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Akkadian (/əˈkeɪdiən/; Akkadian: 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑, romanized: Akkadû) is an extinct East Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia (Akkad, Assyria...

The Arabic alphabet (Arabic: الْأَبْجَدِيَّة الْعَرَبِيَّة, al-ʾabǧadiyyah l-ʿarabiyyah [æl.ʔæb.d͡ʒæˈdɪj.jæ l.ʕɑ.rɑˈbɪj.jæ] or الْحُرُوف الْعَرَبِيَّة...

Literal translation, direct translation, or word-for-word translation is a translation of a text done by translating each word separately without looking...

The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ...

A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by consonantal root for Semitic...

STANDARD CANADIAN Pacific Northwest Aboriginal Canadian Quebec Ottawa MTE ATLANTIC CANADIAN Lunenburg Newfoundland Canadian English (CanE, CE, en-CA) encompasses...

The exclamation mark (!) (also known as exclamation point in American English) is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection or exclamation...

Ilocano (also Ilokano; /iːloʊˈkɑːnoʊ/; Ilocano: Pagsasao nga Ilokano) is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines, primarily by Ilocano people...

This article contains Canadian Aboriginal syllabic characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead...

International English is the concept of using the English language as a global means of communication similar to an international auxiliary language, and...

Romagnol (rumagnòl or rumagnôl; Italian: romagnolo) is a Romance language spoken in the historical region of Romagna, consisting mainly of the southeastern...

Diaeresis (/daɪˈɛrəsɪs, -ˈɪər-/ dy-ERR-ə-siss, -⁠EER-) is a name for the two dots diacritical mark (◌̈) as used to indicate the separation of two distinct...

You may need rendering support to display the uncommon Unicode characters in this article correctly. Kaithi (𑂍𑂶𑂟𑂲), also called Kayathi (𑂍𑂨𑂟𑂲)...

Speech example An example of a male with a South Wales accent (Rob Brydon). Problems playing this file? See media help. Welsh English (Welsh: Saesneg Gymreig)...

Mohawk (/ˈmoʊhɔːk/; Kanienʼkéha, "[language] of the Flint Place") is an Iroquoian language currently spoken by around 3,500 people of the Mohawk nation...

Old Arabic is the name for any Arabic language or dialect continuum before Islam. Various forms of Old Arabic are attested in scripts like Safaitic, Hismaic...

Furigana (振り仮名, Japanese pronunciation: [ɸɯɾigaꜜna] or [ɸɯɾigana]) is a Japanese reading aid consisting of smaller kana (syllabic characters) printed either...

Over 50 million Americans claim German ancestry, which makes them the largest single claimed ancestry group in the United States. Around 1.06 million people...

Ktav Ashuri (Hebrew: כְּתָב אַשּׁוּרִי‎, k'tav ashurí, lit. "Assyrian Writing") also (Ktav) Ashurit, is the traditional Hebrew language name of the Hebrew...

Southern Thai (ภาษาไทยถิ่นใต้ [pʰaːsǎː tʰaj tʰìn tâːj]), also known as Dambro (ภาษาตามโพร [pʰaːsǎː taːm pʰroː]), Pak Tai (ภาษาปักษ์ใต้ [pʰaːsǎː pàk tâːj])...