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- 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.
- LRG definition "Laragia, also known as Gulumirrgin, is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language spoken by just six people near the city of Darwin in northern Australia as of 1983. Only 41 people claimed to know the Laragiya language in 2021. Laragiya was once considered a language isolate, but Mark Harvey has made a case for it being part of a family of Darwin Region languages." 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.
- LSN definition "Tibetan Sign Language is the recently established deaf sign language of Tibet. It is the first recognized sign language for a minority in China. The Tibetan Sign Language Project was set up under the supervision of Handicap International in 2001 to create a standardized language, based primarily on the existing sign language of Lhasa, as a replacement for the regional sign languages of Tibet." 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.
- LSV definition "Sivia Sign Language is the deaf sign language of the Quechua town of Sivia in Peru. It is not related to Peruvian Sign Language." 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.
- LVI definition "Lavi (Swoeng) is a Mon–Khmer language spoken in Sekong Province, Laos. Lavi falls under the Bahnaric sub-branch of the Austroasiatic language family. Within the West Bahnaric branch, it is the most divergent language. Like many Austroasiatic languages, Lavi is characterised by little affixation and larger than average vowel inventories." language.
- LVL definition "Lwel is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Together with Ngwii, Nzadi, and Ding, it belongs to the West-Coastal Bantu group, which is classified within the Volta-Congo primary branch. Like other Bantu languages, Lwel has a noun class system, a characteristic feature of languages belonging to the Atlantic–Congo lineage, the largest demonstrated language family in Africa." language.
- LWS definition "Malawian Sign Language is the language of the deaf community of Malawi in Southeast Africa." language.
- MAA definition "San Jerónimo Tecóatl Mazatec (maa) is a Mazatecan language of the Oto-Manguean language family, spoken in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is closely related to Puebla Mazatec (pbm). Like other Oto-Manguean languages, it is tonal. It also stands out by having a more analytic structure than other Mesoamerican languages." 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.
- MEC definition "Marra is an endangered Australian Aboriginal language, traditionally spoken along the Gulf of Carpentaria coast in the Northern Territory around the Roper, Towns and Limmen Bight Rivers. Most Marra people now speak Kriol as their main language. Marra is a prefixing language. Unlike many languages in the area, it has little avoidance language. Marra is a member of the Arnhem, or Macro-Gunwinyguan family, the second-largest Australian language family after Pama–Nyungan, but this language family is not universally accepted." language.
- MEM definition "Mangala, also know as Mangarla, is a critically endangered Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Mangala people in the north-western area of the Great Sandy Desert, inland from the coast. Together with its closest relative, Karajarri (gbd), it belongs to the Marrngu subgroup of the Pama-Nyungan language family, the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, comprising over 300 of the approximately 400 Aboriginal languages." language.
- MEP definition "Miriwoong is an endangered Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the elder generation in or near Kununurra in Western Australia. However, younger generations tend to be familiar with a lot of Miriwoong vocabulary which they use when speaking Kimberley Kriol or Aboriginal English, and there is active language revitalisation. It has been classified as one of two Mirriwongic languages, the other being Gadjerawang. More recent work has established it as a member of the Jarrakan group." language.
- MFR definition "Marrithiyel is an endangered Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Marrithiyel people whose traditional territory lay south of Darwin from Litchfield National Park and extend to the Daly River in the Northern Territory. It belongs to the small family of Western Daly languages, and more specifically to its Marithielic sub-branch." 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.
- MHN definition "Mòcheno (Italian pronunciation: ˈmɔːkeno) is an Upper German variety spoken in three towns of the Bersntol (Italian: Valle del Fersina), in Trentino, northeastern Italy. Mòcheno is closely related to Bavarian and is variously classified either as a Southern Bavarian variety or a separate language of its own. Mòcheno speakers reportedly partially understand Bavarian, Cimbrian, or Standard German. However, many essential differences in grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation render it difficult for speakers of Standard German to understand. Like other Germanic languages, Mòcheno belongs to the Indo-European languages, the world’s largest language family by number of native speakers." 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.
- MJT definition "Sauria Paharia is a North Dravidian language spoken by the Malto people of East India. It is spoken in the West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Bihar states of India. There are two varieties of Malto: Sauria Paharia and Kumarbhag Paharia. The lexical similarity between the two is estimated to be 80%. The most closely related language to Malto is Kurukh. Together with Brahui, all three languages form the North Dravidian branch of the Dravidian language family. Kurukh is written in Devanagari, a script also used to write Indo-Aryan languages." 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.
- MMQ definition "Musak, also known as Aisi, is a Papuan language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. The largest Aisi-speaking villages are Sepu, Banam and Musak, located just to the east of the Ramu River. It is most closely related to Magɨ, with which it forms an Aisian subgroup within the Sogeram branch. At a higher level, it belongs to the Trans–New Guinea family, one of the world’s largest language families by number of languages." language.
- 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.
- MPB definition "Malak Malak, also known as Mullukmulluk, is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken on the northern side of the Daly River in the Northern Territory. By 2002 it was estimated to have less than 10 speakers. Malak Malak is related to Kuwema, or Tyaraity. They were formerly classified as independent members of the Northern Daly languages, but are now considered a language isolate." language.
- MPC definition "Mangarrayi is an endangered Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Northern Territory. It has been tentatively classified within the small Mangarrayi-Maran language family, which in turn has been grouped within the proposed Arnhem, or Macro-Gunwinyguan family, the second-largest Australian language family after Pama–Nyungan, though this higher-level classification is not universally accepted." language.
- MPD definition "Machinere is an Arawakan indigenous language. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia." language.
- MPJ definition "Martu Wangka is a variety of the Western Desert languages that emerged during the 20th century in Western Australia as several Indigenous communities shifted from their respective territories to form a single community. It is spoken around Jigalong and across the Gibson, Little Sandy and Great Sandy deserts. Martu Wangka is also a Wati language. The name Wati tends to be used when considering the various varieties to be distinct languages, Western Desert when considering them dialects of a single language. More broadly, Wati languages belong to the Pama–Nyungan languages, the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, comprising over 300 of Australia’s roughly 400 Aboriginal languages." 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 "Malay, endonym Bahasa Melayu, is an Austronesian macrolanguage within the Malayo-Polynesian branch spoken primarily on islands in maritime Southeast Asia and Malay Peninsula in mainland Asia. It is an official language of Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Malay is pluricentric, i.e., a group of mutually intelligible speech varieties, or dialect continuum, that have no traditional name in common, and which may be considered distinct languages by their speakers. Several varieties of it are standardised as the national language (bahasa kebangsaan or bahasa nasional) of several nation states with various official names. Classical Malay, also called Court Malay, was the literary standard of the pre-colonial Malacca and Johor Sultanates. Austronesian languages often possess phoneme inventories smaller than the world average. Two salient morphological characteristics are a system of affixation and reduplication to form new words." language.
- MSA definition "Le malais, dont l’endonyme est bahasa melayu, est une macrolangue austro-polynésienne au sein de la branche malaisienne, principalement parlée dans plusieurs îles d’Asie du Sud-Est insulaire et de la péninsule malaise en Asie continentale. Il s’agit d’une langue officielle du Brunei, de la Malaisie, de Singapour et de l’Indonésie. Le malais est pluricentrique, c’est-à-dire qu’il s’agit d’un groupe de variétés de langues mutuellement intelligibles, ou gamme dialectale, qui n’ont pas de nom traditionnel en commun et qui peuvent être considérées comme des langues différentes par leurs locuteurs. Plusieurs de ses variétés sont normalisées en tant que langue nationale (bahasa kebangsaan ou bahasa nasional) de plusieurs États-nations sous différents noms officiels. Le malais classique, également appelé malais judiciaire, constituait la norme littéraire des sultanats précoloniaux de Malacca et de Johor. Les langues austronésiennes possèdent souvent des inventaires phonémiques plus réduits que la moyenne mondiale. Le système d’affixation et le redoublement permettant de former de nouveaux mots constituent deux caractéristiques morphologiques remarquables." 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.
- MTK definition "Mbe' is one of the southern Bantoid languages spoken in the Nkambe District of northwestern Cameroon. It is part of the Grassfields group within the Volta-Congo branch, which in turn belongs to the wider Atlantic–Congo lineage, the largest demonstrated language family in Africa. Like other Bantoid and Bantu languages, Mbe' has a noun class system, a characteristic feature of languages belonging to the Atlantic–Congo language family." 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, which is classified within the Volta-Congo primary branch. Like other Bantu languages, Machinga has a noun class system, a characteristic feature of languages belonging to the Atlantic–Congo lineage, the largest demonstrated language family in Africa." 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.
- MZD definition "Malimba is an Southern Bantoid language spoken in Cameroon. Together with Bengaic languages (BNG, BNM, NUI, YKO) and other Dualaic languages (DUA, KME, ISU, OLB), it belongs to the Sawabantu group, which is classified within the Volta-Congo primary branch. Like other Bantu languages, Malimba has a noun class system, a characteristic feature of languages belonging to the Atlantic–Congo lineage, the largest demonstrated language family in Africa." 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.
- NAY definition "Ngarrindjeri is a dormant Aboriginal language spoken in South Australia. It belongs to the Pama–Nyungan languages, the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, comprising over 300 of Australia’s roughly 400 Aboriginal languages. There were 312 speakers of Ngarrindjerri recorded in the 2016 Australian census. Language maintenance and revival has increased during the early 21st century." language.
- NBJ definition "Ngarinyman is an endangered Pama–Nyungan language spoken by the Ngarinyman in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is closely related to Gurindji, and sometimes considered a dialect of Gurindji. Both belong to the Ngumpin sub-group within the Pama-Nyungan language family, the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, comprising over 300 of the approximately 400 Aboriginal languages." language.
- NBL definition "Southern Ndebele is a Bantu language. It is one of the official languages of South Africa." language.
- NBR definition "Numana is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It is a dialect cluster comprising the main dialects Gbantu, Janda, Numbu and Ningye. Numana is classified within the Volta-Congo primary branch of the Atlantic–Congo lineage, the largest demonstrated language family in Africa. Like related Bantu and Bantoid languages, Numana has a noun class system, a characteristic feature of languages belonging to this lineage." 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.
- NCK definition "Na-kara, also spelled Nakkara, is an endangered Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Nagara people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is closely related to Djeebbana (djj), and both belong to the Maningrida group of languages. This group is sometimes classified with the Gunwinyguan languages in a proposed Macro-Gunwinyguan family, which is distinct from the Pama–Nyungan language family." 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.
- NDV definition "Ndut is a Cangin language spoken in Senegal. On the higher level, Ndut belongs to the Atlantic–Congo lineage, the largest demonstrated language family in Africa. The Ndut people are ethnically Serer, but they do not speak Serer-Sine. Ndut and other Cangin languages, Paloor, Lehar, Saafi and Noon, are spoken by 200 000 people (as of 2007) in a small area east of Dakar, Senegal." 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.
- NEW definition "Nepal Bhasa or Newar is a Sino-Tibetan language of central Nepal belonging to the Himalayish sub-branch. It is spoken natively by the Newar people, the indigenous inhabitants of Nepal Mandala, which consists of the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding regions in Nepal. The name Nepal Bhasa was historically used for the language and is also the name used in official contexts by the Government of Nepal. Despite the similar nomenclature, it is distinct from the Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language which replaced Newar as the national language after the conquest of Nepal by the Shah Dynasty, and additionally only adopted the name Nepali in the 1930s. Literature in Nepal Bhasa is one of the oldest in Nepal, dating back to at least 600 years ago. Today Nepal Bhasa has been listed as ‘Definitely endangered’ by UNESCO." language.
- NFU definition "Mfumte is a southern Bantoid language spoken in the northwestern part of Cameroon close to the Nigerian border. Alongside Kwaja-Ndaktup group of languages, it is a Grassfields language within the Volta-Congo branch. Like other Bantu and Bantoid languages, Mfumte has a noun class system, a characteristic feature of languages belonging to the Atlantic–Congo lineage, the largest demonstrated language family in Africa." language.
- NGH definition "Nǁng is an endangered Tuu language of South Africa within the Ghaap-Khalahari group. It was historically spoken north of the Orange River, between the Namibian border and the Vaal, as well as near the Molopo River by the southernmost point of Botswana. Tuu languages were once accepted as a branch of the now-obsolete Khoisan language family. Khoisan languages are characterised by the presence of numerous click consonants, produced by snapping the tongue against the palate or teeth. The Tuu languages, along with neighboring ǂʼAmkoe, are known for being the only natural languages in the world to have bilabial clicks as distinctive speech sounds." language.
- NHB definition "Beng, also known as Ben, is a Mande language spoken in Côte d’Ivoire. It is closely related to Ngen, and more distantly to the extinct Gbin language. Paperno describes Beng and Gbin as two primary branches of Southern Mande. There is debate over whether Mande languages are part of the larger Niger-Kongo language family." language.
- NIG definition "Ngalakgan is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Ngalakgan people. It has not been fully acquired by children since the 1930s. It is one of the Northern Non-Pama–Nyungan languages formerly spoken in the Roper river region of the Northern Territory. It is closely related to Rembarrnga (rmb). Both are classified within the Gunwinyguan language family." language.
- NIU definition "Niuean is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is one of the official languages of Niue." language.
- NIY definition "Ngiti, or Southern Lendu, is a Central Sudanic language spoken in Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, primarily west of Lake Albert and south of the city of Bunia. It is related to Ndrulo and Lendu. Central Sudanic is a group of about sixty languages that has been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family." 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 belongs to the Makonde sub-group. which is classified within the Volta-Congo primary branch. Like other Bantu languages, Ndonde Hamba has a noun class system, a characteristic feature of languages belonging to the Atlantic–Congo lineage, the largest demonstrated language family in Africa." language.
- NJU definition "Ngadjunmaya is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia that is located in the Goldfields-Esperance region. Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Ngadjumaya or of Mirning. Pama–Nyungan languages are the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, comprising 306 of the 400 Aboriginal languages of Australia. Ngadjunmaya is closely related to Mirning and Kalaamaya. Like the vast majority of Australian languages, also Ngadjunmaya is morphologically ergative, with the nominal in the agent role marked with an ergative suffix and the subject and object unmarked." 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.
- NLM definition "Mankiyali is an endangered Indo-Aryan language of Dardic type, and thus part of the Indo-European language family, one of the largest language families in the world by number of speakers. Mankiyali is spoken in Mansehra District in the secluded village of Danna and in the neighbouring villages, all situated in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The higher similarity with Bateri (btv) could indicate a shared origin, which would be consistent with the oral traditions of the community." 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 belongs to the West-Coastal Bantu group, which is classified within the Volta-Congo primary branch. Like other Bantu languages, Ngul has a noun class system, a characteristic feature of languages belonging to the Atlantic–Congo lineage, the largest demonstrated language family in Africa." language.
- NMN definition "!Xóõ is a Tuu language spoken in Botswana and Namibia. It is closely related to the extinct Lower-Nosop. Tuu languages were once accepted as a branch of the now-obsolete Khoisan language family. Khoisan languages are characterised by the presence of numerous click consonants, produced by snapping the tongue against the palate or teeth. The Tuu languages, along with neighboring ǂʼAmkoe, are known for being the only natural languages in the world to have bilabial clicks as distinctive speech sounds. Taa shares a number of characteristic features with West ǂʼAmkoe and Gǀui, which together are considered part of the Kalahari Basin sprachbund." 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.
- NMY definition "Namuyi, also known as Namuzi, is a small Na-Qiangic language spoken in Muli Tibetan Autonomous County and Mianning County in 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 Shuhi (sxg)." language.
- NNO definition "Nynorsk is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. The name Nynorsk was introduced in 1929. After a series of reforms, it is still the written standard closer to Landsmål, Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language, whereas Bokmål is closer to Riksmål and Danish. Between 10 and 15 percent of Norwegians (primarily in the west around the city of Bergen) have Nynorsk as their official language form." language.
- NOB definition "Bokmål is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being nynorsk. Bokmål is by far the most used written form of Norwegian today, as it is adopted by around 90% of the population in Norway. There is no countrywide standard or agreement on the pronunciation of Bokmål and the spoken dialects vary greatly." 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. Les langues germaniques constituent une branche de la famille des langues indo-européennes, la plus grande famille linguistique du monde par le nombre de locuteurs natifs. Il existe deux formes officielles du norvégien écrit: le bokmål (littéralement «langue du livre») et le nynorsk (littéralement «nouveau norvégien»)." 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. Germanic languages form a branch of the Indo-European language family, the largest language family in the world by number of native speakers. There are two official forms of written Norwegian: Bokmål (literally ‘book tongue’) and Nynorsk (literally ‘new Norwegian’)." language.
- NRU definition "Narua, also known as Na or Mosuo, is a Na-Qiangic language spoken mainly in Ninglang, Yanyuan, Muli, and Yanbian counties in Yunnan, 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. Narua is most closely related to other Naic languages such as Namuyi (nmy), Naxi (nxq) and Shuhi (sxg). One of the main characteristics of the Sino-Tibetan languages is tonality. Yongning Na has three tones, while Lataddi Narua has only two." language.
- NSB definition "Lower Nossob is an extinct Tuu language once spoken along the Nossob River on the border of South Africa and Botswana, near Namibia. It was closely related to the Taa language. There are two attested dialects: ǀʼAuni, or ǀʼAuo, recorded by Dorothea Bleek, and ǀHaasi, recorded by Robert Story. Tuu languages were once accepted as a branch of the now-obsolete Khoisan language family. Khoisan languages are characterised by the presence of numerous click consonants, produced by snapping the tongue against the palate or teeth. The Tuu languages, along with neighboring ǂʼAmkoe, are known for being the only natural languages in the world to have bilabial clicks as distinctive speech sounds." language.