Linguistics

...and Language Learning

Sites with language-learning resources and pages about linguistics.
Organized by Language.
Prioritizing resources created by native speakers, when available.

Multi-Language Resources

Wiktionary
"[A] collaborative project to produce a free-content multilingual dictionary."

American Sign Language (ASL)

LifePrint: ASL University
"ASLU is an online American Sign Language curriculum resource center. ASLU provides many free self-study materials, lessons, and information as well as formal tuition-based courses."

Black American Sign Language (BASL)

The Black ASL Project
"The Black ASL Project is a language project which aims to describe the linguistic features of a variety of American Sign Language (ASL) used by African American signers and usually known as Black ASL. The project is sponsored by Gallaudet University’s Department of Linguistics and Department of ASL and Deaf Studies and is supported in part by the Spencer Foundation and the National Science Foundation Project # BCS-0813736."
Signing Black in America
"SIGNING BLACK in AMERICA began screening in 2020 and is the second program in the Emmy Award winning TALKING BLACK IN AMERICA series, five interrelated documentaries on African American language and culture and their transformative influence on the United States and beyond."

Conlangs

JRR Tolkein

Eldamo
"This collection of documents is a lexicon of Tolkien’s invented languages, particularly his Elvish languages, which are the most detailed."
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Parf Edhellen
"This website is dedicated to Tolkien's languages, with an emphasis on the elvish languages of his legendarium. Our dictionary consists of imported glosses from a variety of quality dictionaries, categorised and searchable by sense, conjugation and more."
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English

Behind the Name
"the etymology and history of first names"
Reverse Dictionary
"This reverse dictionary allows you to search for words by their definition."
Etymonline
"Online Etymology Dictionary...This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago."
The Phrontistery
"Welcome to the Phrontistery! Since 1996, I have compiled word lists and language resources to spread the joy of the English language in all its variety through time and space. A phrontistery (from the Greek phrontistes 'thinker') is meant to be a thinking-place for reflection and intellectual stimulation. I invite you to explore the various site features relating to language and lexicography, find that half-remembered rare or obscure word you've been looking for, or to read and explore essays on language, linguistics, and culture. Have a look around, and enjoy!"