LL-L "Resources" 2004.03.16 (05) [E]

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Resources

Folks,

The following are some interesting introductory web presentations about
language varieties.

Wikipedia Series:

English (oddly, missing Welsh and Scottish English as well as Northumbrian):
General: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language
Old English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_language
Middle English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English
American English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English
Australian English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English
British English (actually England):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English
Canadian English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English
Carribean English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_English
Indian English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_English
Jamaican English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_English
Liberian English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberian_English
Malaysian English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_English
New Zealand English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_English
Singapore English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_English
South African English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_English

Afrikaans: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans_language
Dutch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language
Frisian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisian_language
Low German: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German
Low Saxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Saxon_dialect
Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low Saxon):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plautdietsch
Scots: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language
Ullans (Ulster Scots): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Scots_language
Tok Pisin (Neo-Melanesian): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tok_Pisin_language

The series can also be read in various languages (though not identical in
all languages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Those of you who need some help with linguistic concepts and terminology
(without being overwhelmed), here is a start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics

Enjoy!
Reinhard/Ron

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