Inuktut Inuktut is a modern, umbrella name used principally in Canada for the varieties of the Inuit language(s) spoken across the Arctic. It generally refers to the set of Inuit dialects and regional languages (including what are commonly called Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun, among others) rather than to a single, uniform language. Inuktut is one member […]
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The Indonesian language Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia, literally “the language of Indonesia”) is the standardized form of Malay used as the official and national language of the Republic of Indonesia. It functions as a lingua franca across an archipelago of hundreds of local languages and dialects, and as the language of government, education, media and wider
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Ilocano (Iloko, Ilóko, Ilokáno) Ilocano (also written Iloko or Ilóko) is an Austronesian language spoken in the northern Philippines and by diaspora communities abroad. It is one of the country’s major regional languages and serves both as a mother tongue and a regional lingua franca across much of northern Luzon and parts of central and
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Igbo Language The Igbo language (Asụsụ Igbo) is the principal language of the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria. It belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, one of the world’s largest language families, and is further classified under the Atlantic–Congo branch, within the Volta–Niger subgroup. Igbo is closely related to other Volta–Niger languages such as Yoruba,
Icelandic Icelandic (íslenska) is a North Germanic language of the Indo-European family spoken primarily in Iceland. It retains many conservative morphological and lexical features inherited from Old Norse and is noted for a rich literary tradition that begins in the medieval period with the Icelandic sagas. Classification Icelandic belongs to the Indo-European → Germanic →
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The Hungarian Language Hungarian (Magyar) is a member of the Uralic language family, belonging specifically to the Finno-Ugric branch, and more narrowly to the Ugric subgroup. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the few non-Indo-European languages spoken widely in Central Europe. With approximately 13–15 million speakers worldwide, Hungarian is by far
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Hunsrik (Riograndenser Hunsrückisch) Overview Hunsrik (also written Hunsrík, Hunsrickisch; Portuguese: hunsriqueano or hunsriqueano riograndense) is a West Germanic variety spoken mainly in southern Brazil and in small border areas of Argentina and Paraguay. It is traditionally derived from the Hunsrückisch (Hunsrück) dialect group of Central (Middle) German and today exists as a distinct, contact-influenced language
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Hindi Language Hindi (हिन्दी, Hindī) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world and serves as a lingua franca across much of northern and central India. Along with English, Hindi is one of the two official languages of the Government of India
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Hawaiian language (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi) Overview.Hawaiian (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi) is an Eastern Polynesian language of the Austronesian family, historically the indigenous language of the Hawaiian Islands and the Hawaiian people. It is written with a Latin alphabet adapted in the 1820s and uses two important diacritics: the ʻokina (a glottal stop written as ʻ) and the kahakō
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Hausa Language Hausa is a major Chadic language belonging to the Afroasiatic language family, and is the most widely spoken language within the Chadic branch. It functions as both a native language and a lingua franca across much of West Africa, particularly in Nigeria and Niger, and has significant communities of speakers in Ghana, Cameroon,
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