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'''Language''' may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication. The scientific study of language in any of its senses is called linguistics. | '''Language''' may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication. The scientific study of language in any of its senses is called linguistics. | ||
Related pages | As of 2020, ''Ethnologue'' contains web-based information on 7,117 languages in its 23rd edition. | ||
== Related pages == | |||
* [[List of language databases]] | * [[List of language databases]] | ||
* [[List of constructed languages]] | |||
* [[List of Reddit subs by language]] | * [[List of Reddit subs by language]] | ||
* [[List of Twitter hashtags by language]] | * [[List of Twitter hashtags by language]] | ||
* [[ArchiveBot/Languages]] | |||
== See also == | |||
* [[Literature]] | |||
* [[World]] | |||
== External links == | |||
* {{wikipedia|Lists of languages}} | |||
* {{wikipedia|Lists of endangered languages}} | |||
{{langcats}} | |||
[[Category:Archive Team]] | [[Category:Archive Team]] |
Latest revision as of 18:37, 17 July 2020
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication. The scientific study of language in any of its senses is called linguistics.
As of 2020, Ethnologue contains web-based information on 7,117 languages in its 23rd edition.
Related pages
- List of language databases
- List of constructed languages
- List of Reddit subs by language
- List of Twitter hashtags by language
- ArchiveBot/Languages
See also
External links
v · t · e Languages | ||
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Arabic · Armenian · Basque · Belarusian · Bulgarian · Catalan · Chinese · Croatian · Czech · Danish · Dutch · English · Esperanto · Estonian · Finnish · French · Galician · German · Greek · Hebrew · Hungarian · Indonesian · Italian · Japanese · Korean · Lithuanian · Malay · Persian · Polish · Portuguese · Romanian · Russian · Serbian · Slovak · Slovenian · Spanish · Swedish · Thai · Turkish · Ukrainian · Vietnamese |