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Many of you will see font-related issues for some of the languages above. <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_multilingual_support'>Find out more here if you do.</a></small></p> <h2>How to find the links.</h2> <p>This image shows how to find what other languages are available for a given topic on Wikipedia:</p> <div align='center'><img src='http://freelanguage.org/files/wikipedia-language-links-sidebar.jpg' alt='Wikipedia Language Links Sidebar'></img></a></div> <h2>These are not translations.</h2> <p>Each entry is an organically-written encyclopedia article on the topic of "Language" in a language. The time and space for language and culture persists!</p> <p>It's quite intriguing surfing Wikipedia for multilingual goodness. If you'd like to hear more on this topic or have something of value to share, please comment on this article!</p> <p><img src='http://freelanguage.org/files/wikipedia-language-article-equivalents.jpg' align='right' alt='Wikipedia Language Sidebar'></img></p> <h2>Use these to learn!</h2> <p>This feature of Wikipedia can be used to learn and teach languages. Find a topic of interest and study up on the vocabulary in your target language, build a linguistic knowledge of specific interests, get materials for educating, compare entries in different languages to bring out cultural nuances and more. There are many ways to twist and tweak this vast maze of plurilingual content!</p> <h2>From Website</h2> <blockquote><p>A language is a dynamic set of visual, auditory, or tactile symbols of communication and the elements used to manipulate them. Language can also refer to the use of such systems as a general phenomenon. Strictly speaking, language is considered to be an exclusively human mode of communication. Although other animals make use of quite sophisticated communicative systems, sometimes casually referred to as animal language, none of these are known to make use of all of the properties that linguists use to define language.</p> <p>In Western Philosophy, language has long been closely associated with reason, which is also a uniquely human way of using symbols. In Ancient Greek philosophical terminology, the same word, logos, was used as a term for both language or speech and reason, and the philosopher Thomas Hobbes used the English word "speech" so that it similarly could refer to reason, as will be discussed below. 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This new section is called <a href="http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu/">iTunes U</a>, and collects podcasts from numerous universities and colleges to make them available for free download to your iPod or other mp3 player, mobile/cell phone, etc.</p> <p>One of the sub-sections of iTunes U is (note: you need iTunes for this link to work) <a href="http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/itunesu.com.1555825058">specifically for languages and language education</a> - yay!</p> <p>Currently there are 60 podcasts (probably more by the time you read this) available regarding both learning foreign languages as well as general topics regarding language in general. Many of these podcasts are called OpenCourseWare, considered Open Learning materials released in the Public Domain. This means they can be used truly freely by teachers and educators without worries about copyright issues - a big plus! Be sure to look at the license for each podcast to make sure of the licensing.</p> <p><a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/e2106nmvsmu9BJDEGCE9BAEJHHJB?sid=freelanguage-itunesu" target="_top" onmouseover="window.status='http://store.apple.com/';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=' ';return true;"><img src="http://www.awltovhc.com/6i104wquiom79HBCEAC798CHFFH9" alt="Apple Online Store" align="right" border="0"/></a></p> <p>The podcast-based current courses available through iTunes U are <strong>English (Medieval and ESL), French, German, Greek, Japanese, Hebrew (various), Italian (Language and Theater), Romanian, Spanish (various) plus Language Technology and Lectures, Interviews, Clubs, Lectionary at Lunch and Storytelling Colombian Style.</strong> There are many more, too.</p> <p>This is really exciting to see at this professional education level. 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