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- HUC definition "ǂHua, or ǂʼAmkoe, formerly called by the dialectal name ǂHoan, is a severely endangered Kxʼa language of Botswana. ǂHua was shown to be related to the Juu languages by Honken and Heine (2010), and these have since been classified together in the Kxʼa language family." language.
- HUN definition "Hungarian (Magyar), like Finnish and Estonian, belongs to the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family. It is the official language of Hungary and is also spoken by communities of Hungarian people in neighbouring countries.In Hungarian, surnames precede Christian names." language.
- HUN definition "Le hongrois (magyar), comme l’estonien et le finnois, appartient à la branche finno-ougrienne de la famille des langues ouraliennes. Il est la langue officielle de la Hongrie et est également parlé par les communautés hongroises dans les pays voisins.En hongrois, les noms de famille précèdent les prénoms." language.
- HYE definition "L’arménien (hayeren) constitue une branche indépendante de la famille indo-européenne. Il est parlé dans la République d’Arménie (où il est la langue officielle), dans le Haut-Karabakh, dans le nord-ouest de l’Iran et dans la diaspora arménienne.L’arménien a son propre système d’écriture unique, l’alphabet arménien, inventé par Mesrop Maštoc’ au Ve siècle." language.
- HYE definition "The Armenian language (hayeren) forms an independent branch of the Indo-European family. It is spoken in the Republic of Armenia (where it is the official language), in Nagorno-Karabakh, in north-western Iran and in the Armenian diaspora.Armenian has its own unique script, the Armenian alphabet, invented by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century AD." language.
- IBO definition "Igbo belongs to the Igboid branch of the Niger–Congo language family. It is the principal native language of the Igbo people, an ethnic group of southeastern Nigeria." language.
- ICL definition "Icelandic Sign Language is a sign language used in Iceland. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- IGN definition "Ignaciano is an Arawakan indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- IKH definition "Ikhin-Arokho is an Edoid language spoken in Edo State in Nigeria. Together with Emai-Iuleha-Ora, it forms the Emaic subgroup. Similar to the more well-known Bantu languages, Ikhin-Arokho also features noun class systems, which are a key characteristic used to identify the broader Atlantic–Congo language family, to which Ikhin-Arokho belongs as part of the Volta–Congo primary branch." language.
- INA definition "Interlingua is an international auxiliary language (IAL), a modern version of Latin, developed between 1937 and 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association. It ranks among the top three most widely used IALs (after Esperanto and perhaps Ido), and is the most widely used naturalistic IAL: in other words, its vocabulary, grammar and other characteristics are derived from natural languages. Interlingua was developed to combine a simple, mostly regular grammar with a vocabulary common to the widest possible range of languages, making it unusually easy to learn. Conversely, it is used as a rapid introduction to many natural languages. Interlingua literature maintains that (written) Interlingua is comprehensible to the hundreds of millions of people who speak a Romance language." language.
- INA definition "L’interlingua désigne aujourd’hui la langue construite élaborée par l’International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). La construction de l’interlingua par l’IALA fut achevée en 1951. Le vocabulaire de l’interlingua est emprunté essentiellement aux langues romanes ainsi qu’à l’anglais du fait qu’une grande partie de son vocabulaire est d’origine romane. La grammaire est également inspirée de ces langues, mais avec des simplifications. Il existe aujourd’hui une Union mondiale pour l’interlingua (Union Mundial pro Interlingua), qui compte des adhérents dans le monde entier. On trouve aussi une abondante littérature en interlingua, ainsi que des sites internet et des revues." language.
- IND definition "L’indonésien (bahasa Indonesia, littéralement «langue de l’Indonésie») est la langue officielle de la République d’Indonésie. C’est aussi l’une des langues d’usage dans la République démocratique du Timor-Oriental. L’indonésien est l’une des formes du malais (bahasa Melayu). Pour une majorité d’Indonésiens, ce n’est pas leur langue maternelle. Ils ne l’apprennent à l’école que vers l’âge de 5 ans." language.
- IND definition "Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. It is a standardised register of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries. Most Indonesians also speak one of more than 700 indigenous languages. Most formal education, and nearly all national media and other forms of communication, are conducted in Indonesian. The Indonesian name for the language is Bahasa Indonesia (literally ‘the language of Indonesia’)." language.
- INL definition "Indonesian Sign Language is a sign language used in Indonesia. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- INS definition "Indian Sign Language is a sign language used in India. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- ISE definition "Italian Sign Language is a sign language used in Italia. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- ISG definition "Irish Sign Language is a sign language used in Ireland and in Northern Ireland. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- ISH definition "Esan is an Edoid language spoken in Edo State in Nigeria. With its dialects, Ẹkpoma (or Ekpon) and Iguepen, it forms the Esan subgroup. Similar to the more well-known Bantu languages, Esan also features noun class systems, which are a key characteristic used to identify the broader Atlantic–Congo language family, to which Esan belongs as part of the Volta–Congo primary branch." language.
- ISL definition "L’islandais est une langue indo-européenne appartenant à la branche nord germanique des langues germaniques. La grande majorité des locuteurs islandais vivent en Islande. La plupart des Islandais n’ont pas de noms de famille mais des patronymes. Les prénoms sont suivis par la forme au génitif du prénom du père (ou de la mère), complétée par «son» (fils de …) ou «dóttir» (fille de …), par exemple les enfants de Jón s’appellent ainsi Jónsson et Jónsdóttir." language.
- ISL definition "Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. The vast majority of Icelandic speakers live in Iceland. Most Icelanders do not have surnames but patronymics. Forenames are followed by the genitive form of the father’s (or the mother’s) Christian name completed by son (son of …) or dóttir (daughter of …), e.g. Jónsson, Jónsdóttir if the name of the father is Jón." language.
- ISR definition "Israeli Sign Language is a sign language used in Israel. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- ITA definition "Italian is a member of the Romance language group, spoken mainly in south Europe. Among the Romance languages, Italian is the closest to Latin in terms of vocabulary. The Italian language adopted by the state after the unification of Italy is based on Tuscan.Many Italian speakers are native bilinguals of both standardised Italian and other regional variants." language.
- ITA definition "L’italien est une langue appartenant au groupe des langues romanes, parlée principalement en Europe du Sud. Parmi les langues romanes, l’italien est très proche du latin en termes de vocabulaire. La langue italienne adoptée par l’État après l’unification de l’Italie est fondée sur le dialecte de la Toscane.De nombreux locuteurs italiens sont bilingues et parlent aussi bien l’italien standard que les autres variantes régionales." language.
- ITE definition "Itene is a Chapacuran indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- ITO definition "Itonama is an indigenous language isolate. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- JCS definition "Jamaican Country Sign Language is a sign language used in a village in Jamaica. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- JHS definition "Jhankot Sign Language is a sign language used in Jhankot village in Nepal. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- JOS definition "Jordanian Sign Language is a sign language used in Jordania. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- JPN definition "Japanese is an East Asian language spoken primarily in Japan. It is a member of the Japonic (or Japanese-Ryukyuan) language family, whose relation to other language groups is debated. Japanese has no genetic relationship with Chinese, but it makes extensive use of Chinese characters, or kanji, in its writing system, and a large portion of its vocabulary is borrowed from Chinese. Along with kanji, the Japanese writing system primarily uses two syllabic (or moraic) scripts, hiragana and katakana. Latin script is used in a limited way, such as for imported acronyms, and the numeral system uses mostly Arabic numerals, alongside traditional Chinese numerals." language.
- JPN definition "Le japonais est la langue du Japon, parlée par le peuple japonais. Le japonais appartient à la famille isolée des langues japoniques. La langue japonaise utilise conjointement deux ensembles de caractères distincts: les kanjis, écriture logographique d’origine chinoise, et les kanas, système moraïque dérivé des kanjis. Les kanas se divisent eux-mêmes en deux groupes, les hiraganas et les katakanas. Les katakanas sont employés pour l’écriture de mots d’origine étrangère au Japon, et les hiraganas, pour noter la plupart des mots et affixes grammaticaux." language.
- JSL definition "Japanese Sign Language is a sign language used in Japan. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- JUS definition "Jumla Sign Language is a sign language used in Jumla village in Nepal. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- KAA definition "Karakalpak is a Turkic language spoken by Karakalpaks in Karakalpakstan. It is divided into two dialects, Northeastern Karakalpak and Southwestern Karakalpak. It developed alongside Nogai and neighbouring Kazakh languages, being markedly influenced by both. Typologically, Karakalpak belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic languages, thus being closely related to and highly mutually intelligible with Kazakh and Nogai." language.
- KAL definition "Le groenlandais (kalaallisut) est une langue eskimo-aléoute parlée par un petit groupe de personnes inuites, en général bilingues danois-groenlandais, au Groenland. Il est très proche des langues inuites au Canada.Le groenlandais est une langue polysynthétique qui permet la création de longs mots en enchaînant les racines et les suffixes. Les noms et les verbes ont également une morphologie dérivationnelle complexe." language.
- KAL definition "Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) is an Eskimo-Aleut language spoken by a small group of usually Danish-Greenlandic bilingual Inuit people in Greenland. It is closely related to the Inuit languages in Canada.Greenlandic is a polysynthetic language that allows the creation of long words by stringing together roots and suffixes. Both nouns and verbs have complex derivational morphology." language.
- KAT definition "Le géorgien (kartuli) est la plus parlée des langues caucasiennes. C’est la langue officielle de la Géorgie.Le géorgien a son propre système d’écriture unique, l’alphabet géorgien.Le géorgien est la langue littéraire pour tous les sous-groupes régionaux de Géorgiens, y compris ceux qui parlent d’autres langues kartvéliennes." language.
- KAT definition "Georgian (Kartuli) is the most widely spoken of the Caucasian languages. It is the official language of Georgia.Georgian is written in its own unique writing system, the Georgian script.Georgian is the literary language for all regional subgroups of Georgians, including those who speak other Kartvelian languages." language.
- KAZ definition "Kazakh is a Turkic language belonging to the Kipchak (or North-Western Turkic) branch. Kazakh is primarily a Central Asian language and is spoken in Europe in the region between the lower Volga and the frontier of Kazakhstan.Today, Kazakh is written in Cyrillic in Kazakhstan and Mongolia, while the Kazakh-speakers in China use an Arabic-derived alphabet similar to that used to write Uyghur." language.
- KAZ definition "Le kazakh est une langue appartenant à la famille des langues turques. Il est parlé en Asie centrale, principalement au Kazakhstan, où il est la langue nationale, et au Xinjiang.Le kazakh est écrit de différentes manières: en utilisant une variante de l’alphabet latin proche de celle utilisée en turc, l’alphabet arabe modifié (en Chine, en Iran, dans une petite partie de la Mongolie, en Afghanistan) et le cyrillique agrémenté de 9 lettres supplémentaires, qui est l’écriture officielle au Kazakhstan.Le kazakh est particulièrement proche du kirghiz." language.
- KCK definition "Kalanga is a Bantu language spoken by the Kalanga people in Botswana and Zimbabwe with an extensive phoneme inventory. Kalanga is recognised as an official language by the Zimbabwean Constitution of 2013 and is taught in schools in areas where its speakers predominate. The Kalanga language is closely related to the Nambya, TshiVenda and KheLobedu languages of Zimbabwe and South Africa." language.
- KDE definition "Makonde or Kimakonde is a Bantu language spoken in Tanzania and northern Mozambique by the Makonde ethnic group. Together with Matambwe (wtb), Machinga (mvw) and Ndonde Hamba (njd), it forms the Makonde group. Noun class systems are a defining feature of Bantu languages and the basis for the identification of the whole Atlantic–Congo language family to which Makonde belongs as part of Volta-Congo primary branch." language.
- KGI definition "Selangor Sign Language is a sign language used in Malaysia. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- KHM definition "Le khmer est une langue appartenant au groupe des langues môn-khmères de la famille des langues austro-asiatiques. Langue des populations khmères, il est principalement parlé au Cambodge et dans les régions limitrophes de Thaïlande par les Khmers Surin (du Nord) et au Viêt Nam par les Khmers Krom, ce qui s’explique par l’histoire de ces pays.C’est une langue non tonale, contrairement au vietnamien, l’autre grande langue môn-khmère.Le système d’écriture du khmer est alphasyllabique." language.
- KHM definition "Khmer, or Cambodian, is the second most widely spoken Austroasiatic language (after Vietnamese). It is the language of the Khmer people and the official language of Cambodia.Khmer is primarily an analytic, isolating language which is not tonal.The Khmer language is written with an abugida ‘Khmer script’." language.
- KIN definition "Kinyarwanda is a Bantu language. It is one of the official languages of Rwanda." language.
- KIR definition "Kyrgyz is a Turkic language spoken in Kyrgyzstan as well as China, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Russia. Kyrgyz is a member of the Kyrgyz–Kipchak subgroup of the Kypchak languages, and modern-day language convergence has resulted in a mutual intelligibility between Kyrgyz and Kazakh.In 1940 a Cyrillic alphabet eventually became common and has remained so to this day, though some Kyrgyz still use the Arabic alphabet. There was a popular idea among some Kyrgyz people to make a transition to the Latin alphabet, but the plan has not been implemented yet." language.
- KIR definition "Le kirghiz ou kirghize est une langue appartenant au groupe des langues turques de la famille des langues altaïques. Il est parlé en Asie centrale, principalement au Kirghizstan (où il est la langue nationale), au Tadjikistan, au Xinjiang et en Afghanistan.On l’écrit au moyen de l’alphabet cyrillique, auquel trois lettres sont ajoutées, mais le kirghiz est parfois écrit en utilisant l’alphabet arabe, lui aussi complété. Le kirghiz est très proche du kazakh. Il est habituellement classé avec celui-ci ainsi que le tatar et le karakalpak au sein du groupe des langues kiptchak (ou branche turque occidentale)." language.
- KIU definition "Kirmanjki (Kirmanckî) or Northern Zaza is an Indo-Iranian language spoken primarily in eastern Turkey. The language is a part of the Zaza–Gorani language group of the northwestern group of the Iranian branch." language.
- KKQ definition "Kaeku or Kaiku is a Bantu language spoken in Democratic Republic of the Congo. It belongs to the Bilaic subgroup, and together with Amba and Bira, these three varieties form the Komoic branch. Noun class systems are a defining feature of Bantu languages and the basis for the identification of the whole Atlantic–Congo language family to which Kaeku belongs as part of Volta-Congo subgroup." language.
- KON definition "Kikongo is a Bantu language." language.
- KOR definition "Le coréen est une langue utilisée en Corée du Nord et en Corée du Sud. La classification du coréen est encore controversée. La plupart des linguistes le considèrent comme un isolat, tandis que d’autres le regroupent dans une hypothétique famille altaïque.L’alphabet qui sert à écrire le coréen est le hangeul; les hanja (sinogrammes employés dans cette langue) sont également utilisés, une assez grande partie du lexique étant d’origine chinoise." language.
- KOR definition "Korean is the official language of South Korea and North Korea. For over a millennium, Korean was written with adapted Chinese characters called hanja, complemented by phonetic systems like hyangchal, gugyeol, and idu. In the 15th century, a national writing system called hangul was commissioned by Sejong the Great, but it only came into widespread use in the 20th century.Most historical linguists classify Korean as a isolate language with no known relationship to any other languages." language.
- KRP definition "Durop, also known as Ododop or Erorop, is an Upper Cross River language of Nigeria. It is widely referred to as Korop, though this is actually an ethnonym. Noun class systems are a defining feature of the Atlantic–Congo languages, to which Durop belongs as part of the Volta-Congo primary branch and the Benue-Congo sub-branch." language.
- KUI definition "Kuikúro-Kalapálo is a Cariban language spoken by the Kuikuro and Kalapalo peoples in seven villages along the Culuene River in Brazil. Kuikúro-Kalapálo speak the same language but are ethnically distinct. A related Matipuhy language is spoken by the Matipu. Together, Kuikúro, Kalapálo and Matipuhy form the Nuclear Kuikuroan branch." language.
- KUR definition "Le kurde est une langue appartenant au sous-groupe iranien des langues indo-européennes, parlée par le peuple kurde en Iran, en Iraq, en Turquie et en Syrie. Le terme «langues kurdes» est également utilisé à la place de «langue kurde», parce que les dialectes ne sont pas mutuellement intelligibles sans bilinguisme acquis et les langues parlées par les Kurdes ne forment pas un groupe linguistique.Le principal dialecte du Nord, Kurmanjo, est écrit avec l’alphabet latin, tandis que d’autres utilisent l’alphabet arabe." language.
- KUR definition "Kurdish is a member of the Iranian subgroup of the Indo-European languages, spoken by the Kurdish people in Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria. The term ‘Kurdish languages’ is also used instead of ‘Kurdish language’ because the dialects are not mutually intelligible without acquired bilingualism and the languages spoken by Kurds do not form a linguistic group. The principal Northern dialect, Kurmanji is written in the Latin alphabet while others use the Arabic script." language.
- KVK definition "Korean Sign Language is a sign language used in South Korea. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- KXD definition "Brunei Malay is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is the national language of Brunei and a lingua franca in parts of East Malaysia." language.
- LAG definition "Rangi or Langi is a Bantu language spoken by the Rangi people of Kondoa District in the Dodoma Region of Central Tanzania. Whilst the language is known as Rangi in English and Kirangi in the dominant Swahili spoken throughout the African Great Lakes, the self-referent term is Kilaangi. Noun class systems are a defining feature of Bantu languages and the basis for the identification of the whole Atlantic–Congo language family to which Rangi belongs as part of Volta-Congo primary branch." language.
- LAO definition "Lao or Laotian is a tonal language of the Tai–Kadai language family. It is the official language of Laos, and also spoken in the north-east of Thailand.Lao, like many languages in Laos, is written in the Lao script, which is an abugida script.Although there is no official standard, the Vientiane dialect has become the de facto standard." language.
- LAO definition "Le lao ou laotien est une langue du groupe taï de la branche dite «kam-taï» de la famille des langues taï-kadaï. C’est la langue officielle du Laos. La langue lao peut être divisée en cinq dialectes différents selon la région. Le lao de Vientiane est en général bien compris dans tout le pays.L’alphabet laotien est basé sur l’alphabet siamois ancien, comme pour l’alphabet thaï." language.
- LAT definition "Latin is an extinct Indo-European language which was spoken in the ancient city of Rome and its empire. Modern Romance languages are continuations of dialectal forms (vulgar Latin) of the language.Additionally many students, scholars, and some members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and it is still taught in some educational institutions around the world. Latin is still used in the creation of new words in modern languages of many different families, and largely in biological taxonomy." language.
- LAT definition "Le latin est une langue indo-européenne, souvent considérée comme une langue morte, qui a été parlée dans la Rome antique et son empire. Les langues romanes modernes sont des continuations des formes dialectales (latin vulgaire) de la langue.De nombreux étudiants, des chercheurs et des membres du clergé chrétien parlent encore couramment le latin, et il est toujours enseigné dans certains établissements d’enseignement à travers le monde. Le latin est encore utilisé dans la création de nouveaux mots dans les langues modernes de nombreuses familles, en particulier dans la taxonomie biologique." language.
- LAV definition "Latvian is one of the two living members of the Baltic languages, the other being Lithuanian. It is the official language of Latvia.Latvian is more innovative, especially in morphology than Lithuanian." language.
- LAV definition "Le letton ou lette est l’un des deux membres vivants des langues baltes, l’autre étant le lituanien. C’est la langue officielle de la Lettonie.Le letton est plus novateur, en particulier dans la morphologie, que le lituanien." language.
- LBS definition "Libyan Sign Language is a sign language used in Libya. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- LDD definition "Luri is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language of Bauchi State in Nigeria. It is part of the Barawa cluster, which is in turn part of the West Chadic branch. Its closest living related languages are Pesse, Zul, Buli and Dir-Nyamzak-Mbarimi. Together, they form the Polci-Luri group." language.
- LEC definition "Leco is an indigenous language isolate. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- LGS definition "Guinea-Bissau Sign Language is an incipient sign language evolving from the single school for the deaf in Guinea-Bissau, which was founded in Bissau in 2003. It is not directly related to the Portuguese sign language, although it has borrowed the alphabet from it." language.
- LIN definition "Lingala is a Bantu language." language.
- LIT definition "Le lituanien est l’un des deux membres vivants des langues baltes, l’autre étant le letton. C’est la langue officielle de la Lituanie.Le lituanien est souvent dit la langue indo-européenne vivante la plus conservatrice, gardant de nombreuses caractéristiques de l’indo-européen aujourd’hui perdues dans d’autres langues indo-européennes." language.
- LIT definition "Lithuanian is one of the two living members of the Baltic languages, the other being Latvian. It is the official language of Lithuania.The Lithuanian language is often said to be the most conservative living Indo-European language, retaining many features of Proto-Indo-European now lost in other Indo-European languages." language.
- LLS definition "Lithuanian Sign Language is a sign language used in Lithunia. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- LOH definition "Laarim (Larim, Longarim) or Narim is a Surmic language spoken by the Laarim people of the Laarim Hills of South Sudan. It has been proposed that Surmic languages are part of the putative Nilo-Saharan language family." language.
- LSG definition "Lyons Sign Language is a sign language used in Lyon region in France. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- LSL definition "Latvian Sign Language is a sign language used in Latvia. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- LSO definition "Laos Sign Language is a sign language used in Laos. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- LSP definition "Panamanian Sign Language is a sign language used in Panama. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- LST definition "Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language is a sign language used in Trinidad and Tobago. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- LTZ definition "Luxembourgish is a Germanic language which belongs to the West Moselle Franconian subgroup of German dialects. Luxembourgish is spoken mainly in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg." language.
- LTZ definition "Le luxembourgeois est une langue germanique qui appartient au sous-groupe du moyen francique de dialectes allemands. Le luxembourgeois est parlé principalement dans le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg." language.
- LUA definition "Luba-Lulua is a Bantu language." language.
- LVL definition "Lwel is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Together with Ngwii, Nzadi, and Ding, it forms the West-Coastal group. Noun class systems are a defining feature of Bantu languages and the basis for the identification of the whole Atlantic–Congo language family to which Lwel belongs as part of Volta-Congo subgroup." language.
- MAH definition "Marshallese is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is one of the official languages of the Marshall Islands." language.
- MAI definition "Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language variety in the broader Indo-European language family. It is spoken in the Mithila region in north-eastern India and Nepal. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. In the 1960s and the 1970s, when the Maithili speakers demanded a separate Mithila state, the speakers of the closely related varieties, Angika and Bajjika, made counter-demands for recognition of their languages." language.
- MAN definition "The Manding languages are mutually intelligible dialects or languages in West Africa of the Mande family. Their best-known members are Bambara (bam), the most widely spoken language in Mali; Mandinka (mnk), the main language of Gambia; Maninka or Malinké, a major language of Guinea; and Dyula (dyu), a trade language of the northern Ivory Coast and western Burkina Faso. There is debate over whether Mande languages are part of the larger Niger-Kongo language family." language.
- MDL definition "Maltese Sign Language is a sign language used in Malta. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- MEP definition "Miriwoong is an Aboriginal Australian language spoken by Miriwoong people, most of whom now live in the Northern Territory in north-eastern Western Australia. It has been classified as one of two Mirriwongic languages, the other being Gajirrabeng. More recent work has established it as a member of the Jarrakan group." language.
- MFS definition "Mexican Sign Language is a sign language used in Mexico. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- MIN definition "Minangkabau is an Austronesian language spoken by the Minangkabau of West Sumatra. The language is also a lingua franca along the western coastal region of the province of North Sumatra, and is even used in parts of Aceh, where the language is called Aneuk Jamee. It is also spoken in some parts of Malaysia.There are great grammatical similarities between the Minangkabau language and Malay." language.
- MIN definition "Le minangkabau est une langue austronésienne parlée en Indonésie, dans le nord de l’île de Sumatra.Il fait partie des langues malaïques qui représentent un des sous-groupes du malayo-polynésien occidental." language.
- MIS definition "Languages without code." language.
- MIS definition "Langues sans codes" language.
- MKD definition "Le macédonien est une langue appartenant au sous-groupe méridional des langues slaves, parlée principalement en Macédoine du Nord." language.
- MKD definition "Macedonian is a member of the southern subgroup of the Slavic languages, spoken principally in North Macedonia." language.
- MLG definition "Le malgache ou malagasy est la langue nationale de Madagascar. C’est depuis toujours une langue normalisée, principalement dérivée du dialecte parlé sur les hauts plateaux centraux. Elle est la plus occidentale des langues malayo-polynésiennes et donc des langues austronésiennes. Plus précisément, elle appartient au rameau dit «Grand Barito». Dans cette région, la langue dominante est aujourd’hui le malais, qui appartient à un autre rameau malayo-polynésien. Le malgache est également utilisé à Mayotte sous le nom de «kibushi» ou «bushi»." language.
- MLG definition "Malagasy is an Austronesian language and the national language of Madagascar. Most people in Madagascar speak it as a first language as do some people of Malagasy descent elsewhere. The Malagasy language is the westernmost member of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. It is related to the Malayo-Polynesian languages of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, and more closely to the East Barito languages spoken in Borneo." language.
- MLT definition "Maltese is a Semitic language, historically a dialect of Arabic, spoken in Malta. About half of the vocabulary is derived from standard Italian and Sicilian; English words also make up an important part of the Maltese vocabulary.It is the only Semitic language written in the Latin script in its standard form." language.
- MLT definition "Le maltais est une langue sémitique, historiquement un dialecte de l’arabe, parlé à Malte. Environ la moitié du vocabulaire est dérivé de l’italien standard et de Sicile; les mots anglais constituent également une partie importante du vocabulaire maltais.Il est la seule langue sémitique écrite en alphabet latin dans sa forme standard." language.
- MMI definition "Hember Avu, also Aregerek, Musar or Amben, is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It belongs to the Nuclear Trans New Guinea language family." language.