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- SIP definition "Sikkimese is a Tibetan language. It is written using Tibetan alphabet." language.
- SJC definition "Shaojiang Chinese is a Min Chinese language centered on Western Nanping in Northwest Fujian. The classification of Shao–Jiang is disputed. It is frequently classified as a variety of Northern Min, but sometimes it is excluded from Min and classified as Gan Chinese instead. But it is mutually intelligible with neither other Northern Min nor other Gan." language.
- SKQ definition "Sininkere (Silinkere) is a language that belongs to the Soninke group of the Mande languages. It is a dialect of Soninke spoken in Burkina Faso. It is part of the hypothetical Niger-Congo language family." language.
- SLA definition "Les langues slaves sont des langues indo-européennes, du groupe balto-slave. Elles forment un groupe de langues important dont les locuteurs se trouvent majoritairement en Europe centrale, dans les Balkans, en Europe de l’Est, en Sibérie, en Extrême-Orient russe et en Asie centrale.Les langues slaves sont généralement divisées sur la base des principes géographique et généalogique en trois branches principales: orientale (qui utilise l’alphabet cyrillique), occidentale (qui utilise l’alphabet latin) et méridionale (qui utilise l’alphabet cyrillique ou latin).Les langues slaves forment une famille relativement homogène et conservatrice en comparaison aux autres familles de langues indo-européennes. La plupart des langues slaves ont une riche morphologie fusionnelle." language.
- SLA definition "The Slavic or Slavonic languages, a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of eastern Europe, much of the Balkans, parts of central Europe, and the northern part of Asia.Slavic languages are usually divided on the basis of geographical and genealogical principle into three main branches: East, West and South Slavic branchs.The Slavic languages are a relatively homogeneous and conservative family, compared with other families of Indo-European languages. Most Slavic languages have a rich, fusional morphology." language.
- SLF definition "Swiss-Italian Sign Language is a sign language used in Switzerland by the Italian-speaking community. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- SLK definition "Slovak is a member of the western subgroup of Slavic languages, mainly spoken in Slovakia where it is protected by a language law.Slovak is very close to the Czech." language.
- SLK definition "Le slovaque est une langue appartenant au sous-groupe des langues slaves occidentales, principalement parlée en Slovaquie, où elle est protégée par une loi linguistique.Le slovaque est très proche du tchèque." language.
- SLS definition "Singapore Sign Language is a sign language used in Singapore. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- SLV definition "Le slovène est une langue appartenant au sous-groupe méridional des langues slaves, parlée principalement en Slovénie.L’une des caractéristiques du slovène est qu’il a conservé l’usage grammatical du duel (qui représente exactement deux unités) en plus du singulier et du pluriel." language.
- SLV definition "Slovenian or Slovene is a member of the southern subgroup of the Slavic languages, spoken mainly in Slovenia.The distinctive characteristic of Slovene that it has preserved the use of dual grammatical number in addition to singular and plural." language.
- SMA definition "Southern Sami (åarjelsaemien gïele) is the southernmost Sami language, spoken in Norway and Sweden. It is an endangered language. Like Baltic-Finnic languages, Sami languages are a branch of the Uralic language family. The designated main municipality of Southern Sami in Norway is Snåasen Municipality. In Sweden, Sami is one of five recognised minority languages." language.
- SME definition "Le same du Nord (davvisámegiella ou sámegiella) est la plus parlée des langues sames. Il est utilisé dans le nord de la Norvège, de la Suède et de la Finlande. En Norvège, le same du Nord est actuellement une langue officielle dans plusieurs municipalités des comtés du Finnmark et de Troms. En Suéde, c'est une langue officielle dans 18 comptés. Comme les langues balto-finnoises voisines, les langues sames constituent leur propre branche principale de la famille des langues ouraliennes." language.
- SME definition "Northern or North Sami (davvisámegiella) is the most widely spoken of all Sami languages. It is spoken in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland. In Norway, Northern Sami is currently an official language in several municipalities in Finnmark and Troms counties. In Sweden, it is an official language in 18 counties. Like neighbouring Baltic-Finnic languages, Sami languages are a branch of the Uralic language family. " language.
- SMI definition "The Sami languages, also rendered in English as Sámi and Saami, are a group of Uralic languages spoken by the indigenous Sami people of Northern Europe (in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the far northwest of Russia). There are, depending on the nature and terms of division, approximately nine living Sami languages, and much more if extinct varieties are included. The exonym Lappish is now often considered pejorative. The Sami languages form a dialect continuum in which the neighbouring languages are often intelligible to a fair degree, but two more widely separated varieties are not. There are, however, some sharp language boundaries, in particular between Northern Sami, Inari Sami and Skolt Sami whose traditional speech areas meet in Finland." language.
- SMJ definition "Lule Sami (julevsámegiella) is one of the Sami languages. It was originally only spoken around the Lule River, in Sweden. During the 18th century some Sami migrated to Nordland in Norway, and their descendants still live in Norway, and speak Lule Sami. In Norway, in Hamarøy Municipality, Lule Sami is one of the official languages. Like Baltic-Finnic languages, Sami languages are a branch of the Uralic language family." language.
- SMO definition "Samoan is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is one of the official languages of Samoa and American Samoa." language.
- SNA definition "Shona is a Bantu language of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. The term is variously used to collectively describe all the Central Shonic varieties (comprising Zezuru, Manyika, Korekore and Karanga) or specifically Standard Shona, a variety codified in the mid-20th century. Using the broader term, the language is spoken by over 14 000 000 people. The larger group of historically related languages – called Shona or Shonic languages – also includes Ndau (Eastern Shona) spoken in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique, and Kalanga (Western Shona) spoken in Botswana and Zimbabwe." language.
- SNE definition "Bau Bidayuh is a Dayak language of Borneo. It is closely related to the Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh (sdo), Biatah Bidayuh (bth) and Tringgus-Sembaan Bidayuh (trx) languages. Bau Bidayuh belongs to the Malayo-Polyneasian primary branch of the Austronesian language family. Two main morphological characteristics of the Malayo-Polynesian languages are a system of affixation and reduplication to form new words." language.
- SNF definition "Noon, also known as Serer-Noon, is a Cangin language spoken in the Thiès Region of Senegal. On the higher level, Noon belongs to the Atlantic–Congo lineage, the largest demonstrated language family in Africa. Like other speakers of Cangin languages (Lehar, Saafi-Saafi, Paloor, Ndut), the Noon people are ethnically Serer, but they do not speak Serer-Sine." language.
- SNK definition "The Soninke language, also known as Serakhulle or Azer or Maraka, is a Mande language spoken by the Soninke people of West Africa. The language has an estimated 2.3 million speakers, primarily located in Mali and Mauritania, and also in Senegal, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea. It enjoys the status of a national language in Mauritania, Mali, Senegal and The Gambia." language.
- SNZ definition "Kou (Kow), or Sinsauru, is a Rai Coast language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. The putative 'Asas' language is just the Kou spoken in Asas village. Rai Coast group belongs to the Trans–New Guinea languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and neighboring islands, a region corresponding to the country Papua New Guinea as well as parts of Indonesia. Trans–New Guinea is perhaps the third-largest language family in the world by number of languages." language.
- SOM definition "Le somali appartient à la branche couchitique des langues afro-asiatiques, l’une des plus grandes familles linguistiques du monde après les langues indo-européennes, sino-tibétaines et atlantico-congolaises. Il est parlé comme langue maternelle par les Somalis en Somalie et en Éthiopie, ainsi que dans la diaspora somalienne. Il sert de langue nationale à Djibouti et est également une langue minoritaire reconnue au Kenya. Différents systèmes d’écriture ont été utilisés pour transcrire le somali. L’alphabet latin somali est aujourd’hui le système d’écriture du somali le plus répandu." language.
- SOM definition "Somali belongs to the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages, one of the largest language families in the world after Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan and Atlantic-Congo. It is spoken as a mother tongue by ethnic Somalis in Somalia and Ethiopia and in the Somali diaspora. It serves as a national language in Djibouti, and is also a recognised minority language in Kenya. A number of writing systems have been used for transcribing the language. Of these, the Somali Latin alphabet, officially adopted in 1972, is the most widely used." language.
- SOT definition "Southern Sotho is a Bantu language. It is one of the official languages of South Africa." language.
- SPA definition "L’espagnol fait partie de la famille des langues romanes. Il est parlé en Espagne et en Amérique du Nord et du Sud.L’espagnol est la deuxième langue après le mandarin en termes de nombre de locuteurs natifs dans le monde entier. Depuis les dernières décennies du XXe siècle, l’étude de l’espagnol comme langue étrangère a augmenté de façon significative." language.
- SPA definition "Spanish is a member of the Romance language family. It is spoken in Spain and in the continents of North and South America.Spanish is second after Mandarin in terms of its number of native speakers worldwide. From the last decades of the 20th century, the study of Spanish as a foreign language has grown significantly." language.
- SQI definition "Albanian (shqip) forms a separate branch of the Indo-European family. It is the official language of Albania and also spoken in Kosovo, North Macedonia, Italy and Greece.Albanian is divided into two major dialects: Gheg (spoken in north) and Tosk (spoken in south)." language.
- SQI definition "L’albanais (shqip) forme une branche distincte de la famille indo-européenne. C’est la langue officielle de l’Albanie et il est également parlé au Kosovo, en Macédoine du Nord, en Italie et en Grèce. À la suite de la diaspora moderne, on rencontre aussi des albanophones dans d’autres parties du monde.L’albanais se subdivise en deux dialectes principaux: le Gheg (parlé au nord) et le Tosk (parlé au sud)." language.
- SQS definition "Sri Lankan Sign Language is a sign language used in Sri Lanka. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- SQU definition "Squamish or Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim, sníchim meaning ‘language’ is a Coast Salish language spoken by the Squamish people of the Pacific Northwest. It is spoken in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, centred on their reserve communities in Squamish, North Vancouver, and West Vancouver. It is most closely related to the Sechelt, Halkomelem, and Nooksack languages. In 1990, the Chief and Council of the Squamish people declared Squamish to be the official language of their people, a declaration made to ensure funding for the language and its revitalization." language.
- SRP definition "Serbian is the standardised variety of the Serbo-Croatian language, spoken mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Standard Serbian is based on the Shtokavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian.Serbian uses both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets." language.
- SRP definition "Le serbe est la variante standard de la langue serbo-croate, parlée principalement en Serbie, en Bosnie-Herzégovine et au Monténégro. Sa norme est basée sur le dialecte chtokavien du serbo-croate.Le serbe utilise les alphabets cyrillique et latin." language.
- SRQ definition "Sirionó is a Tupian indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- SRR definition "Serer is classified a North-Central Atlantic or Senegambian language depending on the source, spoken in Senegal and Gambia. It is most closely related to Fula. On the higher level, Serer belongs to the Atlantic–Congo lineage, the largest demonstrated language family in Africa. It also has a noun class system, a characteristic feature of this language family. It is the principal language of the Serer people and was the language of the early modern kingdoms of Sine, Saloum and Baol. Serer is primarily written in the Latin alphabet." language.
- SSP definition "Spanish Sign Language is a sign language used in Spain. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- SSR definition "Swiss-French Sign Language is a sign language used in Switzerland by the French-speaking community. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- SSW definition "Swazi is a Bantu language. It is one of the official languages of South Africa." language.
- STI definition "Bulo Stieng is a South Bahnaric language spoken in southern Vietnam and adjacent areas of Cambodia. It is most closely related to Bulo Stieng (sti) and Mel-Khaonh (hkn) languages. Bulo Stieng falls on the Bahnaric branch of the Austroasiatic language family. Like many Austroasiatic languages, Bulo Stieng is characterised by little affixation and larger than average vowel inventories." language.
- STT definition "Budeh Stieng is a South Bahnaric language spoken in southern Vietnam and adjacent areas of Cambodia. It is most closely related to Bulo Stieng (sti) and Mel-Khaonh (hkn) languages. Budeh Stieng falls on the Bahnaric branch of the Austroasiatic language family. Like many Austroasiatic languages, Budeh Stieng is characterised by little affixation and larger than average vowel inventories." language.
- SUJ definition "Shubi is an East Bantu language spoken in north-western Tanzania. It is closely related to Hangaza (han). Both languages are classified within the Volta-Congo primary branch of the Atlantic-Congo language family. Like other Bantu languages, Shubi has a noun class system, a characteristic feature of languages belonging to the Atlantic–Congo lineage, the largest demonstrated language family in Africa." language.
- SVK definition "Slovakian Sign Language is a sign language used in Slovakia. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- SWA definition "Les langues swahilies (souahélies) sont un groupe de langues bantoues de l’Afrique de l’Est. Elles possèdent des caractéristiques communes et surtout un vocabulaire commun qui permet à un de leurs locuteurs de se faire plus ou moins comprendre des divers locuteurs de ce groupe de langues; on ne peut parler d’intercompréhension pour toutes ces formes tant la variété linguistique est grande. La plus utilisée et populaire de ces langues est le kiswahili, une version standardisée." language.
- SWA definition "The Swahili language is a Bantu language and the mother tongue of the Swahili people. It is spoken by various communities inhabiting the African Great Lakes region and other parts of south-east Africa, mainly as a lingua franca. The closely related Comorian language, spoken in the Comoros Islands, is sometimes considered a Swahili dialect." language.
- SWB definition "Comorian is a Bantu language. It is one of the official languages of Comoros." language.
- SWE definition "Le suédois est une langue germanique septentrionale, parlée principalement en Suède et dans certaines parties de la Finlande. Il est en grande partie mutuellement intelligible avec le norvégien et le danois.Le suédois utilise deux genres: le neutrum et l’utrum qui rassemble les anciens genres masculin et féminin." language.
- SWE definition "Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken mainly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish.Swedish uses two genders: neutrum and utrum which unifies the old masculin and femenin." language.
- SWL definition "Swedish Sign Language is a sign language used in Sweden. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- SXG definition "Shuhi, also known as Shixing, is a small Na-Qiangic language spoken along the Shuiluo River in Muli Tibetan Autonomous County, Sichuan, China. It is classified within the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, one of the world’s largest language families by number of speakers. Shuhi is most closely related to other Naic languages such as Naxi (nxq), Narua (nru) and Namuyi (nmy)." language.
- SYW definition "Kagate is a Bodish language spoken by the Kagate people, primarily in the Ramechhap district of Nepal. It is classified within the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, one of the world’s largest language families by number of speakers. It is most closely related to Hyolmo (Yolmo). Kagate is an exonym. It is the Nepali word for the occupation of 'papermaker', reflecting an earlier occupation of the community." language.
- SYY definition "Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language is a village sign language used by the al-Sayyid Bedouin tribe in Israel. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- SZL definition "Silesian or Upper Silesian is a West Slavic ethnolect of the Lechitic group spoken by a small percentage of people in Upper Silesia. Its vocabulary was significantly influenced by Central German due to the existence of numerous Silesian German speakers in the area prior to World War II and after. Some regard it as one of the four major dialects of Polish, while others classify it as a separate regional language, distinct from Polish." language.
- SZY definition "Sakizaya is a Formosan language spoken on the east coast of Taiwan by the Sakizaya people. It belongs to the East Formosan primary branch of the Austronesian language family. Like many Austronesian languages, Amis is characterised by voice alternations in its clause structure and productive morphology, including affixation and reduplication to form new words." language.
- TAC definition "Lowland Tarahumara is a Southern Uto-Aztecan language spoken in northern Mexico. Together with Central Tarahumara (tar), Southeastern Tarahumara (tcu), Northern Tarahumara (thh) and Southwestern Tarahumara (twr), it forms the Tarahumaran group. The native name of Tarahumara language is Rarámuri or Ralámuli ra'ícha." language.
- TAM definition "Le tamoul ou tamil est la langue des Tamouls, parlée dans l’Asie du Sud-Est. Le tamoul appartient à la famille des langues dravidiennes. C’est une des plus anciennes langues toujours parlées, restée quasi inchangée depuis environ 2 000 ans.Il s’écrit au moyen d’un alphasyllabaire dérivé du grantha." language.
- TAM definition "Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken in South-East Asia.Tamil is one of the longest surviving classical languages in the world; ‘the only language of contemporary India which is recognisably continuous with a classical past.’Tamil was written using a script called the vaṭṭeḻuttu amongst others such as Grantha and Pallava script. The current Tamil script consists of 12 vowels, 18 consonants and one special character, the āytam. The vowels and consonants combine to form 216 compound characters, giving a total of 247 characters." language.
- TAR definition "Central Tarahumara is a Southern Uto-Aztecan language spoken in northern Mexico. Together with Lowland Tarahumara (tac), Southeastern Tarahumara (tcu), Northern Tarahumara (thh) and Southwestern Tarahumara (twr), it forms the Tarahumaran group. The native name of Tarahumara language is Rarámuri or Ralámuli ra'ícha." language.
- TBH definition "Dharawal, also known as Thurawal, is a dormant Pama-Nyungan language classified within the Yuin-Kuri sub-branch. It was spoken in Wollongong, Port Kembla, and Nowra regions of New South Wales, Australia. The Pama–Nyungan languages are the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, comprising over 300 of the approximately 400 Aboriginal languages of Australia." language.
- TCS definition "Torres Strait Creole, or Yumplatok, is an English-based creole language spoken on several Torres Strait Islands of Queensland, Australia; Northern Cape York; and south-western coastal Papua New Guinea (PNG). It has an estimated 20 000–30 000 mother-tongue and bi/tri-lingual speakers. It is widely used as a language of trade and commerce." language.
- TCU definition "Southeastern Tarahumara is a Southern Uto-Aztecan language spoken in northern Mexico. Together with Lowland Tarahumara (tac), Central Tarahumara (tar), Northern Tarahumara (thh) and Southwestern Tarahumara (twr), it forms the Tarahumaran group. The native name of Tarahumara language is Rarámuri or Ralámuli ra'ícha." language.
- TET definition "Tetum is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is one of the official languages of East Timor." language.
- TEZ definition "Tetserret is an endangered Western Berber language of the Afroasiatic language family, spoken by the Ait-Awari and Kel Eghlal Tuareg groups in the commune of Akoubounou (Akabinu) in Niger. All speakers of Tetserret are bilingual in the Tawellemmet language, which has influenced the language. Tetserret is most closely related to Zanaga, with which it shares a number of sound shifts." language.
- TGX definition "Tagish is an extinct Athabaskan language spoken by the Tagish or Carcross-Tagish, a First Nations people that historically lived in the Northwest Territories and Yukon in Canada. The Tagish people refer to themselves as /ta:gizi dene/, literally "Tagish people", where /ta:gizi/ is a place name meaning ‘it (spring ice) is breaking up’. Several linguists classify Tagish as a dialect of the same language as Kaska and Tahltan. Tagish belongs to the Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit language family. Edward Sapir originally constructed the term Na-Dene to refer to a combined family of Athabaskan, Tlingit, and Haida (the existence of the Eyak language was not known to him at the time). However, Haida is now generally considered a language isolate." language.
- THA definition "Thai, or more precisely Siamese or Central Thai, is a member of the Tai group of the Tai–Kadai language family. It is a tonal and analytic language. Thai also has a complex orthography and relational markers. Thai is mutually intelligible with Lao.The Thais adopted and modified the Khmer script to create their own writing system. It is an abugida script." language.
- THA definition "Le thaï ou siamois ou Thai-An est une langue du groupe taï de la famille des langues taï-kadaï.Le thaï utilise un alphasyllabaire particulier (alphabet thaï) dérivé de l’alphabet khmer issu de l’alphabet pâli, adapté pour pouvoir transcrire le système tonal de la langue." language.
- THD definition "Kuuk Thayorre, also known as Thayore, is a stable Pama-Nyungan language spoken in the settlement Pormpuraaw on the western part of the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. It is thought to be related to the extinct Kuuk-Yak language. Kuuk Thayorre is classified within the Paman branch and more specifically within the Southwest Pama sub-branch. The Pama–Nyungan languages are the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, comprising over 300 of the approximately 400 Aboriginal languages of Australia." language.
- THH definition "Northern Tarahumara is a Southern Uto-Aztecan language spoken in northern Mexico. Together with Lowland Tarahumara (tac), Central Tarahumara (tar), Southeastern Tarahumara (tcu) and Southwestern Tarahumara (twr), it forms the Tarahumaran group. The native name of Tarahumara language is Rarámuri or Ralámuli ra'ícha." language.
- THP definition "Thompson or nɬeʔkepmxcín (also known as Nlaka'pamuctsin, Nlaka'pamux, or Nthlakampx) is an Interior Salishan language spoken in the Fraser Canyon, Thompson Canyon, and Nicola Country of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and formerly in the North Cascades region of Whatcom and Chelan counties of the state of Washington in the United States. The Interior Salish languages have a higher degree of closeness to each other than the more distant Coast Salish languages." language.
- THT definition "Tahltan, Tāłtān, also called Tałtan ẕāke (‘Tahltan people language’), dah dẕāhge (‘our language’) or didene keh (‘this people's way’) is a poorly documented and endangered Northern Athabaskan language spoken by Tahltan people (also 'Nahanni') who live in northern British Columbia around Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake, and Iskut. Tahltan is a critically endangered language. Several linguists classify Tahltan as a dialect of the same language as Tagish and Kaska. Tahltan belongs to the Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit language family. Edward Sapir originally constructed the term Na-Dene to refer to a combined family of Athabaskan, Tlingit, and Haida (the existence of the Eyak language was not known to him at the time). However, Haida is now generally considered a language isolate." language.
- TIR definition "Tigrinya is an Afro-Asiatic language, belonging to the family’s Semitic branch. It is spoken by ethnic Tigray-Tigrinya in the Horn of Africa.Tigrinya is written in the Ge’ez script, originally developed for Ge’ez, also called Ethiopic. The Ge’ez script is an abugida: each symbol represents a consonant + vowel syllable, and the symbols are organised in groups of similar symbols on the basis of both the consonant and the vowel." language.
- TIR definition "Le tigrigna ou tigrinya est une langue éthiosémitique parlée essentiellement au nord-est de la Corne de l’Afrique.Le tigrigna s’écrit au moyen d’une version de l’alphasyllabaire guèze auquel s’ajoutent quelques caractères." language.
- TJJ definition "Tjungundji, also known as Yangathimri, is a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in central and western Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland, Australia. Together with the extinct Anguthimri language, it is classified within the Paman branch and more specifically within the Northern Pama sub-branch. The Pama–Nyungan languages are the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, comprising over 300 of the approximately 400 Aboriginal languages of Australia." language.
- TJP definition "Tjupany belongs to the Pama-Nyungan language family. It is spoken in Australia’s Western Desert region. Together with the extinct Pini language, it is classified within the Wati sub-branch. The Pama–Nyungan languages are the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, comprising over 300 of the approximately 400 Aboriginal languages of Australia." language.
- TKL definition "Tokelauan is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is one of the official languages of Tokelau." language.
- TNA definition "Tacana is a Tacanan indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- TNO definition "Toromono is a Tacanan indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- TOI definition "Tonga is a Bantu language spoken in Zambia, where it has the status of a regional language, and in Zimbabwe, where it is one of the 16 official languages. It is spoken around Lake Kariba in Zambia by almost a million people and in Zimbabwe around 140 000 people. It is also spoken in northern Zimbabwe, with a few in Mozambique. Tonga is the mother tongue of the Tonga people. In Zambia Tonga is taught in schools as first language in the whole of Southern Province, Lusaka and Central Provinces." language.
- TON definition "Tongan is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is one of the official languages of Tonga." language.
- TPI definition "Tok Pisin is an English-based creole language. It is one of the official languages of Papua New Guinea." language.
- TPJ definition "Tapieté is a Tupian indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- TRN definition "Trinitario is an Arawakan indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- TRV definition "Sediq, also known as Seediq or Taroko, is an Atayalic language spoken in the mountains of northern Taiwan by the Sediq Toda, Seediq Tgdaya, and Seediq Truku people. Atayalic is one of the primary branches of the Austronesian language family." language.
- TRX definition "Tringgus-Sembaan Bidayuh is a Dayak language of Borneo. It is closely related to the Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh (sdo), Bau Bidayuh (sne) and Biatah Bidayuh (bth) languages. Tringgus-Sembaan Bidayuh belongs to the Malayo-Polyneasian primary branch of the Austronesian language family. Two main morphological characteristics of the Malayo-Polynesian languages are a system of affixation and reduplication to form new words." language.
- TSE definition "Tunisian Sign Language is a sign language used in Tunisia. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- TSM definition "Turkish Sign Language is a sign language used in Turkey. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- TSN definition "Tswana is a Bantu language. It is one of the official languages of South Africa." language.
- TSO definition "Tsonga is a Bantu language. It is one of the official languages of South Africa." language.
- TSQ definition "Thai Sign Language is a sign language used in Thailand. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- TSS definition "Taiwan Sign Language is a sign language used in Taiwan. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- TSY definition "Tebul Sign Language is a sign language used in Uluban village in Mali. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- TTZ definition "Tsum, also known as Tsumke, is a Bodish language spoken by around 4000 people in the Tsum Valley of the Gorka District of Nepal. It is classified within the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, one of the world’s largest language families by number of speakers. It is most closely related to the Gyalsumdo, Nubri and Kyerung languages." language.
- TUK definition "Turkmen or Turkoman is spoken in Asia. Turkmen is a member of the East Oghuz branch of the Turkic family of languages; its closest relatives being Anatolian Turkish and Azerbaijani, with which it shares a relatively high degree of mutual intelligibility.Officially, Turkmen currently is rendered in the ‘Täze Elipbiý’, or ‘New Alphabet’, which is based on the Latin alphabet. However, the old ‘Soviet’ Cyrillic alphabet is still in wide use." language.
- TUK definition "Le turkmène est une langue appartenant au groupe des langues turques, parlée en Asie centrale, principalement au Turkménistan.Le turkmène a été écrit avec un alphabet arabe adapté, puis un alphabet latin jusqu’en 1940. L’État soviétique force alors l’adoption d’une variante de l’alphabet cyrillique pour l’écriture du turkmène. Depuis 1997, l’alphabet officiel est une variante de l’alphabet latin avec quelques diacritiques, proche de celui du turc." language.
- TUN definition "Tunica, also known as Luhchi Yoroni, is a language isolate that was spoken by Tunica people in the Central and Lower Mississippi Valley of what is now the United States. There are no native speakers, but the language is undergoing revitalisation. In 2017, 32 second-language speakers were reported, and, by 2023, that number has risen to 60. Granberry (1994) suggested that Tunica was related to Calusa, proposing that Calusa may have been a relatively recent arrival from the lower Mississippi region." language.
- TUQ definition "Tedaqa (also known as Teda) belongs to the Saharan primary branch of the disputed Nilo-Saharan language family. It is spoken by the Teda, a northern subgroup of the Toubou people, in Libya, Chad and eastern Niger. Within the Saharan branch – which also includes the Kanuri, Kanembu, and Tebu languages – Tedaqa is classified as part of the Western Saharan subgroup. The constituent families of the putative Nilo-Saharan family are quite diverse, but one characteristic feature is a tripartite singulative-collective-plurative number system." language.
- TUR definition "Le turc est la plus parlée des langues turques en Europe du Sud et en Asie occidentale. Il est très proche de l’azéri et du turkmène.En 1928, l’une des réformes d’Atatürk fut de remplacer l’écriture arabe par l’alphabet latin." language.
- TUR definition "Turkish is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages in south-eastern Europe and western Asia. It is closely related to Azeri and Turkmen.In 1928, as one of Atatürk’s Reforms, the Arabic script was replaced with a Latin alphabet." language.
- TVI definition "Tulai is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. It belongs to the endangered Western Chadic sub-branch whose speakers are shifting to Hausa. Together with Cha'ari and Zeem, it forms the Nuclear Zeemic group." language.
- TVL definition "Tuvaluan is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is one of the official languages of Tuvalu." language.
- TVX definition "Taivoan, or Taivuan, is a dormant Formosan language under revitalisation. It was spoken in the Siraya region of Taiwan. Taivoan used to be regarded as a dialect of Siraya, but now more evidence has shown that they should be classified as separate languages. Taivoan belongs to the East Formosan primary branch of the Austronesian language family. Like many Austronesian languages, Taivoan is characterised by voice alternations in its clause structure and productive morphology, including affixation and reduplication to form new words." language.