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Catalan language
(Encyclopedia)Catalan language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. It is spoken by about 8 million people in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, and...Belarusian language
(Encyclopedia)Belarusian language or White Russian: see Russian language; Slavic languages. ...Ukrainian language
(Encyclopedia)Ukrainian language, also called Little Russian: see Russian language; Slavic languages. ...Zulu language
(Encyclopedia)Zulu language: see African languages. ...Xhosa language
(Encyclopedia)Xhosa language: see Bantu languages. ...Tibetan language
(Encyclopedia)Tibetan language, member of the Tibeto-Burman subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (see Sino-Tibetan languages). It is spoken by 5 million people in the Tibet autonomous region and the Qi...universal language
(Encyclopedia)universal language, a language intended to further communication and goodwill among peoples speaking different languages without necessarily replacing their native tongues. See international language....Welsh language
(Encyclopedia)Welsh language, member of the Brythonic group of the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages. ...Turkish language
(Encyclopedia)Turkish language, member of the Turkic subdivision of the Altaic subfamily of the Ural-Altaic family of languages (see Uralic and Altaic languages). Turkish is the official language of Turkey and one ...Sundanese language
(Encyclopedia)Sundanese language: see Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...Browse by Subject
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