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Quechua (/ˈkɛtʃuə/, Spanish: [ˈketʃwa]), also called Runasimi ('people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated...

The Arabic alphabet (Arabic: الْأَبْجَدِيَّة الْعَرَبِيَّة, al-ʾabǧadiyyah l-ʿarabiyyah [æl.ʔæb.d͡ʒæˈdɪj.jæ l.ʕɑ.rɑˈbɪj.jæ] or الْحُرُوف الْعَرَبِيَّة...

Ossetian (/ɒˈsɛti.ən/ oss-ET-ee-ən, /ɒˈsiːʃən/ oss-EE-shən, /oʊˈsiːʃən/ oh-SEE-shən), commonly referred to as Ossetic and rarely as Ossete (Ossetian: ирон...

1955 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1955. 1955 (MCMLV) was...

Gregg shorthand is a system of shorthand developed by John Robert Gregg in 1888. Distinguished by its phonemic basis, the system prioritizes the sounds...

An idiot, in modern use, is a stupid or foolish person. 'Idiot' was formerly a technical term in legal and psychiatric contexts for some kinds of profound...

Judaeo-Aragonese (Aragonese: Chodigo-Aragonés) was a Judaeo-Romance language, a Jewish language that was derived from Aragonese. It was used by Spanish...

Western Australian English is the English spoken in the Australian state of Western Australia (WA). Although generally the same as most other Australian...

In linguistics, a conservative form, variety, or feature of a language is one that has changed relatively little across the language's history, or which...

Hollandic or Hollandish (Dutch: Hollands [ˈɦɔlɑnts]) is the most widely spoken dialect of the Dutch language. Hollandic is among the Central Dutch dialects...

Many countries and national censuses currently enumerate or have previously enumerated their populations by languages, native language, home language,...

In linguistics, an intensifier (abbreviated INT) is a lexical category (but not a traditional part of speech) for a modifier that makes no contribution...

This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For...

A barbarism is a nonstandard word, expression or pronunciation in a language, particularly one regarded as an error in morphology, while a solecism is...

Turn-taking is a type of organization in conversation and discourse where participants speak one at a time in alternating turns. In practice, it involves...

O'Neill is an Irish surname derived from the Gaelic Ó Néill meaning "descendant of Niall". The Uí Néill dynasty were the foremost dynasty of Ulster, and...

Frespañol or frespagnol (also known as frañol or fragnol) is a portmanteau of the words français (or francés in Spanish) and español, which mean French...

IJsbrand is a Dutch male given name of late Old Dutch or early Middle Dutch origins. The first syllable, "eis" (or ijs/ys), is derived from the old West...

The Zigong dialect (simplified Chinese: 自贡话; traditional Chinese: 自貢話; pinyin: Zìgònghuà; Wade–Giles: Tzu-kung hua) is a branch of Southwestern Mandarin...

The Indiana University Language Workshop (formerly known as SWSEEL) is one of the oldest and largest summer language programs in the United States. Located...