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Malagasy language

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

Malay language

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

Maori language

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

Tagalog language

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

Sundanese language

(Encyclopedia)Sundanese 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,...

Spanish language

(Encyclopedia)CEE Spanish language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The official language of Spain and 19 Latin American nati...

Pilipino language

(Encyclopedia)Pilipino language, form of Tagalog used in the Philippines. See Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...

noun

(Encyclopedia)noun [Lat.,=name], in English, part of speech of vast semantic range. It can be used to name a person, place, thing, idea, or time. It generally functions as subject, object, or indirect object of the...