Linkage (linguistics) — In linguistics, a linkage is a group of undoubtedly related languages for whom no proto language can be reconstructed. Common to linkages are defining features which are absent from geographic extremes. A linkage may result when the members of a… … Wikipedia
language, philosophy of — Philosophical study of the nature and use of natural languages and the relations between language, language users, and the world. It encompasses the philosophical study of linguistic meaning (see semantics), the philosophical study of language… … Universalium
Ivatan language — language name=Ivatan/ Ibatan nativename=Chirin nu Ibatan familycolor=Austronesian states=Philippines region=Batanes Islands speakers=35,000 (Population includes 3,448 Itbayatan) fam2=Malayo Polynesian fam3=Borneo Philippines fam4=Northern… … Wikipedia
Tao language — language name=Tao (or Yami) familycolor=Austronesian fam2=Malayo Polynesian fam3=Borneo Philippines fam4=Northern Philippine fam5=Batanic Central Luzon Northern Mindoro linkage fam6=Batanic iso2=map iso3=tao states=Taiwan region= speakers=The Tao … Wikipedia
Kavalan language — language name=Kavalan nativename=kbaran IPA| [kɨβaˈɾan] familycolor=Austronesian fam2=Formosan fam3=Paiwanic linkage iso2=map iso3=ckv states=Taiwan region= speakers=24 (Paul Jen kuei Li 2000)Kavalan was formerly spoken in the Northeast coast… … Wikipedia
Basay language — language name=Basay familycolor=Austronesian fam2=Formosan iso3=byq states=Taiwan region= speakers=0 fam3=Paiwanic linkageBasay was formerly spoken in the plains area of Northern Taiwan by the Basay tribe. The language is most closely related to… … Wikipedia
Belhare language — language name=Belhare region=Dhankuta district, Nepal speakers=2,000 familycolor=Sino Tibetan fam1=Sino Tibetan fam2=Tibeto Burman fam3=Kiranti iso3=bywBelhare ( ne. Belhāreor) is a Kiranti language spoken by some 2,000 people living on the… … Wikipedia
Western Pantar language — Infobox Language name=Western Pantar name2=Lamma region=Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia speakers= 10804 (2005) iso3=lev familycolor=Papuan fam1=Alor PantarWestern Pantar (also known as Lamma) is a Papuan language spoken in the western part of… … Wikipedia
Namespace-based Validation Dispatching Language — (NVDL) is an XML schema language for validating XML documents that integrate with multiple namespaces. It is an ISO/IEC standard, and it is Part 4 of the DSDL schema specification. Much of the work on NVDL is based on the older Namespace Routing… … Wikipedia
Dutch language — Dutch Nederlands Pronunciation [ˈneːdərlɑnts] ( listen) … Wikipedia
Names for the Dutch language — Because of the turbulent history of both the Netherlands and Belgium (mostly because of the frequent change of economic and military power within the Low Countries), the names that other peoples have chosen to use to refer to the Dutch language… … Wikipedia