Language
Some people have tried to explain 'language' in many ways. for example:
- a way of telling about things, actions, and ideas.
- a set of meanings common to different people
- a form of thinking
- symbols implying actions or inactions
Some people speak of 'animal languages', but others can't agree and say that these 'animal languages' are not hard, clear or meaningful enough to be 'true' languages. This again depends on the definition.
Mathematics and computer science use made up languages called formal languages (like computer programming languages), which may or may not be 'true' languages. Mathematics itself is considered a language by many theorists.
Information about language on wikipedia
The page on Language families and languages gives more information on some languages and their connections to one another.
The information on Common phrases in different languages could be interesting for travelers.
List of languages
See also
- Basic English
- E Prime
- English as a foreign language
- Essential World English
- Special English
- Computer assisted language learning (a historical perspective)
- the Ethnologue, gives a thorough list of all languages, places, people, and genetic relations.
- General semantics
- Language education
- List of the 1000 most common words In English
- Naming
- Orthography
- Philology and Historical_Linguistics
- Philosophy of language
- Phonology
- Profanity
- Psycholinguistics
- Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
- Mother tongue
- Second language
- Semantics
- Speech therapy
- Tongue-twister
External links
- Mark Rosenfelder's Metaverse gives a useful list of 4000 languages and dialects (grouped by their relationships), where you can find the words for the numbers 'one' to 'ten' in other languages
- Museum of Languages
- LingoTeach, GPL tool to learn languages