Have you ever come across a document written in your ancestors own language? If you have you know this can be a significant brick wall in your research. How would you like to be able to read those documents yourself?
The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) is the US Government’s prime institution for training the folks of the US Foreign affairs community. Using language programs and studies, the FSI prepares US civil servants for foreign postings. Since these language courses are published using taxpayers' money, they are public domain, and thus, available to anybody interested in learning a new language.
The FSI web site will not grant you fluency in these languages. However, you will get a good introduction and will learn to read documents written in another language.
The site is not affiliated with any government entity; it is an independent, non-profit effort to foster the learning of worldwide languages. Courses are made available through the private efforts of individuals who are donating their time and resources to provide quality materials for language learning.
Languages on the site include: Amharic, Arabic, Bulgarian, Cambodian, Cantonese, Chinese, Chinyanja, Finnish, French, Fula, German, Greek, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Igbo, Italian, Japanese, Kituba, Korean, Lao, Lingala, Luganda, Moré, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Shona, Sinhala, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Twi, Vietnamese and Yoruba.
For more information, visit the FSI website.
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