Survey of Regional English (SuRE)
Survey of Regional English (SuRE) - a new investigation into regional and social variation of dialect.
http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/dialect/
university_of_leeds.htm

Association for Language Awareness
Supports initiatives undertaken by organisations with interests in language awareness, and by meetings for practitioners and theorists in all spheres of teaching and learning.
http://www.lexically.net/ala/

British Library, Collect Britain
The way we speak - over 650 recordings of English regional accents and dialects from 1950 to the present day.
http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/collections/dialects/

British Library, Sounds Familiar
Recordings from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland providing a number of examples of RP speech and speakers from the UK's minority ethnic communities.
http://www.bl.uk/soundsfamiliar

Centre for Deaf Studies
Europe's only academic institution dedicated to research and education for the benefit of the deaf community.
http://www.bris.ac.uk/deaf/

Ethnologue - Languages of the world
An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world's 6,912 known living languages.
http://www.ethnologue.com/

Foundation for Endangered Languages
Aims to raise awareness and support the use of endangered languages.
http://www.ogmios.org/home.htm

Harper Collins word exchange site
Online dictionary
http://www.collins.co.uk/wordexchange/

Hiberno-English archive
Dedicated to the study and promotion of Hiberno-English - how and why Irish people speak the way they do, Irish folklore and the idioms of English as used in Ireland.
http://www.hiberno-english.com/

Initiative B@bel
UNESCO initiative to protect and preserve languages in danger of disappearance and promote multilingualism on the Internet.
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL
_ID=16540&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Language and Global Communication
A research programme studying the impact of multinational corporations, IGOs and NGOs, tourism and advertising, and transnational networks of professionals on linguistic and communicative practices.
http://www.global.cf.ac.uk/

The Survey of English Dialects (SED)
The Survey of English Dialects (SED) - the 'original' language survey project from the University of Leeds that aimed to compile a linguistic atlas of England.
http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/dialect/SED.htm

Urban Dictionary
Slang dictionary with definitions provided by users
http://www.urbandictionary.com/

World Wide Words
Articles on language including Polari, the linguistic legacy of Star Trek, and the spelling of Aluminium versus Aluminum.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm

BBC Vocab
A Window into Welsh - the unique programme which gives you help with Welsh vocabulary.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/vocab/

Beag air Bheag
Scottish Gaelic for absolute beginners.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/foghlam/
beag_air_bheag/index.shtml

Blas*
Learn Irish for beginners to intermediate, with audio lessons.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/irish/
blas/learners/index.shtml

Colin and Cumberland
Animated site for beginners of all ages. Learn Irish, Gaelic and Welsh with the pedigree pooch Cumberland and his inherited owner, Colin.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/colinandcumberland

Learn Welsh
Comprehensive learning site including dictionary, spell checker, grammar guide and the intriguing-sounding mutation checker.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/learnwelsh/

Afrikaans
Brief guide to written Afrikaans and pronunciation.
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/afrikaans.htm

Albanian
Includes information on the Gheg and Tosk dialects, history and grammar.
http://www.albanian.com/main/culture/language/

Bahasa Indonesia
Introduction to the national language of the Republic of Indonesia.
http://www.expat.or.id/info/bahasa.html

Esperanto-Asocio de Britio
The official site of the Esperanto Association of Britain (EAB).
http://www.esperanto-gb.org/

Ghanaian Languages
Statistical and linguistic information on the majority of languages spoken in Ghana.
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/
tribes/languages.php

Sign Community
A signed site from the British Deaf Association.
http://www.signcommunity.org.uk/

Tamil
Historical and linguistic perspective on Tamil (in English).
http://www.tamilar.org/tamil-history.asp

Telugu
Information on the development of Telugu and other south Indian Dravidian languages.
http://www.engr.mun.ca/~adluri/telugu/
language/script/script1a.html

AS Guru English
Learning site for AS level pupils, section on Accent and Dialect.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/asguru/english/
/06integration/31accentanddialect/index.shtml

E-cyclopedia of teen speak
E-cyclopedia's first annual guide to youth-speak for the not-so-young.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4074004.stm

Esperanto House
Article on Esperanto House, the home of the Esperanto Association of Britain.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/features/
2004/10/esperanto_update.shtml

European Languages
Guide to languages spoken across Europe.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/european_languages/
languages/index.shtml

See Hear
An introduction to BSL with a list of web resources.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/seehear/info/bsl.shtml

Word Hunt
A BBC TWO series invites you to hunt for words and help rewrite the Oxford English Dictionary.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/wordhunt/

Slanguage
Listen to the documentary from 1Xtra about the trends in UK street speech. It's shaped by American and Caribbean culture, even if we don't realise it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/documentaries
/slanguage.shtml

The Routes of English
Listen to the Radio 4 programme on the story of the English language with Melvyn Bragg.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish/

Word 4 Word
A series of programmes about language and in particular local language and dialects, and how they are changing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/word4word.shtml

Word of Mouth
Michael Rosen explores the world of words and the way we use them on Radio 4.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/wordofmouth.shtml