Websites
About World Languages While this is a commercial website, it is quite extensive, featuring sections on language families, individual languages, language diversity, internet languages and writing systems.
Africa (South of the Sahara) Languages and Linguistics on the Internet A list of websites collected by the Stanford University library.
CARLA (Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition) Developed by the University of Minnesota, the site's mission is "to study multilingualism and multiculturalism, to develop knowledge of second language acquisition, and to advance the quality of second language teaching, learning, and assessment."
Ethnologue: Languages of the World Emphasis is on lesser-spoken languages.
Language Log A daily blog with articles both serious and irreverent. Set up an RSS feed so new posts are delivered to your feed reader.
The Linguist List: International Linguistics Community Online A huge source of information including blogs and websites, help for students, elists, projects arranged by language group and much more.
Linguistic Society of America "The major professional society in the United States that is exclusively dedicated to the advancement of the scientific study of language." See especially websites.
A Walk in the WoRds A linguistic tour for people who love having fun with words and language. A place to share interesting linguistic observations regarding sound, meaning and structure. A place to share linguistic rants and raves. A place to walk in the words.
World Atlas of Linguistic Structures "A database of structural (phonological, grammatical, lexical) properties of languages gathered from descriptive materials (such as reference grammars) by a team of 55 authors (many of them the leading authorities on the subject)."
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Âs Nutayuneân (We still live here) The story of the return of the Native American Wampanoag language, the first time a language with no native speakers for many generations has been revived in this country.
Baby talk NOVA explores the mysterious world of baby's first words, revealing theories on how children accomplish the amazing feat of acquiring language.
The history of the English language Introduces the listener to the history of the English language, from its origins as a dialect of the Germanic-speaking peoples, through the literary and cultural documents of its 1500 year span, to the state of American speech of the present day.
The human language series Explores human language, its origins, acquisition and evolution.
In languages we live Linguists investigate why some languages become global and others disappear and how language and identity are connected. They also discuss the state and fate of Livonian, Dogon, Mlabri, Changsha Hua, Naqxi, Pitjantjatjara, Pintupi, and Tutunaku.
The Linguists Filmakers and scientists David Harrison and Gregory Anderson race to document languages on the verge of extinction.
Nu shu Nu shu is a secret written language used only by women in Hunan, China. Passed down through generations, it was "discovered" in the 1960s and nearly destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and finally was given serious study in the late 1980s. Focusing on 86-year old Huan-yi yang, the last remaining Nu Shu speaker, the film explores the role of Nu Shu in women's lives and reveals a women's subculture born of their resistance to male dominance.
Project Nim Nim, the chimp, became the focus of a landmark 1970s experiment to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child.
Syllable from sound Second in a five-part series that presents research on the brain including the way a child learns language.
