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Siouan
(Encyclopedia) SiouanSiouans&oomacr;ˈən [key], branch of Native American languages belonging to the Hokan-Siouan linguistic family, or stock, of North and Central America (including Mexico). See…Gujarati
(Encyclopedia) GujaratiGujaratig&oobreve;ˌjəräˈtē [key], language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian languages.Rhaeto-Romanic
(Encyclopedia) Rhaeto-RomanicRhaeto-Romanicrēˈtō-rōmănˈĭk [key], generic name for several related dialects of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see…Himyaritic
(Encyclopedia) HimyariticHimyaritichĭmˌyərĭtˈĭk [key], another name for Old South Arabian. See Arabic languages; Afroasiatic languages.Uto-Aztecan
(Encyclopedia) Uto-AztecanUto-Aztecany&oomacr;ˈtō-ăztĕkˈən [key], branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock. The languages belonging to this stock are spoken in North and Central America. See…Yuman
(Encyclopedia) YumanYumany&oomacr;ˈmən [key], branch of Native American languages belonging to the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock, or family, of North America (including Mexico) and Central…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…Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm
(Encyclopedia) Meyer-Lübke, WilhelmMeyer-Lübke, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm mīˈər-lüpˈkə [key], 1861–1936, Swiss philologist. Meyer-Lübke taught at the universities of Jena, Vienna, and Bonn. He was the author…Diez, Friedrich Christian
(Encyclopedia) Diez, Friedrich ChristianDiez, Friedrich Christianfrēˈdrĭkh krĭsˈtyän dēts [key], 1794–1876, German philologist. A professor at Bonn, Diez is noted as one of the founders of 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.…Trending
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