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Sites about Spanish and/or other languages spoken in Spain.

Centro Virtual Cervantes
An outstanding site that is becoming the meeting point for the people involved with the Spanish languge. Here you can find materials for teachers, selected links, four Bulletin Boards, news,... An excellent example of an intelligent use of the Net. Check it out and bookmark it!

Comparative Cyberlexicon
This is a compilation of English terms peculiar to computer culture and technology and its equivalents in Spanish.

Congreso de Zacatecas
Information about the I Congress of the Spanish Language held in Zacatecas in April 1997. Interesting information about the language spoken by more than 300 million people, and the chance to listen to (Real Audio needed) Garcia Marquez, Cela, or Octavio Paz. From the Centro Virtual Cervantes. Only in Spanish.

CyberSpanglish Website
Yolanda Rivas has gathered the language used by Spanish-Spoken people on the Net. You won't find these words in Don Quixote... but it's Spanish anyway, isn't it?

Diccionario Anaya online
"Hi, I'm a Spanish language student and I don't know what perspicaz means." This is your place. Anaya is a big publishing house specialized in school books. They have a good online Spanish dictionary. Only in Spanish.

Diccionario Vox de la Lengua Espanola
Vox is a very popular company specialized in dictionaries, and it has put a Diccionario in its site. They also have a English-Spanish dictionary.

Español 1
This is an excellent, free, multimedia online Spanish language course for people with little or no background in Spanish. You need Shockwave. From Learn Plus.

El Castellano
A Web meeting point for those interested in Spanish: grammar rules, a magazine focused on translation, a press selection, a good collection of links and much more. The problem: it’s only in Spanish.

English-Spanish Dictionary
Brief English-Spanish dictionary.

Galego Org
This is a nice site about "Galego", the Official Language of Galicia, one of the three Historical Nationalities of Spain. Very helpful, you can learn the history of this language guided by Rosalia (a Galician girl) and how to ask for a beer in "Galego". Nice design.

Glosario Ingles-español Para Usuarios De Internet
An English-Spanish glossary thought for those of you who love to surf the Net.

Instituto Cervantes
The Instituto Cervantes is the Spanish institution that has the learning and promotion of Spanish as its aims. In its official site you'll find all the info about the Instituto, news, centers, and even a cultural events calendar.

María Moliner
An special feature on María Moliner, author of the famous Diccionario de uso del Español. From Centro Virtual Cervantes. Only in Spanish.

La Pagina Djudeo-Espanyola
More than 500 hundred years ago the Spanish jews were expelled from Sefarad (Spain). From then on, they preserve not only their culture, but their marvellous and peculiar Spanish from the XV century. English, French, and djudeo-espanyol.

Pasatiempos
If you are looking to learn or improve your Spanish this is a great site dedicated to Spanish teachers and students. Here you'll find crosswords, word searchs, puzzles, and many other games to use in the classroom. Excellent contents, quality and design. In Spanish.

Puerta del Sol
Site of the bi-montly audiomagazine (hosted by Iñaki Gabilondo, a beloved broadcast journalist) for students of Spanish language and culture.

Real Academia Española
Here you have at least the web site of the Real Academia Española. All we can say is that this site “limpia, fija y da esplendor”. It's an ambitious site and even though it's not complete yet, here you can find from images of famous books (El libro del buen amor or La gramatica de Nebrija) to the names of the different members of La Academia.

Spanish Language
Gerald Erichsen is our Spanish Language Guide, and runs an essential site if you are learning or teaching Spanish. Don't miss the Virtual Spanish Classroom. From About.com

Voces y Letras Hispanicas
Learn about the sounds of Spanish (you need Real Audio), the history of the language, examples of our literature, or the history of the words. A site to spend hours learning and having a good time. From the Centro Virtual Cervantes. Only in Spanish.

Webespañol
Mark Buttler is the brain behind this excellent site about Spanish language: links, lessons, BB's, penpals, sound files to learn pronunciation, jokes, software, ... A must.

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