The American Dialect Homepage
Resource for both linguistic and literary scholars about regional varieties of
English in the United States and Canada. Includes maps, annotated link directory, ...

Lumbee Language and Lumbee English Dialect
Native language and dialect of the Lumbee Indians, with links to Lumbee culture,
history, and genealogy.

Frisian
The history and status of the Frisian and its relation to English and Dutch.

Language Varieties
Varieties of language that differ from the standard variety normally used in the
media and taught in the schools.

Old English Language
Introduction to Old English from the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. Covers Germanic
origins; Latin, Norse, and Celtic influence; dialects, phonology, ...

Hawaiian Language
A brief description of the Hawaiian Language.

Ojibwe Language (Ojibway, Chippewa, Ojibwa, Anishinaabemowin)
Linguistic information with links to the tribe's culture, history and genealogy.

Aboriginal English
A general description of Australian Aboriginal English, including examples of
vocabulary, grammar, and phonology.

Learning Nahuatl
Grammar, dictionaries, texts and a mailing list on Nahuatl.

Ethnologue - Languages of Liberia
Information about the living languages of the African country including population,
region, classification, dialects and alternate names.

Encyclopedia of North American Indians - - Cree Language
Essay on the Cree language, dialects, grammar, and current usage situation.

Learn Kurdish Online
Courses to learn Kurdish in English and Turkish.

Origins of the English Language
Merriam-Webster Online article uses a passage from Aelfric's Homily on St.
Gregory to show the similarities and differences between Old English and Modern ...

The Walloon Language Page
Information (linguistics, sociolinguistics, dialectology, history) about Walloon,
a traditional dialect spoken in Wallonie (Southern Belgium).

Description of African American Vernacular English
An unannotated bibliography.

Language Families
Introduction to the major language families, including Indo-European, Uralic,
Altaic, and Afro-Asiatic.

Sicilian Culture: The Language, Dialect, Quotes & Grammar: Proverbs
Small collection in Sicilian, with English literal translation and idiom.

Chronology: History of English
"Chronology of Events in the History of English" summarizing the emergence and
evolution of the language spanning 5 millenia.

International Dialects of English Archive
Collection of freely downloadable recordings of real people speaking English in
their own native accents and dialects. Nearly 300 4-minute MP3 samples ...

A Matter of Survival - Aboriginal English
A summary of the status of Aboriginal English.

A Defence of Singlish
An argument of why Singaporeans should celebrate Singlish, not suppress it.

The Anglo-Saxons and Their Language
Explains who the Anglo-Saxons were, where their language came from, and what
their language was like. Also describes the relationship of Old English to other ...

West Virginia Mingos
Dedicated to the preservation and revitalization of Unyffshfvtka', the language
of the West Virginia Mingo. Includes a Mingo alphabet, dictionary, texts, ...

Center for Applied Linguistics: Ebonics Information
A collection of policy papers on Ebonics.

History and Status of the Welsh Language
Historical, political and cultural background of the Welsh language.

A Reformed Orthography for the English Language
A proposed spelling reform which facilitates the reading and writing of English,
and reassigns Teutonic spelling conventions that are more appropriate than the ...

Verb Movement in Old and Middle English: Dialect Variation and ...
Studies the position of the verb in Old English word order and shows the influence
of this V2 (verb-second) syntax on the word order of Middle English ...

The Archaic English Project
Reformed English taken from Old English and a collective activity to prepare a
dictionary for those Old English terms.

Arab Gateway: The Arabic Language
An introduction to the Arabic language, how to study it and common English words
which find their roots in Arabic.

Lingua Franca - Indian English
David Crystal reports on the dynamic varieties of English evolving on the Indian
sub-continent.

The Cajun Dialect
A brief description of Cajun and list of Cajun-specific words.

Scots Online
Introduction to modern Scots orthography, pronunciation, dialects, grammar and
idiom, with Scots Reader, Online Scots Dictionary, Clishmaclaiver chat room and ...

American Dialect Society
The American Dialect Society is a scholarly association dedicated to the study
of the English language in North America.

Germanic Languages
This page presents a tree of Germanic Languages and capsule descriptions of them.

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