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Pahari
(Encyclopedia) PahariPaharipəhäˈrē [key], languages or dialects of the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian languages.Athabascan
(Encyclopedia) AthabascanAthabascanăthəbăsˈkən [key], Athapascan, or AthapaskanAthapaskanboth: –păsˈ– [key], group of related Native American languages forming a branch of the Nadene linguistic…sign language
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Manual alphabet sign language, gestural communication used as an alternative or replacement for speech. Sign languages resemble oral languages in every way other than their…bilingualism
(Encyclopedia) bilingualism, ability to use two languages. Fluency in a second language requires skills in listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing, although in practice some of those…Ugrian
(Encyclopedia) UgrianUgriany&oomacr;ˈgrēən, &oomacr;ˈ– [key] or UgricUgriany&oomacr;ˈgrĭk, &oomacr;ˈ– [key], subgroup of the Finno-Ugric group of languages, which is, in turn, a…Turkic
(Encyclopedia) TurkicTurkictûrˈkĭk [key], group of languages forming a subdivision of the Altaic subfamily of the Ural-Altaic family of languages (see Uralic and Altaic languages). The Turkic group…Indo-Iranian
(Encyclopedia) Indo-Iranian, subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages, spoken by more than a billion people, chiefly in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka…Gabelentz, Hans Conon von der
(Encyclopedia) Gabelentz, Hans Conon von derGabelentz, Hans Conon von derhäns kōˈnôn fən dĕr gäˈbəlĕnts [key], 1807–74, German linguist. Gabelentz showed the broad relationships among Pacific…Tibeto-Burman languages
(Encyclopedia) Tibeto-Burman languages, subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. See Sino-Tibetan languages; Burmese; Tibetan language.Hawaiian
(Encyclopedia) Hawaiian, member of the Polynesian group of the Austronesian family of languages. Of the fewer than 10,000 people who speak Hawaiian, only a few hundred are native speakers, but the…Trending
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