*Linguistics: Websites

CAL is a private, non-profit organization: a group of scholars and educators who use the findings of linguistics and related sciences in identifying and addressing language-related problems. CAL carries out a wide range of activities including research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of information, design and development of instructional materials, technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation, and policy …

Ethnologue.com is a place where you can conveniently find many resources to help you with your research of the world's languages.

A site with sound clips from a great number of the worlds languages and dialects.

An interactive chart of the International Phonetic Association (IPA) alphabet with sound clippings for each sound.

Online version of Carl G Liungman's book Thought Signs, the semiotics of symbols : Western non-pictorial ideograms.

The online edition of the Atlas includes all of the information in the print edition (soon to be released) and much more. Using this interface, you can browse through the endangered languages listed in the 2009 edition of UNESCO’s Atlas, using combinations of search criteria and/or zooming in the map below.