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Languages

Afrikaans (noun)

one of the official languages of South Africa that is related to Dutch. It is also spoken in Namibia.

American Spanish (noun)

the form of Spanish spoken in the US

Arabic (noun)

the language that most people speak in the Middle East and in most countries of North Africa. It exists in many different dialects.

Bangla (noun)

Indian English the official language of Bangladesh which is also spoken in several states in India, and in other parts of the world

Basque (noun)

the language that people speak in the Basque Country of southern France and northern Spain

Bengali (noun)

the language of Bangladesh or West Bengal

Catalan (noun)

a language that people speak in parts of the north-east of Spain

Chinese (noun)

the group of related languages that people speak in China

Danish (noun)

the language that people speak in Denmark

Dutch (noun)

the language that people speak in the Netherlands

English (noun)

the main language that people speak in the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, and some other countries. There are different varieties of English, for example American English, British English, and South African English.

Eskimo (noun)

old-fashioned the language of the Inuit

Farsi (noun)

the language that most people speak in Iran

Flemish (noun)

the language that people speak in Flanders. It is a variety of Dutch.

French (noun)

the language that people speak in France, Belgium, and several other countries

French Canadian (noun)

the type of French that is spoken in Canada

Gaelic (noun)

a Celtic language that people speak in parts of Scotland

Gaelic (noun)

a Celtic language that people speak in parts of Ireland

German (noun)

the official language of Germany, Austria, and Liechtenstein, and one of the official languages of Switzerland

Greek (noun)

the language that people speak in modern Greece

Gujarati (noun)

the official language of the state of Gujarat in western India

Hebrew (noun)

one of the official languages of Israel. It is a modern form of the older language that the Old Testament was written in.

Hindi (noun)

a language of Northern India. It is one of the official languages of India.

Inuit (noun)

the language spoken by the Inuit people

Irish (noun)

the Celtic language spoken by some people in Ireland

Italian (noun)

the language that people speak in Italy

Japanese (noun)

the language that people speak in Japan

Khoisan (noun)

the languages spoken by the peoples who were the first to live in southern Africa

Kiswahili ()

Swahili

Malay (noun)

the language that the Malay people of Malaysia and Indonesia speak

Maori (noun)

the language spoken by the Maori people

Norwegian (noun)

the language that people speak in Norway

Persian (noun)

the language that people speak in Iran. The usual word is Farsi.

Polish (noun)

the language that people speak in Poland

Portuguese (noun)

the language that people speak in Portugal. Portuguese is also the official language of Brazil.

Punjabi (noun)

the language that most people speak in Punjab

Putonghua (noun)

the standard form of the modern Chinese language

Romansch (noun)

one of the official languages of Switzerland

Romany (noun)

the language spoken by the Roma

Russian (noun)

the language that people speak in Russia

Singhalese ()

another spelling of Sinhalese

Singlish (noun)

a language spoken in Singapore that includes elements of English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil

Sinhalese (noun)

the official language of Sri Lanka

siSwati (noun)

an official language in Swaziland and South Africa that belongs to the Bantu group of languages

Sotho-Tswana (noun)

the languages spoken by the Sotho-Tswana peoples

Spanish (noun)

the language of Spain and most countries in South and Central America

Swahili (noun)

a major language of eastern Africa

Swedish (noun)

the language that people speak in Sweden

Thai (noun)

the language that people speak in Thailand

tsotsitaal (noun)

a mixture of African languages with Afrikaans and English that is used especially in townships around Johannesburg and Cape Town

Turkish (noun)

the language that people speak in Turkey

Urdu (noun)

the official language of Pakistan that some people in India also speak

Welsh (noun)

the language that some people speak in Wales

Xhosa (noun)

the language of the Xhosa people

Yiddish (noun)

a language spoken mainly by Jewish people who come from Central and Eastern Europe. Yiddish is a mixture of Hebrew and an old form of German.

Yoruba (noun)

the language of the Yoruba people

Zulu (noun)

the language of the Zulu people