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Albanian
Shqip

Arabic
العربية

Bosnian
Bosanski

Chinese
中文

Croatian
Hrvatski

Czech
Čeština

Dutch
Nederlands

German
Deutsch

Greek
Ελληνικά

Hindi
हिन्दी

Hungarian
Magyar

Italian
Italiano

Japanese
日本語

Korean
조선말

Panjabi
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

Persian (Farsi)
فارسی

Polish
język polski

Portuguese
Português

Romanian
română

Russian
русский язык

Serbian
Српски

Slovak
slovenský jazyk

  

Spanish
español

Turkish
Türkçe

Ukranian
украї́нська мо́ва

Urdu
اُردوُ

Vietnamese
tiếng Việt

  

We have more feature films in languages not listed above. See a complete list here.

These Branch Libraries have non-English books for adults in these languages.

Beacock - Spanish, Vietnamese
Cherryhill - Chinese, Spanish
Crouch - Portuguese, Polish, Spanish,
Jalna - Arabic, Chinese, Spanish
Masonville - Chinese, Korean
Sherwood - Spanish
Westmount - Korean, Spanish

The Central Library has books, videos and material for children in all the languages listed in the chart above.
 

Magazines and Newspapers

Al-Ahram (Arabic) Magyarsag (Hungarian)
Al-Hawadeth (Arabic) Mosty (Russion)
Canadian Srbobran (Serbian) Novy Domov (Czech)
Corriere canadese (Italian) Oggi (Italian)
Correo Canadiense (Spanish) Ogonek (Russian)
Cuvantul romanesc (Romanian) Persian Journal for Science & Society (Farsi)
Elsevier (Dutch) El Popular(Spanish)
Glos Polski(Polish) Russian Canadian INFO(Russian)
Hola (Spanish) Sarita (Hindi)
Homin Ukrainy(Ukrainian) Shahrvand (Persian)
India Today(Hindi) Sing Tao Jih Pao (Chinese)
Indo-Canadian Times(Panjabi) Slobodna Dalmacija(Croatian)
Korea Times(Korean) Voz de Portugal (Portuguese)
Der Spiegel(German) Windmill Herald(Dutch)

To look for a newspaper in a foreign language which you do not see in the above list, try Newsconnect.
 

Mango Languages
Learn a language online at your own pace. Courses for learning English as well as a number of non-English languages. Basic courses for travelers, or more in-depth courses to take you beyond the basics.

Family Literacy Kits

Family Literacy Kits, filled with books (written in English and a non-English language) and toys, are for families who have English as their second language to be able to read to their pre-school children in their first language. See the complete list of kits in the catalogue.

Beacock: Arabic, Chinese, Khmer, Korean, Vietnamese
Byron: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese
Children's: Arabic,Albanian,English,Khmer, Kurdish,Portuguese, Serbo-Croation, Vietnamese
Cherryhill: Chinese,English, French
Eastwood: English, Portuguese, Vietnamese 
Jalna: Arabic,Chinese, Hungarian, Kurdish, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
Lambeth: Arabic, English, Portuguese
Masonville: Arabic, English, French, Korean, Spanish
Pond Mills: Arabic, English, French, Somali, Spanish,
Sherwood: Arabic, English, French, Somali, Spanish
Westmount: Arabic, Chinese, French