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List Of Language Names
This article is a resource of the native names of most of the major languages in the world. These are endonymic glossonyms. Languages A Aari – Aari * Spoken in: Aasáx † – Aasá * Spoken in: Abaza – Aбаза бызшва * Official language in: , Abellen – Ayta Abellen * Spoken in: , Philippines Abenaki † – Alnôba, Wôbanakiôdwawôgan * Formerly spoken by: the American/Canadian Abenaki Tribe Abkhaz – Aҧсуа бызшәа, Aҧсшәа * Official language in: and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Abui – Abui * Spoken in: Abure – ɔbule ɔyʋɛ * Spoken in: Acehnese – Aceh or Bahsa Acèh * Spoken in: Achang – Mönghsa, ŋa˨˩ʈʂhaŋ˨˩ * Spoken in: and Achi – achi' * Recognised Minority Language in: Achumawi † – Achomawi or Ajúmmááwí * Formerly spoken in: Adai † – Tenánat Hadéyas * Formerly spoken in: , Adangme – Adangbɛ * Official language in: Adangbe – Adangbe * Spoken in: Adele – Gidire * Spok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exonym And Endonym
An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, or linguistic community in question; it is their self-designated name for themselves, their homeland, or their language. An exonym (from Greek: , 'outer' + , 'name'; also known as xenonym) is an established, ''non-native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used only outside that particular place, group, or linguistic community. Exonyms exist not only for historico-geographical reasons but also in consideration of difficulties when pronouncing foreign words. For instance, is the endonym for the country that is also known by the exonym ''Germany'' in English, in Spanish and in French. Naming and etymology The terms ''autonym'', ''endonym'', ''exonym'' and ''x ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achang Language
The Achang language (Achang: ''Ngachang''; , ) is a Tibeto-Burman languages, Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Achang people, Achang (also known as Maingtha and Ngochang) in Yunnan, China, and northern Myanmar. Distribution Achang is spoken in the following locations: * Longchuan County, Yunnan, Longchuan County, Dehong Prefecture ** Husa * Lianghe County, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Prefecture ** Zhedao ** Xiangsong ** Dachang * Luxi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Prefecture ** Jiangdong * Longling County, Baoshan, Yunnan, Baoshan The Xiandao dialect (100 speakers; Endonym and exonym, autonym: ''Chintaw'' //) is spoken in the following two locations in Yingjiang County, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Prefecture (''Xiandaoyu Yanjiu''). * Xiandaozhai , Mangmian Village , Jiemao Township * Meng'ezhai , Mangxian Village , Jiemao Township Phonology Consonants Vowels Syntax Achang word order i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is a unitary state, unitary republic that consists of Governorates of Syria, 14 governorates (subdivisions), and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, the east and southeast, Jordan to Jordan–Syria border, the south, and Israel and Lebanon to Lebanon–Syria border, the southwest. Cyprus lies to the west across the Mediterranean Sea. A country of fertile plains, high mountains, and deserts, Syria is home to demographics of Syria, diverse ethnic and religious groups, including the majority Syrians, Syrian Arabs, Kurds in Syria, Kurds, Syrian Turkmen, Turkmens, Assyrians in Syria, Assyrians, Armenians in Syria, Armenians, Circa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Eastern Mediterranean, southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also is bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the Economy of Israel, economic and Science and technology in Israel, technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Status of Jerusalem, Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neolithic sites like Göbekli Tepe, and was inhabited by ancient civilisations including the Hattians, Hittites, Anatolian peoples, Mycenaea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adyghe Language
Adyghe ( or ; ady, Адыгабзэ, Adygabzə, ), also known as West Circassian ( ady, link=no, кӏахыбзэ, khaxybzə), is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken by the western subgroups of Circassians. It is spoken mainly in Russia, as well as in Turkey, Jordan, Syria and Israel, where they settled after the Circassian genocide. It is closely related to the Kabardian (East Circassian) language, though some reject the distinction between the two languages in favor of both being dialects of a unitary Circassian language. The literary language is based on the Temirgoy dialect. Adyghe and Russian are the two official languages of the Republic of Adygea in the Russian Federation. There are around 128,000 speakers of Adyghe in Russia, almost all of them native speakers. In total, some 300,000 speak it worldwide. The largest Adyghe-speaking community is in Turkey, spoken by the diaspora from the Russian–Circassian War (–1864). In addition, the Adyghe language is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adnyamathanha Language
The Adnyamathanha language (pronounced ), also known as yura ngarwala and other names, and Kuyani, also known as Guyani and other variants, are two closely related Australian Aboriginal languages. They are traditional languages of the Adnyamathanha of and the Kuyani peoples, of the Flinders Ranges and to the west of the Flinders respectively, in South Australia. As of the 2016 Australian census, there were around 140 speakers of Adnyamathanha, making it an endangered language; there have been no speakers of Kuyani recorded since 1975. The first bilingual dictionary of the language was published in November 2020. The name of the witchetty grub comes from Adnyamathanha. Classification While R. M. W. Dixon classifies Adnyamathanha and Guyani as a single language, Ethnologue, Glottolog and AIATSIS treats them as separate languages, L10: Adnyamathanha and L9: Kuyani. Speakers Estimates of the number of people who speak Adnyamathanha are variable, though it is a severely endange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adjukru Language
Adjukru (Adioukrou, Adyoukrou, Adyukru, Ajukru) is a language spoken in Ivory Coast by the Adjoukrou people. It has an uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family. See also * Adjoukrou people The Adjoukrou people, also known as the Adyukru, Adioukrou, Adyoukrou, Ajukru, and the Bubari are an ethnic group and tribe of the Ivory Coast indigenous to the Dabou area of the Grands-Ponts region of the country's Lagunes District. Demogra ... References Languages of Ivory Coast Lagoon languages {{lagoon-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adele Language
The Adele language is spoken in central eastern Ghana and central western Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c .... It belongs to the geographic group of Ghana Togo Mountain languages (traditionally called the ''Togorestsprachen'' or Togo Remnant languages) of the Kwa branch of Niger–Congo. The speakers themselves, the Adele people, call the language ''Gidire''. Writing system In Ghana, the Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation (en) (GILLBT) developed an alphabet to translate the Bible into Adele. The Adele alphabet used in Togo is essentially the same, however Rongier uses fewer digraphs at the index of his Adele-French dictionary. References * '' Bernd Heine, Die Verbreitung und Gliederung der Togorestsprachen.'' Berlin, Dietr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adangbe
The Dangbe language, also ''Dangbe'' or ''Adaŋgbi'', is a Kwa language spoken in south-eastern Ghana by the Dangbe People ''(Dangbeli)''. The Dangbeli are part of the larger Ga-Dangbe ethnic group. Klogbi is a variant, spoken by the Kloli (Klo or Krobo People). Kropp Dakubu (1987) is the most thorough grammar of the language. Classification Dangme is a Kwa language, part of the Niger–Congo family. It is closely related to Ga, and together they form the Ga–Dangme branch within Kwa. Geographic distribution Dangme is spoken in Ghana by over 800,000 people as of 2004. It is the aboriginal language spoken in Ghana, Togo, Benin by the people of Ada, Osudoku, Manya Krobo, Yilo Krobo, Shai, Ningo, Prampram and Kpone. Dangme is partly mutually intelligible with Ga, and, to a lesser extent, Ewe. Nevertheless, many Dangme people also speak or understand at least one of these languages, painting the relationship as asymmetric. Dangme as a school subject is taught in the Dangme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adangme
The Dangbe language, also ''Dangbe'' or ''Adaŋgbi'', is a Kwa language spoken in south-eastern Ghana by the Dangbe People ''(Dangbeli)''. The Dangbeli are part of the larger Ga-Dangbe ethnic group. Klogbi is a variant, spoken by the Kloli (Klo or Krobo People). Kropp Dakubu (1987) is the most thorough grammar of the language. Classification Dangme is a Kwa language, part of the Niger–Congo family. It is closely related to Ga, and together they form the Ga–Dangme branch within Kwa. Geographic distribution Dangme is spoken in Ghana by over 800,000 people as of 2004. It is the aboriginal language spoken in Ghana, Togo, Benin by the people of Ada, Osudoku, Manya Krobo, Yilo Krobo, Shai, Ningo, Prampram and Kpone. Dangme is partly mutually intelligible with Ga, and, to a lesser extent, Ewe. Nevertheless, many Dangme people also speak or understand at least one of these languages, painting the relationship as asymmetric. Dangme as a school subject is taught in the Dangme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adai Language
Adai (also Adaizan, Adaizi, Adaise, Adahi, Adaes, Adees, Atayos) is an extinct Native American language that was spoken in northwestern Louisiana. Classification It was once proposed that there may be a connection between Adai and the nearby Caddoan languages The Caddoan languages are a family of languages native to the Great Plains spoken by tribal groups of the central United States, from present-day North Dakota south to Oklahoma. All Caddoan languages are critically endangered, as the number of s ..., but this now seems unlikely.Grant, Anthony P. 1995. ''John Sibley's Adai vocabulary: a contribution to Caddoan Lexicography?'' Paper presented at 1995 Siouan-Caddoan Conference, Albuquerque. 15pp. (Contains the entire vocabulary of Adai from MS in American Philosophical Soc.) Vocabulary Adai is known only from a list of 275 words from 1804 by John Sibley.Sibley, John. 1804. ''A vocabulary of the Adaye or Adaize Indians''. Manuscript. (See also Mithridates Vol. 3, part 3., p. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
