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2 days ago · The name "Ürümqi" comes from the Mongolic Oirat language and means "beautiful pasture" (Oirat: Үрмч, romanized: Ürmç, [yrəmˈt͡ʃə]). It was originally the name of a small town founded by the Oirat-speaking Dzungars, a Mongolic ethnic group.
16 hours ago · e. Azerbaijani ( / ˌæzərbaɪˈdʒæni, - ɑːni / AZ-ər-by-JAN-ee) or Azeri ( / æˈzɛəri, ɑː -, ə -/ az-AIR-ee, ah-, ə- ), also referred to as Azeri Turkic or Azeri Turkish, is a Turkic language from the Oghuz sub-branch. It is spoken primarily by the Azerbaijani people, who live mainly in the Republic of Azerbaijan, where the North ...
2 days ago · urj. Glottolog. ural1272. Distribution of the undisputed branches of the Uralic family at the early 20th century [1] [2] The Uralic languages ( / jʊəˈrælɪk / yoor-AL-ik; by some called Uralian languages / jʊəˈreɪliən / yoor-AY-lee-ən) form a language family of 42 [3] languages spoken predominantly in Europe and North Asia.
2 days ago · Urmia ( Persian: ارومیه; pronounced [oɾumiˈje] ⓘ) [a] is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran. In the Central District of Urmia County, it is capital of the province, the county, and the district. [5]
2 days ago · Yakut / j ə ˈ k uː t / yə-KOOT, also known as Yakutian, Sakha, Saqa or Saxa (Yakut: саха тыла), is a Turkic language belonging to Siberian Turkic branch and spoken by around 450,000 native speakers, primarily the ethnic Yakuts and one of the official languages of Sakha (Yakutia), a federal republic in the Russian Federation.
1 day ago · Suret is a moderately- inflected, fusional language with a two- gender noun system and rather flexible word order. [20] There is some Akkadian influence on the language. [21] In its native region, speakers may use Iranian, Turkic and Arabic loanwords, while diaspora communities may use loanwords borrowed from the languages of their respective ...
1 day ago · Etruscan ( / ɪˈtrʌskən / ih-TRUSK-ən) [3] was the language of the Etruscan civilization in the ancient region of Etruria, [a] in Etruria Padana [b] and Etruria Campana [c] in what is now Italy. Etruscan influenced Latin but was eventually completely superseded by it. The Etruscans left around 13,000 inscriptions that have been found so far ...