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Avestan
(Encyclopedia) AvestanAvestanəvĕsˈtən [key], language belonging to the Iranian group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. One of the earliest forms of the Iranian…mood
(Encyclopedia) mood or mode, in verb inflection, the forms of a verb that indicate its manner of doing or being. In English the forms are called indicative (for direct statement or question or to…Swahili language
(Encyclopedia) Swahili language, member of the Bantu group of African languages (see African languages and Bantu languages). Swahili is spoken by 30 million people, chiefly in Tanzania, Kenya, Congo…phonology
(Encyclopedia) phonology, study of the sound systems of languages. It is distinguished from phonetics, which is the study of the production, perception, and physical properties of speech sounds;…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…Vambery, Arminius
(Encyclopedia) Vambery, Arminius or HermannVambery, Arminius or Hermannvämˈbārĭ [key], Hung. Ármin VámbéryVambery, Arminius or Hermannärˈmĭn [key], 1832–1913, Hungarian philologist and traveler. In…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.Oscan
(Encyclopedia) OscanOscanŏsˈkən [key], extinct language belonging to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Italic languages.Nahuatlan
(Encyclopedia) NahuatlanNahuatlannäˈwŏtˌlən [key], group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock of North and Central America. A Nahuatlan language of great…Trending
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