World Languages: Public Resources

We are a membership community of language education professionals passionate about expanding cultural richness and diversity at all levels of education.

NCOLCTL’s mission is to increase the number of Americans who choose to learn one or more of the less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) as a means of enhancing cross-cultural communication among citizens of the United States.

Multilingual Books is an Internet Language Company operation. Internet Language Company is a leading supplier of language and translation products and services worldwide, doing business from Seattle, WA, USA since 1995.

Al Jazeera is an independent news organization funded in part by the Qatari government.

Al Jazeera is an independent news organization funded in part by the Qatari government.

Democracy Now! es un programa galardonado, independiente y de difusión diaria nacional en Estados Unidos y el resto del mundo que se transmite a través de más de 900 emisoras de radio y televisión en todo el mundo.

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries.

United States Census Bureau resource for International Statistical Activities

Database contains current data on 136 population, health, and environment variables for more than 220 countries, 28 world regions and sub-regions, and the world as a whole.

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.