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Otomí
(Encyclopedia) OtomíOtomíōtōmēˈ [key], a Macro-Otomanguean language spoken by Native Americans of W central Mexico. See Native American languages.Zend
(Encyclopedia) ZendZendzĕnd [key], term formerly used for the language of the Avesta (see Zoroastrianism).African languages
(Encyclopedia) African languages, geographic rather than linguistic classification of languages spoken on the African continent. Historically the term refers to the languages of sub-Saharan Africa,…Native American languages
(Encyclopedia) Native American languages, languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of…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.Umbrian
(Encyclopedia) UmbrianUmbrianŭmˈbrēən [key], extinct language belonging to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Italic languages.Picts
(Encyclopedia) Picts, ancient inhabitants of central and N Scotland, of uncertain origin. First mentioned (a.d. 297) by the Roman writer Eumenius as northern invaders of Roman Britain, they were…Norse
(Encyclopedia) Norse, another name for the North Germanic, or Scandinavian, group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). The modern Norse…Frisch, Karl von
(Encyclopedia) Frisch, Karl vonFrisch, Karl vonfrĭsh [key], 1887–1982, Austrian zoologist, b. Vienna, Austria. He studied zoology with Richard von Hertwig, whom he later succeeded as professor of…Trending
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