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(Encyclopedia)LISP: see programming language.kinesics
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(Encyclopedia)landsmaal: see Norwegian language. ...Pascal
(Encyclopedia)Pascal: see programming language. ...BASIC
(Encyclopedia)BASIC: see programming language. ...Plattdeutsch
(Encyclopedia)Plattdeutsch: see German language. ...Hebrew literature
(Encyclopedia)Hebrew literature, literary works, from ancient to modern, written in the Hebrew language. The rise of Zionism, particularly reflected in the writings of Ahad Ha-am (Asher Ginzberg), gave Hebrew ...Latvian
(Encyclopedia)Latvian or Lettish lĕtˈĭsh [key], a language belonging to the Baltic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Baltic languages). The mother tongue of close to 3 million persons livin...Komi
(Encyclopedia)Komi kōˈmē, kôˈ– [key], Finnic people of the northeastern part of European Russia. There are two traditional branches of the Komi—Zyrians and Permyaks. The Zyrians are now officially called K...synonym
(Encyclopedia)synonym sĭnˈənĭm [key] [Gr.,=having the same name], word having a meaning that is the same as or very similar to the meaning of another word of the same language. Some are alike in some meanings o...Browse by Subject
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