The following list of ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-2 codes is sorted by language name in the third column. ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ...

Two codes for special situations (mul, "multiple languages", and und, "undetermined language") are defined in the standard. Additionally a code for Miscellaneous languages (mis) and one for No linguistic content (zxx) is defined.

Where two alpha-3 codes exist, the first is the B-code, the second the T-Code. The T-codes are preferred.

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Abkhaz is an agglutinative Georgia (in the autonomous republic of Abkhazia) and Turkey. ... Abkhaz is an agglutinative Georgia (in the autonomous republic of Abkhazia) and Turkey. ... Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Georgia and Turkey. ... Acehnese (also Achinese, Achehnese) or Aceh (formerly Atjeh) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. ... Acehnese (also Achinese, Achehnese) or Aceh (formerly Atjeh) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. ... Acholi (also Acoli, Shuli, Gang, Lwo) is a language primarily spoken by the Acholi people in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader, a region known as Acholiland in northern Uganda. ... Acholi (also Acoli, Shuli, Gang, Lwo) is a language primarily spoken by the Acholi people in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader, a region known as Acholiland in northern Uganda. ... Adangme (also Dangme, native name ) is a language that is spoken in Ghana by 825,000 people. ... Adangme (also Dangme, native name ) is a language that is spoken in Ghana by 825,000 people. ... Adyghe (адыгэбзэ adygebze, adəgăbză) is one of the two official languages of the Federal Republic of Adygea in the Russian Federation, the other being Russian. ... Adyghe (адыгэбзэ adygebze, adəgăbză) is one of the two official languages of the Federal Republic of Adygea in the Russian Federation, the other being Russian. ... Afar is a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. ... Afar is a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. ... Afar is a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. ... Afrihili is a constructed language designed in 1973 by K. A. Kumi Attobrah to be used as a lingua franca in all of Africa. ... Afrihili is a constructed language designed in 1973 by K. A. Kumi Attobrah to be used as a lingua franca in all of Africa. ... Afrikaans is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia. ... Afrikaans is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia. ... Afrikaans is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia. ... Map showing the distribution of Afro-Asiatic languages The Afro-Asiatic languages are a language family of about 240 languages and 285 million people widespread throughout North Africa, East Africa, the Sahel, and Southwest Asia. ... Map showing the distribution of Afro-Asiatic languages The Afro-Asiatic languages are a language family of about 240 languages and 285 million people widespread throughout North Africa, East Africa, the Sahel, and Southwest Asia. ... The Ainu language (Ainu: アイヌ イタㇰ, aynu itak; Japanese: アイヌ語, ainu-go) is spoken by the Ainu ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. ... The Ainu language (Ainu: アイヌ イタㇰ, aynu itak; Japanese: アイヌ語, ainu-go) is spoken by the Ainu ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. ... Akan languages edition of Wikipedia Akan languages are those languages belonging to the Kwa language family spoken in Ghana and the Côte dIvoire: Agona Ahafo Akuapem Akyem (Akyem Bosome) Anyi Asen Asante (Ashanti) Attié Baule Brong Chakosi Dankyira Fante (Fanti, Mfantse) Guang Kwahu Twi Also, Akan is itself... Akan languages edition of Wikipedia Akan languages are those languages belonging to the Kwa language family spoken in Ghana and the Côte dIvoire: Agona Ahafo Akuapem Akyem (Akyem Bosome) Anyi Asen Asante (Ashanti) Attié Baule Brong Chakosi Dankyira Fante (Fanti, Mfantse) Guang Kwahu Twi Also, Akan is itself... Akan languages edition of Wikipedia Akan languages are those languages belonging to the Kwa language family spoken in Ghana and the Côte dIvoire: Agona Ahafo Akuapem Akyem (Akyem Bosome) Anyi Asen Asante (Ashanti) Attié Baule Brong Chakosi Dankyira Fante (Fanti, Mfantse) Guang Kwahu Twi Also, Akan is itself... Akkadian (lišānum akkadītum) was a Semitic language (part of the greater Afro-Asiatic language family) spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, particularly by the Assyrians and Babylonians. ... Akkadian (lišānum akkadītum) was a Semitic language (part of the greater Afro-Asiatic language family) spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, particularly by the Assyrians and Babylonians. ... Albanian (gjuha shqipe //) is a language spoken by over 6 million people, primarily in Albania, Kosovo, and the Republic of Macedonia but also in other parts of the Balkans, along the eastern coast of Italy and in Sicily, as well as by emigrant groups in Scandinavia, Germany, Greece, Italy, the... Albanian (gjuha shqipe //) is a language spoken by over 6 million people, primarily in Albania, Kosovo, and the Republic of Macedonia but also in other parts of the Balkans, along the eastern coast of Italy and in Sicily, as well as by emigrant groups in Scandinavia, Germany, Greece, Italy, the... Albanian (gjuha shqipe //) is a language spoken by over 6 million people, primarily in Albania, Kosovo, and the Republic of Macedonia but also in other parts of the Balkans, along the eastern coast of Italy and in Sicily, as well as by emigrant groups in Scandinavia, Germany, Greece, Italy, the... Aleut is a language of the Eskimo-Aleut language phylum. ... Aleut is a language of the Eskimo-Aleut language phylum. ... Pre-contact distribution of Algonquian languages The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (the two Algic languages that are not Algonquian are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ... Pre-contact distribution of Algonquian languages The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (the two Algic languages that are not Algonquian are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ... Altaic is a proposed language family which includes 60 languages spoken by about 250 million people, mostly in and around Central Asia and Far East. ... Altaic is a proposed language family which includes 60 languages spoken by about 250 million people, mostly in and around Central Asia and Far East. ... Amharic (አማርኛ ’amarəñña) is a Semitic language spoken in North Central Ethiopia. ... Amharic (አማርኛ ’amarəñña) is a Semitic language spoken in North Central Ethiopia. ... Amharic (አማርኛ ’amarəñña) is a Semitic language spoken in North Central Ethiopia. ... Angika is a language of the Ang or Anga region of India which consists of about 58,000 square kilometer area of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal states. ... Angika is a language of the Ang or Anga region of India which consists of about 58,000 square kilometer area of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal states. ... Apachean, also known as Southern Athabaskan, refers to members of the Apachean language family (including Navajo) which is in turn a member of the larger Athabaskan family. ... Apachean, also known as Southern Athabaskan, refers to members of the Apachean language family (including Navajo) which is in turn a member of the larger Athabaskan family. ... The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... Languages distribution in Aragon (Aragonese in red). ... Languages distribution in Aragon (Aragonese in red). ... Languages distribution in Aragon (Aragonese in red). ... Aramaic is a Semitic language with a 3,000-year history. ... Aramaic is a Semitic language with a 3,000-year history. ... The Arapaho language (also Arapahoe) language is a Plains Algonquian language spoken almost entirely by elders in Wyoming. ... The Arapaho language (also Arapahoe) language is a Plains Algonquian language spoken almost entirely by elders in Wyoming. ... Araucanian (also Mapudungu) is an indigenous language family of central Chile and west central Argentina in South America. ... Araucanian (also Mapudungu) is an indigenous language family of central Chile and west central Argentina in South America. ... The Arawakan languages are an indigenous language family of South America and the Caribbean. ... The Arawakan languages are an indigenous language family of South America and the Caribbean. ... Armenian is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people in the Armenian Republic and also used by the Armenian Diaspora. ... Armenian is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people in the Armenian Republic and also used by the Armenian Diaspora. ... Armenian is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people in the Armenian Republic and also used by the Armenian Diaspora. ... An artificial or constructed language (known colloquially as a conlang among aficionados), is a language whose vocabulary and grammar were specifically devised by an individual or small group, rather than having naturally evolved as part of a culture as with natural languages. ... An artificial or constructed language (known colloquially as a conlang among aficionados), is a language whose vocabulary and grammar were specifically devised by an individual or small group, rather than having naturally evolved as part of a culture as with natural languages. ... Assamese (অসমীয়া) or Asamiya or Oxomiya is the language spoken by some of the natives of the state of Assam in northeast India. ... Assamese (অসমীয়া) or Asamiya or Oxomiya is the language spoken by some of the natives of the state of Assam in northeast India. ... Assamese (অসমীয়া) or Asamiya or Oxomiya is the language spoken by some of the natives of the state of Assam in northeast India. ... Asturian, Leonese, Astur-Leonese or Bable (Asturianu in Asturian, Llïonés in Leonese) is a Romance language spoken in some parts of the provinces of Asturias, León, Zamora and Salamanca in Spain, and in the area of Miranda de Douro in Portugal (where it is officially recognized as... Asturian, Leonese, Astur-Leonese or Bable (Asturianu in Asturian, Llïonés in Leonese) is a Romance language spoken in some parts of the provinces of Asturias, León, Zamora and Salamanca in Spain, and in the area of Miranda de Douro in Portugal (where it is officially recognized as... Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Athapascan or Athapaskan) is the name of a large group of distantly related Native American peoples, also known as the Athabasca Indians or Athapaskes, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family. ... Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Athapascan or Athapaskan) is the name of a large group of distantly related Native American peoples, also known as the Athabasca Indians or Athapaskes, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family. ... The Australian Aboriginal languages are a Australia, and the rest are descended linguistically from them. ... The Australian Aboriginal languages are a Australia, and the rest are descended linguistically from them. ... The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. ... The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. ... This article is about the Avar Language, for information on the Avar people please see Caucasian Avars. ... This article is about the Avar Language, for information on the Avar people please see Caucasian Avars. ... This article is about the Avar Language, for information on the Avar people please see Caucasian Avars. ... Yasna 28. ... Yasna 28. ... Yasna 28. ... Awadhi is an Indian language, often considered a dialect of Hindi, spoken in the Awadh (Oudh) region of Uttar Pradesh. ... Awadhi is an Indian language, often considered a dialect of Hindi, spoken in the Awadh (Oudh) region of Uttar Pradesh. ... Help wikipedia by translating Spanish article into this article. ... Help wikipedia by translating Spanish article into this article. ... Help wikipedia by translating Spanish article into this article. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ...

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Balinese is the language spoken by people in the island of Bali, Indonesia. ... Balinese is the language spoken by people in the island of Bali, Indonesia. ... The Baltic languages are a group of related languages belonging to the Indo-European language family and spoken mainly in areas extending east and southeast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. ... The Baltic languages are a group of related languages belonging to the Indo-European language family and spoken mainly in areas extending east and southeast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. ... Balochi, a north-western Iranian language, is the principal language of Balochistan. ... Bambara, also known as Bamanankan in the language itself, is a language spoken in Mali by as many as six million people (including second language users). ... BM may stand for: Air Sicilia IATA code Baby Mamma, the popular street term for the mother of ones illegitimate child. ... Bambara, also known as Bamanankan in the language itself, is a language spoken in Mali by as many as six million people (including second language users). ... Bamileke languages (ISO 639 alpha-3, bai) Bye - k thx bai Baccalaureus in Arte Ingeniaria Band Aid (band) BAI - Soviet early armoured car, predecessor of BA-6 Bai, a Chinese ethnic group Banco Africano de Investimentos, present in List of Angolan companies BAI the official name of ferry company Brittany... Bad is a word used to describe undesirable circumstances, objects, or events. ... Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (dull yellow) vs. ... BAS may stand for: Most commonly: BASIC programming language (file extension) Others: Bachelor of Administrative Studies Bachelor of Applied Science Bachelor of Arts and Science Baltimore Appliqué Society Banc of America Securities Barbados Agricultural Society Barbados Astronomy Society Basic allowance for subsistence Battalion aid station Battlefield Automated System (US Army... Basaa (also spelled Bassa, Basa, Bissa) is a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon. ... The Bashkir language is a Turkic language, a member of the Kyphchak group of languages. ... BA or Ba may stand for: // Abbreviations Bachelor of Arts, see Bachelors degree barium (Ba), the chemical symbol for the chemical element Bashkir language (ISO 639 alpha-2, ba) Boston and Albany Railroad (AAR reporting mark BA) Corporations & institutions Boeing Company (stock symbol) British Airways British Association for the... The Bashkir language is a Turkic language, a member of the Kyphchak group of languages. ... Basque (in Basque: Euskara) is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France. ... The BTK killer is a serial killer who killed seven people between 1974 and 1977. ... Categories: Stub | Ottoman Empire | Titles ... Beja (also called Bedawi, Bedauye, To Bedawie) is an Afro-Asiatic language of the southern coast of the Red Sea, spoken by about two million nomads in parts of Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea. ... Bel can mean: A unit of measurement for proportions and ratios; see Decibel and dB(A) The title of a Semitic god; see Bel (god) A Celtic deity; see Belenus Hindi name of the Bengal Quince tree or its fruit. ... Be or be may stand for: Be (Cyrillic): a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet To be: A verb in the English language which fulfils the syntactic function of the copula; on its irregular paradigm, see Indo-European copula Be Incorporated: the software company that developed the BeOS operating system Belarusian... BEM has a number of meanings: In engineering, BEM stands for Boundary Element Modeling or Boundary Element Method. ... Bemba, also known as Chibemba and Ichibemba, is a Bantu language that is spoken primarily in Zambia but is also spoken in surrounding countries. ... Ben is usually a shortened version of the given name Benjamin or Benedict. ... BN or bn may stand for: Barisan Nasional, a political coalition in Malaysia Barnes and Noble, a popular bookstore/coffeeshop Bengali language (ISO 639 alpha-2, bn) Boron nitride (BN) Brunei (ISO country code) or its Internet top-level domain (.bn) Burlington Northern Railroad (AAR reporting mark BN) Brand New... Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা ) is an Indo-Aryan language of South Asia that evolved as a successor to Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit. ... BER is a three letter abbreviation that can refer to the following: Basic Encoding Rules are a set of rules for encoding data that is described using the ASN.1 standard, for the purpose of transmission to a different computer system. ... Afro-Asiatic - Berber The Berber languages (or Tamazight) are a group of closely related languages mainly spoken in Morocco and Algeria. ... Bhojpuri is a popular regional language spoken in northeastern India in the western part of state of Bihar, the northwestern part of Jharkhand, and the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, as well as an adjoining area of southern plains of Nepal. ... BH may stand for: Bahrain (ISO country code) Bosnia and Herzegovina Bournemouth: BH is the United Kingdom post code for the region in southern England which is served by Bournemouth postal sorting office. ... Bihari is a name given to a group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in the Bihar region of India. ... Bicolano or Bikol is an Austronesian language used in the Philippines particularly on the Bicol Peninsula on the island of Luzon. ... Look up Bin on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Bin can refer to: Any container for storing any kind of material or items, usually with a large opening at the top so that contents can easily be removed, often with a lid. ... Edo (also called Bini) is a Benue-Congo language spoken in Edo State, Nigeria by approximately 1,000,000 people. ... BIS is an acronym standing for: Bank for International Settlements Barratt Impulsivity Scale, a self administered test to measure impulsivity Benevolent Irish Society Bispectral index Bislama language (ISO 639 alpha-3, bis) Bohemia Interactive Studio Bezpecnostni informacni sluzba, the Czech intelligence agency Best in Show, the highest placing in a... Look up Bi, bi, bi-, and BI in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bislama, previously also spelled Bichelama and Beach-la-Mar, is a Vanuatu. ... Note: Blin is the English spelling which is prefered by native speakers, but Bilin and Bilen are also commonly used. ... Species Bos aegyptiacus B. frontalis B. grunniens B. javanicus B. sauveli B. taurus Bos is the genus of wild and domestic cattle or oxen. ... The Bosnian language (bosanski jezik) is one of the standard versions of the Central-South Slavic diasystem, based on the Å tokavian dialect. ... Bra has several meanings: Short for brassiere, an undergarment. ... Brazilian Portuguese is a collective name for the varieties of Portuguese written and spoken by virtually all the 180 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a couple million Brazilian immigrants and temporary workers in other countries, mainly in Canada, United States, Portugal, Paraguay and Japan. ... BR or Br or br may stand for: Bad Religion, a punk rock band Battle Rifle, in Halo 2. ... Breton (Breton: Brezhoneg) is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany (Breizh) and Loire-Atlantique (historically part of Brittany) in France. ... Buginese (locally Basa Ugi, elsewhere also Bahasa Bugis, Bugis, Bugi, De) is the language spoken by about four million people mainly in the southern part of Sulawesi, Indonesia. ... BG or bg can refer to one of several things: abbreviation for background. Background image- send me the updated BG. BG Group, one part of the demerged British Gas plc The B.G. (The Baby Gangsta), a rapper formerly of the Cash Money label. ... Bua is one of Fijis fourteen Provinces. ... The Buriat language is a mongolian language spoken by the Buryats. ... For a municipality of Brazil, see Buri, São Paulo In Norse mythology, Buri (also Búri, Bur) was the god formed by the cow Audumla licking the salty ice of Ginnungagap. ... The Burmese language ( , or ) is the official language of Myanmar. ... MY or my can mean: my, the first-person possessive adjective in the English language Burmese language (ISO 639 alpha-2, my) Malaysia (ISO country code, MY) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

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Caddo is a Caddoan language of the Southern Plains. ... The Cariban languages are an indigenous language family of South America. ... Catalan (Català IPA: ) a Romance language, the national and official language of Catalunya (Catalonia) (On April 3rd 06 the central government of Spain finally recognised the right to define Catalonia as a NATION on the text of the Catalan Constitution) and the Principality of Andorra. ... Valencian (valencià) is the historical, traditional, and official name used in the Land of Valencia (Spain) to refer to the language also known as Catalan (català) in the Spanish Autonomous Communities of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands; in the country of Andorra; in the southern French region of the Roussillon... The term Caucasian languages is loosely used to refer to a large and extremely varied array of languages spoken by more than 7 million people in the Caucasus region of Eastern Europe, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. ... Cebuano, also known as Sugbuanon, is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 18,000,000 people and is a subgroup or member of Bisaya, Visayan and Binisayâ. The name came from the Philippine island of Cebu, with the Spanish suffix -ano meaning native, of a place, added... The Celtic languages are the languages descended from Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, spoken by ancient and modern Celts alike. ... The Chagatai language is an extinct Turkic language which was once widely spoken in Central Asia. ... Chamorro, or Chamoru, is the native language of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. ... The Chechen language has about 1,200,000 speakers, most of whom live in Russia. ... Cherokee (Cherokee: Tsalagi) is an Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee people. ... The Cheyenne language is a Native American language spoken in present-day Montana and Oklahoma, USA. It is part of the Algonquian language family. ... An extinct language of Colombia Alternate names: Muisca, Mosca Classification: Chibchan, Chibchan Proper Language use: The Chibcha people are still located near the towns of Tocancipa, Cota, Gachancipa and Tenjo. ... Chichewa (Chicheŵa in Malawian English) is one of the two official national languages of the Republic of Malawi, the other being English. ... Chinook Jargon was a trade language (or pidgin) of the Pacific Northwest, which spread quickly up the West Coast from Oregon, through Washington, British Columbia, and as far as Alaska. ... Dene Suline (also Dëne Sųłiné, Dene Sųłiné, Chipewyan, Dene Suliné, Dëne Suliné, Dene Soun’liné) is the language spoken by the Chipewyan people of central Canada (parts of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan) and is also called Dene. ... The Choctaw language, traditionally spoken by the Native American Choctaw people of the southeastern United States, is a member of the Muskogean family. ... Page from the Spiridon Psalter in Church Slavonic. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Chuvash language (pronounced /ˈʧu. ... Classical Newari is the pre-1850 literary form of Modern Newari. ... Coptic is the last phase of ancient Egyptian. ... The Cornish language (in Cornish: Kernowek, Kernewek, Curnoack) is one of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages that includes Welsh, Breton, the extinct Cumbric and perhaps the hypothetical Ivernic. ... Corsican (Corsu or Lingua Corsa) is a Romance language spoken on the island of Corsica (France), alongside French, which is the official language. ... Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. ... The Creek Language, also known as Muscogee (Mvskoke in Creek), is a Muskogean language spoken by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Seminole Indians in Florida and Oklahoma. ... // A creole language, or just creole, is a well-defined and stable language that originated from a non-trivial combination of two or more languages, typically with many distinctive features that are not inherited from either parent. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... // A creole language, or just creole, is a well-defined and stable language that originated from a non-trivial combination of two or more languages, typically with many distinctive features that are not inherited from either parent. ... // A creole language, or just creole, is a well-defined and stable language that originated from a non-trivial combination of two or more languages, typically with many distinctive features that are not inherited from either parent. ... Portuguese creoles are creole languages which have been significantly influenced by Portuguese. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... The Cushitic languages are a subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic languages, named after the Biblical figure Cush by analogy with Semitic. ...

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Lakota (also Lakhota, Teton, Teton Sioux) is the largest of the three languages of the Sioux, of the Siouan family. ... The Dargin or Dargwa language is spoken by the Dargin people of western Dagestan. ... Lenape (also called Delaware) is a language in the Algonquian language family spoken by the Lenape people. ... Dinka Dialects Northeastern (Padang) (Dialects: Abiliang, Dongjol, Luac, Ngok-Sobat, Ageer, Rut, Thoi) Northwestern (Ruweng) (Dialects: Alor, Ngok-Kordofan, Pan Aru, Pawany) South Central (Agar) (Dialects: Aliap, Ciec, Gok, Agar) Southeastern (Bor) (Dialects: Bor, Athoc, Ghol, Nyarweng, Tuic) Southwestern (Rek) (Dialects: Rek, Abiem, Aguok, Apuk, Awan, Lau, Luac, Malual, Paliet... Dhivehi is an Indo-Aryan language and the official language of the Republic of the Maldives. ... Dogri is an Indic language spoken by some two million people in South Asia, chiefly in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir but also in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, other parts of Kashmir and elsewhere. ... Dogrib is a language spoken by the First Nations Dogrib people of the Canadian territory Northwest Territories. ... The Dravidian family of languages includes approximately 26 languages that are mainly spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, as well as certain areas in Pakistan, Nepal, and eastern and central India, as well as in parts of Afghanistan and Iran. ... Duala (also known by the French spelling Douala) is the language spoken around the Duala. ... Linguistically speaking, Middle Dutch is no more than a collective name for closely related languages or dialects which were spoken and written between about 1150 and 1500 in the present-day Dutch-speaking region. ... Events Leofric becomes Bishop of Exeter Births Margrave Leopold II of Austria (d. ... Events 29 August - An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Spanish fleet in the battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer. ... Dioula (Jula) is a language spoken in Burkina Faso and Côte dIvoire. ... Dzongkha is the national language of the Kingdom of Bhutan. ...

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Ebers Papyrus detailing treatment of asthma Records of the Ancient Egyptian language have been dated about 3000 BC. It is part of the Afro-Asiatic group of languages and is related to Berber and Semitic (languages such as Arabic and Hebrew). ... Ekajuk, also known as Akajo and Akajuk, is a Bantoid language (of the Niger-Congo language family) that is spoken by tens of thousands of people (30,000 according to a 1986 estimate) in the Cross River State and some surrounding regions of Nigeria. ... Elamite is an extinct language, which was spoken in the ancient Elamite Empire. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion in 1066 and the mid-to-late 15th century, when the Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English, began to become widespread, a process aided by the... Events William II of England dies in a hunting accident - Henry I becomes King of England King Henry I proclaims the Charter of Liberties, one of the first examples of a constitution. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ... Events August 25 - Marcian proclaimed Eastern Roman Emperor by Aspar and Pulcheria. ... Events William II of England dies in a hunting accident - Henry I becomes King of England King Henry I proclaims the Charter of Liberties, one of the first examples of a constitution. ... Erzyan (Эрзянь Кель (Erzjanj Kelj)) is spoken in the northern and eastern parts of the republic of Mordovia and adjacent Nizhniy Novgorod, Chuvashia, Penza, Samara, Saratov, Orenburg, Ulyanovsk, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan in Russia. ... Look up Esperanto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Ewe (pronounced /eβe/) is a Kwa language spoken in Ghana and Togo by approximately three million people (Capo 1991). ...

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... Approximate geographical distribution of areas where indigenous Finno-Ugric languages are spoken. ... Fon (native name FÉ”ngbe) is part of the Gbe language cluster and belongs to the Kwa sub-family of the Niger-Congo languages. ... Middle French (le moyen français) is a historical division of the French language which covers the period from (roughly) 1340 to 1610. ... Events Henry IV quells baron rebellion and executes The Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury for their attempt to have Richard II of England restored as King Jean Froissart writes the Chronicles Medici family becomes powerful in Florence, Italy Births December 25 - John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of... 1597 1598 1599 - 1600 - 1601 1602 1603 |- | align=center colspan=2 | Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s - 1600s - 1610s 1620s 1630s |- | align=center | Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |} // Events January January 1 - Scotland adopts January 1st as being New Years Day February February 17 - Giordano Bruno burned at the... Old French is a term sometimes used to refer to the langue doïl, the continuum of varieties of Romance language spoken in territories corresponding roughly to the northern half of modern France and parts of Belgium and Switzerland during the period roughly from 1000 to 1300 A.D... Events Oaths of Strasbourg — alliance of Louis the German and Charles the Bald against emperor Lothar — sworn and recorded in vernacular languages. ... Events Henry IV quells baron rebellion and executes The Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury for their attempt to have Richard II of England restored as King Jean Froissart writes the Chronicles Medici family becomes powerful in Florence, Italy Births December 25 - John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of... Franco-Provençal is a Romance language consisting of dialects that can be found in Italy (Valle dAosta, Piemonte, Calabria, Apulia), in Switzerland (cantons Fribourg, Valais, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Geneva, non-German speaking parts of Bern, but not Jura, where the dialects spoken are French) and in France (Dauphinois... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Frisian is a Germanic group of closely related languages, spoken by around half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. ... The West Frisian language (Frysk) is a language spoken mostly in the province of Fryslân in the north of the Netherlands. ... Frisian is a Germanic group of closely related languages, spoken by around half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. ... Friulian (friulano in Italian, furlan or affectionately marilenghe in Friulian) is a Romance language belonging to the Rhaetian family, spoken in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of north-east Italy. ... The Fula language is a language of West Africa, spoken by the Fula people from Senegal to Cameroon and Sudan. ...

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The Ga language is spoken in Ghana in and around Accra, in the south of Togo and in Western Nigeria. ... Galician (Galician: galego) is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia. ... Luganda, also known as Ganda, is a Bantu language and is spoken mainly in the Buganda region of Uganda by a population of over three million people. ... Bahasa Gayo is the spoken language of about 180,000 people (1989) in the mountain region of North Sumatra around Takengon, Genteng, and Lokon. ... The Geez language (or Giiz language) is an ancient language that developed in the Ethiopian Highlands of the Horn of Africa as the language of the peasantry. ... Low German (also called Plattdeutsch, Plattdüütsch or Low Saxon) is a name for the regional language varieties of the Low Germanic languages spoken mainly in northern Germany, southern Denmark and eastern Netherlands. ... Middle High German is an ancestor of the modern German language, and was spoken from 1050 to about 1500. ... Events Leofric becomes Bishop of Exeter Births Margrave Leopold II of Austria (d. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term Old High German (OHG, German: Althochdeutsch) refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. ... Events Last Umayyad caliph Marwan II (744-750) overthrown by first Abbasid caliph, Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah Bold textItalic textLink title GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM GARY CANT SWIM... Events Leofric becomes Bishop of Exeter Births Margrave Leopold II of Austria (d. ... Gilbertese or Kiribati (sometimes Kiribatese, a mixture of both) is a language from the Austronesian family, part of the Oceanian branch and of the Nuclear Micronesian subbranch. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... The Gothic language (*gutiska razda, * ) is an extinct Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths and specifically by the Visigoths. ... The Greek language (Greek Ελληνικά, IPA // – Hellenic) is an Indo-European language with a documented history of some 3,000 years. ... Events May 29 - Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire). ... The Greek language (Greek Ελληνικά, IPA // – Hellenic) is an Indo-European language with a documented history of some 3,000 years. ... Events May 29 - Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire). ... Guaraní (gwah-rah-nee) [gwarani] (local name: avañeẽ) is a language spoken in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and southwestern Brazil. ... Alemannic German (Alemannisch) is a group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family. ... Gujarati (ગુજરાતી GujarātÄ«; also sometimes Gujrati) is an Indo-European, Indo-Aryan language. ... The Gwichin (sometimes rendered as Kutchin or Gwitchin), literally one who dwells, are a First Nation people who live in the northern part of North America. ...

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Pre-contact distribution of Haida The Haida language is the language of the Haida people. ... Haitian Creole (kreyòl ayisyen) is a creole language based on the French language. ... Hausa is the Chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 24 million people, and as a second language by about 15 million more. ... Hawaiian is the ancestral language of the indigenous people of the Hawaiian Islands, the Hawaiians, a Polynesian people. ... Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel with the West Bank, the United States, and Jewish communities around the world. ... The Herero are a people belonging to the Bantu group of about 120. ... Hiligaynon or Ilonggo is an Austronesian language spoken in Western Visayas in the Philippines. ... Himachal Pradesh, formally the Punjab Hill States, is a state in northwest India. ... Hindi (हिन्दी) is a language spoken mainly in North and Central India. ... Hiri Motu is an official language of Papua New Guinea. ... The Hittite language is the dead language once spoken by the Hittites, a people who once created an empire centered on ancient Hattusa (modern Boğazköy) in north-central Anatolia (modern Turkey). ... Hmong (Hmong: Hmoob) is a Hmong-Mien language spoken by the Hmong people native to Sichuan, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. ... A smoky day at the Sugar Bowl Edward Curtis, photographer The Hupa are an Athabaskan tribe which inhabit northwestern California. ...

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Iban is the spoken language of ethnic Dayak Iban in Borneo. ... Wikipedia articles written in this language are located at the Ido Wikipedia Ido is a reformed version of the planned language Esperanto. ... Igbo (also known, less commonly, as Ibo; Ndi Igbo in Igbo) is a language spoken in Nigeria by around 18 million speakers (the Igbo), especially in the southeastern region once identified as Biafra. ... Ilokano (variants: Ilocano, Iluko, Iloco, and Iloko) is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines Being an Austronesian language, it is related to such languages as Indonesian, Malay, Fijian, Maori (of New Zealand), Hawaiian, Malagasy (of Madagascar), Samoan, Tahitian, Chamorro (of Guam and the Northern Mariana... Inari Saami (Säämegiella) is spoken in northern Finland. ... The Indo-Aryan languages form a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian languages, thus belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. ... The Indo-European languages are a family of several hundred languages and dialects (443 according to the SIL estimate), including most of the major languages of Europe, as well as many in Southwest Asia, Central Asia and Southern Asia. ... Ingush language is a language spoken by approximately 230,315 people (1989) across a region covering Ingushetia, Chechnya, Uzbekistan and Russia. ... The constructed language Interlingua is an international auxiliary language (IAL) published in 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). ... The International Auxiliary Language Association that existed from 1924 to 1954 was a notable proponent of international auxiliary languages. ... The language Occidental, later Interlingue, is a planned language created by the Estonian naval officer and teacher Edgar de Wahl and published in 1922. ... Inuktitut (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, literally like the Inuit) is the language of the Inuit people. ... Inupiaq, Iñupiaq, Inupiak or Inupiatun is a group of dialects of the Inuit language spoken in northern and northwestern Alaska. ... Middle Irish is the name given by historical philologists to the form of the Irish language from the 10th to 16th centuries; it is therefore a contemporary of Middle English. ... Events Persian scientist, Rhazes, distinguished smallpox from measles in the course of his writings. ... Events University of Paris receives charter from Philip II of France The Kanem-Bornu Empire was established in northern Africa around the year 1200 Mongol victory over Northern China — 30,000,000 killed Births Al-Abhari, Persian philosopher and mathematician (died 1265) Ulrich von Liechtenstein, German nobleman and poet (died... Old Irish is the name given to the oldest form of the Irish language which can be, more or less, fully reconstructed from extant sources. ... Events Persian scientist, Rhazes, distinguished smallpox from measles in the course of his writings. ... Iroquoian languages The Iroquoian languages are a Native American language family. ...

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The Javanese language is the spoken language of the people in the central and eastern part of the island of Java, in Indonesia. ... Lojban (IPA , official full name Lojban: a realization of Loglan) is a constructed language which was created by the Logical Language Group in 1987 based on the earlier Loglan, with the intent to make the language more complete, usable, and freely available. ... Categories: Language stubs | Judaism-related stubs | Mizrahi Jews | Arab | Arabic languages | Jewish languages ... Dzhidi, or Judæo-Persian, is the Jewish language spoken by the Jews living in Persia. ...

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The Kabardian language is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Russia, Jordan and Turkey. ... Kabyle is a Berber language (Kabyle taqbaylit, pronounced thaqvayleeth) spoken by the Kabyle people. ... Kalmyk (Kalmuck, Calmouk, Oirat) is the language of the Kalmyks, spoken in Kalmykia (Russian Federation), Western China and Western Mongolia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Kanuri is a Nilo-Saharan language which is spoken by about 4 million people in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon. ... The Karachay-Balkar language (Къарачай-Малкъар /Qarachay-Malqar/) is a Turkic language of the Karachays and Balkars. ... Karakalpak is a Northwestern Turkic language mainly spoken mostly by Karakalpaks in Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan), along the lower Amu Darya river, and around the southern part of the Aral Sea. ... The Karelian language is a variety closely related to Finnish, with which it is not necessarily mutually intelligible. ... For other uses, see Kashmiri (disambiguation) Kashmiri (, also , Kashmiri: ) is a Dardic language spoken primarily in Kashmir, a South Asian region now split between India, Pakistan and China. ... Kashubian or Cassubian (Kashubian: kaszëbsczi jãzëk, pòmòrsczi jãzëk, kaszëbskò-sÅ‚owiÅ„skô mòwa) is one of the Lechitic languages, which are a group of Slavic languages. ... Kawi is a language from the islands of Java, Bali and Lombok. ... Kazakh, also Kazak, Khazakh, Qazaq, Kosach, and Kaisak (Қазақ тілі in Cyrillic, Qazaq tilî in the Latin alphabet, and قازاق تءىلءي in the Arabic alphabet) is a Western Turkic language closely related to Nogai and Karakalpak. ... Khasi is an Austroasiatic language spoken in the four districts of Meghalaya state in India, namely East Khasi Hills district, West Khasi Hills district, Jaiñtia Hills district and Ri Bhoi district. ... Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ) is one of the main Austroasiatic languages. ... Map showing the distribution of the Khoi-San languages. ... The Kĩkũyũ (otherwise spelled Gĩkũyũ) tribe is Kenyas most populous ethnic group. ... Kimbundu is one of the most widely spoken pre-colonial languages in Central Africa. ... Kinyarwanda is the chief spoken language in Rwanda. ... Categories: Language stubs | Languages of China | Languages of Kyrgyzstan | Turkic languages ... The Klingon language or Klingonese (tlhIngan Hol in Klingon) is a constructed language – an artistic language created by Marc Okrand for Paramount Pictures and spoken by Klingons in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... . Komi language edition of Wikipedia The Komi language, also known as Zyrian, or Komi-Zyrian, is a language spoken by the Komi peoples in the northeastern European part of Russia. ... Kongo or Kikongo is the Bantu language spoken by the Bakongo people living in the tropical forests of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo and Angola. ... Konkani (DevanāgarÄ« कोंकणी , Kannada ಕೊಂಕಣಿ ) is an Indo-Aryan language, although it includes a wealth of words derived from various Dravidian languages. ... Kosraean, also sometimes called Kusaiean, is the language spoken on Kusaie Island, Caroline Islands, and Nauru. ... The Kpelle are the largest ethnic group of the West African nation of Liberia. ... The Kru languages belong to the Niger-Congo language family and are spoken in the area ranging from the south-east of Liberia to the east of Côte dIvoire. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Kwanyama language. ... Kumyk (also Qumuq, Kumuk, Kumuklar, and Kumyki) is a Turkic language, spoken by about 200 thousands speakers (the Kumyks) in the Dagestan republic of Russian Federation. ... Kurdish (Kurdî) is an Indo-Iranian language spoken in the region loosely called Kurdistan, including Kurdish populations in parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. ... The Oraon are a tribal (Adivasi) people of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, India. ... Kootenai language The Kootenai language (also Kutenai or Ktunaxa language) is named after and is spoken by some of the Kootenai Native American/First Nations people who are indigenous to the area of North America that is now Montana, Idaho, and British Columbia. ... The Karelian language is a variety closely related to Finnish, with which it is not necessarily mutually intelligible. ...

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Ladino is a Romance language, derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew. ... Brief introduction to the language including anything noteworthy about the language. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Limburgish, or Limburgian or Limburgic (Dutch: Limburgs, German: Limburgisch, French: Limbourgeois) is a group of Franconian varieties, spoken in the Limburg and Rhineland regions, near the common Dutch/Belgian/German border. ... Lingala is a Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and a large part of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), as well as to some degree in Angola and the Central African Republic. ... Lojban (IPA , official full name Lojban: a realization of Loglan) is a constructed language which was created by the Logical Language Group in 1987 based on the earlier Loglan, with the intent to make the language more complete, usable, and freely available. ... Lower Sorbian (dolnoserbski) is a minority language spoken in eastern Germany in the historical province of Lower Lusatia, today part of Brandenburg. ... Lozi, also known as Silozi and Rozi, is a Bantu language (of the Niger-Congo language family) that is spoken by the Lozi people primarily in southwestern Zambia and also, to a lesser extent, in surrounding countries. ... The Luiseño language is an Uto-Azetecan language of California. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Lunda, also known as Chilunda, is a Bantu language (of the larger Niger-Congo family) that is spoken in Zambia, Angola and, to a lesser extent, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Luo (also known als Dholuo) is a Western Nilotic language spoken by the Luo people, numbering about 3 million. ... Luxembourgish or Luxembourgian (French: Luxembourgeois, German: Luxemburgisch, Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuergesch) is a West Germanic language spoken in Luxembourg. ...

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Madurese is the spoken language of people from Madura island in Indonesia; it is also spoken on Kangean Islands, Sapudi Islands, and in parts of province of East Java. ... The Magadhi language (also known as Magahi) is a language of India. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Maithili is of the family of Indo-Aryan languages, which are part of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. ... Makasar (previously spelled Makassar or Macassar) is both a language and a writing system used by the people in South Sulawesi island (Celebes) in Indonesia. ... Not to be confused with the Malayalam language, spoken in Kerala, India. ... Malayalam (മലയാളം ) is the language of the state of Kerala, in southern India. ... The Manchu language is a member of the Tungusic languages of Altaic family; it used to be the language of the Manchu, though now most Manchus speak Mandarin Chinese and there are fewer than 100 native speakers of Manchu out of a total of nearly 10 million ethnic Manchus. ... Manipuri or Meiteilon is the predominant language and lingua-franca in the state of Manipur, in northeastern India. ... Māori (or Maori or Te Reo) is the Polynesian language spoken in New Zealand, where it has official status. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Mari language (Mari: марий йылме, Russian марийский язык), spoken by more than 600,000 people, belongs to the Finno-Ugric language group and is part of the Volgaic subgroup of the Finnic languages together with Mordvin (though this relationship is contested; see Klima 2004 for discussion). ... The Marwari (also variously Marvari, Marwadi, Marvadi) is a language originating in the Western Indian state of Rajasthan, but is also found in the neighboring state of Gujarat and in Eastern Pakistan. ... Maasai is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Maasai people, numbering about 900,000. ... Mayan languages constitute a language family of related languages which are spoken in Mesoamerica, from southeastern Mexico to northern Central America, and as far south as Honduras. ... The Mende language is a major language of Sierra Leone, with some speakers in neighboring Liberia. ... The Mikmaq language (also spelled Míkmaq, Migmaq, and Micmac) is an Eastern Algonquian language spoken by around 7,300 Mikmaq in Canada, and another 1,200 in United States, out of a total ethnic Mikmaq population of roughly 20,000. ... Minangkabau language is the spoken language of Minangkabau people from West Sumatra. ... The Mirandese language (Lhéngua Mirandesa in Mirandese; Língua Mirandesa or Mirandês in Portuguese) is spoken in northeastern Portugal. ... Mohawk is a Native American language spoken in the United States and Canada. ... The Mokshan language (Moksha), мокшень кяль (Mokshanj kälj) is spoken in West part of the Republic of Mordovia and adjacent Penza, Ryazan, Tambov, Saratov, Samara, Orenburg oblasts, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan republics, Siberia, Far East of Russia and also in Armenia and USA. The number of speakers is around 500,000. ... The Moldovan language (Limba moldovenească, ISO 639 codes: mol, mo; Ethnologue code: none), the official language of Moldova, is generally considered to be the Romanian language renamed due to political reasons, in an attempt to fight what the Moldovan government calls Romanian expansionism. It is spoken by about 3. ... The Mon-Khmer languages are the autochthonous languages of Indo-China. ... Mossi is the name of a people living in central Burkina Faso, mostly in the villages of the Volta River Basin. ... Munda Languages are spoken in north east India. ...

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Nahuatl (pronounced in two syllables, NA-watl ) is a term applied to some members of the Aztecan or Nahuan sub-branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, indigenous to central Mexico. ... Navajo (also Navaho) (in Navajo: Diné bizaad) is an Athabaskan language (of Na-Dené stock) spoken in the southwest United States by the Navajo people (Diné). It is geographically and linguistically one of the Southern Athabaskan languages (the majority of Athabaskan languages are spoken in northwest Canada and Alaska). ... This article is about Ndonga language. ... Neapolitan (autonym: (n)napulitano; Italian: napoletano) is a Romance language spoken in the city and region of Naples, Campania (Neapolitan: Napule or Nnapule, Italian: Napoli), as well as throughout most of southern Italy including the Gaeta and Sora districts of southern Lazio, the southern part of Ascoli province in Marche... Nepali (Khaskura) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Nepal, Bhutan, and some parts of India and Burma. ... The Newar are the indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Nepals Kathmandu valley. ... Nepal Bhasa (also known as Newari) is a language spoken by Newar community in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. ... The Niger-Kordofanian language family was proposed by Joseph H. Greenberg in his 1966 book Languages of Africa. ... Map showing the distribution of the Nilo-Saharan languages. ... Nogai (also Nogay or Nogai Tatar), is a language spoken in Central Asia (southwestern Russia). ... This is the approximate extent of Old Norse and related languages in the early 10th century. ... Native American languages are the indigenous languages of the Americas, spoken by Native Americans from Alaska and Greenland to the southern tip of South America. ... Northern Saami (also, Sámi or Sami, formerly Lapp) is the most widely spoken of all Sami languages. ... Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken in Norway. ... Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken in Norway. ... The Nubian language group, according to the most recent research by Bechhaus-Gerst] comprises the following varieties: Nobiin (previously know by the geographic terms Mahas or Fadicca/Fiadicca). ... Nyoro language (technically Runyoro) is a local language of Nyoro, belongs to the Niger-Kongo family, Benue-Kongo subgroup, Bantu branch (Nyoro-Ganda group). ...

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Occitan, or lenga dòc, or languedoc, is a Romance language (or group of languages), spoken mainly in the Languedoc or Occitania region in southern France. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa or Anishinaabemowin in Eastern Ojibwe syllabics) is the third most commonly spoken Native language in Canada (after Cree and Inuktitut), and the fourth most spoken in North America (behind Navajo, Cree, and Inuktitut). ... Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ ) is one of the Indian languages mainly spoken in the Indian state of Orissa, though there are also significant Oriya-speaking populations in other linguistic regions, such as the Medinpur district of West Bengal and Saraikela Kharsawan district of Jharkhand. ... The Oromo language, also known as Afaan Oromo or Oromifaa, is an Afro-Asiatic language, and the most widely spoken of the Cushitic sub-phylum. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Ossetic or Ossetian is an Iranian language spoken on the slopes of the Caucasus mountains on the borders of Russia and Georgia. ... Ottoman Turkish (Turkish: Osmanlıca, Ottoman Turkish:لسان عثمانی) is the variant of the Turkish language which was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire, containing extensive borrowings from Persian, which in turn had been permeated with Arabic borrowings. ...

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The Pahlavi script was used broadly in the Sasanid Persian Empire to write down Middle Persian for secular, as well as religious purposes. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Kapampangan is one of the thirteen major languages of the Philippines. ... Pangasinán is a language of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family of languages spoken by more than two million people in Pangasinan and other Pangasinan communities in the Philippines, and by a significant number of Pangasinan immigrants in the United States; it is the primary language in... Papiamento or Papiamentu is the primary language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao (the so-called ABC islands). ... The term Papuan languages refers to those languages of the western Pacific which are neither Austronesian nor Australian. ... Persian (known variously as: فارسی Fārsi or پارسی Pārsi, local name in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Tajik, a Central Asian dialect, or Dari, another local name in Tajikistan and Afghanistan) is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Sketch of the first column of the Behistun Inscription Old Persian is the oldest attested Persid language. ... Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC 610s BC - 600s BC - 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC 560s BC 550s BC Events and Trends Fall of the Assyrian Empire and Rise of Babylon 609 BC _ King Josiah... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC Years: 405 BC 404 BC 403 BC 402 BC 401 BC - 400 BC - 399 BC 398 BC... Phoenician was a language originally spoken in the coastal region of what is now Lebanon. ... Prakrit (Sanskrit prakrta: natural, usual, vulgar) refers to the broad family of the Indic languages and dialects spoken in ancient India. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Punjabi (also Panjabi; in Gurmukhī, Panjābī in Shāhmukhī) is the language of the Punjabi people and the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... Pashto (پښتو; also known as Afghan, Pathan, Pushto, Pashtoe, Pashtu, Pushtu, and Pukhto) is the language spoken by the ethnic Afghan otherwise known as the Pashtun people who inhabit Afghanistan and the western provinces of Pakistan. ...

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Quechua (Runa Simi in Quechua; Runa, human + Simi, speech, literally mouth; i. ...

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Romansh (also spelled Rumantsch, Romansch or Romanche) is any of the various Rhaetian languages spoken in Switzerland. ... The Rajasthani languages are a group of related languages spoken in India and Pakistan . ... The Rapa Nui language (also Rapanui) is the Eastern Polynesian language of Easter Island, forming its own subgroup of that classification. ... Rarotongan is an East Central Polynesian language spoken mainly in the southern Cook Islands. ... Romance languages in the World Blue-French; Green-Spanish; Orange-Portuguese; Yellow-Italian; Red-Romanian The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. ... Romany (or Romani) is the language of the Roma and Sinti, peoples often referred to in English as Gypsies. The Indo-Aryan Romany language should not be confused with either Romanian (spoken by Romanians), or Romansh (spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland), both of which are Romance languages. ...

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Sakha, or Yakut, is a Turkic language with around 363,000 speakers that is spoken in the Sakha Republic in the Russian Federation. ... The Salishan (also Salish) languages are a group of languages of western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... Aramaic is a Semitic language with a 3,000-year history. ... Sami is a general name for a group of Uralic languages spoken in parts of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and extreme northwestern Russia, in Northern Europe. ... Sandawe is a tonal language spoken in the Dodoma region of Tanzania. ... For other uses, see Sango (disambiguation) Sango (also spelt Sangho) is the primary language spoken in the Central African Republic: it has 5 million second-language speakers, but only 400,000 native speakers, mainly in the towns. ... The Sanskrit language (Skt. ... Santali is a language in the Munda subfamily of Austro-Asiatic, related to Ho and Mundari. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Sasak live mainly on the island of Lombok, numbering around 2. ... Scots or Lallans (Eng: Lowlands), sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from the Gaelic language of the Highlands, is a West Germanic language used in Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland, and border areas of the Republic of Ireland, where it is known in official circles as Ulster Scots or... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Selkup language is a language of the Selkups. ... 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ... The Serbian language is one of the standard versions of the Štokavian dialect (former standard was known as Serbo-Croatian language). ... Serbo-Croatian or Croato-Serbian (srpskohrvatski or hrvatskosrpski), earlier also Serbo-Croat, was an official language of Yugoslavia (along with Slovenian and Macedonian). ... The Shan language is related to the Thai language and is commonly called Tai Shan. ... Shona (or ChiShona) is a native language of Zimbabwe; the term is also used to identify those Kintu speaking peoples in Southern Africa who speak one of the Shona languages. ... Yi (also Moso, Lolo, Noso, ) is a family of closely related Tibeto-Burman languages spoken by the Yi people. ... Sicilian (Lu Sicilianu, Lingua Siciliana) is the Romance language spoken in Sicily and southern Italy. ... The Sidamo languages are part of the Afro-Asiatic languages, belonging to the Cushitic sub-phylum. ... A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses gestures instead of sound to convey meaning - combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, facial expressions and lip-patterns. ... Sindhi (سنڌي، सिन्धी sindhī) is the language of the Sindh region of South Asia, which is now a province of Pakistan. ... a resource to look at current viewpoints Categories: Indo-Aryan languages | Languages of Sri Lanka | Wikipedia cleanup | Language stubs ... Sino-Tibetan languages form a language family of about 250 languages of East Asia, second only to Indo-European in terms of the number of speakers. ... Pre-contact distribution of the Siouan languages The Siouan (a. ... Skolt Sami (Sää´mǩiõll) is a Finno-Ugric, Sami language spoken in Finland and nearby parts of Russia. ... The Slavey language is a spoken language used among the Slavey Native American people of Canada. ... The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia. ... The Sogdian language is a Middle Iranian language spoken in Sogdiana (Zarafshan River Valley) in the modern day republics of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan (chief cities: Samarkand, Panjikent, Ferghana). ... The Songhay languages are a group of closely related languages/dialects centered on the Niger river, widely used as a lingua franca, particularly thanks to the medieval Songhay Empire. ... The Soninke language (Soninke: Soninkanxaane) is a Mande language spoken by the Soninke people of West Africa. ... The Sorbian languages (serbšćina) are members of the West Slavic branch of languages spoken in eastern Germany. ... Northern Sotho, Sepedi, or Sesotho sa Leboa, is one of the official languages of South Africa, and is spoken by 4,208,980 people (2001 Census Data), mostly in the provinces of Gauteng, Limpopo Province and Mpumalanga. ... Sesotho is a language spoken in southern Africa. ... Southern Saami is divided into two main dialects: Southern Saami sensu stricto and Ume Saami. ... The Sumerian language of ancient Sumer was spoken in Southern Mesopotamia from at least the 4th millennium BC. Sumerian was replaced by Akkadian as a spoken language around 2000 BC, but continued to be used as a sacred, ceremonial and scientific language in Mesopotamia until about 1 AD. Then, it... Sundanese (Basa Sunda, literally language of Sunda) is the language of about 27,000,000 people from the western third of Java or about 15% of Indonesian population. ... This article is about the language. ... Swati (also known as siSwati and Swazi) is a Bantu language of the Nguni Group spoken in Swaziland and South Africa. ... Syriac ( Suryāyā) or Syro-Aramaic is a dialect of Aramaic and was the language of written communication in the Fertile Crescent (Middle East) from the 2nd through to the 8th century A.D. It became the vehicle of Christianity and culture, spreading throughout Asia as far as Malabar and...

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Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Tahitian, a Tahitic language, is the official language of French Polynesia and is spoken throughout Oceania. ... The Tai languages are a subgroup of the Tai Kadai language family. ... Tajik or Tadjik (тоҷикӣ, تاجیکی, tojikí) is a descendant of the Persian language spoken in Central Asia. ... Tuareg or Tamasheq/Tamajaq/Tamahaq is a Berber language or family of closely related languages spoken by the Tuareg, in parts of Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya and Burkina Faso (with a few speakers, the Kinnin, even in Chad[1].) They are quite mutually comprehensible, and are commonly regarded as a... Tamil (தமிழ் ) is a classical language and one of the major languages of the Dravidian language family. ... The Tatar language (Tatar tele, Tatarça, Татар теле, Татарча) is a Turkic language belonging to the Altaic branch of the Ural-Altaic family of languages. ... Telugu (తెలుగు) belongs to the Dravidian language family but with ample influences by the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European family and is the official language of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. ... Tetum (also written as Tetun) is the national language of East Timor. ... The Tibetan language is typically classified as member of the Tibeto-Burman which in turn is thought by some to be a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. ... Tigre is a Semitic language descended from Geez and is closely related to Tigrinya and Amharic. ... Tigrinya (also spelt Tigrigna) is a Semitic language spoken by the Tigray people in central Eritrea, where it is one of the main working languages (Eritrea does not have official languages), and in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, where it also has official status, and among groups of emigrants from... The Tiv language is spoken by around 2 million people in Nigeria, with a few speakers in Cameroon. ... The Tlingit (Lingít) language is the language of the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada. ... Tok Pisin (tok means word or speech, pisin means business) is the creole spoken in Papua New Guinea (PNG). ... Members of the Tsimshian tribe enjoying a tea party near Fort Simpson, British Columbia, c. ... The Tsonga language is spoken in southern Africa by the Tsonga people, also known as the Shangaan. ... Tswana, also known as Setswana, is a Bantu language. ... Tumbuka language edition of Wikipedia The Tumbuka language is a Bantu language which is spoken in parts of Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania. ... The Tupi languages are a language family of 70 languages which are spoken by Indian tribesmen in South America. ... Ottoman Turkish (Turkish: Osmanlıca, Ottoman Turkish:لسان عثمانی) is the variant of the Turkish language which was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire, containing extensive borrowings from Persian, which in turn had been permeated with Arabic borrowings. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Tuvan language (Tuvan: Тыва дыл (Tyva dyl)), also known as Tuvinian language, is one of the Turkic languages. ... Twi (pronounced chwee) is a language spoken in Ghana by about 6 million people. ...

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Udmurt (удмурт кыл, udmurt kyl) is a Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Udmurts, native of the Russian constituent republic of Udmurtia, where it is co-official with the Russian language. ... The Ugaritic language is known to us only in the form of writings found in the lost city of Ugarit in Syria since its discovery by French archaeologists in 1928. ... Uyghur (in Uyghur: ئۇغۇرچه Uyƣurqə or ئۇغۇر تىلى Uyƣur tili; in Chinese: 维吾尔语 Wéiwúěryǔ) is a Turkic language spoken by the Uyghur people in Xinjiang (East Turkestan), China. ... Upper Sorbian (hornjoserbsce) is a minority language of Germany spoken in the historical province of Upper Lusatia, today part of Saxony. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

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Vai language is a language of Liberia. ... Venda, also known as Tshivenda or Chivenda, is a Bantu language. ... Volapük edition of Wikipedia This article is about the international auxiliary language. ... Votic or Votian is the language spoken by the Votes of Ingria. ...

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Wakashan is a family of languages spoken around Vancouver Island. ... Walloon (Walon) is a regional Romance language spoken as a second language by some in Belgium. ... Wáray-Wáray is a language spoken in the provinces of Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte (eastern portion), and Biliran in the Philippines. ... The Washoe language is a Native American language spoken by the Washoe. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... Wolof is a language spoken in Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania, and it is the native language of the ethnic group of the Wolof people. ...

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Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. ...

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9 to 10 year old boys of the Yao tribe participating in circumcision and initiation rites (March 2005). ... Yapese is a language spoken by 6,600 people on the island of Yap (Federated States of Micronesia). ... Yiddish (Yid. ... Yoruba (native name Yorùbá) is a dialect continuum of sub-Saharan Africa. ... The Yupik people speak five distinct languages, depending on their location. ...

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1. ↑  Serbo-Croatian language got an alpha-2 code sh but it is now deprecated. It has no alpha-3 code. However, SIL international is assigning an ISO 639-3 code hbs to Serbo-Croatian for considering it to be a macro-language.