Transparent Language Online

Learn a new language using a self-paced, online language-learning system.  Transparent Language offers courses in over 100 languages.  Learn a foreign language before departing for your next trip with your Jacksonville Public Library card.

Transparent Language also includes KidsSpeak, a fun, easy to use language learning program for young learners.  Designed for elementary aged children 6 and up KidSpeak offers courses in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

Create an account to save and retrieve ongoing lessons:
When accessing this database remotely, you will see "Sign Up With Barcode or User ID"
When clicked, you will be asked for bar code which is your library card number.
Enter your library card number using lower case letters to create an account to save and retrieve ongoing lessons.

Available Languages

  • Afrikaans
  • Albanian
  • Altai
  • Amharic
  • Arabic, Iraqi
  • Arabic, Levantine
  • Arabic, Modern Standard
  • Armenian
  • Azerbaijani
  • Balinese
  • Baluchi
  • Bambara
  • Bashkir
  • Belarusian
  • Bengali
  • Bosnian
  • Breton
  • Bulgarian
  • Buriat
  • Cambodian, Khmer
  • Chechen
  • Chinese, Cantonese
  • Chinese, Mandarin
  • Cree
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Dakota
  • Dakotah, Sisseton
  • Danish
  • Dari
  • Denesuline
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Esperanto
  • Estonian
  • Farsi
  • Finnish
  • French
  • French, Canadian
  • Georgian
  • German
  • Greek
  • Haitian Creole
  • Hausa
  • Hawaiian
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hmong
  • Hungarian
  • Icelandic
  • Indonesian
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Kalmyk
  • Kazakh
  • Kituba
  • Koasati
  • Korean
  • Koyukon
  • Kurdish-Behdini
  • Latin
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Luxembourgish
  • Macedonian
  • Malagasy
  • Malay
  • Maori
  • Mirandese
  • Mongolian
  • Nahuatl
  • Nepali
  • Nogai
  • Norwegian
  • Oji-Cree
  • Ojibwe
  • Ojibwe, Central
  • Ojibwe, Northwestern
  • Pashto
  • Polish
  • Portuguese, Brazilian
  • Portuguese, European
  • Punjabi, Shahmukhi
  • Quechua, Ecuadorian
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Scottish Gaelic
  • Serbian
  • Slovak
  • Somali
  • Spanish, Castilian
  • Spanish, Latin American
  • Swahili
  • Swedish
  • Tagalog
  • Tajiki
  • Tamil
  • Thai
  • Tohono O'odham
  • Turkish
  • Turkmen
  • Tuvan
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Uzbek - Cyrillic
  • Uzbek - Latin
  • Vietnamese
  • Welsh
  • Wolof
  • Yoruba
  • Zulu

#For Non-English Speakers

#English

  • English for Amharic Speakers
  • English for Arabic, Modern Standard Speakers
  • English for Chinese, Mandarin - Simplified Speakers
  • English for Czech Speakers
  • English for Farsi Speakers
  • English for French Speakers
  • English for German Speakers
  • English for Greek Speakers
  • English for Haitian Creole Speakers
  • English for Hindi Speakers
  • English for Hmong Speakers
  • English for Indonesian Speakers
  • English for Italian Speakers
  • English for Japanese Speakers
  • English for Korean Speakers
  • English for Malay Speakers
  • English for Norwegian Speakers
  • English for Polish Speakers
  • English for Portuguese, Brazilian Speakers
  • English for Romanian Speakers
  • English for Russian Speakers
  • English for Somali Speakers
  • English for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • English for Swahili Speakers
  • English for Tagalog Speakers
  • English for Thai Speakers
  • English for Turkish Speakers
  • English for Urdu Speakers
  • English for Vietnamese Speakers

#Other Language Pairs

  • Arabic, Iraqi for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Arabic, Iraqi for Turkish Speakers
  • Arabic, Modern Standard for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Arabic, Modern Standard for Turkish speakers
  • Balinese for Indonesian Speakers
  • Bulgarian for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Bulgarian for Turkish Speakers
  • Cambodian (Khmer) for Turkish Speakers
  • Chinese, Mandarin for Turkish Speakers
  • Chinese, Mandarin for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Croatian for Turkish Speakers
  • Czech for Turkish Speakers
  • Danish for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Danish for Turkish Speakers
  • Dari for Turkish Speakers
  • Dutch for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Dutch for Turkish Speakers
  • Farsi for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Farsi for Turkish Speakers
  • French for Arabic, Modern Standard Speakers
  • French for Portuguese, Brazilian Speakers
  • French for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • French for Turkish Speakers
  • German for Portuguese, Brazilian Speakers
  • German for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • German for Turkish Speakers
  • Greek for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Greek for Turkish Speakers
  • Hebrew for Turkish Speakers
  • Hindi for Turkish Speakers
  • Hungarian for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Hungarian for Turkish Speakers
  • Indonesian for Turkish Speakers
  • Irish for Turkish Speakers
  • Italian for Portuguese, Brazilian Speakers
  • Italian for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Italian for Turkish Speakers
  • Japanese for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Japanese for Turkish Speakers
  • Korean for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Korean for Turkish Speakers
  • Norwegian for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Norwegian for Turkish Speakers
  • Polish for Turkish Speakers
  • Portuguese, Brazilian for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Portuguese, Brazilian for Turkish Speakers
  • Portuguese, European for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Portuguese, European for Turkish Speakers
  • Romanian for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Romanian for Turkish Speakers
  • Russian for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Russian for Turkish Speakers
  • Somali for Turkish Speakers
  • Spanish, Latin American for Portuguese, Brazilian Speakers
  • Spanish, Latin American for Turkish Speakers
  • Swahili for Turkish Speakers
  • Swedish for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Swedish for Turkish Speakers
  • Tagalog for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Tagalog for Turkish Speakers
  • Tamil for Turkish Speakers
  • Thai for Turkish Speakers
  • Turkish for Spanish, Latin American Speakers
  • Urdu for Turkish Speakers
  • Vietnamese for Turkish Speakers
  • Welsh for English, British Speakers

Unfortunately, Transparent Language does not offer courses in Ancient Greek or Ancient Egyptian heirogyphics so reading the Rosetta Stone will require further study.  For assistance on resources for those languages please consult a librarian.

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