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(Encyclopedia) HindiHindihĭnˈdē [key], language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. The official language of India, Hindi is the…Aa, in European place names
(Encyclopedia) AaAaä [key] [from a word for “water” of the same Indo-European root as Lat. aqua], name of many small streams of N Europe and Switzerland. Aa, or a derivative of it, is a component…Bopp, Franz
(Encyclopedia) Bopp, FranzBopp, Franzfränts bôp [key], 1791–1867, German philologist. A professor at the Univ. of Berlin from 1821 to 1864, he did research in many languages and earned a great…Rask, Rasmus Christian
(Encyclopedia) Rask, Rasmus ChristianRask, Rasmus Christianräsˈm&oobreve;s krĭsˈtyän räsk [key], 1787–1832, Danish philologist. Rask was a major linguistic pioneer. He published one of the first…Prakrit
(Encyclopedia) PrakritPrakritpräˈkrĭt [key], any of a number of languages belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Indo-Iranian). The…preposition
(Encyclopedia) preposition, in English, the part of speech embracing a small number of words used before nouns and pronouns to connect them to the preceding material, e.g., of, in, and about.…Basque language
(Encyclopedia) Basque language, tongue of uncertain relationship spoken by close to a million people, most of whom live in NE Spain and some of whom reside in SW France. The language has eight…Goidelic
(Encyclopedia) GoidelicGoidelicgoidĕlˈĭk [key], or Gaelic, group of languages belonging to the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages; Irish language.Gaelic
(Encyclopedia) GaelicGaelicgāˈlĭk [key], or Goidelic, group of languages belonging to the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages; Irish language.Bhils
(Encyclopedia) BhilsBhilsbēlz [key], people, numbering about 3 million, who inhabit portions of Pakistan and of W central India, especially S Rajasthan and Gujarat states. They speak an Indo-European…Trending
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