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Want to learn another language? Try interactive learning with the popular Mango Languages.
The Calgary Public Library's World Languages collection can be found throughout all 17 library locations and on the 5th floor at Central Library. It is designed to meet the needs of native speakers of a variety of countries, as well as of persons interested in language study.
Check out books and more in 38 languages!
Amharic Adult Books
Arabic Adult Books Children's Books DVDs
Albanian Adult Books Children's Books
Bengali Adult Books Children's Books
Bosnian Adult Books Children's Books
Chinese Adult Books Children's Books DVDs
Croatian Adult Books Children's Books
Czech Adult Books Children's Books
Danish Adult Books
Dutch Adult Books Children's Books
Farsi Adult Books Children's Books DVDs
French Adult Books Children's Books DVDs
German Adult Books Children's Books
Greek Adult Books Children's Books
Gujarati Adult Books Children's Books
Hebrew Adult Books Children's Books
Hindi Adult Books Children's Books DVDs
Hungarian Adult Books Children's Books
Italian Adult Books Children's Books DVDs
Japanese Adult Books Children's Books
Khmer Adult Books
Korean Adult Books Children's Books DVDs
Marathi Adult Books
Norwegian Adult Books
Pilipino Adult Books Children's Books DVDs
Polish Adult Books Children's Books DVDs
Portugese Adult Books DVDs
Punjabi Adult Books Children's Books DVDs
Romanian Adult Books
Russian Adult Books Children's Books DVDs
Serbian Adult Books Children's Books
Slovak Adult Books
Somali Adult Books
Spanish Adult Books Children's Books DVDs
Swedish Adult Books Children's Books DVDs
Ukrainian Adult Books Children's Books
Urdu Adult Books Children's Books
Vietnamese Adult Books Children's Books DVDs
For more information on our world languages collections visit any of our 17 library locations and talk to Library staff today!
Click on any of the languages below to see a sample of language learning material in that language.
Afrikaans
Albanian
Amharic
Arabic
Armenian
Bengali
Blackfoot
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Chinese
Cree
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dari
Dutch
Esperanto
Farsi
Finnish
French
Gaelic
German
Greek
Gujarati
Hawaiian
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Khmer
Korean
Latin
Lithuanian
Nepali
Norwegian
Persian
Pilipino or Philipino
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Romanian
Russian
Sanskrit
Slovak
Somali
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Tagalog
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese