Languages Languages The English language makes a distinction between blue and green, ...more on Wikipedia about "Distinguishing "blue" from "green" in language"
(Double Talk Accusation) 1. This allegation is often levelled against someone who speaks two languages, one Western, and the other 'foreign'. The allegation always centers on the accused saying something to the general public in the language of the majority, and saying the opposite to the other group often in another language or in lectures. ...more on Wikipedia about "Double Talk Accusation"
Groma (ISO/DIS 639-3: gro) is a language spoken in Sikkim and Tibet. ...more on Wikipedia about "Groma language"
A hyperpolyglot is one who can speak six or more languages fluently. The term was coined by the linguist Richard Hudson in 2003 and derives from the word " polyglot", meaning one who can speak multiple languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hyperpolyglot"
Insular language is any language mostly spoken on an island. The most spoken insular languages include Japanese, Javanese and Indonesian. Most of the Austronesian languages are insular languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Insular language"
(Juantania) A localized language spoken exculsively on the La isla de Juan. Approximately 500 known speakers exist in the entire world. Exposure to other countries is extremely limited, because La isla de Juan does not possess an airport or other means of leaving the country. The language is mainly taught to others through speech and formalized classes do not exist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Juantania"
The letters KI can refer to: ...more on Wikipedia about "KI"
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A language is a system of symbols, generally known as lexemes and the rules by which they are manipulated. The word language is also used to refer to the whole phenomenon of language, i.e., the common properties of languages. Language is commonly used for communication, though it has other uses. ...more on Wikipedia about "Language"
A language code is a system that assigns short letter codes to languages. Often used language codes include ISO 639 and the SIL code. The French language, for instance, has the code fr in ISO 639-1 and FRN in SIL. ...more on Wikipedia about "Language code"
Language development is a process that starts early in human life where a person goes onto acquiring language by learning it as it is spoken and by mimicry. Usually, language starts off as a remembrance of simple words without associated meaning, but as one ages, words acquire meaning and connections between words are formed. As one ages, sentences start to form as words are constructed together to create logical meaning. As a person gets older, new meanings and new associations are created and vocabulary increases as more words are learned. ...more on Wikipedia about "Language development"
Many countries have a language policy designed to favour or discourage the use of a particular language or set of languages. Although nations historically have used language policies most often to promote one official language at the expense of others, many countries now have policies designed to protect and promote regional and ethnic languages whose viability is threatened. ...more on Wikipedia about "Language policy"
Language revival is the revival, by governments, political authorities, or enthusiasts, to recover the spoken use of a language that is no longer spoken or learned at home. Language death is the process by which a language ceases to be used by the people who formerly spoke it. Language revival seeks to bring back a language that is dead or endangered. ...more on Wikipedia about "Language revival"
The most-used language on the Internet is English. Although the total number of native English speakers in the world is about 322 million, English is spoken as a second language by almost 200 million people around the world. They make their contributions to the Internet in their own language as well as in English. ...more on Wikipedia about "Languages on the Internet"
The Linguasphere language code is a reference system for world languages used by the Linguasphere Observatory and published in its Linguasphere Register. It is an expansive, flexible system that relates each language or dialect with another. In this it is quite unlike the scheme used by Ethnologue, where three letter codes are unrelated mnemonics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Linguasphere language code"
A polyglot is someone with a high degree of proficiency in several languages. (A bilingual person can speak two languages fluently, a trilingual three. One who can speak six or more languages fluently is known as a hyperpolyglot.) ...more on Wikipedia about "List of noted polyglots"
Metaphorical language is a term referring to the use of a complex system of metaphors to create a sub-language within a common language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metaphorical language"
A minority language is a language spoken by a minority of the population of a country. ...more on Wikipedia about "Minority language"
A modern language is any human language that is used by societies in the world today. ...more on Wikipedia about "Modern language"
In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a property exhibited by two or more distinct languages when speakers of one or more of the languages can readily understand at least one or more of the other language(s) without intentional study or extraordinary effort. Mutual intelligibility can be asymmetric between the languages, with speakers of one understanding more of the other than speakers of the other understand of the first. It exists in differing degrees among many related or geographically proximate languages of the world, often in the context of a dialect continuum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mutually intelligible languages"
The Ngangikurrunggurr is a tribe of people famous for their weaving who live in a small community called Peppimenarti, Northern Territory, Australia. They have a self-titled language that is known for having noun classes reserved for canines and hunting weapons. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ngangikurrunggurr language"
Polyglot has several meanings: ...more on Wikipedia about "Polyglot" This text is made on http://www.shortopedia.com
Puquina is an extinct language, which was spoken by the ancient Inca in the region surrounding Lake Titicaca and in the north of what is now Chile. ...more on Wikipedia about "Puquina language"
A regional language is a language spoken in a part of a country - it may be a small area, a federal state or province, or a wider area. It is often mistaken for a dialect. ...more on Wikipedia about "Regional language"
A sacred language is a language, frequently a dead language, that is cultivated for religious reasons by people who speak another language in their daily life. In particular, a liturgical language is a sacred language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sacred language"
A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to fluidly express a speaker's thoughts. Sign languages develop in deaf communities, which can include interpreters and friends and families of deaf people as well as people who are deaf or hearing-impaired themselves. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sign language" Can you feel it? http://www.shortopedia.com.
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