Language lists


The "A" Biu-Mandara languages include 65 ( SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken in Africa and western Asia; this language group is a part of the Biu-Mandara language family. Each subgroup in this list contains individual languages. Currently, the subgroups of the Biu-Mandara language group are technically identified by letters. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of "A" Biu-Mandara languages"

The Afro-Asiatic languages include some 372 ( SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by people of Africa and western Asia. Each subfamily in this list contains many subgroups and individual languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Afro-Asiatic languages"

* Ainu (romanized) – (Aynu Itak - アイヌ) (romaji - ainu) (kana - アイヌ) (Japanese - 蝦夷) ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Ainu terms"

A word is autological or homological if it truly describes itself (see Grelling-Nelson paradox). Most autological words are adjectives (since they describe words, which are things). Nouns and verbs can also be self-descriptive, though not in the same way that adjectives are. Phrases may also be autological, e.g., "three words long" is three words long. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of autological words"

This is a list of loanwords in the Indonesian language. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of borrowed words in Indonesian"

This is a list of irregular verbs in the English language. The citation form (the infinitive) comes first (with a link to the Wiktionary article on the verb), together with the present tense forms when they are different, then the preterite (simple past), and finally the past participle. The right hand column notes whether they are weak or strong and whether they belong to a subclass, and links to discussions elsewhere. Typical irregularities in weak verbs are the assimilation of dentals (bended → bent) and vowel reduction (*keeped → kept). ...more on Wikipedia about "List of English irregular verbs"

:"Instead": originally derived from Latin locus ("place"); in lieu of: "instead of", "in the place of" — e.g., "In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the decedent's charity of choice." This is illustrated in the English word "lieutenant" which literally means "place-holder". ...more on Wikipedia about "List of French phrases"

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: Thus Spoke Zarathustra – a book by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Also a a symphonic poem by Richard Strauss, best known for its use in Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey ...more on Wikipedia about "List of German words and phrases"

This is a list of cases as they are used by various inflectional languages that have declension. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of grammatical cases"

This page lists direct English translations of common Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before that of Ancient Rome. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Latin phrases"

These are phrases where a comic effect or opinion point is made by pretending that they are oxymora. For example, the joke is that by stating that "Microsoft Works" is an oxymoron you imply that Microsoft can't make a piece of software that works. An almost infinite number1 of these can be constructed. Whether these phrases are actually oxymora depends on the reader's point of view; someone who believes that Microsoft does work would not think that "Microsoft Works" is an oxymoron. Joke oxymora almost always involve stereotypes. For example, saying that "honest lawyer" is an oxymoron works on the stereotype that lawyers are liars. This too, is subject to a person's point of view. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of oxymora"

This is a list of etymological lists. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lists of etymologies"

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