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langue d'oc and langue d'oïl
(Encyclopedia)langue d'oc dôēlˈ [key], names of the two principal groups of medieval French dialects. Langue d'oc (literally, “language of yes”) was spoken south of a line running, roughly, from Bordeaux to ...Ugarit
(Encyclopedia)Ugarit o͞ogərētˈ [key], ancient city, capital of the Ugarit kingdom, W Syria, on the Mediterranean coast N of modern Latakia. Although the name of this city was known from Egyptian and Hittite sou...COBOL
(Encyclopedia)COBOL: see programming language. ...FORTRAN
(Encyclopedia)FORTRAN: see programming language. ...LISP
(Encyclopedia)LISP: see programming language.kinesics
(Encyclopedia)kinesics: see body language.landsmaal
(Encyclopedia)landsmaal: see Norwegian language. ...Pascal
(Encyclopedia)Pascal: see programming language. ...BASIC
(Encyclopedia)BASIC: see programming language. ...Plattdeutsch
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