Haplology (from Greek ἁπλόος haplóos "simple" and λόγος lógos, "speech") is, in spoken language, the elision (elimination or deletion) of an entire syllable through dissimilation (a differentiating shift that affects two neighboring similar sounds). The phenomenon was identified by American philologist Maurice Bloomfield in the 20th century. ...

The Naʼvi language (Naʼvi: Lìʼfya leNaʼvi) is a fictional constructed language originally made for the 2009 film Avatar.In the film franchise, the language is spoken by the Naʼvi, a race of sapient humanoids indigenous to the extraterrestrial moon Pandora. The language was created by Paul Frommer, a professor at the USC Marshall School of Business with a doctorate in linguistics.

The word inuksuk means "that which acts in the capacity of a human". The word comes from the morphemes inuk ("person") and -suk ("ersatz, substitute").It is pronounced inutsuk in Nunavik and the southern part of Baffin Island (see Inuit phonology for the linguistic reasons). In many of the central Nunavut dialects, it has the etymologically related name inuksugaq (plural: inuksugait).

Bahasa Inggris modern, kadang digambarkan sebagai lingua franca global pertama, adalah bahasa dominan, atau dalam beberapa kasus bahkan ditetapkan sebagai bahasa internasional dalam bidang komunikasi, sains, teknologi informasi, bisnis, kelautan, kedirgantaraan, hiburan, radio, dan diplomasi. Penyebaran bahasa Inggris di luar Kepulauan Britania dimulai dengan …

Terminology. The name of the language is known as Old East Slavic, in reference to the modern family of East Slavic languages.Its original speakers were the Slavic tribes inhabiting territories of today's Belarus, the western edge of Russia, and western and central Ukraine. However, the term Old East Slavic is not universally applied. The language is traditionally also known as Old …

This article explains the phonology of Malay and Indonesian based on the pronunciation of Standard Malay, which is the official language of Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesian which is the official language of Indonesia and a working language in Timor Leste.Bruneian Standard Malay and Malaysian Standard Malay follow the Johor-Riau Pronunciation, while …

The voiced bilabial nasal is a type of consonantal sound used in almost all spoken languages.The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is m , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is m.The bilabial nasal occurs in English, and it is the sound represented by "m" in map and rum.Only very few languages (e.g. Wyandot) are known to lack …

See also. Sephardi Hebrew; Yemenite Hebrew; Phonology of modern Hebrew; Literature. Ilan Eldar, Masoret ha-qeri'ah ha-kedem-Ashkenazit (The Hebrew Language Tradition in Medieval Ashkenaz), Edah ve-Lashon series vols. 4 and 5, Jerusalem (Hebrew) A. Z. Idelsohn, Die gegenwärtige Aussprache des Hebräischen bei Juden und Samaritanern, in: Monatsschrift für …

The following are lists of words in the English language that are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages.. For Old English-derived words, see List of English words of Anglo-Saxon origin.. English words of African origin; List of English words of Afrikaans origin. List of South African English regionalisms

A syllabic consonant or vocalic consonant is a consonant that forms a syllable on its own, like the m, n and l in some pronunciations of the English words rhythm, button and bottle.To represent it, the understroke diacritic in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is used, U+0329 ̩ COMBINING VERTICAL LINE BELOW . It may be instead represented by an overstroke, …