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- CLS definition "Classical Sanskrit is a refined and standardized grammatical form that emerged in the mid-1st millennium BCE and was codified in the most comprehensive of ancient grammars, the Aṣṭādhyāyī ('Eight chapters') of Pāṇini." language.
- CNR definition "Montenegrin is the standardised variety of the Serbo-Croatian used by Montenegrins. It is based on the Shtokavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian.Montenegrin uses more the Latin alphabet than the Cyrillic. In both alphabets there are two additional letters." language.
- CNR definition "Le monténégrin est la variante normalisée du serbo-croate utilisé par les Monténégrins. Il est basé sur le dialecte chtokavien du serbo-croate.Le monténégrin emploie plus l’alphabet latin que cyrillique. Dans les deux alphabets, il y a deux lettres supplémentaires." language.
- COR definition "Le cornique est une langue celtique insulaire du groupe brittonique, parlée en Cornouailles (au Royaume-Uni).Il est reconnu par le Royaume-Uni comme langue régionale de l’Écosse, selon la charte européenne des langues régionales ou minoritaires." language.
- COR definition "Cornish is a south-western Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Cornwall.Since 2000 the language has undergone a revival. It is a recognised regional language of the United Kingdom, protected under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages." language.
- COS definition "Le corse est une langue italo-dalmate romane, membre du groupe centre-sud des dialectes de l’Italie, parlée et écrite sur l’île de Corse (France) et au nord de la Sardaigne (Italie).L’Unesco classe le corse comme une langue définitivement en voie de disparition." language.
- COS definition "Corsican is an Italo-Dalmatian Romance language, a member of the South Central group of the dialects of Italy, spoken and written on the islands of Corsica (France) and northern Sardinia (Italy). Unesco classifies Corsican as a definitely endangered language." language.
- CRS definition "Seselwa Creole French is a French-based creol language. It is one of the official languages of the Seychelles." language.
- CSC definition "Catalan Sign Language is a sign language used in Catalonia and Valencia communities in Spain. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- CSD definition "Chiangmai Sign Language is a sign language used in Chiang Mai city in Thailand. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- CSE definition "Czech Sign Language is a sign language used in the Czech Republic. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- CSF definition "Cuba Sign Language is a sign language used in Cuba. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- CSG definition "Chilean Sign Language is a sign language used in Chile. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- CSL definition "Chinese Sign Language is a sign language used in China. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- CSN definition "Colombian Sign Language is a sign language used in Colombia. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- CSQ definition "Croatia Sign Language is a sign language used in Croatia. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- CSR definition "Costa Rican Sign Language is a sign language used in Costa Rica. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- CXH definition "Cha'ari is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. It belongs to the endangered Western Chadic sub-branch whose speakers are shifting to Hausa. Together with Tulai and Zeem, it forms the Nuclear Zeemic group." language.
- CYB definition "Cayubaba is an indigenous language isolate. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- CYM definition "Le gallois est une langue du sous-groupe brittonique des langues celtiques, parlée principalement au pays de Galles. Il a le statut de langue officielle au pays de Galles.Le gallois littéraire moderne standard est une forme conservatrice de la langue: cela le rend plus difficile à apprendre, mais ceux qui savent le lire peuvent également lire les premiers classiques." language.
- CYM definition "Welsh (Cymraeg) is a member of the Brittonic subgroup of the Celtic languages. It has the status of official language in Wales.Modern standard literary Welsh is a conservative form of the language: this makes it more difficult to learn but those who can read it can also read the early classics." language.
- DAN definition "Le danois est une langue germanique du Nord, parlée principalement au Danemark, et est la deuxième langue dans les Îles Féroé et au Groenland. Le danois est en grande partie mutuellement intelligible avec le norvégien et le suédois.Il possède un inventaire de voyelles relativement vaste et se distingue par ses nombreux sons pharyngalisés." language.
- DAN definition "Danish is a North Germanic language spoken principally in Denmark and as a second language in the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Danish is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Swedish.Danish has a relatively large vowel inventory and is distinguished by the many pharyngealised sounds." language.
- DAZ definition "Moi-Wadea (Moi, Maniwo, Dao) and Auye (Auwje) are the two varieties of a Papuan language group spoken in the Paniai lakes region of the Indonesian province of Central Papua. Both belong to the Nuclear Trans New Guinea language family." language.
- DEU definition "German is a West Germanic language, most closely related to Dutch and Yiddish. German is a pluricentric language, with multiple countries having their own standardised variants as well as many dialects. There is also one variant referred to as Standard German." language.
- DEU definition "L’allemand est une langue germanique occidentale, proche du néerlandais et du yiddish. L’allemand est une langue pluricentrique, avec plusieurs pays ayant leurs propres variantes normalisées ainsi que de nombreux dialectes. Il existe aussi une variante dénommée «allemand standard»." language.
- DGR definition "Tlicho, also known as Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì or the Dogrib language, is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib people) First Nations of the Canadian Northwest Territories. It is part of the Na-Dené language family and the disputed Dené–Yeniseian hypothesis." language.
- DIQ definition "Dimli or Southern Zaza is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken primarily in eastern Turkey. The language is a part of the Zaza–Gorani language group of the northwestern group of the Iranian branch." language.
- DIV definition "Dhivehi or Maldivian is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken in the Maldives, where it is the national language. Maldivian is a descendent of Maharashtri Prakrit and is closely related to Marathi, Konkani and Sinhalese languages, but not mutually intelligible with them.Maldivian is written in the Thaana script." language.
- DIV definition "Le divehi ou maldivien est une langue indo-aryenne parlée principalement aux Maldives, où elle est la langue officielle.L’alphabet utilisé est le thâna ou thaana, qui est dérivé de l’arabe." language.
- DIZ definition "Ding is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Together with Ngul (also Ngwii), Lwel and Nzadi, it forms the West-Coastal group. Noun class systems are a defining feature of Bantu languages and the basis for the identification of the whole Atlantic–Congo language family to which Ding belongs as part of Volta-Congo primary branch." language.
- DJO definition "Jangkang is a Dayak language of Borneo. It is closely related to the Kembayan (xem), Semandang (sdm), Ribun (rir) and Sanggau (scg) languages. Jangkang belongs to the Malayo-Polyneasian primary branch of the Austronesian language family. Two main morphological characteristics of the Malayo-Polynesian languages are a system of affixation and reduplication to form new words." language.
- DOQ definition "Dominican Sign Language is a sign language used in Dominican Republic. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- DSE definition "Dutch Sign Language is a sign language used in Netherlands. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- DSK definition "Dokshi is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. It belongs to the endangered Western Chadic sub-branch whose speakers are shifting to Hausa. Together with the Nuclear Zeemic, it forms the Zeemic group of languages." language.
- DSL definition "Danish Sign Language is a sign language used in Denmark. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- DYR definition "Dyarim is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. It belongs to the endangered Western Chadic sub-branch whose speakers are shifting to Hausa. One of its closest relatives is the Zeemic language group." language.
- DZD definition "Daza or (in Hausa) Dazawa is listed by Blench (2006) as a Chadic language within the Bole group, spoken in a few villages of Darazo LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria. It was confirmed to exist in 2021. The language is nearly extinct with only elderly speakers speaking the language. Native speakers have shifted to Hausa." language.
- DZG definition "Dazaga (also known as Daza) belongs to the Saharan primary branch of the putative Nilo-Saharan language family. It is spoken by the Daza people in northern Chad and eastern Niger. Within the Saharan branch – which also includes the Kanuri, Kanembu, and Tebu languages – Dazaga is classified as part of the Western Saharan subgroup. The constituent families of Nilo-Saharan are quite diverse. One characteristic feature is a tripartite singulative-collective-plurative number system." language.
- DZO definition "Dzongkha is a Sino-Tibetan language. It is the official language of Bhutan." language.
- ECS definition "Ecuadorian Sign Language is a sign language used in Ecuador. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- ELL definition "Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to the southern Balkans, the Aegean Islands, western Asia Minor and Cyprus. It has the longest continuous recorded history of any European language.Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history.Greek roots are often used to coin new words for other languages; Greek and Latin are the predominant sources of international scientific vocabulary." language.
- ELL definition "Le grec fait partie de la branche indépendante de la famille indo-européenne des langues, principalement parlé dans le sud des Balkans, sur les îles de la mer Égée, en Asie Mineure occidentale et à Chypre. Il a la plus longue histoire enregistrée en continu de toutes les langues européennes.Son système d’écriture a été l’alphabet grec pour la majorité de son histoire.Les racines grecques sont souvent utilisées pour créer de nouveaux mots dans d’autres langues; le grec et le latin sont les principales sources de vocabulaire scientifique international." language.
- EMA definition "Emai-Iuleha-Ora is an Edoid language spoken in Edo State in Nigeria. Together with Ikhin-Arokho, it forms the Emaic subgroup. Similar to the more well-known Bantu languages, Emai-Iuleha-Ora also features noun class systems, which are a key characteristic used to identify the broader Atlantic–Congo language family, to which Emai-Iuleha-Ora belongs as part of the Volta–Congo primary branch." language.
- ENG definition "L’anglais est une langue appartenant au groupe occidental des langues germaniques. C’est la langue officielle de près de 60 États souverains. De nos jours, l’anglais est une lingua franca mondiale (langue véhiculaire).L’anglais est la troisième langue maternelle la plus parlée dans le monde et la langue la plus étudiée comme deuxième langue." language.
- ENG definition "English is a member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic languages. It is an official language of almost 60 sovereign states and is now a global lingua franca.It is the third-most-common native language in the world and it is widely learned as a second language." language.
- ENV definition "Enwan (Edo State) is an Edoid language spoken in Edo State in Nigeria. With Ikpeshi and Ivbie North-Okpela-Arhe, it forms the Ikpeshic subgroup. Similar to the more well-known Bantu languages, Edoid languages also feature noun class systems, which are a key characteristic used to identify the broader Atlantic–Congo language family, to which Enwan belongs as part of the Volta–Congo primary branch." language.
- EPO definition "L’espéranto est la langue auxiliaire construite internationale la plus parlée. Son nom dérive de «Doktoro Esperanto» («espéranto» se traduit par «celui qui espère»), le pseudonyme sous lequel Ludwig Zamenhof a publié le premier livre détaillant l’espéranto, en 1887.Cette langue artificielle a des bases indo-européennes, à la fois dans son lexique et dans les catégories grammaticales avec lesquels elle opère." language.
- EPO definition "Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto (‘Esperanto’ translates as ‘one who hopes’), the pseudonym under which Ludwig Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, in 1887.This artificial language is Indo-European based, both in its lexicon and in the grammatical categories with which it operates." language.
- ESE definition "Ese Ejja is a Tacanan indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- ESL definition "Egypt Sign Language is a sign language used in Egypt. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- ESN definition "Salvadoran Sign Language is a sign language used in El Salvador. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- ESO definition "Estonian Sign Language is a sign language used in Estonia. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- EST definition "Estonian belongs (with Finnish) to the Baltic-Finnic subgroup of the Finno-Ugrian languages from the Uralic family. It is the official language of Estonia.Estonian represents a transitional form from an agglutinating language to a fusional language." language.
- EST definition "L’estonien appartient, avec le finnois, au sous-groupe balto-finnois des langues finno-ougriennes de la famille ouralienne. Il est la langue officielle de l’Estonie.L’estonien représente une forme de transition d’une langue agglutinante à une langue fusionnelle." language.
- ETH definition "Ethiopian Sign Language is a sign language used in Ethiopia. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- EUD definition "Eudeve is a Southern Uto-Aztecan language formerly spoken in Mexico, in the north of Sonora. The language, which is part of the putative Taracahitic branch, is known in colonial-era manuscripts. It has been extinct since the 1930s." language.
- EUS definition "Le basque (euskara) est une langue non indo-européenne d’origine incertaine et la seule langue vivante de l’Europe qui n’a pas de parents linguistiques connus. Il s’agit de la langue parlée par le peuple basque, qui est indigène et habite principalement au Pays basque, région couvrant une zone dans le nord-ouest de l’Espagne et le sud-ouest de la France." language.
- EUS definition "Basque (euskara) is a non Indo-European language of uncertain origin; the only living language of Europe that has no known linguistic relatives. It is spoken by the Basque people, indigenous to and mainly inhabiting the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in north-eastern Spain and south-western France." language.
- EWE definition "Ewe belongs to the Gbe branch of the Niger–Congo language family. It is spoken in southeastern Ghana." language.
- FAO definition "Faroese is a North Germanic language spoken in the Faroe Islands.Faroese grammar is related and very similar to that of modern Icelandic and Old Norse." language.
- FAO definition "Le féroïen ou féringien est une langue germanique du Nord parlée dans les Îles Féroé.La grammaire des Îles Féroé est très proche de celles de l’islandais moderne et du vieux norrois." language.
- FAS definition "Le persan est la langue parlée en Iran (Perse), en Afghanistan et au Tadjikistan en tant que langue officielle, ainsi qu’au Bahreïn (minorité iranophone) et en Ouzbékistan (minorité tadjike). Il appartient au groupe indo-iranien de la famille des langues indo-européennes.De nos jours, les langues persanes s’écrivent surtout au moyen de l’alphabet arabo-persan, variante de l’alphabet arabe. Au Tadjikistan et en Ouzbékistan, la langue tadjike s’écrit en caractères cyrilliques." language.
- FAS definition "Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages and the only South-Western Iranian language. Apart from being the majority language and the national language in Iran (Persia), a different dialect is spoken in Afghanistan (officially known as Dari since 1958 for political reasons) and in Tajikistan (officially known as Tajiki Persian since the Soviet era for political reasons), and in some other regions. Persian is a pluricentric language and its grammar is similar to that of many contemporary European languages. Modern Iranian Persian and Afghan Persian are written using a modified variant of the Arabic alphabet. Tajik Persian is typically written in a modified version of the Cyrillic alphabet." language.
- FCS definition "Quebec Sign Language is a sign language used in francophone Canada. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- FIJ definition "Fijian is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is one of the official languages of Fiji." language.
- FIL definition "Filipino is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is one of the official languages of the Philippines." language.
- FIN definition "Finnish belongs (with Estonian) to the Baltic-Finnic subgroup of the Finno-Ugrian languages from the Uralic family. Finnish is one of two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedish).Finnish is typologically between fusional and agglutinative languages." language.
- FIN definition "Le finnois appartient, avec l’estonien, au sous-groupe balto-finnois des langues finno-ougriennes de la famille ouralienne. Le finnois est l’une des deux langues officielles de la Finlande (l’autre étant le suédois).Typologiquement, le finnois se situe entre les langues fusionnelles et agglutinantes." language.
- FIT definition "Tornedalen Finnish is a group of distinct Finnish dialects spoken in the northernmost part of Sweden, particularly along the Torne River Valley. It is officially recognized as one of Sweden's five minority languages and is treated as a separate language from Finnish. Its status as an independent language is sometimes disputed due to this high degree of mutual intelligibility. However, Meänkieli contains strong influences from Swedish and has preserved some archaic features that even the Northern Finnish dialects have lost. Together with Finnish, it belongs to the Finnic languages of the Uralic language family." language.
- FRA definition "French is the most northerly of the Romance languages and is an official language in 29 countries. It is an official language of all United Nations agencies and of a large number of international organisations. Outside of France, the highest numbers of French speakers are found in Canada, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg." language.
- FRA definition "Le français est la plus septentrionale des langues romanes et est une langue officielle dans 29 pays. Il est aussi une langue officielle de tous les organismes des Nations unies et d’un grand nombre d’organisations internationales. Hors de France, le plus grand nombre de francophones se trouvent au Canada, en Belgique, en Suisse et au Luxembourg." language.
- FRY definition "Frisian belongs, together with English, to the North Sea subgroup of the West Germanic languages. It is spoken by Frisian ethnic groups, who live mainly in the northern part of the Netherlands.There are three varieties of Frisian: West Frisian, Saterland Frisian, and North Frisian." language.
- FRY definition "Le frison appartient, avec l’anglais, au sous-groupe de la mer du Nord des langues germaniques de l’Ouest. Il est parlé par des groupes ethniques de la Frise, qui vivent principalement dans la partie nord des Pays-Bas.Il est réparti en trois variantes: le frison occidental, le frison oriental et le frison septentrional." language.
- FSE definition "Finnish Sign Language is a sign language used in Finland. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- FSL definition "French Sign Language is a sign language used in France and French-speaking parts of Switzerland. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- FSS definition "Finland-Swedish Sign Language is a sign language used in Swedish community in Finland. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- FUL definition "Fula – also known as Fulah – is a Senegambian language spoken across some 20 countries in West and Central Africa. Along with other related languages such as Serer and Wolof, it belongs to the Senegambian branch within the Niger–Congo family, which does not have tones. It is spoken as a first language by the Fula people. The language mainly uses a version of the Latin alphabet but Arabic script is also used and there was a plan to use a special Adlam script." language.
- GDH definition "Gajirrabeng is an Aboriginal Australian language spoken by Gajirrawoong people, most of whom now live in the Northern Territory in north-eastern Western Australia. It has been classified as one of two Mirriwongic languages, the other being Miriwoong. More recent work has established it as a member of the Jarrakan group." language.
- GLA definition "Scottish Gaelic, sometimes also called Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to Scotland.Gaelic is an official language in Scotland and it is a recognised minority language of the United Kingdom, protected under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages." language.
- GLA definition "Le gaélique écossais ou écossais est une langue celtique parlée en Écosse.Le gaélique écossais est reconnu par le Royaume-Uni comme langue régionale de l’Écosse, selon la charte européenne des langues régionales ou minoritaires." language.
- GLE definition "L’irlandais, gaélique irlandais ou gaélique (Gaeilge) appartient à la branche gaélique de la famille des langues celtiques, originaires de l’Irlande et historiquement parlées par le peuple irlandais.L’irlandais est utilisé comme première langue par une minorité irlandaise et comme deuxième langue par un groupe beaucoup plus large. L’irlandais bénéficie d’un statut constitutionnel comme langue officielle nationale et première langue de la République d’Irlande, et est une langue minoritaire officiellement reconnue en Irlande du Nord." language.
- GLE definition "Irish, Irish Gaelic, or Gaelic (Gaeilge) belongs to the Gaelic branch of the Celtic family of languages, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.Irish is spoken as a first language by a small minority of Irish people, and as a second language by a rather larger group. Irish enjoys constitutional status as the national and first official language of the Republic of Ireland, and is an officially recognised minority language in Northern Ireland." language.
- GLG definition "Le galicien (galego) est une langue indo-européenne de la branche ibéro-romane occidentale, très proche du portugais. Il est principalement parlé dans la région autonome de Galice, située dans le nord-ouest de l’Espagne." language.
- GLG definition "Galician (galego) is an Indo-European language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, closely related to Portuguese. It is spoken mainly in the autonomous region of Galicia, located in north-western Spain." language.
- GLV definition "Manx is a Celtic language. It is one of the official languages of the Isle of Man." language.
- GRN definition "Guarani is a Tupian indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia and Paraguay." language.
- GSE definition "Ghanaian Sign Language is a sign language used in Ghana. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- GSG definition "German Sign Language is a sign language used in German and in the German-speaking community of Belgium. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- GSM definition "Guatemalan Sign Language is a sign language used in Guatemala. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- GSS definition "Greek Sign Language is a sign language used in Greece. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- GUG definition "Guarani is a Tupian indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Paraguay." language.
- GUS definition "Guinean Sign Language is a sign language used in Guinea. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- GWC definition "Gawri, also known as Kalami, Kalam Kohistani and Bashkarik, is an Indo-Aryan language of Dardic type, which in turn belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is spoken in Swat Kohistan (also called Kalam) region in the upper Swat District and in the upper Panjkora river valley of Upper Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." language.
- GYR definition "Guarayu is a Tupian indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- HAB definition "Hanoi Sign Language is a sign language used in Hanoi city in Viet Nam. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- HAC definition "Gorani, also known by its main dialect Hawrami is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken by ethnic Kurds in northeastern Iraq and western Iran and which with Zaza constitute the Zaza–Gorani languages. Gorani is considered a Kurdish dialect by many researchers." language.
- HAF definition "Haiphong Sign Language is a sign language used in Haiphong city in Viet Nam. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- HAT definition "Haitian is a French-based creole language. It is one of the official languages of Haiti." language.
- HAU definition "Hausa is a Chadic language spoken by the Hausa people, mainly within the northern half of Nigeria and the southern half of Niger, and with significant minorities in Chad, Benin and Cameroon. Hausa is a member of the Afroasiatic language family and is the most widely spoken language within the Chadic branch of that family. Hausa’s modern official orthography is a Latin-based alphabet called boko. Hausa has also been written in Ajami, an Arabic alphabet." language.