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- MOE definition "Innu (or Montagnais) is an Algonquian language spoken by over 10,000 Innu in Labrador and Quebec in Eastern Canada. It is a member of the Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi dialect continuum and is spoken in various dialects depending on the community. Algonquian languages belong to the Algic language family." language.
- MOL definition "Moldavian or Moldovan is a name of the Romanian language in the Republic of Moldova. The identity between the mother tongues of the Moldovans and Romanians has been officially acknowledged since the reintroduction of the Latin script in 1989; the 1991 Declaration of Independence of Moldova thereupon called the official language ‘Romanian’. Nevertheless, the 1994 Constitution only provided official status to ‘Moldovan’. In the early 2000s the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova adopted a law defining ‘Moldovan’ and ‘Romanian’ as designations for the same language (glottonyms). The breakaway region of Transnistria continues to recognise ‘Moldovan’ as one of its official languages." language.
- MOL definition "Le moldave est, selon l’article 13 de sa Constitution, la langue officielle de la République de Moldavie. C’est une dénomination politique; du point de vue strictement linguistique et en termes de sociolinguistique, le roumain et le moldave sont une seule et même langue, dont les anciens dialectes et les formes actuelles présentent assez de traits structurels communs scientifiquement établis pour constituer une langue unitaire. Les locuteurs se comprennent spontanément et complètement sans traducteur ni dictionnaire. Les différences entre parler savant (langue littéraire moderne) et parlers populaires sont les mêmes en Moldavie et en Roumanie. Le nom scientifique de cette langue, adopté par tous les linguistes, est «daco-roumain» ou «daco-roman»." language.
- MON definition "The Mongolian language is the best-known member of the Mongolic language family.In Mongolia, the Khalkha dialect, written in Cyrillic, is predominant, while in Inner Mongolia, the language is dialectally more diverse and is written in the traditional Mongolian script." language.
- MON definition "Le mongol est une langue appartenant au groupe des langues mongoles. Il est parlé en Mongolie et en Chine (notamment en Mongolie-Intérieure), ainsi qu’en Russie (notamment en Bouriatie et en Kalmoukie).Le mongol est un ensemble de langues et de dialectes qui utilisent de nombreuses formes d’écritures. Différentes écritures ont été créées spécifiquement pour cette langue, mais d’autres ont également été utilisées pour retranscrire les langues mongoles, telles que les caractères chinois han, l’alphabet latin et l’alphabet cyrillique légèrement modifié." language.
- MPD definition "Machinere is an Arawakan indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- MRE definition "Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language is a sign language used on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, in the United States. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- MRI definition "Māori is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is one of the official languages of New Zealand." language.
- MSA definition "Malaysian, or Standard Malay, is the official language of Malaysia and a standardised register of the Malacca dialect of Malay. It is a compulsory subject in primary and secondary school. The Malaysian name for the language is Bahasa Malaysia (literally ‘the language of Malaysia’).The Malaysian language is normally written using a Latin alphabet called Rumi, though an Arabic alphabet called Jawi also exists." language.
- MSA definition "Le malais ou malaisien (bahasa Malaysia, littéralement «langue de la Malaisie») est l’appellation officielle de la langue nationale de la Malaisie. Il exprime une volonté politique de fédérer les diverses communautés du pays grâce à une langue partagée par tous les citoyens. Le malaisien est une des formes du malais, appelé également «malais standard». Il est enseigné dans toutes les écoles du pays et sert d’outil de communication interethnique.Le malais moderne et l’indonésien s’écrivent avec l’alphabet latin, tandis que le malais classique utilise l’alphabet arabe." language.
- MSD definition "Yucatec Maya Sign Language is a sign language used in the Yucatan region, in Mexico, by Maya communities. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- MSR definition "Mongolian Sign Language is a sign language used in Mongolia. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- MTP definition "Wichí Lhamtés Nocten is a Matacoan indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- MUL definition "More than one language." language.
- MUL definition "Plus d’une langue" language.
- MVW definition "Machinga is a Bantu language spoken in Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Together with Makonde (kde), Matambwe (wtb) 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 Machinga belongs as part of Volta-Congo primary branch." language.
- MYA definition "Burmese is a Sino-Tibetan language. It is the official language of Myanmar. The Burmese alphabet is a Brahmic script, an abugida writing system." language.
- MZC definition "Madagascar Sign Language is a sign language used in Madagascar. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- MZG definition "Monastic Sign Language is a sign language used by Christian monks, mainly in Europe. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- MZP definition "Movima is an indigenous language isolate. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- MZY definition "Mozambican Sign Language is a sign language used in Mozambique. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- NAU definition "Nauruan is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is one of the official languages of Nauru." language.
- NBL definition "Southern Ndebele is a Bantu language. It is one of the official languages of South Africa." language.
- NBS definition "Namibian Sign Language is a sign language used in Namibia. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- NCS definition "Nicaraguan Sign Language is a sign language used in Nicaragua. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- NDC definition "Ndau is a Bantu language spoken by 1 400 000 people in central Mozambique and southeastern Zimbabwe. Ndau is part of a continuum with other neighboring varieties of the Shona group and has often been included as a Shona dialect. The 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe accorded Ndau status as an official language." language.
- NDE definition "North Ndebele is the language spoken by the Zimbabwe Ndebele, also known as Matabele, in the Matabeleland region around the city of Bulawayo. It's a Bantu language of the Nguni group, closely related to Zulu. The Ndebele people of Zimbabwe are descendants of the followers of the Zulu military leader Mzilikazi, who left his home region in the early 19th century. North Ndebele is one of Zimbabwe‘s 16 official languages." language.
- NEP definition "Nepali or Nepalese is an Indo-Aryan language. It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Nepali developed in proximity to a number of Indo-Aryan languages, most notably Pahari and Magahi, and shows Sanskrit influences. Nepali language shares important lexical similarity with the Bengali language.The language is written by devanagari." language.
- NEP definition "Le népalais est une langue de la famille indo-iranienne, parlée au Népal, en Inde et au Bhoutan. C’est la plus orientale des langues pahari, un groupe de langues et de dialectes parlés au pied de l’Himalaya depuis l’est du Népal jusqu’aux États indiens de l’Uttaranchal et de l’Himachal Pradesh.Le népalais s’écrit en devanagari." language.
- NIU definition "Niuean is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is one of the official languages of Niue." language.
- NJD definition "Ndonde Hamba is a Bantu language spoken in Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Together with Makonde (kde), Matambwe (wtb) and Machinga (mvw), 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 Ndonde Hamba belongs as part of Volta-Congo primary branch." language.
- NLD definition "Dutch is a West Germanic language whose closest relative is German. It is spoken in the Netherlands, by about 60% of the population of Belgium, in Suriname and in the Caribbean island nations of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten. The version of Dutch spoken in Southern Africa has been standardised into Afrikaans." language.
- NLD definition "Le néerlandais est une langue germanique occidentale, dont le plus proche parent est l’allemand. Elle est parlée aux Pays-Bas, en Belgique (par environ 60 % de la population), au Suriname et dans les pays insulaires des Caraïbes (Aruba, Curaçao et Sint-Maarten). La version du néerlandais parlé en Afrique du Sud a été normalisée comme l’afrikaans." language.
- NLO definition "Ngul (also Ngwii) is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Together with Lwel, Ding and Nzadi, 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 Ngul belongs as part of Volta-Congo primary branch." language.
- NMQ definition "Nambya is a Bantu language spoken by the Nambya people. It is spoken in northwestern Zimbabwe, particularly in the town of Hwange with a few speakers in northeastern Botswana. It is either classified as a dialect of Kalanga or as a closely related language. The Zimbabwean constitution recognises Nambya and Kalanga as separate indigenous languages. Nambya is one of Zimbabwe‘s 16 official languages." language.
- NNO definition "Nynorsk is an official written standard for the Norwegian language." language.
- NOB definition "Bokmål is an official written standard for the Norwegian language." language.
- NOR definition "Norwegian belongs to the Northern branch of Germanic languages. It is spoken primarily in Norway. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants.There are two official forms of written Norwegian: Bokmål (literally ‘book tongue’) and Nynorsk (literally ‘new Norwegian’)." language.
- NOR definition "Le norvégien appartient à la branche nord des langues germaniques. Il est parlé principalement en Norvège. Avec le suédois et le danois, le norvégien forme un continuum de variantes locales et régionales plus ou moins mutuellement intelligibles.Il existe deux formes officielles du norvégien écrit: le bokmål (littéralement «langue du livre») et le nynorsk (littéralement «nouveau norvégien»)." language.
- NSI definition "Nigerian Sign Language is a sign language used in Nigeria. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- NSL definition "Norwegian Sign Language is a sign language used in Norway. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- NSO definition "Northern Sotho is a Bantu language. It is one of the official languages of South Africa." language.
- NSP definition "Nepalese Sign Language is a sign language used in Nepal. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- NSR definition "Maritime Sign Language is a sign language used in Canada’s Atlantic provinces. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- NYA definition "Chewa is a Bantu language. It is one of the official languages of Malawi and Zimbabwe." language.
- NZD definition "Nzadi is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Together with Ngul (also Ngwii), Lwel 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 Nzadi belongs as part of Volta-Congo primary branch." language.
- NZR definition "Dir-Nyamzak-Mbarimi, consisting of Dir, Nyamzak (or Langas) and Mbarimi (or Baram), is an Afro-Asiatic language group of Bauchi State, Nigeria. It is part of the Barawa cluster, which is in turn part of the West Chadic branch. Its closest related language varieties are Pesse, Zul, Buli and the extinct Luri. Together, they form the Polci-Luri group." language.
- NZS definition "New Zealand Sign Language is a sign language used in New Zealand. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- OCI definition "L’occitan est le nom générique pour les idiomes romans originaires principalement du sud de la France. Il y a polémique sur l’unité de la langue, certains pensant que l’occitan est une macrolangue. Il n’y a pas de langue écrite standard intitulée «occitan», et l’occitan n’a pas de statut officiel en France, qui abrite la majeure partie de l’Occitanie." language.
- OCI definition "Occitan is the generic name for Romance idioms which are native mainly to southern France. There are polemics about the unity of the language, as some think that Occitan is a macrolanguage. There is no single written standard language called ‘Occitan’, and Occitan has no official status in France, home to most of Occitania." language.
- OSS definition "Ossetic or Ossetian is a member of the Iranian subgroup of the Indo-European languages. It is spoken in Ossetia, a region on the northern Caucasus.Written Ossetian may be immediately recognised by its use of the Cyrillic letter Ae (Ӕ ӕ), a letter to be found in no other language using Cyrillic script." language.
- OSS definition "L’ossète est une langue appartenant au sous-groupe iranien de la famille des langues indo-européennes. Il est parlé en Ossétie, région située dans le Caucase septentrional.L’ossète écrit peut être immédiatement reconnu grâce à son utilisation de la lettre cyrillique Ae (Ӕ ӕ), lettre que l’on ne trouve dans aucune autre langue utilisant l’alphabet cyrillique." language.
- PAN definition "Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by over 100 million native speakers worldwide. It is the native language of the Punjabi people in India and Pakistan. Punjabi is written in both the Shahmukhi and the Gurmukhi scripts." language.
- PAP definition "Papiamento is a Portugal-based creol language. It is one of the official languages of Aruba and Curaçao." language.
- PAU definition "Palauan is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is one of the official languages of Palau." language.
- PCP definition "Pacahuara is a Panoan indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- PFE definition "Pere or Peere is a Bantu language spoken in Cameroun. It belongs to the Cameroun-Ubangian sub-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 Pere belongs as part of Volta-Congo subgroup." language.
- PIH definition "Pitcairn-Norfolk is an English-based creole language. It is one of the official languages of Pitcairn Island and Norfolk Island." language.
- PKS definition "Pakistan Sign Language is a sign language used in Pakistan. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- POL definition "Le polonais fait partie de la branche léchitique des langues slaves de l’Ouest. Il est parlé principalement en Pologne. Le polonais est la deuxième langue slave la plus utilisée après le russe." language.
- POL definition "Polish is the eastern member of the Lechitic branch of the West Slavic languages. It is spoken primarily in Poland.Polish is the second most widely spoken Slavic language, after Russian." language.
- POR definition "Le portugais est une langue appartenant au sous-groupe ibéro-roman des langues romanes. Il est parlé au Portugal, au Brésil, au Mozambique, en Angola, au Cap-Vert, en Guinée-Bissau, à Sao Tomé-et-Principe, à Macao (Chine), en Guinée équatoriale et au Timor-Oriental.Le portugais est la langue la plus parlée de l’hémisphère Sud." language.
- POR definition "Portuguese is a member of the Ibero-Romance subgroup of the Romance languages. It is spoken in Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe, Macau (China), Equatorial Guinea and East Timor.Portuguese is the major language of the southern hemisphere." language.
- PRL definition "Peruvian Sign Language is a sign language used in Peru. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- PRZ definition "Providencia Sign Language is a village sign language of Providence Island in the Western Caribbean. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- PSC definition "Persian Sign Language is a sign language used in Iran. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- PSD definition "Plains Indian Sign Language is a trade language (or international auxiliary language) that was once the lingua franca across central Canada, central and western United States and northern Mexico, used among the various Plains Nations. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- PSG definition "Penang 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.
- PSL definition "Puerto Rican Sign Language is a sign language used in Puerto Rico. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- PSM definition "Pauserna is a Tupian indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- PSO definition "Polish Sign Language is a sign language used in Poland. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- PSP definition "Philippine Sign Language is a sign language used in the Philippines. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- PSR definition "Portuguese Sign Language is a sign language used in Portugal. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- PUQ definition "Puquina is an indigenous language isolate. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- PUS definition "Pashto, also known historically as Afghani and Pathani, is the native language of the Pashtun people of south-central Asia. Pashto is a member of the Eastern Iranian languages group.Pashto employs the Pashto alphabet, a modified form of the Persian alphabet, which in part is derived from the Arabic alphabet. It has extra letters for Pashto-specific sounds." language.
- PUS definition "Le pachto est une langue appartenant au groupe indo-iranien de la famille des langues indo-européennes. Les locuteurs du pachto sont les Pachtounes.Cette langue s’écrit au moyen d’un alphabet arabe modifié.Le pachto est composé de deux dialectes principaux, celui de Kandahar et celui de Paktiyâ (ou de Peshawar)." language.
- PZE definition "Pesse is an Afro-Asiatic language of Bauchi State, Nigeria. It is part of the Barawa cluster, which is in turn part of the West Chadic branch. Its closest related language varieties are Zul, Buli, Dir-Nyamzak-Mbarimi and the extinct Luri. Together, they form the Polci-Luri group." language.
- PZN definition "Jejara Naga is a Tibeto-Burman language classified under the Kuki-Chin–Naga sub-branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The Jejara Naga, also known as the Para Naga, are one of the major Naga peoples of Myanmar and primarily inhabit the area around Lay Shi Township." language.
- QUE definition "Quechua or Southern Quechua is a Quachuan indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia and Peru." language.
- RAR definition "Rarotongan is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is one of the official languages of the Cook Islands." language.
- REY definition "Reyesano is a Tacanan indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- RIR definition "Ribun is a Dayak language of Borneo. It is closely related to the Jangkang (djo), Kembayan (xem), Semandang (sdm) and Sanggau (scg) languages. Ribun 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.
- RMS definition "Romanian Sign Language is a sign language used in Romania. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- RMX definition "Romam belongs to the Bahnaric primary branch of the Austroasiatic language family. It is spoken in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Together with its closest relative, Kachok, Romam forms the Lamamic group, though the two languages are quite distinct." language.
- ROH definition "Le romanche fait partie du groupe de dialectes rhéto-romans parlés principalement dans le canton des Grisons (sud-est de la Suisse).Le romanche a une forte fragmentation dialectale. Presque chaque village a sa propre langue vernaculaire, et on dénombre cinq dialectes régionaux différents ayant chacun sa forme écrite standardisée." language.
- ROH definition "Romansh is a group of Rhaeto-Romance dialects spoken predominantly in the south-eastern Swiss canton of Grisons.Romansh has a strong dialectal fragmentation. Almost every village has its own vernacular, and five different regional dialects own standardised written form." language.
- ROM definition "Romani (also Romany or Gypsy) is a Balkanised neo-Indo-European language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch. It is spoken principally in Europe by Romani people.The alphabets used in the different varieties of the Romany generally correspond to those countries where the corresponding Roma communities live. The alphabets of use are the Latin, the Cyrillic, the Arabic and the Greek alphabets." language.
- ROM definition "Le romani est une langue néo-indo-européenne balkanisée appartenant à la branche indo-aryenne. Il est parlé principalement en Europe par les Roms.Les alphabets utilisés dans les différentes variantes du romani correspondent généralement à ceux des pays où vivent les communautés roms concernées. Les alphabets utilisés sont le latin, le cyrillique, l’arabe et le grec." language.
- RON definition "Romanian is a Romance language spoken principally in Romania and Moldova. Much of the total Romanian vocabulary is derived from Latin.Romanian has four varieties: Daco-Romanian, Istro-Romanian, Aromanian and Megleno-Romanian." language.
- RON definition "Le roumain est une langue romane parlée principalement en Roumanie et en Moldavie. Une grande partie du vocabulaire roumain total est dérivée du latin.Le roumain possède quatre dialectes: le daco-roumain, l’istro-roumain, l’aroumain et le mégléno-roumain." language.
- RRM definition "Moriori, or ta rē Moriori ('the Moriori language'), is a Polynesian language most closely related to New Zealand Māori. It is part of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken by the Moriori, the indigenous people of New Zealand's Chatham Islands (Rēkohu in Moriori), an archipelago located east of the South Island. Moriori went extinct as a first language at the turn of the 20th century, but revitalisation attempts are ongoing." language.
- RSI definition "Rennellese Sign Language is an extinct sign language used Rennell Island, in Solomon Islands. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- RSL definition "Russian Sign Language is a sign language used in Russia. Sign languages are languages which mainly use signs made with the hands, the arms or the body and facial expressions." language.
- RUN definition "Kirundi is a Bantu language. It is one of the official languages of Burundi." language.
- RUS definition "Le russe est une langue slave orientale et est proche de l’ukrainien et du biélorusse. Le russe est une langue officielle ou non mais parlée dans certains pays qui étaient auparavant des républiques de l’Union soviétique.C’est la langue de l’Eurasie la plus étendue géographiquement et la langue slave la plus parlée.Le russe est écrit avec l’alphabet cyrillique." language.
- RUS definition "Russian is an East Slavic language with a close relation to Ukrainian and Belarusian. It is an official or unofficial but widely spoken language in some countries that were once constituent republics of the Soviet Union.Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia and the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages.Russian is written by Cyrillic alphabet." language.
- SAG definition "Sango is a Ngbandi-based creole language. It is one of the official languages of the Central African Republic." language.
- SAN definition "Sanskrit is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age. Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism. Upon transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to Southeast Asia, East Asia and Central Asia in the early medieval era, it became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in some of these regions. Sanskrit generally connotes several Old Indo-Aryan language varieties and continues to be widely used as a ceremonial and ritual language in Hindu and Buddhist hymns and chants." language.
- SCG definition "Sanggau is a Dayak language of Borneo. It is closely related to the Jangkang (djo), Kembayan (xem), Semandang (sdm) and Ribun (rir) languages. Sanggau 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.
- SCO definition "Le scots est une langue germanique parlée en Écosse et dans le nord de l’Irlande.Il est reconnu par le Royaume-Uni comme langue régionale de l’Écosse, selon la charte européenne des langues régionales ou minoritaires." language.