Learning languages

Readers are made aware that many of the books below are written by orientalists authors who wickedly put certain statements from their beliefs within the texts. As this is done with missionary interests, readers are advised to be cautious about this.

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01. Baluchi:

• Text-book of the Baluchi language - Compiled by M.L. Dames  (1850-1922) - Orientalist author. Translated into English by R.S. Diwan Jamiat Rai with the assistance of Munshi Dur Muhammad - Read / Download
• A course in Baluchi - by Barker, Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman; Mengal, Aquil Khan - McGill University. Institute of Islamic Studies - 
  Publication date 1969 - Vol1: Read / Download; Vol2: Read / Download

02. ​Burmese:

• Burmese: Self taught - Read / Download

03. Basque:

• Colloquial Basque - A complete course for beginners - Read / Download

04. Cambodian:

• FSI Course on Cambodian Language (Student Text) - Read: Vol1, Vol2; Download: Vol1, Vol2

05. ​Cantonese:

• Colloquial Cantonese - The complete course for beginners - Read / Download
• FSI Course on Cantonese Language - Read:  Vol1, Vol2; Download: Vol1, Vol2

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06. Danish:

• Danish - An essential grammar (Published by Routledge in 2001) - Read / Download
• Colloquial Danish: The complete course for beginners - Read / Download

07. Dutch:

• Teach yourself Dutch - Read / Download

08. German:

• Teach yourself German - J Adams - Read / Download
• Teach yourself more German - Sydney W. Wells - Read / Download

09. Greek:

• FSI Course on Greek Language - Read: Vol1, Vol2, Vol3, Download: Vol1, Vol2, Vol3

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10. Hawaiian:

• A dictionary of the Hawaiian language, to which is appended an English-Hawaiian vocabulary and a chronological table of remarkable events - by Andrews, Lorrin, 1795-1868 - Published 1865 (Caution: this book was prepared for missionary purposes; Library has not verified its contents) - Read / Download

11. Hausa:

• FSI Course on Hausa language - Download

12. Hebrew:

• Illustrations of Gesenius' Hebrew grammar with vocabularies - by Wilson, Robert Dick, 1856-1930; Gesenius, Wilhelm, 1786-1842 - Read / Download
• A Hebrew grammar for beginners - by Wilson, Robert Dick, 1856-1930 - Read / Download
• Notes on Hebrew syntaxby Wilson, Robert Dick, 1856-1930 - Read / Download

13. Hindi

• Aalia Urdu-Hindi Dictionary - Read / Download

14. Hungarian:

• Hungarian self-taught, by the natural method with phonetic pronunciation - by Soissons, Count de, ; Ginever, Ilona de Gjöry, - Published 1910 - Read / Download

15. Irish:

• Colloquial Irish - The complete course for beginners - Read / Download

16. Italian:

• Basic Italian : a Grammar and Workbook - by Stella Peyronnel - Published 2006 - Read / Download
• ​Italian Grammar Drills​ - Read / Download
• Modern Italian Grammar - A practical guide - Read / Download

17. Japanese:

• Colloquial Japanese - A complete course for beginners - Read / Download
• Basic Japanese (McGraw Hill 2014) - Read / Download
• Complete Japanese Grammar - Read / Download
• Japanese Kana Practice Sheets (Tuttle Publishing, 2011) - Read / Download
• 501 Japanese Verbs: Fully conjugated in all forms - Read / Download
• Japanese Grammar (Published 2012) - Read / Download
• Japanese self-taught (in Roman characters). By the natural method. With phonetic pronunciation. Thimm's system by Shand, W. J. S - Read / Download

18. Korean:

• Basic Korean - A Grammar And Workbook​ - Read / Download
• 500 Basic Korean Verbs - Read / Download
• Colloquial Korean: The complete course for beginners - Read / Download
• Korean Grammar - H.B. Lee - Read / Download

19. Latin:

• A Smaller Latin English Dictionary - by Smith Sir William - Publication date 1910 - Read / Download
• Latin Grammer - by John Barrow Allen - Publication date 1907 - Read / Download
• Teach yourself Latin - F Kinchin Smith - Read / Download
• Latin Grammer - by Scanlon, Charles L. - Publication date: 1944 - Read / Download

20. Mongolian:

• Modern Mongolian: A coursebook - Read / Download

21. Norwegian:

• ​Teach yourself Norwegian - Read / Download
• Norwegian self-taught by the natural method. With phonetic pronunciation. Thimm's system - by Thimm, Carl A. (Carl Albert); Grøndahl, Ingebrigt Christopher - Published 1920 - Read / Download

22. Portoguese:

• Teach yourself Portuguese - Read / Download
• Portuguese: An Essential Grammar - Read / Download

23. Punjabi:

• A Short Punjabi Grammar - by Court Henry -  Read / Download

24. Sansikrit:

• ​English - A grammar of the Sanskrit language - by Kielhorn, Franz, 1840-1908; Bombay (Presidency) Educational Dept - Read / Download
• English - An elementary grammar of the Sanscrit language - by Monier-Williams, Monier, 1819-1899 - Read / Download
• English - A practical grammar of the Sanskrit language - by Monier-Williams, Monier, 1819-1899 - Read / Download
• English - A Sanskrit grammar : including both the classical language, and the older dialects, of Veda and Brahmana - by Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 - Read / Download
• English - A practical grammar of the Sanskrit language for the use of early students - by Benfey, Theodor, 1809-1881 - Read / Download
• English - A short inquiry into the nature of language, with a view to ascertain the original meanings of Sanskrit prepositions; by Haughton, Graves Champney, 1788-1849 - Read / Download
• English - Essentials Of Sanskrit Grammer And Translation - by Sharma Ram Chandra - Publication date 1931 - Read / Download
• English - Introduction to the grammar of the Sanskrit language, for the use of early students - by Wilson, H. H. (Horace Hayman), 1786-1860 - Read / Download
• English - Systems Of Sanskrit Grammer - by Shripad, Krishna Belvalkar - Publication date 1915 - Read / Download
• English - The Philosophy Of Sanskrit Grammer - by Chakravarti Prabhat Chandra - Publication date 1930 - Read / Download

25. Saraiki:

• Saraikii ka Qaida - Read / Download
• Siraiki Zaban Oonda Rasmulkhat Ate Awazaan - by Aslam Rasoolpuri - Read / Download
• Siraiki Rasmul Khat Ki Mukhtasar Tareekh - Aslam Rasoolpuri - Read / Download

26. Serbian:

• Serbian Grammar - by Dragutin Subotic - Read / Download

​27. Swahili:

• A handbook of the Swahili language as spoken at Zanzibar - by Steere, Edward, 1828-1882; Madan, A. C - Published 1884 - Read / Download

28. Swedish:

• Swedish - An Essential Grammar (Routledge, 1997) - Read / Download
• Colloquial Swedish - A complete course for beginners - Read / Download
• Teach yourself Swedish - Read / Download

29. Russian:

• Russian: A Self-Teaching Guide - Read / Download
• Teach Yourself Beginner Russian Grammar - Read / Download
• Colloquial Russian - A complete course for beginners - Read / Download
• Colloquial Russian (2) - A complete course for beginners - Read / Download
• Schaum's Russian Grammar - Read 
• Using Russian Vocabulary - Read / Download
• Living Russian: Basic Grammar - Read / Download

30. Tamil:

• ​Colloquial Tamil​ - The complete course for beginners - Read / Download
• Tamil self-taught : (in roman characters) with English phonetic pronunciation - by Wickremasinghe, Don M. de Zilva - 
  Published 1906 - Read / Download

31. ​Thai:

•  Contrastive Study of English and Thai (Published by ERIC in 1974) - Read / Download

32. Turkish:

• Arabiic - Turkish Grammer قواعد  اللغة  التركية - by الدكتور مسعد بن سويلم الشامان - Read / Download
• English - Elementary Turkish - Thomas Lewis - Read / Download
• English - Teach Yourself Turkish - by Lewis, G. L. - Publication date 1919 - Read / Download
• English - Turkish: A complete course for beginners - Download
• English - Turkish Manual: A Confined Grammar - by Mackenzif, C.F. - Publication date 1879 - Read / Download
• English - Turkish Of Today - by Un Izzet Hamit - Publication date 1944 - Read / Download
• English - Ottoman-turkish Conversation Grammer - by Hagopian, V.H. - Publication date 1907 - Read / Download; Book's Key: Read / Download