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2 days ago · The language of the classical lowland inscriptions then would have been proto-Chʼolan. Colonial period. During the Spanish colonization of Central America, all indigenous languages were eclipsed by Spanish, which became the new prestige language. The use of Mayan languages came to an end in many important domains of society, including ...
2 days ago · The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people [nb 1] mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, English, is also the world's most widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers.
3 days ago · cu is used in languages such as Nahuatl (that is, based on Spanish or Portuguese orthography) for /kʷ/. In Nahuatl, cu is used before a vowel, whereas uc is used after a vowel. cw is used in modern scholarly editions of Old English for the sound /kw/, which was spelled cƿ , cuu or cu in manuscripts.
4 days ago · Cornish is a Southwestern Brittonic language, [28] a branch of the Insular Celtic section of the Celtic language family, which is a sub-family of the Indo-European language family. [29] Brittonic also includes Welsh, Breton, Cumbric and possibly Pictish, the last two of which are extinct. Scottish Gaelic, Irish and Manx are part of the separate ...
2 days ago · Let's share our experiences learning Spanish and help each other improve our Spanish conversation skills. Look for us in the middle long tables. Or a bunch of people trying to speak Spanish jajaja. RS. 1 attendee. Attend. Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 6:00 PM PDT Tuesdays at La Fiesta Taqueria. La Fiesta Taqueria, Sacramento, CA.
3 days ago · The term derives from the Ancient Greek διακριτικός ( diakritikós, "distinguishing"), from διακρίνω ( diakrínō, "to distinguish"). The word diacritic is a noun, though it is sometimes used in an attributive sense, whereas diacritical is only an adjective. Some diacritics, such as the acute á , grave à , and circumflex â ...
2 days ago · Akkadian ( / əˈkeɪdiən /; Akkadian: 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑, romanized: Akkadû) [7] [8] is an extinct East Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia ( Akkad, Assyria, Isin, Larsa, Babylonia and perhaps Dilmun) from the third millennium BC until its gradual replacement in common use by Old Aramaic among Assyrians and Babylonians from ...
