polyglot
Webster Dictionary
a book containing several versions of the same text, or containing the same subject matter in several languages; esp., the Scriptures in several languages
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teutonic
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages
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romance
Webster Dictionary
the languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages)
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will
Webster Dictionary
the choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition
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niger-kordofanian language
(Niger-Kordofanian, Niger-Kordofanian language)
Princeton's WordNet
the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)
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niger-kordofanian
(Niger-Kordofanian, Niger-Kordofanian language)
Princeton's WordNet
the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)
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gender
(gender, grammatical gender)
Princeton's WordNet
a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
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grammatical gender
(gender, grammatical gender)
Princeton's WordNet
a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
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nostratic
(ɒˈstræt ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a proposed family of languages comprising the Indo-European, Afroasiatic, Uralic, and Dravidian families, as well as the Altaic languages and the family of indigenous Caucasian languages that includes Georgian.
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trilingual
Webster Dictionary
containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages
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indo-european
Webster Dictionary
aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family
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bilingual
Webster Dictionary
containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary
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baltic
(Baltic, Baltic language)
Princeton's WordNet
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European
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baltic language
(Baltic, Baltic language)
Princeton's WordNet
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European
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alternative
Webster Dictionary
either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives
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volapük
(ˈvɒl əˌpʊk, ˈvoʊ lə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one of the earliest international auxiliary languages, constructed about 1879 using elements from various European languages.
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khoisan
(ˈkɔɪ sɑn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a family of languages found chiefly in S Africa and including the languages of the San and the Khoikhoi.
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miao-yao
(ˈmyaʊˈyaʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a family of languages spoken in S China and mainland Southeast Asia, comprising the languages of the Hmong and the Yao.
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pahari
(ɑˈhɑr i, pə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the group of languages spoken by these peoples, in most usages including only Indo-Aryan languages, as Nepali.
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indo-hittite
(ˈɪn doʊˈhɪt aɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a family of languages that includes the Indo-European and Anatolian languages.
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osco-umbrian
(ˈɒs koʊˈʌm bri ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the Oscan and Umbrian languages collectively, as a subgroup of the Italic languages.
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vote
Webster Dictionary
a wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage
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chamic
(ˈtʃɑ mɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a group of Austronesian languages, including Cham and the languages of a number of other peoples of S central Vietnam and adjacent parts of Cambodia.
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andamanese
(ˌæn də məˈniz, -ˈnis)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the languages of the Andamanese, not closely affiliated with any other languages of the world.
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turanian
Webster Dictionary
of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages
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paleosiberian
(ˌpeɪ li oʊ saɪˈbɪər i ən;)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a group of languages and language families of Siberia that have no close affiliation with each other or with Indo-European, Altaic, Uralic, or Eskimo-Aleut languages.
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tupi-guarani
(ˈpi ən, ˈtu pi-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a grouping of genetically related American Indian languages, varying in number according to the classification scheme, that includes the Tupi languages and Guarani.
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pidgin
(ˈpɪdʒ ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an auxiliary language that has developed from the need of speakers of two different languages to communicate and is primarily a simplified form of one of the languages, with a reduced vocabulary and grammatical structure.
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indo-aryan
(ˈɪn doʊˈɛər i ən, -yən, -ˈær; -ˈɑr yən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one of the two major divisions of the Indo-Iranian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, and other languages of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
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consonant shift
(ˌkɒn səˈnæn tl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a set of changes taking place in the articulation of one or more consonant phonemes between an earlier and a later stage of a language, as the shift by which Germanic languages became differentiated from other Indo-European languages.
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