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adjective

(Encyclopedia) adjective, English part of speech, one of the two that refer typically to attributes and together are called modifiers. The other kind of modifier is the adverb. Adjectives and adverbs…

Welsh language

(Encyclopedia) Welsh language, member of the Brythonic group of the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages.

Fick, August

(Encyclopedia) Fick, AugustFick, Augustouˈg&oobreve;st fĭk [key], 1833–1916, German philologist. Fick compiled the first comparative etymological dictionary of the Indo-European languages (1868).

Urdu

(Encyclopedia) UrduUrdu&oomacr;rˈd&oomacr; [key], language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. The official tongue of Pakistan…

Persian language

(Encyclopedia) Persian language, member of the Iranian group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Indo-Iranian languages). The official language of Iran, it has…

Cornish

(Encyclopedia) Cornish, language belonging to the Brythonic group of the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages. See P. B. Ellis, The Cornish Language and…

Oscan

(Encyclopedia) OscanOscanŏsˈkən [key], extinct language belonging to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Italic languages.

Faliscan

(Encyclopedia) FaliscanFaliscanfəlĭsˈkən [key], extinct language belonging to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Italic languages.

Brythonic

(Encyclopedia) BrythonicBrythonicbrĭthŏnˈĭk [key], group of languages belonging to the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages.

Umbrian

(Encyclopedia) UmbrianUmbrianŭmˈbrēən [key], extinct language belonging to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Italic languages.