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About.com: Japanese Language: Offers original articles and features about the Japanese language, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject-specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include calligraphy, dictionaries, grammar, Hiragana, Kanji, Katakana, pronunciation, Romaji, Japanese software and translation.
Author: About.com
Subjects: japanese
DeweyClass: 495.6
Resource type: documents, forum, guides, index, news
Digital Dialects Language Learning: Provides free, interactive games designed to introduce beginners to the following languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chinese, Croation, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Farsi, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
Author: Gibson, Craig
Subjects: arabic, danish language, esperanto, french language, german language, greek language, italian language, japanese, language learning, portuguese, russian language, spanish, swedish
DeweyClass: 407
Resource type: games
fonetiks.org: A series of sound files illustrating the pronunciation of seven varieties of English - American, British, Australian, Canadian, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh. Also covers other languages, including French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese. A collection of translation dictionaries are also provided.
Author: Bowyer, Timothy
Subjects: english language education, french language, german language, japanese, language learning, portuguese, spanish
DeweyClass: 400
Resource type: sounds
History of Kimono: Account of traditional Japanese clothing, from the Jomon era through the Yamato, Asuka, Nara, Heian, Muromachi, and Edo periods. Considers how climate, life, customs, law, weaving and dyeing skills, and the availability of materials have influenced the style of dress in Japan. Characteristics of typical kimonos worn by men, women, and children are described.
Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Subjects: clothing, japanese
DeweyClass: 391
Resource type: documents, images
iLoveLanguages: An extensive catalogue of language related Internet resources, including online language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, and language schools.
Author: Chambers, Tyler
Subjects: chinese language, dutch, esperanto, ethnic literature, hungarian, japanese, language learning, linguistics, portuguese, translating dictionaries
DeweyClass: 400
Resource type: dictionary index
Japanese Online Lessons: Japanese lessons consisting of a transcript, English translation, vocabulary lists, grammatical explanations, cultural explanations and exercises. Hirigana and katakana lessons are also included, and some of the lessons only appear in these characters. The dialogues can be heard via WAV sound files.
Author: Japanese Online
Subjects: japanese
DeweyClass: 495.6
Resource type: guide, sounds
Japanese Writing: Animated graphics which demonstrate how to write the Japanese character subsets of katakana, hiragana and kanji. Corresponding English sounds are given in the English alphabet.
Author: Sterzinger, Blake Edward
Subjects: japanese
DeweyClass: 495.6
Resource type: guide, images
Jim Breen's Japanese Page: Collection of resources on Japan and its language. Consists of two sections; the first is a language resource dealing with Breen's own projects concerning Japanese computing and dictionaries; the second hosts links to general information including literature, educational sources, translation facilities, cultural material, and various organisations. Japanese fonts are required for some sections.
Author: Breen, Jim
Subjects: japan, japanese
DeweyClass: 495.6
Resource type: index
Language Learning Library: A language learning resource aimed at beginners. Provides material for those learning Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Chinese, Japanese and Russian. Designed to meet the needs of teachers, students and businesses the resource offers guidance on grammar, common phrases, common nouns, numbers, the alphabet, telling the time and links to dictionaries and translators. Information about each nationality's culture is given in English.
Author: US Institute of Languages
Subjects: chinese language, french language, german language, italian language, japanese, language learning, portuguese, russian language, spanish
DeweyClass: 407
Resource type: service
Translation Dictionaries: Collection of online dictionaries offering English translations from and to Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish.
Author: TierraNet
Subjects: african languages, danish, dutch, finnish, french language, hungarian, indonesia, italian language, japanese, latin, norwegian, portuguese, russian language, spanish, swedish
DeweyClass: 403
Resource type: dictionaries
University of Virginia Electronic Text Library: On-line archive of thousands of SGML-encoded electronic texts, some of which are publicly available. Divided into English, French, German, Latin, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, Tibetan and Icelandic texts.
Author: University of Virginia
Subjects: american literature - general, chinese language, european literature, german literature, greek literature, hebrew, iceland, japanese, text collections
DeweyClass: 808.8
Resource type: document collection, ebook collection, poems
Web of On-line Grammars: Links to grammar resources, morphology information, dictionaries, and lessons in languages including Akkadian, Arabic, Artificial Languages, Brahui, Cherokee, Chinese, Coptic, Dhimal, English, Gaelic, Hindi, Indonesian, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Sanskrit, Tagalog, Urdmurt, Vietnamese, Welsh, and Wolof.
Author: Beard, Robert
Subjects: arabic, chinese language, dutch, english language education, esperanto, finnish, french language, gaelic language, german language, greek language, hungarian, japanese, korean, language learning, latin, linguistics, norwegian, portuguese, russian language, spanish, swedish, welsh language
DeweyClass: 400
Resource type: index