WHERE TO SHOP
Lonweb is a non-profit site and doesn't want to sell anything.
But if you need to purchase language courses, books, talking translators etc. try these huge vendor sites!
www.languageconnect.com
www.worldlanguage.com
www.audioforum.com
www.languageteacher.com
www.ebcoxford.co.uk
www.linguaphone.co.uk

TOP 100 LANGUAGE SITES ON THE WEB
To be selected, a language related site must be useful and comprehensive. If you think your web site is eligible for this TOP 100 chart please email us your url and we'll review it. Please note that in the following chart entries are not listed according to importance

BABYLON, CLICKABLE DICTIONARIES
babylon.com

Learn more about Babylon in our exclusive interview with Michal Frenkiel!

one-page site (in 10 different languages) and a great product for the non-English speaking community but also useful if you know English and want to learn any of the 10 languages
Babylon software lets you translate any English word you find on any computer screen just by right-clicking on it with the mouse. A small window pops up with all the possible translations of that particular word. topfeature
the dictionaries provided are very extensive, there's a choice of main dictionaries, more than 1200 free glossaries and premium content dictionaries
many dictionaries are bidirectional
available for Italian, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese, Portuguese and Swedish
30 days fully functional trial version (now called Babylon Pro)
you can work with all the dictionaries at the same time so you can switch from Italian to Japanese or from French to Hebrew

FINGERSOFT, TOOLS FOR MULTILINGUAL COMPUTING
http://www.fingertipsoft.com
email: webmaster@fingertipsoft.com
webmaster: Pete Cassetta

Offering fonts, software (keyboard utilities, spell checkers etc.) and keyboards for multilingual computing in Windows.
Specialize in Russian, Ukrainian, and other Cyrillic-based languages, Central European and West European languages and Arabic

CALL, LOTS OF USEFUL LINKS
http://call.lingnet.org
email: academic_books@sil.org and mailto:WWW@sil.org
order: http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/order.html  

website of the US government funded Center for the Advancement of Language Learning
lots of foreign language learning resources and links, especially related to authentic materials (such as foreign language newspapers) and less commonly taught languages
due to lack of funding, last updated 21 Sept 98
one of the best websites around for starting a research on major languages

ETHNOLOGUE, THE BIBLE OF LANGUAGES
http://gamma.sil.org/ethnologue
email: academic_books@sil.org and mailto:WWW@sil.org
order: http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/order.html  

The Ethnologue is a catalogue (updated 1996) of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Ethnologue Name Index lists over 39,000 language names, dialect names, and alternate names. The Ethnologue Language Family Index organizes languages according to language families.These 3 publications are available both on the Internet or in printed form from the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc., Dallas, Texas
State-of-the-art catalogue of languages and dialects spoken in any given country including the tiniest minorities
Useful statistics like Top 100 languages by population (but don't expect utmost reliability: for instance, first speakers of Italian are 40 million according to Ethnologue, Italian population averages 60 million people just in Italy)illion people just in Italy)
The electronic version of the Ethnologue, the Ethnologue Language Name Index, and the Ethnologue Language Family Index is intended for scholarly research and educational use. You may make copies of portions of these documents for research or educational purposes free of charge and without further permission. Republication or commercial use of the Ethnologue (and its indexes) is expressly prohibited without the written consent of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.
Many useful links in the www.sil.org/ethnologue/feedback.html page

EUROPEAN UNION: TONS OF TRANSLATED DOCUMENTS
http://europa.eu.int
email: mailbox

the official site of the European Union
translations of official documents are available in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German,  Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish. That means you can download and print the same document in 2 languages. A great learning help if you are studying any of those languages!
when you link to a document in a given language, the translation of that document in any other of the 10 languages (with the possible exception of Greek) is only one click away topfeature
although copyrighted by the European Union, these documents can be freely reproduced if you are using them for non-commercial purposes and provided you mention the source
for more convenience you'll be finding some of these documents on our site in the next few weeks: They'll be arranged in such a way as to make learning from them much easier.

EURODIC AUTOM: FREE ONLINE DICTIONARY IN 11 EU LANGUAGES
http://www2.echo.lu/edic/
email: Feedback

the official multilingual database of the European Community consulted today by an increasing number of EU officials as well as by language professionals throughout the world
free online translation of terms and abbreviations in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. Any language can be either the source or the target
when a match is found, the translated word is sometimes given within its context  topfeature
despite its serious origin, Eurodicautom results are sometimes puzzling or even unreliable Example: Select ENGLISH as source, FINNISH as target and input the word "government". No result is found! Now do the same with GERMAN and you'll be surprised to find BEHÖRDE (authority) or INSTANZ but not REGIERUNG, which is the most obvious translation!

ALTA VISTA: A TRANSLATING ENGINE IN 5 LANGUAGES
http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate?
email: AltaVista Support

free online automated translation engine from English to Italian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and viceversa, powered by Systran
translates also complete web pages whereby the translated text fits the original layout topfeature
translation quality useful for later manipulation by professional translators but don't rely on it if you don't know the language very very well

SYSTRAN: AUTOMATED TRANSLATING SOFTWARE
http://www.systransoft.com
email: info@systransoft.com

Systran is the company behind Alta Vista Free Automated Translation Engine
Automated translation software from English to many other languages including Japanese
Low-cost basic versions (Systran Personal) and higher priced professional versions.
The software can be downloaded for free but you have to pay to receive the unlocking code.
Translation quality not yet evaluated (should be the same of Alta Vista Translation Engine, however)

LOGOS: A SEARCH DATABASE IN 30 LANGUAGES
http://www.logos.it/query/query.html
email: Webmaster

Logos is an Italian translation company with worldwide ramifications
huge online database (more than 7,500,000 entries) lets you search words and sentences in 30 different languages
search results always show the context (a word within one or more sentences) topfeature
submission of ready-made translations by professional people is also encouraged


KAUDERWELSCH: QUECHUA, MALTESE AND OTHER LANGUAGES
http://www.kauderwelsch.de/start-frames.html
email: reise-know-how@t-online.de

publisher's site in German. Kauderwelsch publishes wonderful little books (10,5 cm x 14,5 cm, 150 pages) which provide essential information on more than 90 languages: basic grammar, basic vocabulary, basic conversation and basic culture all in one. Price: DM 14,80.
intelligent bilingual method applied throughout topfeature
more than 90 available languages including very rare ones and varieties of well-known languages (for example, Chile Spanish, Sicilian or Italian for opera fans)
optional cassette with high quality recording of words and sentences priced at DM 14,80
although all books are written in German, they may be useful even to non-German speakers when used in conjunction with the relevant cassette to learn the pronounciation of many uncommon languages

CYBERITALIAN: LEARN ITALIAN WITH PINOCCHIO
www.cyberitalian.com
email: mgarau@cyberitalian.com

a complete online Italian course based on the story of Pinocchio
one of the most professional courses ever seen on the Net
all texts bilingual (grammar as well) topfeature
audio files
first lesson free of charge, complete course requires registration and payment of a moderate annual fee

TERM/FINANCE: FINANCIAL TERMINOLOGY IN 4 LANGUAGES
http://finance.wat.ch/TermFinance/
email: tradinfo@axone.ch

four-language online searchable database on derivative instruments
English, Italian, French and German
produced by Axone and the InfoCentre Financier of the Geneva Stock Exchange so expect utmost reliability

CAL: CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS
http://www.cal.org
email: info@cal.org

CAL is one of the largest non-profit organization for applying language research to social concerns
a giant site for teachers and politically-minded language researchers (937 pages according to Alexa information engine)
among the many issues debated: early foreign language learning (a campaign is now on, if you are an American citizen and want to join), bilingual education, refugee concerns, immigrants education
if you want to check the level of proficiency in many languages, a professional achievement test is available for a fee. For instance, the Tahitian Achievement Test costs US$ 30. Other languages available include: Afrikaans, Aymara, Cantonese, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Haitian Creole, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Navajo, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian and Continental), Rarotongan, Russian, Samoan, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, Vietnamese and Welsh.
CAL also delivers translation services in 30 languages
not a site for finding resources that help you learn a language

PIMSLEUR: CASSETTE LANGUAGE COURSES IN 23 LANGUAGES
Please find Pimsleur products at the following URLs:
www.esl.net Multilingual Books and Tapes 1205 E. Pike, Seattle, WA 98122
1-206-328-7922 --- Fax: 1-206-328-7445 email: esl@esl.net

cassette-only language courses in Albanian, Armenian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English (ESL), French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Ojibwe, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Twi, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.
30 lesson "complete"courses come on fifteen 60 minute cassettes; 10 lesson "compact" courses come on five 60 minute cassettes
cassettes also designed for study-while-you-drive topfeature

OTHER NOTABLE SITES
••• Search in 351 dictionaries with One Look
••• alf interactive french course
••• assimil metodi lingue
••• at home with hebrew
••• audio-forum: 275 courses in 96 different languages!
••• a web of on-line dictionaries
••• berlitz world!
••• bilingual books
••• cobuild home page
••• cogen gpl automated translations and publishing
••• computer adaptations, pocket computer ebreo ltd. home page
••• deagostini
••• encyclopedia britannica online
••• english as a second language for teachers
••• english free online courses 
••• foreign languages for travelers
••• free online language courses
••• hypertext webster gateway at ucsd
••• inglese.it
••• international phonetic association
••• japan japanorama - japan index to the world wide web a
••• lang hebrew language software and hebrew products
••• lang-world language resources
••• learn english on the web
••• learn hebrew programs
••• leo english-german dictionary
••• linguatec home page
••• linguaphone on-line - the first word in languages
••• linguefaidate
••• logos dizionari e traduzioni
••• longman dictionaries home
••• onelook dictionaries (dictionary), the faster finder
••• online dictionaries and translators
••• oxford university press
••• pimsleur language course - multilingual books - pimsleur language course
••• stpt reference-language
••• the agora language marketplace
••• the human-languages page
••• the internet dictionary project companion
••• the say hello to the world project
••• trados fine translation tools
••• translators' links
••• travlang foreign languages for travelers
••• wwwebster dictionary - results screen
••• yamada language guides
••• dac

OTHER USEFUL SITES
••• www.aber.ac.uk/mercator - Contains an extensive database of minority language media within the countries of the EU. The fully searchable database also includes entries on libraries, broadcasting authorities, book publishers and cultural organisations. Academic papers from past Mercator symposia and overviews of minority language audiovisual media and press within the EU can also be found on the site.
••• Lingo 24 - Translation company Lingo24 offers the best translation services on the web. webmaster@lingo24.com
••• www.listenandlearn.org  - It’s a very simple website at the moment, where people can come a listen and read to foreign language text depending on their level. In due time, we will be including lessons and other learning materials for language lovers.