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Thai language
(Encyclopedia)Thai language tī [key], formerly Siamese, member of the Tai or Thai subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (see Sino-Tibetan languages). The official language of Thailand, Thai is spoken b...Sundanese language
(Encyclopedia)Sundanese language: see Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...Swahili language
(Encyclopedia)Swahili language, member of the Bantu group of African languages (see African languages and Bantu languages). Swahili is spoken by 30 million people, chiefly in Tanzania, Kenya, Congo (Kinshasa), Buru...Swedish language
(Encyclopedia)Swedish language, member of the North Germanic, or Scandinavian, group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. It is the official language of Sweden and one of the official...Ukrainian language
(Encyclopedia)Ukrainian language, also called Little Russian: see Russian language; Slavic languages. ...Portuguese language
(Encyclopedia) CEE Portuguese language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). It is the mother tongue of about 170 million people, c...Polish language
(Encyclopedia)Polish language, member of the West Slavic group of the Slavic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Slavic languages). Polish is spoken as a first language by about 38 million peopl...Pilipino language
(Encyclopedia)Pilipino language, form of Tagalog used in the Philippines. See Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...Persian language
(Encyclopedia)Persian language, member of the Iranian group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Indo-Iranian languages). The official language of Iran, it has about 38 millio...Pehlevi language
(Encyclopedia)Pehlevi language: see Pahlavi language. ...Browse by Subject
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