One of the founding miracles of the Internet was that it connected people around the world. But without a common language, that connection didn’t mean much. The Internet mirrored an increasingly globalized society in which not being able to speak a language could mean being locked out of a culture... By Nithin Coca.

I don’t speak Turkish, and can’t read it either. I have never been to Turkey. I honestly don’t even know that much about Turkey. Why did I ask for a Turkish typewriter, then? Because it has one of the most fascinating keyboard layouts ever: I wanted to share with you five things I learned just from observing and researching this layout.

Free French lessons and language tools from Laura K. Lawless, including verb conjugations and bilingual articles to help you improve your reading and listening comprehension.

Easitalian is a website to get online private lessons through Skype. It also has a blog (link) with a few interesting information about the Italian language and culture.

Some people learn languages for fun, others do it for work, yet still others do it because language learning is their obsession. Where do we draw the line?

How do idiomatic expressions across the world compare? And why does it rain "cats and dogs" in English, but, of all things, "old hags" in Dutch?!

This app is a great resource for people learning toki pona. It has a dictionary, quizzer, and even a few comis! toki pona is an invented language which has around 120 words in its entire vocabulary. It is very context-based, with each word usually having multiple meanings. You can learn more about toki pona at http://tokipona.org/

This website contains information about African Languages, and other African Language related resources. Currently mostly only the South African languages are covered, as well as Kiswahili and Cilubà.

The NALRC mission is to serve the entire community of African language educators and learners in the United States by sponsoring a wide range of educational and professional activities designed to improve the accessibility and quality of African language instruction in the United States and the World at large.

A tribe to discuss how Snapzu should handle languages other than English.