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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.

Lingro lets users read Web sites and click on any word for a translation. The new Web-based service works in English, Spanish, Italian, German, French and Polish. The site uses open dictionaries, so users can help fill in missing words.

Wordorigins.org is devoted to the origins of words and phrases, or as a linguist would put it, to etymology. Etymology is the study of word origins. (

Forvo is the largest pronunciation guide in the world, the place where you´ll find millions of words pronounced in their original languages. Cool, isn´t it? Be a part of this cultural phenomenon now!

A dictionary aiming to collect all the words in the English language: more than 4 million so far! Examples, pronunciations, user notes, and more.

The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. Its innovative display encourages exploration and learning. You'll understand language in a powerful new way.

VocabGrabber analyzes any text you're interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context. Just copy text from a document and paste it into the box, and then click on the "Grab Vocabulary!" button. VocabGrabber will automatically create a list of vocabulary from your text, which you can then sort, filter, and save.

Public radio's show about words and language and how we use them.

"In an exclusive preview of his book The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds -- and how the words we choose communicate much more than we realize."

Lexipedia is an online visual semantic network with dictionary and thesaurus reference functionality

h! My friends the Somali Language is very perplexed Its all anxiety in its present condition The values of its words and expressions are being gagged by its own people Its very back and hips are broken, and it accuses its own speakers for neglect

The Arabic word 'meedan' - ميدان - means 'a town square' or 'gathering place.' Meedan.net is a digital town square where you can share conversation and links about world events with speakers outside your language community. Everything that gets posted on meedan.net is mirrored in Arabic and English - whether it's the headlines you read, the comments you write, or the articles you share.

Signing Savvy is the most complete online sign language video dictionary. Signing Savvy contains several thousand high resolution videos of American Sign Language (ASL) signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs used within the United States and Canada. Signing Savvy is an ideal resource to use while you learn sign language. It also is an excellent reference for your day-to-day sign language needs.

Specialists rendering translations and first language solutions. Getting the message through, in English, Español, Français & Nederlands.