Languages And Writing Systems 1-24
24 entries in the Languages And Writing Systems compendium.
Nepali languageOfficial language of Nepal and lingua franca of the Himalayan region.Niger–Congo languagesProposed language family covering most of sub-Saharan Africa.Nilo-Saharan languagesA proposed family of African languages, centered on the Nile Basin.NounA word denoting an entity, central to grammar across languages.Odia languageA classical Indo-Aryan language of eastern India.Old EnglishEarliest attested form of the English language.Origin of languageStudy of language origins, long banned, revived by modern methods.Oromo languageOromo is the most widely spoken Cushitic language in Africa.OrthographyConventions for writing a language, including spelling and punctuation.PaliSacred language of Theravada Buddhism and the Tipiṭaka.PashtoEastern Iranian language, official in Afghanistan, key to Pashtun identity.Persian languagePersian is a Western Iranian language with three standard varieties.Phoenician alphabetOne of the first alphabets, used across the Mediterranean.PhonemeBasic sound unit that distinguishes meaning in language.PhoneticsStudy of speech sound articulation, acoustics, and perception.PhonologyStudy of how languages organize sound and sign elements.PhraseA group of words acting as a grammatical unit.Polish languageWest Slavic language with over 39.7 million native speakers.Portuguese languagePortuguese is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European family, written in Latin scrPronounA word substituting for a noun or noun phrase.Prosody (linguistics)Study of speech elements beyond individual vowels and consonants.Punjabi languagePunjabi, sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Punjab region Quechuan languagesIndigenous language family of the Andes, spoken by millions.Romance languagesThe Romance languages, also known as the Latin languages, are the languages that directly
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