verbix.com/languages/german.shtml - conjugates German verbs  
 http://www.wm.edu/modlang/gasmit/grammar/grammnu.html - basic level, with examples  
 http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/...r/gramlist.htm - online exercises  
 http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~greal/netzgrammatik/grammar.html - declension tables  
 http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~oberle/courses/review.html - essentials of German grammar  

 Rechtschreibreform  
 http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_de...echtschreibung - Rechtschreibreform in a nutshell  

 Pronunciation  
 http://www.ex.ac.uk/german/abinitio/pronounce/ - pronunciation tips/audio  
 http://www.research.att.com/projects/tts/demo.html - synthetic voice representation http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/...a/d0010059.html - verbs + pronunciation  
 http://german.about.com/od/audiolistening/  
 http://www.wm.edu/modlang/gasmit/pronunciation/ - explanation with audio files  

 Culture  
 http://german.about.com/od/culture/  
 http://www.goethe.de/  

 Miscellaneous  
 http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa021024a.htm - German Misnomers, Myths and Mistakes  
 http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/zwiebel...332092,00.html - Zwiebelfisch  

 Press  
 http://www.ftd.de  
 http://www.welt.de  
 http://www.zeit.de  
 http://www.faz.de  
 http://www.sueddeutsche.de  
 http://www.spiegel.de  
 http://www.stern.de  
 http://www.wiwo.de  
 http://focus.msn.de

 

Post edited at 6:57 pm on Oct. 24, 2007 by HazelEyes

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2.RUSSIAN

Dictionaries:
http://www.translate.ru/dictionary.asp?lang=ru - English, German and French, both ways
http://www.rambler.ru/dict/ - English <> Russian <> German
http://www.verb.ru/
http://www.lingvo.ru
http://www.foreignword.com/Tools/dictsrch.htm
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shoo_/218401.html - modern Russian

http://lib.ru - hundreds and hundreds of books in Russian

Grammar:
http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/index.html - interactive online reference
http://www.seelrc.org:8080/grammar/m...?nLanguageID=6 - comprehensive grammar

http://www.freewebs.com/pravit/ - a collection of useful tips

Pronunciation

http://www.freewebs.com/pravit/ - use tips for pronunciation
http://slavic.lang.uiuc.edu/vsobol/ - audio files
http://www.answers.com -the Russian alphabet with a pronunciation guide and examples
http://www.transparent.com/languagep.../FSRussian.htm - audio files with vocabulary for tourists

Writing:
http://www.translate.ru - online convertor both from and in azbuka (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian).
http://www.kada.lt/litwin/keybru.html - Russian keyboard, layout 1
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/ltc/lfa/russkeybd.htm - Russian keyboard, layout 2
http://www.freewebs.com/pravit/ - scroll down to read how to set up your computer to type in Russian
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...r/index_en.htm - tips for writing in Cyrilic
http://www.gwu.edu/~slavic/gw-cyrillic/cyrilize.htm - cyrilize your computer

EDIT: cyrillic didn't display

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3.POLISH


Dictionaries:
http://dict.pl/index.html - PL-EN, EN-PL, PL-DE, DE-PL - with Polish, English and German interface. Polish diacritical marks available
http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/tlumacz.html - in both directions, Polish interface only, diacriticals available for all languages involved: EN, GE, FR (160,000 entries), Hebrew (PL --> HE only, 40,000 entries), SP, IT, RU (25,000 entries)
http://sjp.pwn.pl/slowo.php - a monolingual dictionary, Polish interface only (over 80,000 entries)
http://so.pwn.pl/slowo.php?co= - dictionary of ortography, Polish interface only
http://swo.pwn.pl/slowo.php?co= dictionary of foreign words, Polish interface only
http://www.netsprint.pl/serwis/dictionary - an English, German, French, Spanish and Italian dictionary (both directions), over 600,000 entries
http://www.leksyka.pl/ - with over 225,000 entries, English and German (many entries accessible to paying users only)
http://akson.sgh.waw.pl/~anthon/slownik.html - 15,000 entries
http://www.polish-dictionary.com/ - English-Polish only, with 2,000 entries
http://synonimy.ux.pl/ - thesaurus

Specialized dictionaries:
http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/Polish.html - dictionary of slang with English explanations
http://poprzednia.univ.gda.pl/slang/ - dictionary of slang with English definitions
http://felsztyn.tripod.com/id16.html a dictionary of military ranks and their equivalents in BE
http://www.idg.pl/slownik/index_alfabetyczny.asp?slownik=pa English into Polish IT dictionary
http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/animals/polish.html a mini dictionary of animal’s sounds

Translators:
http://translatica.pwn.pl/index_i.php?a=001 Polish into English, English into Polish translator (link to the page with English interface)
http://www.poltran.com/ same as above

Search tips:
search - szukaj
log in – zaloguj (si&#281;)
log out – wyloguj (si&#281;)
moderator – moderator
admin – administrator
frequently asked questions (FAQ) – cz&#281;sto zadawane pytania (FAQ also often seen)
user – u&#380;ytkownik
registration – rejestracja
profile – profil
password – has&#322;o
cancel – anuluj
archive – archiwum
thesaurus – s&#322;ownik synonimów
entry – has&#322;o

Writing:
http://www.terena.nl/library/multili...ll.html#Polish - the Polish keyboard
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~atpc/learn/tools/pl-alphabet.html Polish alphabet with audio pronunciation, diacritical marks

Vocabulary:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~atpc/learn/tools/commonwords.html - the most common words
Conversation - IT, SP, RU

Grammar:
http://www.seelrc.org:8080/grammar/m...?nLanguageID=4 - comprehensive grammar
http://grzegorj.w.interia.pl/gram/isoen/gram1.html - grammar in a nutshell
http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/grammar.pdf - a grammar guide
http://lightning.prohosting.com/~popolsku/ - a grammar guide
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Basic_P...anguage_course - grammar on Wiki in English
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%99zyk_polski - grammar on Wiki in Polish

Pronunciation:
http://www.transparent.com/languagep...h/FSPolish.htm - audio files with vocabulary for tourists
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~atpc/learn/tools/pl-alphabet.html Polish alphabet with audio pronunciation, diacritical marks
http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/firstyear/sounds.pdf - explanation of pronunciation

Polish online courses
http://lepolonais.free.fr/ - in French
http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/firstyear/ - in English
an excellent self-contained course: EN (complete), SP, Portuguese, Dutch (under construction)

Facts about Poland, culture, history, language:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~atpc/research/link-polish.html - a compilation of many links about Poland
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~atpc/heritage/articles.html - a compilation of links related to culture and history
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%99zyk_polski - history, dialects, phonetics, grammar and changes of Polish
http://www.wirtualnafrancja.com/ - links to Polish and French related sites

Polish names:
http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/pol.html - most common names used in Poland, etymological explanations
http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/namelist.html#polish - most common first names, their position in the calendar
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~atpc/learn/tools/surname-origins.html - origins of surnames

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4.UKRAINIAN

Dictionaries:
http://www.slovnyk.org/cgi-bin/dic.cgi?if=uk-ua - English, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarussian
http://www.ukrainiandictionary.com/listing.asp - English-Ukrainian (both directions)
http://www.ukrainiandictionary.com/dictionnaire.asp - French-Ukrainian (one direction only)
http://lingresua.tripod.com/cgi-bin/oluaen.pl - Ukrainian-English (one direction only)
http://lingresua.tripod.com/cgi-bin/onlinedic.pl - English-Ukrainian (one direction only)

Pronunciation:
http://www.transparent.com/languagep...SUkrainian.htm - audio files with vocabulary for tourists

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To deal with the terrors of existence.


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5.CZECH

Dictionaries:
http://slovniky.centrum.cz/ - very comprehensive, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian. P&#345;eložit - translate
http://slovnik.seznam.cz/ - very comprehensive, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian. P&#345;elož - translate
http://www.slovnik.cz/ - very comprehensive, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Latin.
http://www.rewin.cz/WebForm1.aspx - English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Polish, Romanian

Grammar:
http://www.bohemica.com/ - grammar, exercises, conversation
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/slavic/dept...tentsclass.htm - thorough explanations in English
http://www.seelrc.org:8080/grammar/m...?nLanguageID=2 - comprehensive grammar in English
http://mujweb.cz/www/WinCzEduc/grammar/verbs.html - useful grammar schemes
http://www.locallingo.com/ - highlights of grammar, exercises
http://www.lf3.cuni.cz/cestina/grammar/index.php - a practical guide

Writing:
http://www.bohemica.com/czechonline/czechkeyboard/ - the Czech keyboard

Culture:
http://ld.johanesville.net/cestina - playing with Czech words, curiosities
http://www.radio.cz/en/archive/abc - Czech language and culture taught in a particularly interesting way, and in English (WARNING! ADDICTIVE)
http://mujweb.cz/www/WinCzEduc/history/lesson1.html - Czech history in English
http://citanka.cz/ - Czech literature (a collection of old texts and many useful links)

Vocabulary:
http://www.czechprimer.org/contents.html - little Czech primer in pictures

For turists:
http://www.locallingo.com/ - vocabulary with audio files
http://www.czechinfocenter.com/e.mag/czech/czau.html - essential Czech phrases
http://www.transparent.com/languagep...ch/FSCzech.htm - audio files with vocabulary for tourists

Pronunciation
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~houtzage/czedownloadsmp3.html - downloadable audio files (Winnie-the-Pooh, Alice in Wonderland)
http://www.locallingo.com/ - audio files explaining pronunciation
http://www.transparent.com/languagep...ch/FSCzech.htm - audio files with vocabulary for tourists

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To deal with the terrors of existence.


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6.SERBIAN, CROATIAN, BOSNIAN

http://www.krstarica.com/dictionary/

   * Serbian-English Dictionary on the Internet Cruiser contains 260.000 words
   * German-Serbian Dictionary on the Internet Cruiser contains 113.000 words

Grammar:
http://www.seelrc.org:8080/grammar/m...?nLanguageID=1 - comprehensive grammar

Dictionaries:
http://www.eudict.com/ - online bilingual Croatian-English dictionary with over 160,000 entries and alphabetical browsing in both languages, also a Croatian-Dutch dictionary in both directions
http://www.taktikanova.hr/eh/ -a symmetrical English-Croatian and Croatian-English dictionary designed for translators, strictly focused to determine economical and accurate translations, with word equivalents rather than description of terms, and over 210,000 entries.
http://www.rjecnik.net/ - over 200 000 entries, online bilingual Croatian-English dictionary, with advanced search, example sentences, and other options
http://www.webedit4all.com/glagol/ - online bilingual Croatian-Dutch dictionary is an ongoing project to create a lexical database that goes beyond the tourist editions that have been the only previous dictionaries.
http://www.juga.com/engyu/ - online bilingual SerboCroatian-English dictionary
http://spraakdata.gu.se/termin/ - with Swedish-SerboCroatian and Swedish-Turkish dictionaries and a list of technical dictionaries
http://lexin.nada.kth.se/sve-kro.shtml - bilingual Swedish-Croatian dictionary designed primarily for the needs of immigrants; includes Swedish monolingual dictionary with sound pronunciations in MP3 audio format.
http://www.srce.hr/~zskiljan/rjecnik.html - Croatian-English bilingual glossary of computer science terminology
http://www.hnk.ffzg.hr/hml/ - English-Croatian dictionary of information technology terms, with English words and their Croatian equivalents
http://jagor.srce.hr/HAD/rjecnik.htm - translation of insurance terminology from English into Croatian in HTML format
http://www.hnk.ffzg.hr/ - the objective of this project is the compilation and analysis of the representative Croatian texts, both older and contemporary, in the form of the corpus the usage of which is applicable for all kinds of Croatistic, lexicographic and lexicological research. Searchable online.
http://www.croatianroots.com/dictionary.html - genealogical dictionary English-Croatian)

Grammar:
http://www.seelrc.org:8080/grammar/...p?nLanguageID=1 - comprehensive grammar
http://www.verba.org/owa-verb/verba_dba.verba_main.create_verbs_page?lang=HR&let ter=&status=1
- conjugation of verbs

Pronunciation:
http://www.hr/hrvatska/language/izgovor.en.htm - a pronunciation guide
Audio files
http://www.visit-croatia.co.uk/croatianfortravellers/ - Croatian for travellers (audio files)
http://lexin.nada.kth.se/sve-kro.shtml - a Swedish dictionary with audio files

Language:
http://www.croatians.com/tie.htm - etymology of the word Hrvatska
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/sh.htm - tongue twisters

For tourists:
http://onlinelearning.lingnet.org/Se...de/default.htm
http://www.hr/hrvatska/language/index.en.htm - useful phrases, in English and Spanish
http://skeravec.chez-alice.fr/ - useful phrases in French
http://www.bugeurope.com/essentials/croatian.html - a very brief collection of conversation phrases
http://www.makarska-croatia.com/info...e/crolang.html - useful words and phrases

Living in Croatia:
http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/co...a/crIndex.html - useful information about everyday life, with vocabulary, audio and video files

Croatian press, television, and radio:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/croatian/ - BBC in Croatian
http://www2.dw-world.de/croatian/ - Deutsche Welle in Croatian
http://www.danas.org/ - Croatian news

Croatian music:
http://david.national-anthems.net/hr.htm - national anthem
http://www.hr/darko/etf/akordi.html - folk songs
http://members.tripod.com/~iago/translate/croat.htm - ‘Silent Night’ in Croatian

Literature:
http://aatseel.org/croatlit/croataatseel2.htm - a collection of Croatian poetry)
http://www.ffzg.hr/infoz/dzs/popis.htm - a rich collection of Croatian literature online (not under copyright)

Acknowledgement: This list largely draws on this source - survival guide (useful phrases with pronunciation)


Dictionaries:
http://lexin.nada.kth.se/sve-bos.shtml - bilingual Swedish-Bosnian dictionary designed primarily for the needs of immigrants; includes Swedish monolingual dictionary with sound pronunciations in MP3 audio format

Grammar:
http://www.bosnianlanguage.com/ - grammar, culture, history of the language
http://home.freeuk.com/iandart/# - grammar and useful phrases

Grammar:
http://www.seelrc.org:8080/grammar/...p?nLanguageID=1 - comprehensive grammar

Pronunciation:
http://home.freeuk.com/iandart/# - without audio files, but transliteration facilitates pronunciation

Culture, language:
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Bosniaks - people, culture, language
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Bosnian_language - more detailed information about the language

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7.BELARUSSIAN

Dictionaries:
http://www.belarusguide.com/dictiona...blr/index.html - Belarussian <--> English
http://slounik.prv.pl/ - Belarussian <--> Polish
http://www.knihi.com/bib/movy.html - a downloadable Belarussian <--> Russian dictionary (10,000 entries)

Writing:
http://txt.knihi.com/www/padrucnik/alfabet.htm - alphabet (in Belarussian and Russian only)
http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~np214/lacin.htm - Lacinka
http://knihi.com/lacinizatar/ - online converter

Pronunciation:
http://txt.knihi.com/www/padrucnik/vymaulennie.htm - in Belarussian and Russian only
http://www.belarusguide.com/dictiona...nds/index.html - audio files

Vocabulary:
http://www.belarusguide.com/dictiona...r/special.html - basic phrases
http://www.pravapis.org/art_phrases1.asp - basic phrases (Russian, Bulgarian and English)

Grammar:
http://txt.knihi.com/www/padrucnik/lad_movy.htm - in Belarussian and Russian only
http://www.belarusguide.com/dictiona...mar/index.html - introduction
http://txt.knihi.com/taraskievic/hramatyka/index.htm - traditinal grammar

Learners:
http://www.belarus-misc.org/download/download.htm#top - a downloadable textbook
http://txt.knihi.com/www/padrucnik/downloads.htm - a downloadable textbook (in Belarussain and Russian only)

Language:
http://vitba.org/ - fundamentals of modern Belarussian
http://www.belarus-misc.org/bel-ling.htm - history and current state of the Belarusian language
http://www.pravapis.org/articles.asp - resources for linguists

Culture, life:
http://www.belarusguide.com/main/index.html - virtual guide to Belarus
http://www.belarus-misc.org/ - miscellaneous

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8.MACEDONIAN AND BULGARIAN

bulgarian
Dictionaries:
http://sa.dir.bg/ - online English dictionary (both directions)
http://webtrance.skycode.com/online.asp - online translator

Writing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transli...n_into_English - transliteration into English
http://www.kirildouhalov.net/language/alphabet.html - alphabet and pronunciation

Pronunciation:
http://www.kirildouhalov.net/language/alphabet.html - pronunciation

For tourists:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_....2 8Slavic.29 - common phrases

macedonian

Dictionaries:
http://www.idividi.com.mk/recnik/index.htm - English, German, French, Italian, Albanian, Greek (both directions)
http://www.freelang.net/dictionary/macedonian.html downloadable Macedonian --> English dictionary (freeware, Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K/XP)

Writing:
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/macedonian.htm - alphabet
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/macedonian.html - fonts

Grammar:
http://www.seelrc.org:8080/grammar/m...?nLanguageID=3 - comprehensive

Online courses:
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/macedonian.html - for beginners

Pronunciation:
http://www.unc.edu/~bbiljana/MKDtutorial.html - reading and pronouncing, an interactive tutorial

Language, culture history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_language - Wikihttp://www.factbites.com/topics/Macedonian-language - facts about the language http://www.lonweb.org/link-macedonian.htm - a rich collection of links
http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/ - an online review of Macedonian affairs, history and culture
http://www.tunisiadaily.com/answers/macedonia.html - history
http://www.culture.in.mk/ - current cultural life
http://www.makedonija.info/culture.html#top - cultural wealth
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/...edonia/mk.html - internet resources

Media:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/macedonian/ - BBC news

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9.SLOVENIAN, SLOVAK

slovenian
Dictionaries:
http://www.ijs.si/cgi-bin/rac -slovar English-Slovenian (and vice versa) dictionary of computer science
http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/sft/ - common expressions
http://bos.zrc-sazu.si/sskj.html - dictionary of standard Slovenian (monolingual)

Specialized vocabulary:
http://www.gov.si/evrokor/index.php?jezik=angl - a searchable database of EU legislation translated in English

Grammar:
http://www.answers.com/topic/slovenian-grammar
- a brief description
English-Slovenian (and vice versa) dictionary of computer science


Pronunciation:
http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/sft/ - alphabet and pronunciation with exercises

slovak
Dictionaries:
http://slovnik.zoznam.sk/ - EN, DE, FR, SP dictionary (both directions) http://www.cassovia.sk/dict.php3 - English dictionary (both directions, 20,000 words)
http://www.otpalca.sk/ - English dictionary (both directions)
http://www.learnslovak.com/index.php?pageID=2 - English dictionary (both directions)
http://dent.ii.fmph.uniba.sk/ui/dict.html - English dictionary (both directions)
http://kssj.juls.savba.sk/ - English dictionary (both directions)

Grammar:
http://www.learnslovak.com/index.php?pageID=3 - grammar overview
http://www.hravaslovencina.wz.cz/start.htm - playing with words, grammar exercises (in Slovak only)

Writing:
http://www.terena.nl/library/multili...ll.html#Slovak - Slovak keyboard

Pronunciation:
http://www.learnslovak.com/index.php?pageID=3&lesson=1 - spelling and audio files

Culture:
http://www.infovek.sk/predmety/slovencina/index.php - literature

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Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
To deal with the terrors of existence.


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10.HEBREW

2a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_alphabet
(about the Hebrew alphabet)
2b. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niqqud
(about Hebrew diactritics)
2c. http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/decision4.html
(rules for spelling Hebrew without vowels)
2d. http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/decision5.html
(rules for Hebrew puntuation)
2e. http://www.amhaaretz.org/translit/
(virtual Hebrew keyboard)
2f. http://yuval.memebot.com/keyboard/hebrew.htm
(another virtual Hebrew keyboard)
2g. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hebrew.htm
(all about the Hebrew writing system)
2h. http://t2.technion.ac.il/~szehavi/
(rules for vowelizing Hebrew)

3a. http://ivrit4u.com/
(Hebrew for German speakers)
3b. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/babel-site/
(click on "Hebrew" for basic vocabulary and grammar)
5a. http://milon.morfix.co.il/
(Hebrew-English/English-Hebrew, entries are listed alphabetically within search results, vowelized spelling)
5b. http://www.hebrewatmilah.org/maskilon1/index.htm
(root-based Hebrew-English dictionary, only part of it is published online for free use)
5c. http://www.hebrewatmilah.org/maskilon3/index.htm
(Hebrew-English, arranged by vowelized spelling, but notes unvowelized spelling when it differs, no search capability)
5d. http://www.hebrewatmilah.org/maskilon4/index.htm
(English-Hebrew)
5e. http://www.dictionary.co.il/index.php
(English-Hebrew dictionary, arranged by category)
5f. http://www.milon.co.il/ (
English-Hebrew picture dictionary)
5g. http://www.snunit.k12.il/cgi-bin/aradic/aradic.pl
(Arabic-Hebrew dictionary/Hebrew-Arabic)
5h. http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/
(Hebrew encyclopedia)
8a. http://www.maariv.co.il
(Israeli newspaper)
8b. http://www.haaretz.co.il
(Israel newspaper)
8c. http://www.hebrewtoday.com/ntext.asp?psn=1084
(has vowels and is written in simple Hebrew)
8d. http://www.isratv.com/
(Israeli TV)
8e. http://www.surfmusic.de/israel.htm
(Israeli radio)
8f. http://www.mikesradioworld.com/mideast.html
(Mideast radio stations)
8g. http://www.radioshowlinks.com/display.aspx/cid/c31252
(Israeli radio)
8h. http://www.virtualtuner.com/dir/ByCountry/Israel/
(Israeli radio)

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Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
To deal with the terrors of existence.


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Whoa, thanks for taking the time to make this topic ..It's great although you might wanna edit some parts and I think they might sticky it.

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11.ARABIC


2a. http://www.hejleh.com/tree/names.html
2b. http://wahiduddin.net/words/99_pages/app_a_pronunciation.htm
2c. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/a/ar/arabic_pronunciation.htm
2d. http://www.hfac.uh.edu/mcl/karima/arabic/alphabet/alphabet.htm
(a list of the Arabic letters with pronunciation links)
2e. http://www.arabic2000.com/arabic/alphabet.html
(a list of the letters: click to hear the pronunciation)
3a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_alphabet
(about the Arabic alphabet)
3b. http://www.sakkal.com/ArtArabicCalligraphy.html
(about calligraphy)
3c. http://www.webarabic.com/portail/apprendre/prenoms/index.php
(transliteration of some names into Arabic [French site])
3d. http://www.al-islam.com/key.htm
(If you do not have Arabic typing capabilities on your computer you can type the Arabic word[s] out here and copy and paste them onto the forum)
4a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_grammar
(summary of Arabic grammar)
4b. http://home.unilang.org/main/wiki2/index.php/Arabic:_Verb_Reference
(Arabic verb stem patterns and basic conjugation)
4c. http://www.dalilusa.com/Arabic_Course/glossary_arabic_grammar.asp
(Arabic grammatical terminology)
4d. http://www.stt.com.tn/stt_Arabic92.asp
(the Arabic verb)
4e. http://www.multimediaquran.com/quran...ames/index.htm
(Arabic verb conjugations)
8a. http://www.ukindia.com/zar1.htm
(reading)
8b. http://mec.sas.upenn.edu/marhaba/lesson_plans.html
(basic vocabulary and grammar)
8c. http://www.lootah.sch.ae/ArabicTutor/MenuEng.htm
(basic reading and conversation)
8d. (http://www.hfac.uh.edu/mcl/karima/arabic/
(alphabet)
8e. http://www.multimediaquran.com/quran/arabic/
(grammar)
8f. http://www.webarabic.com/portail/apprendre/
(French site)

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Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
To deal with the terrors of existence.


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I bet you had loads of fun compiling all those links together...thanx this is gonna help a lot of people i imagine..if the mods sticky it


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feather tickle me to the bone Give me recipes for happy
with the chemicals gone Drinking freedom from a bottle to
the tune of belong

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12.ITALIAN

http://www.locuta.com (Centro studi italiani)
http://www.italicon.it  (Il portale della cultura...)
http://www.zanichelli.it



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Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
To deal with the terrors of existence.


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13.LATIN, ANCIENT GREEK, MODERN GREEK

LATIN & ANCIENT GREEK
http://www.textkit.com  - enjoy!
http://classics.mit.edu - the Internet classics archive

MODERN GREEK (about)
http://www.greece.org
http://www.kypros.org

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Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
To deal with the terrors of existence.


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