Showing posts with label Language Terms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Language Terms. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Polyglot

A polyglot is someone who can speak several languages.

Bilingual

A bilingual person is someone who speaks two languages fluently.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

North Germanic languages

North Germanic languages are known as Scandinavian languages. They are from Europe. Some of them are Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.

Germanic languages

Germanic languages are from Europe. They are divided into North, West, and East Germanic. East Germanic languages are now extinct. Germanic languages have over 400 million speakers. Some of them are English, German, Danish, Swedish, and Dutch.

West Germanic languages

West Germanic languages are from Europe. Some of them are German, English, and Dutch.

Romance languages

The Romance languages are known as the Latin languages; languages that are from Latin. Some of them are Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian.

Monday, June 10, 2013

Cyrillic script

The Cyrillic script is a writing system that is based on Early Cyrillic. The Belarusian language, Russian, Ukrainian, and many other languages use it.

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Aspirated letters

Aspirated letters are sounded with a puff of air when you make the sound.

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Latin script

The Latin script is a writing system that is based on the classical Latin alphabet. The English language, French, German, Italian, and many other languages use it.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Dialect

A dialect is a regional speech pattern of a language.

Grammar

Grammar are rules that govern a language.

Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of human language.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Vowels

Vowels are sounds produced with an open vocal tract.

First language

A first language is a language that a person has learned from when they were born. A first language is also called a native language.

Native language

A native language is a language that a person has learned from when they were born. A native language is also called a first language.