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Javanese language

(Encyclopedia)Javanese language: see Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...

Maori language

(Encyclopedia)Maori language: see Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...

Malagasy language

(Encyclopedia)Malagasy language: see Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...

Malay language

(Encyclopedia)Malay language: see Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...

Tagalog language

(Encyclopedia)Tagalog language: see Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...

language acquisition

(Encyclopedia)language acquisition, the process of learning a native or a second language. The acquisition of native languages is studied primarily by developmental psychologists and psycholinguists. Although how c...

Bulgarian language

(Encyclopedia)Bulgarian language, member of the South Slavic group of the Slavonic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Slavic languages). Bulgarian is the native tongue of some 9 million people,...

Fano

(Encyclopedia)Fano fäˈnō [key], city, in the Marche, central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. It is a fishing...

Capri

(Encyclopedia)Capri käˈprē [key], Lat. Capreae, island (1987 est. pop. 7,750), 4 sq mi (10.4 sq km), Campania, S Italy, in the Bay of Naples off the tip of the Sorrento Peninsula. It is an international tourist ...

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