Language Book Catalogue
I collect language guides and grammars! This is a catalogue of my collection so far. There are still a lot of languages I don't have books for that I'd like to find - any wishlist languages are marked in red. At first I tended to pick up pretty much any language book I could find, but now that my collection is getting enormous I'm more selective, aiming for languages I own very few books for or that have particularly interesting formats or illustrations.
I'm limited not only in budget and location (what I can find in my local charity shops) but also in the politics of language books - not every language will have a phrasebook or grammar written for it, especially if it's a language spoken by indigenous people or used in a country that isn't a popular tourist destination. There's a lot to think about even when you do come across a book for a "less popular" language: who wrote this? Why? I was really excited to find my Hawaiian dictionary because it was actually written by a native Hawaiian scholars and not a racist white minister like my Xhosa phrasebook or Mi'kmaq dictionary. Written grammars can also be a fantastic glimpse into the politics of their language, like how the foreword for Speak Lebanese (1980s?) is "dedicated to those Lebanese who were born far away from Lebanon, to the children of those who left Lebanon during the war and to those of Lebanese descent whose fathers and grand fathers were born overseas."
Any book titles in bold like this are favourites and are my recommendations for that section. A language enclosed in closed brackets [like this] means that's the language the book is written in.
- Alpha Beta: How Our Alphabet Shaped the Modern World by John Man (2009)
- Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch (2019)
- Chomsky for Beginners by David Cogswell & Paul Gordon (1996)
- Empires of the World: a Language History of the World by Nicholas Ostler (2006)
- The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language by Geoffrey K. Pullum (1991)
- How Language Works by David Crystal (2007)
- The Horologicon: a Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language by Mark Forsyth (2016)
- Introducing Linguistics: a Graphic Guide by R. L. Trask & Bill Mayblin (2012)
- The Language Lover's Puzzle Book: Lexical Perplexities and Cracking Conundrums from across the Globe by Alex Bellos (2020)
- Language: the Cultural Tool by Daniel Everett (2013)
- The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker (1994)
- Language Myths by Laurie Bauer & Peter Trudgill (1998)
- A Man Without Words by Susan Schaller (2012)
- Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages by Guy Deutscher (2011)
- The Unfolding of Language: the Evolution of Mankind's Greatest Invention by Guy Deutscher (2005)
- Why is Q Always Followed by U?: Word-Perfect Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Language by Michael Quinion (2010)
- The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building by David J. Peterson (2015)
- From Elvish to Klingon: Exploring Invented Languages by Michael Adams (2011)
- How to Create a Language: The Conlang Guide by Jessie Peterson (2025)
- In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius by Arika Okrent (2009)
- The Language Construction Kit by Mark Rosenfelder (2010)
- This was one of the first things I bought with my own money after starting my part-time job in high school.
- 1000 Languages: the Worldwide History of Living and Lost Tongues by Peter K. Austin (2008)
- Contemporary Linguistics: an Introduction by William O'Grady, John Archibald & Francis Katamba (2011)
- Dictionary of Languages: the Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages by Andrew Dalby (2004)
- A Course in Phonetics by Peter Ladefoged (2006)
- How Languages are Learned by Pajtsy M. Lightbown & Nina Spada (2011)
- An Introduction to Early Modern English by Terttu Nevalainen (2006)
- An Introduction to English Phonology by April McMahon (2010)
- An Introduction to Language by Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams (2007)
- Looking at Languages: a Workbook in Elementary Linguistics by Paul R. Frommer & Edward Finegan (2012)
- Oxford Concise Dictionary of Linguistics by P. H. Matthews (2007)
- Teach Yourself Linguistics by Jean Aitchison (1987)
- Character Indicated by Handwriting: A Practical Treatise in Support of the Assertion that the Handwriting of a Person is an Infallible Guide to His Character by Rosa Baughan (1877)
- This woman also wrote about palmistry and physiognomy, so.
- An Heraldic Alphabet by J.P. Brooke-Little, Clarenceux King of Arms (1006)
- Just My Type: a Book about Fonts by Simon Garfield (2010)
- Scripts of the World by Suzanne Bukiet (1993)
- Writing: the Story of Alphabets and Scripts by Georges Jean (1987)
The predominant sign language of deaf communities in the USA and Anglophone Canada. [Wikipedia]
- Signing Made Easy: A complete program for learning and using sign language in everyday life by Rod R. Butterworth & Mickey Flodin (1989)
The third-most widespread official language after Engilsh and French and the fifth-most spoken language in the world. It comprises of many different forms of Arabic, many of which are not mutually intelligible. [Wikipedia]
- Alif Baa with Multimedia: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds by Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, & Abbas Al-Tonsi (2004)
- Arabic Calligraphy: Naskh script for beginners by Mustafa Ja'far (2009)
- Arabic Grammar of the Written Language by Rev. G. W. Thatcher (1942)
- Dictionary of English, Baluchi, and Omani Arabic by William Foxton (1980)
- Gateway to Arabic by Dr. Imran Hamza Alawiye (2007)
- Get By in Arabic: a Quick Beginner's Course for Holidaymakers and Business People from BBC Books (1989)
- Speak Lebanese by Samir C. Atallah (1980s?)
- Mastering Arabic Script: a guide to handwriting by Jane Wightwick & Mahmoud Gaafar (2005)
- Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook from Lonely Planet (1999)
- Noorani Qaaidah: a Gift for Proper Learning & Teaching Holy Qur'an Specially for Children from Darul Kutub (?)
- Very Simple Arabic Script by James Peters (2003)
The sixth most spoken native language and the seventh most spoken language by total number of speakers. The official and national language of Bangladesh, and the second most spoken language in India. [Wikipedia]
- Hindi, Urdu & Bengali from Lonely Planet (2011)
An English-based creole language and the national language of Vanuatu, an island country in the South Pacific Ocean. [Wikipedia]
- "Every samting yu wantem save long Bislama be yu fraet tumas blong askem"* (*Everything you wanted to know about Bislama but were afraid to ask): A traveller's guide to Vanuatu Pidgin English by Darrell Tyron (1999)
The official language of and most widely-spoken language of Myanmar. [Wikipedia]
- Burmese Phrasebook from Lonely Planet (2008)
- Hajimete no Myanmaa-go [My first Burmese] from Asuka (2012) [Japanese]
"Chinese" is an umbrella term for all Sinitic languages, which are generally unintelligible to each other. [Wikipedia]
- 15 Minute Mandarin Chinese: Learn in Just 12 Weeks by Ma Cheng (2018)
- Chinese Calligraphy made easy: a structured course in creating beautiful brush lettering by Rebecca Yue (2004)
- The Chinese Classrom Book 2 by Hua Cai (2008)
- Chinese Radicals Volume 1 by Tan Huay Peng (1986)
- Easy Peasy Chinese: Mandarin Chinese for Beginners by Elinor Greenwood (2007)
- Easy Peasy Chinese Workbook: Mandarin Chinese practice for beginners by Elinor Greenwood (2015)
- Get By in Chinese from BBC Books (1995)
- Mandarin Phrasebook from Lonely Planet (2006)
- Mastering Chinese: the complete course for beginners by Catherine Hua Xiang (2010)
- The Most Basic Chinese - All You Need to Know to Get By by James McGlasson (2012)
- No Sweat Cantonese: a Fun Guide to Speaking Correctly by Amy Leung (2003)
A Romance language spoken in eastern Spain and some regions of Italy and France. It is the official language of Andorra. [Wikipedia]
- Catalan Dictionary & Phrasebook by A. Scott Britton (2015)
- Teach Yourself Catalan from Teach Yourself (2004)
The national language of Croatia, and one of the official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and some parts of Serbia. [Wikipedia]
- Croatian Phrasebook from Collins (2007)
The official language of the Czech Republic. [Wikipedia]
- Anglicko-Český a Česko-Anglický Kapesní Slovník from Státní Pedagogické Nakladatelství (1960)
- This one is super special to me because it was my dad's from when we lived in the Czech Republic.
- Czech Phrasebook & Dictionary from Berlitz (1993)
- Czech Phrasebook & Dictionary from Lonely Planet (2013)
- Teach Yourself Czech from Teach Yourself (1993)
The national language of Denmark, but also used in some communities in Greeland, the Faroe Islands, and northern Germany. [Wikipedia]
- Danish for Travellers from Berlitz (1976)
- Teach Yourself Danish from Teach Yourself (1958)
A fictional language created by David J. Peterson for Game of Thrones. [Wikipedia]
- Living Language: Dothraki by David J. Peterson (2014)
The official language of the Netherlands and northern Belgium. Sister language to Afrikaans. [Wikipedia]
- Compact Woordenboek: Engels-Nederlands & Nederlands Engels from Elmar (2007)
- Dutch Dictionary from Teach Yourself (1976)
- Dutch Phrasefinder from Collins Gem
- Teach Yourself Dutch from Teach Yourself (1999)
- Traveller's Dutch by Arthur Eperon (1981)
The formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt for writing the Egyptian language. Combined ideographic, logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic elements. [Wikipedia]
- How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: a Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself by Mark Collier & Bill Manley (2000)
- Introducing Egyptian Hieroglpyhs by Barbara Watterson (1981)
- More about Egyptian Hieroglpyhs by Barbara Watterson (1985)
The most spoken language in the world and the global lingua franca. The official language of 57 countries. [Wikipedia]
- Anglais: la grammaire from Bescherelle (2008) [French]
- Angliyskiy yazyk: Kratkiy spravochnik by G. P. Shalaeva (2009) [Russian]
- The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language by David Crystal (2009)
- Collins Children's Dictionary: thousands of words clearly defined, colour illustrations throughout from Collins (1978)
- Collins Gem Thesaurus: A Dictionary of Synonyms from William Collins Sons & Co Ltd (1989)
- Curious Words & Quirky Expressions: An intriguing selection of the old and the new from Oxford Dictionaries from Oxford University Press (2005)
- Essential English for Foreign Students: Book Two by C. E. Eckersley (1974)
- Help Your Kids with English: a Unique Step-by-Step Visual Guide by Carol Vorderman (2013)
- Holmes' Comprehensive English Grammar for Senior Classes in Primary Schools Part III from W. & R. Holmes (1950s?)
- Immediate Modern English Letter by C. P. Cheung (1990) [Chinese]
- Modern English Conversation for Beginners from Sino-Anglo Publishing Co.? (1990?) [Chinese]
- Modern English Pronunciation Practice by M. D. Munro Mackenzie (1967)
- Notes on Learning English by Ralph Cooke (1960)
- The Prodigal Tongue: the Love-Hate Relationship Between British & American English by Lynne Murphy (2019)
- Slikovni rječnik Engleski from Compact (2011) [Croatian]
A fictional language created by Ludwik L. Zamenhof. [Wikipedia]
- A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman (2008)
- The "Edinburgh" Esperanto Pocket Dictionary from Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd (1944)
- Esperanto-English & English-Esperanto Dictionary & Phrasebook by J. F. Conroy (1999)
The official language of Estonia. [Wikipedia]
- Baltic Phrasebook from Lonely Planet (2001)
Also called Persian. It has many standardised forms and is used officially in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. [Wikipedia]
- Farsi (Persian) Phrasebook from Lonely Planet (2001)
One of the official languages of Finland. [Wikipedia]
- Teach Yourself Finnish from Teach Yourself (2003)
A dialect cluster of the Dutch language, native to northern Belgium. [Wikipedia]
- I Want to Become a Doctor - Ik wil doktor worden: English-Flemish (Belgian) Children's Bilingual Picture Dictionary by Richard & Suzanne Carlson (2020)
The official language of 26 countries and the sixth most spoken language by total number of speakers. [Wikipedia]
- Essential French for Kids: Phrases Teacher Never Told You by AA Publishing (2000)
- French for Travellers from Berlitz (1982)
- The French Travelmate from Lexus (1984)
- Get By in French: a Quick Beginners' Course for Holidaymakers & Business People from BBC Books (1992)
- The Glossary of French and English Management Terms by James Coveney & Sheila J. Moore (1979)
- Living Language Common Usage Dictionary by Ralph Weiman (1957)
- Longman Audio-Visual French Stage B3 from Longman (1976)
- The Never Not Nothing No More Book from E. J. Arnold & Son Ltd (1973)
- The Ski-Mate: French, German, Italian by Iseabail Macleod (1982)
- Sky My Husband! Ciel Mon Mari! by Jean-Loup Chiflet (1987) [French]
- Toute la grammaire by Bénédicte Gaillard & Jean-Pierre Colignon (2005) [French]
- The Usborne First Thousand Words in French by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright (1990s?)
- Vocabulary of Iron and Steel Terms from British Steel (1971)
An official language of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein, Luxumbourg, Belgium, and a national language of Namibia. [Wikipedia]
- German from Transparent Language [CD] (2002)
- German: Language Survival Guide from Collins (2001)
- German Visual Phrase Book from Eyewitness Travel Guides (2008)
- Get By in German: a Quick Beginners' Course for Holidaymakers and Business People from BBC Books (1987)
- Grammaire Allemande by Emile Sigwault & Ch Bauer (1891) [French]
- Newnes German-English, English-German Dictionary from Newnes(1952)
- PONS Fussballwörterbuch: Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch, Portugiesisch, Spanisch from Ernst Klett Sprachen (2006) [German]
- The Ski-Mate: French, German, Italian by Iseabail Macleod (1982)
- Usborne Internet-Linked German for Beginners by Angela Wilkes & John Shackell (2001)
The official language of Greece and Cyprus. [Wikipedia]
- Beginner's Greek Script from Teach Yourself (2003)
- Essential Greek Phrase Book from AA Publishing (2002)
- First Steps in Greek by F. Ritchie (1955)
- Greece: a Hugo Phrase Book from Hugo's Language Books (1982)
- Greek for Travellers from Berlitz (1982)
- Greek Phrase Book from Penguin Books (1973)
- Lexicon from Mediterraneo Editions (2008)
An endangered Polynesian language, native to the Hawaiian Islands. [Wikipedia]
- Illustrated Hawaiian Dictionary by Kahikāhealani Wight & Robin Yoko Racoma (2007)
- Let's Learn a Little Hawaiian by Ray Helbig (1970)
A recreation of Biblical Hebrew, helmed by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. An official language of Israel. Also spoken in Palestine, which is under Israeli occupation. [Wikipedia]
- Ben-Yehuda's Pocket English-Hebrew Hebrew-English Dictionary by Ehud Ben-Yehuda & David Weinstein (1968)
The official language of Indian government and the lingua franca for most of the northern half of India. Mutually intelligible with Urdu. [Wikipedia]
- Basic Hindi by Sonia Taneja (2012)
- Hindi, Urdu & Bengali from Lonely Planet (2011)
The official language of Hungary. Also spoken in Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Austria. The most widely spoken Uralic language. [Wikipedia]
- Beginner's Hungarian by Katalin Boros (2001)
- Hungarian Verbs and Essentials of Grammar: a practical guide to the mastery of Hungarian by Miklós Törkenczy (1997)
- Teach Yourself Hungarian from Teach Yourself (1999)
The national language of Iceland. [Wikipedia]
- Fast Talk Icelandic from Lonely Planet (2018)
The principal native language of the Igbo people of Nigeria, with a wide range of dialects. [Wikipedia]
- Comprehensive Igbo Language: A Contemporary Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Learners by Elisha O. Ogbonna (2020)
The official and national language of Indonesia. Used as a lingua franca for the Indonesian archipelago. [Wikipedia]
- Standard Indonesian Made Simple by Dr Liaw Yock Fang & Draw Nini Tiley-Notodisuryo (2008)
Also called Irish Gaelic. An endangered Celtic language. One of the official languages of the Republic of Ireland. [Wikipedia]
- Foclóir Scoile: English-Irish, Irish-English Dictionary from An Gúm (2006)
- Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a not so dead language by Darach Ó Seaghdha (2017)
- Usborne Language Guides: Irish for Beginners by Angela Wilkes & John Shackell (1989)
An official language of Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, and Vatican City. It has official minority status in Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Brazil. [Wikipedia]
- Italian Phrase Book from Penguin Books (1988)
- The Ski-Mate: French, German, Italian by Iseabail Macleod (1982)
- Teach Yourself Quick and Easy Italian from Teach Yourself (1986)
The national language of Japan. [Wikipedia]
- Bump Up Your Basics! Japanese Collocations Associative Learning for Beginners On by Yoko Eitani & Michiko Iijima (2020)
- Essential Japanese from Berlitz (2009)
- Essential Kanji by P. G. O'Neill (1988)
- The Handbook of Japanese Verbs by Taeko Kamiya (2001)
- Instant Immersion Japanese by Meghan Barstow (2003)
- An Introduction to Japanese Language by Natsuko Tsujimura (1996)
- Japanese at a Glance: Phrase Book & Dictionary for Travellers by Nobuo Akiyama (2006)
- Japanese for Busy People I from Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (2011)
- Japanese for Busy People II from Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (2011)
- Japanese for Busy People III from Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (2012)
- Japanese Grammar by Keiko Uesawa Chevray & Tomiko Kuwahira (2004)
- The Japanese Language by Haruhiko Kindaichi (2010)
- Japanese Phrasebook from Lonely Planet (1998)
- Japanese Step by Step: an Innovative Approach to Speaking and Reading Japanese by Gene Nishi (2001)
- Japanese Vocabulary by Shigeru Eguchi & Orie Yamada (2001)
- Learn 162 Kanji with Hai!ku by Charlotte Martin & Lewis Plowman (2020)
- Let's Learn Hiragana: First Book of Basic Japanese Writing by Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura (1985)
- New Penguin Paralelle Text: Short Stories in Japanese by Michael Emmerich (2011)
- Power Up Your Kanji: 800 Basic Kanji as a Gateway to Advanced Japanese by Mayumi Oka (2009?)
- Star Wars: English-Japanese Dictionary for Jedi Knights from Gakken (2015) [Japanese]
- Takahashi's Pocket Romanized English-Japanese Dictionary by
- Teach Yourself Business Japanese from Teach Yourself (1992)
- The Usborne First Thousand Words in Japanese by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright (1990s?)
Also called Cambodian. An official and national language of Cambodia, though also spoken in parts of Thailand and Vietnam. [Wikipedia]
- Colloquial Cambodian: a Complete Language Course by David Smyth (1995)
A fictional language created by Marc Okrand for Star Trek. [Wikipedia]
- How to Speak Klingon: Essential Phrases for the Intergalactic Traveler by Ben Grossblatt & Alex Fine (2013)
- The Klingon Dictionary by Marc Okrand (1992)
The national language of North Korea and South Korea. A minority language in parts of China. [Wikipedia]
- Gateway to Speaking Korean: Practical Text for Foreigners from The Association of Foreign Language Propagation (1996)
- Hangeul Master from Talk To Me In Korean (2014)
- Integrated Korean: Beginning 1 from KLEAR (2010)
- Korean Phrasebook from Lonely Planet (2002)
A Tibetic language spoken in Ladakh, a region that has been the subject of territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and China. [Wikipedia]
- Getting Started In Ladakhi: a phrasebook for learning Ladakhi (Revised and expanded version) by Rebecca Norman (2006)
A classical language originally spoken in the area around Rome, Italy. It became the dominant language throughout the Roman Empire and has had an enormous influence on the development of English and the Romance languages. [Wikipedia]
- Collins Gem Latin-English English-Latin Dictionary from Collins Clear-Type Press (1980)
- Collins Latin-English English-Latin Dictionary from Collins Clear-Type Press (1972)
- This was my dad's when he was at school, and is an earlier edition of the other Collins Latin dictionary I own!
- Hugo's Latin in Three Months from Hugo's Language Institute (1970s?)
- Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer by Sir James Mountford (2010)
- Latin Grammar by James Morwood (1999)
- A Latin Word List by K. C. Masterman (1971)
- Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Latin by Randall Childree (2014)
- Teach Yourself Latin from Teach Yourself (1986)
- The Usbrone First Thousand Words in Latin by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright (2007)
- Usborne Internet-Linked Latin for Beginners by Angela Wilkes & John Shackell (2001)
The official language of Latvia. [Wikipedia]
- Baltic Phrasebook from Lonely Planet (2001)
The official language of Lithuania. [Wikipedia]
- Baltic Phrasebook from Lonely Planet (2001)
An official language of Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore. [Wikipedia]
- Malay Phrase Book for Tourists by HJ Ismail Ahmad & Andrew Leonki (1991)
The official language of Malta. Maltese evolved independently of Classical Arabic and is not considered part of the Arabic macrolanguage. [Wikipedia]
- Pocket Dictionary and Phrase Book: English-Maltese by Capt. Paul Bugeja (2004)
An endangered Polynesian language, native to New Zealand, where it is an official language. [Wikipedia]
- Instant! Māori by Nick Theobald & Pāora Walker (2006)
- Reading the Maya Glyphs by Michael D. Coe & Mark van Stone (2020)
The language of the Mi'kmaq people, native to eastern Canada. [Wikipedia]
- Dictionary of the Language of the Micmac Indians Who Reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland by Sila Tertius Rand (1888) [2018 reproduction]
A fictional language created by Paul Frommer for Avatar. [Wikipedia]
- The Easiest Way to Learn Na'vi EVER!! by Dusty White (2011)
The official language of Norway. Mutually intelligible with Swedish and Danish. [Wikipedia]
- Hugo's Norwegian in Three Months from Hugo's Language Institute (1970s?)
- Norwegian Verbs & Essentials of Grammar: a Practical Guide to the Mastery of Norwegian by Louis Janus (1998)
Also known as Anglo-Saxon. The oldest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern/eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. [Wikipedia]
- Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Primer by Norman Davis (1996)
A North Germanic language spoken in Scandinavia and Norse settlements during the Viking Age and the early Middle Ages. [Wikipedia]
- A New Introduction to Old Norse Part I: Grammar by Michael Barnes (2008)
- A New Introduction to Old Norse Part II: Reader by Anthony Faulkes (2011)
- Viking Language 1: Learn Old Norse, Runes, and Icelandic Sagas by Jesse L. Byock (2017)
- Viking Language 2: The Old Norse Reader by Jesse L. Byock (2015)
A form of cant historically used in the UK among the gay subculture, as well as actors, circus and fairground performers, merchant navy sailors, and prostitutes. [Wikipedia]
- Fabulosa! The Story of Polari, Britain's Secret Gay Language by Paul Baker (2020)
The official language of Poland. [Wikipedia]
- Polish Phrase Book from Penguin Books (1973)
- Polish Phrase Book & Dictionary from Berlitz (2003)
The fifth-most spoken native language in the world. Mostly spoken in Portugal, Brazil, and several African countries. [Wikipedia]
- Brazilian Portuguese Phrasebook & Dictionary from Lonely Planet (2014)
- Portuguese Phrase Book & Dictionary from BBC Active (2007)
- Teach Yourself Portuguese from Teach Yourself (2003)
A group of Middle Indo-Aryan languages used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 5th century BCE to the 12th century CE. [Wikipedia]
- On the Language of the Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama by Professor Dr Satya Ranjan Banerjee (1999)
An indigenous language family orginating in central Peru. One of the official languages of Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. [Wikipedia]
- Quechua Phrasebook from Lonely Planet (1989)
The official language of Romania and Moldova [Wikipedia]
- Romanian Phrase Book & Dictionary from Berlitz (1994)
- Teach Yourself Romanian! Romanian for the English Speaking World by Eugenia Tănăsescu (2007)
An official language of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. [Wikipedia]
- Instant Russian from Teach Yourself (2003)
- The Penguin Russian Course by J. L. I. Fennell (1963)
- QuickStudy Russian Grammar by Mark E. Kiken (2006)
- Russian Phrase Book from Collins (1968)
- Russian Script Hacking for Beginners by Judith Meyer (2019)
A vulnerable (ie. first stage of being endangered) Anglic language and an official language of Scotland. Has many different dialects. [Wikipedia]
- The Old Scots Tongue: 10,000 Scottish words and their meanings by Cleishbothan the Younger (1858)
- The Orkney Dictionary by Margaret Flaws and Gregor Lamb (2006)
- The Pocket Guide to Scottish Words by Iseabail Macleod (1986)
- Teach Yourself Doric: A Course for Beginners by Douglas Kynoch (1994)
An endangered Celtic language and one of the official languages of Scotland. [Wikipedia]
- Elementary Course of Gaelic by Duncan Reid (1951)
- Everyday Gaelic by Morag MacNeill (2006)
- Gaelic Dictionary by Malcom MacLennan (1991)
- Gaelic-English & English-Gaelic Dictionary from Lomond Books
- Gaelic is Fun! by Colm Ó Baoill (1989)
- Gaelic Learners Handbook by Ruaraidh MacThómais (1976)
- The Gaelic Names of Plants by John Cameron (2019)
- Gaelic Verbs: Systemised and Simplified by Colin Mark (2013)
- Gaelic Without Groans by John Mackechnie (1970)
- Scottish Gaelic in Twelve Weeks by Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh (2018)
- The Pocket Guide to Scottish Words by Iseabail Macleod (1986)
- The Tourist's Hand-book of Gaelic and English Phrases for the Highlands by Mrs Mary Mackellar (2009)
- What's in a Scottish Placename? by Peter Terrell (2021)
An abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed of writing compared to longhand (ie. how you would normally write). [Wikipedia]
- Gregg Shorthand New and Revised 1916 Edition by John Robert Gregg (2013)
- Pitman's Pocket Shorthand Dictionary With a Complete List of Grammalogues and Contractions, New Era Edition by Isaac Pitman (1952)
- Teeline Revised Edition by I. C. Hill & Meriel Bowers (1988)
One of the official and national languages of Sri Lanka [Wikipedia]
- Sinhala Phrasebook from Lonely Planet (2008)
The official language of Slovakia. Mutually intelligible with Czech. [Wikipedia]
- Basic Slovak by Jozef Mistrík (1991)
The world's second-most spoken language. An official language in 20 countries. [Wikipedia]
- 15 Minute Spanish: Learn in Just 12 Weeks by Anna Bremon (2012)
- Beginner's Spanish: an introduction to conversational Spanish by Terry Wilson (1983)
- My First 1000 Words English-Spanish from Brown Watson (2002)
- Spanish: Language Survival Guide from Collins (2001)
- The Usborne Beginner's Spanish Dictionary by Helen Davies & John Shackell (1988)
- Usborne Internet-Linked Spanish for Beginners by Angela Wilkes & John Shackell (2001)
A Bantu language originally spoken bythe Swahili people. One of the official languages of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is the lingua franca of many other areas in Africa. [Wikipedia]
- Learner's Swahili-English English-Swahili Dictionary by Ali Ahmed Jahadhmy (2003)
- Swahili for Foreigners by Alice W. Mangat (2001)
- Swahili for Travellers from Berlitz (1982)
- Swahili Phrasebook from Lonely Planet (1998)
- Swahili Sayings 1: erevuka na yaliyomo by S. S. Farsi (2003)
- Swahili: The Rise of a National Language by Wilfred Whiteley (1973)
An official language in Sweden and Finland. [Wikipedia]
- Sohlman Conversation Guide by Waldemar J. Adams (1947)
- Fast Talk Swedish from Lonely Planet (2018)
Originally the language of the Tagalog people. Its standardised form, Filipino, is one of the official languages of the Philippines. [Wikipedia]
- Survival Tagalog by Joi Barrios (2016)
The official language of Thailand. [Wikipedia]
- Guide to Thai Conversation by Dr. Parichart Jumsai (2000)
- Thai Phrase Book from Eyewitness Travel Guides (2003)
- Thai Phrasebook from Lonely Planet (2004)
The Tibetic languages comprise of at least 50 languages. Lhasa Tibetan is a standardised dialect spoken by the people of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. [Wikipedia]
- Tibetan Phrasebook & Dictionary from Lonely Planet (2020)
Writer J.R.R. Tolkien invented many languages throughout his life. They are most well known for their appeareances in his series The Lord of the Rings. [Wikipedia]
- The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth by Ruth S. Noel (1980)
A national language of Turkey and Cyprus. [Wikipedia]
- Essential Turkish Phrase Book from AA Publishing (2003)
- Get By in Turkish: a Quick Beginners' Course for Holidaymakers and Business People from BBC Books (1989)
The national language of Pakistan. Closely related with Hindi. [Wikipedia]
- Get By in Hindi & Urdu: a Quick Beginners' Course for Work or Travel from BBC Books (1989)
- Hindi, Urdu & Bengali from Lonely Planet (2011)
A vulnerable (ie. first stage of being endangered) Celtic language and one of the official languages of Wales. [Wikipedia]
- Geirfa a Chystrawennau Cymraeg by D. Brown (1973) [Welsh]
- Welcome to Welsh by Heini Gruffudd (2017)
- Welsh Pocket Dictionary from Collins (1995)
One of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. [Wikipedia]
- Xhosa Phrase Book by James Stewart (1906)
One of the official languages of South Africa. [Wikipedia]
- Learn Zulu by C. L. S. Nyembezi (1994)