a family of languages

  • 61Languages — (Kurdish)    The Kurdish languages belong to the Indo European language family and are thus distantly related to English and most other European languages. Persian (Farsi), however, is the major language most closely related to Kurdish. On the… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Kurds

  • 62family — /ˈfæməli / (say famuhlee), /ˈfæmli / (say famlee) noun (plural families) 1. parents and their children, whether dwelling together or not. 2. one s children collectively. 3. any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children,… …

  • 63Languages of Gabon — The official language of Gabon is French; it is also the medium of instruction. Before World War II very few Gabonese learned French, nearly all of them working in either business or government administration. After the war, France worked for… …

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  • 64Languages of Egypt — There are a number of languages spoken in Egypt, but Egyptian Arabic (Maunicode|ṣri) is by far the most widely spoken in the country. Coptic, the last stage of the indigenous Egyptian language, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. Official… …

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  • 65Languages of Papua New Guinea — The languages of Papua New Guinea today number about 820, [Ethnologue: [http://www.ethnologue.com/show country.asp?name=PG Languages of Papua New Guinea] .] making it the most linguistically diverse place on earth. Its official languages are Tok… …

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  • 66Languages of Catalonia — Originating in the historic territory of Catalonia (an Autonomous Community of Spain), Catalan is one of the three official languages and has enjoyed special status since the approval of the Statute of Autonomy of 1979 which declares it to be the …

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  • 67Languages of Zambia — Many languages are spoken in Zambia, most of them of the Bantu language family. The Ethnologue report on Zambia [http://www.ethnologue.com/show country.asp?name=ZM lists 42 languages] and many more dialects spoken in Zambia. A Zambian languages… …

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  • 68Family (disambiguation) — A family is a domestic or social group.Family or The Family may refer to:cience* Family (biology), a level of scientific classification for organisms * Family (mathematics), an ordered collection * Family (Periodic table), a group in the periodic …

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  • 69family — fam|i|ly W1S1 [ˈfæməli] n plural families ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(closely related group)¦ 2¦(all your relations)¦ 3¦(children)¦ 4 family size/pack etc 5¦(group of animals/things)¦ 6 she s/he s family 7 in the family way ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 70family — noun plural families 1 PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSELY RELATED (U) a group of people who are related to each other, especially a mother, father, and their children: Ned comes from a big family of eight children. | Do you know the family next door? (also + …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English