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28 free sites · 15 in English.

  1. LingoHut Multilingual lingohut.com

    Free vocabulary lessons in 40+ languages.

    For: General public

  2. Language Transfer Multilingual languagetransfer.org

    Free audio courses that teach you to think in a language.

    For: General public

  3. Open Culture – Free language lessons English openculture.com

    Directory of free lessons in 40+ languages.

    For: General public

  4. Deutsche Welle – Learn German English learngerman.dw.com

    Complete German courses from A1 to C1.

    For: General public

  5. TV5Monde – Learn French English apprendre.tv5monde.com

    French with videos and exercises.

    For: General public

  6. RFI – Français facile English francaisfacile.rfi.fr

    French through news and audio.

    For: General public

  7. NHK World – Easy Japanese English www3.nhk.or.jp

    Free Japanese lessons from Japan’s public broadcaster.

    For: General public

  8. Easy Languages (YouTube) Multilingual youtube.com

    Street interviews with subtitles in many languages.

    For: General public

  9. FSI Language Courses English fsi-language-courses.net

    Public-domain courses from the U.S. Foreign Service Institute.

    For: General public

  10. SpanishDict English spanishdict.com

    Spanish dictionary, conjugations and lessons.

    For: General public

  11. WordReference Multilingual wordreference.com

    Dictionaries and translation forums.

    For: General public

  12. Linguee Multilingual linguee.com

    Dictionary with real translation examples.

    For: General public

  13. Wiktionary Multilingual en.wiktionary.org

    Free multilingual dictionary.

    For: General public

  14. Forvo Multilingual forvo.com

    Words pronounced by native speakers.

    For: General public

  15. Tatoeba Multilingual tatoeba.org

    Example sentences translated into many languages.

    For: General public

  16. Omniglot English omniglot.com

    Encyclopedia of writing systems and languages.

    For: General public

  17. LanguageTool Multilingual languagetool.org

    Multilingual grammar and style checker.

    For: General public

  18. Anki Multilingual apps.ankiweb.net

    Spaced-repetition flashcards for vocabulary.

    For: General public

  19. Wikivoyage – Phrasebooks English en.wikivoyage.org

    Free phrasebooks for over 100 languages.

    For: General public

  20. LyricsTraining Multilingual lyricstraining.com

    Learn languages with song lyrics.

    For: General public

  21. BBC Languages (archive) English bbc.co.uk

    Free archived courses in many languages.

    For: General public

  22. Radio Ambulante Spanish radioambulante.org

    Spanish-language storytelling podcast with transcripts.

    For: General public

  23. Tae Kim’s Guide to Japanese English guidetojapanese.org

    Free Japanese grammar guide.

    For: General public

  24. Tofugu – Learn Hiragana English tofugu.com

    Free guide to the Japanese syllabary.

    For: General public

  25. Kanji alive English app.kanjialive.com

    Free, open kanji learning tool.

    For: General public

  26. Jisho English jisho.org

    Free Japanese-English dictionary.

    For: General public

  27. MDBG Chinese Dictionary English mdbg.net

    Free Chinese-English dictionary.

    For: General public

  28. LEO Dictionary Multilingual dict.leo.org

    Free German, French, Spanish and more dictionaries.

    For: General public