Languages of the Middle East
If you are looking for locations in North America where you can study one of the less commonly taught languages (LCTL) listed below, try the following searchable database of course offerings:
- North American LCTL Course Listings
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota
LCTL teaching resources, guides, and lesson plans can be found here:
Additional language resources may be found on the pages for individual countries.
Akkadian
- Akkadian Cuneiform
John Heise, SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Arabic
- Arabic Language Resources
Columbia University Libraries
Armenian
- Armenian
M. Paul Lewis, ethnologue.com - Language Profiles: Armenian
UCLA Language Materials Project
Assyrian
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
M. Paul Lewis, ethnologue.com
Avesta
- Avestan
M. Paul Lewis, ethnologue.com
- Information on Avestan Language
Joseph H. Peterson
Berber
- Language Family Trees: Afro-Asiatic, Berber
M. Paul Lewis, ethnologue.com - Tamazight, Central Atlas
M. Paul Lewis, ethnologue.com
Coptic
- Coptic
M. Paul Lewis, ethnologue.com - The Coptic Language
Hany N. Takla, stshenouda.com
Hebrew
- Hebrew Language Resources
Columbia University Libraries
Iranian Languages
- Persian Language Resources
Columbia University Libraries
Judeo-Arabic
- Judeo-Arabic
M. Paul Lewis, ethnologue.com
Judeo-Persian
- Dzhidi
M. Paul Lewis, ethnologue.com
Kurdish
- Association for Persian Logic, Language & Computing
- Bibliography on the Kurdish Language
Burhan Dinler, xs4all.nl
- An introductory course on Kurdish Language [Kurmanji dialect] (Kurdish-English)
F. R. Akrawy and Burhan Dinler - Kurdbûcircya bê ziman
Nedret Bilici, xs4all.nl
- Kurdish Language Policy of Iran
Amir Hasanpour, from Kurdish Times (1991)
Hosted at kurdishacademy.org
- Kurdish Profile
UCLA Language Materials Project - Kurdish Academy of Language (kurdishacademy.org)
Ladino
- Ladino
M. Paul Lewis, ethnologue.com
Maltese
- Evolution of the Maltese Language
Joseph Felice Pace, aboutmalta.com - Maltese
M. Paul Lewis, ethnologue.com - Survival Maltese
Grazio Falcon, aboutmalta.com
Persian
- Persian Language Resources
Columbia University Libraries
Syriac
Turkish
- Turkish Language Resources
Columbia University Libraries