These online presentations supplement the current exhibit at the museum.

Arabic | ASL | Chinese | Cherokee | English | Esperanto | Ge'ez | Japanese | Latin | Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights | Vietnamese

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Language	Title	View online	Download file
English	Emerging American Language in 1812	Index of online and virtual exhibits
Arabic
	Calligraphy	Arabic Calligraphy PowerPoint slide show by Janet Chernela, Ph.D.	Arabic Calligraphy Full Powerpoint
	Calligrams	Arabic Calligrams: Decorative writing
ASL	American Sign Language	Sign Writing Resource Page	Bilingual Deaf Education article: Signing on to Deaf Education; Deaf Bilingual Blog
Chinese	Calligraphy Video	Basics of Chinese Calligraphy	iPhone size iPod file Desktop
	Did you know that?	Did you know that? (pdf)	Did you know that? Complete Powerpoint (2007) Quicktime movie
	You Xi Quiz	Web-based flash quiz	Install the flash player for Windows if the quiz doesn't work for you.
	Chinese Characters to Write	Chinese Characters	Basic guide to Chinese by Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (used by permission of SACU) ©2004
Cherokee	The Cherokee Syllabary	Presentation on Cherokee by Carrie Clarady Cherokee Handout Page 1 | Page 2	pdf file (requires Acrobat Reader
Esperanto	An international language not associated with an ethnic group, Esperanto is proposed as a means of egalitarian communication on a world scale.	Prague Manifesto Esperanto broadcasts from Radio Polonia or from Radio China International:	World Congress of Esperanto Youth Esperanto Organization TEJO
Ge'ez	THE POWER OF THE TEXT: Ge’ez: An Ancient Ethiopic Script in Prince George’s County, Maryland	Ge'ez Web Presentation	The Power of theText -Ge'ez Full PowerPoint
Japanese	The Japanese Writing System	Japanese Writing Web Presentation (2 KB)	Japanese Writing (7.3 MB) PowerPoint Japanese Writing (6 MB) pdf file
Latin	Why study Latin?	Latin Web Presentation	Latin - full powerpoint (46 MB) | Latin Quicktime Presentation |
Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights	From the conference in Barcelona in 1996	Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights
Vietnamese	The History of Vietnamese Writing	Vietnamese Writing pdf file	Note: sound files are embedded in the pdf file. Mac users open in Acrobat Reader and click on speaker icons on page 2 to hear the tones.
Docent Guide	For Docents	Guide for Docents