colloquial language or speech
121Basavanna — (Basavesvara) (ca. 1106–ca. 1167) Basavanna is generally considered to be the leader of the group of poet saints of the bhakti sect of Vīra´saivism. In the 11th and 12th centuries, the Vīra´saivis (“militant devotees of ´Siva”) shaped a… …
122Yoweri Museveni — President of Uganda Incumbent Assumed office 26 January 1986 Prime M …
123Croatian linguistic purism — One of the features of standard Croatian language and in common with several languages such as Czech, Finnish, Slovenian, Tamil or Turkish is word coinage using roots or elements perceived as being characteristic or unique to the speech of the… …
124Persian people — Persians redirects here. For the Athenian tragedy, see The Persians. Persian identity, at least in terms of language, is traced to the ancient persian people, or Indo European Aryans who arrived in parts of Greater Iran circa 2000 1500 BCE.… …
125Differences between Spanish and Portuguese — Although Portuguese and Spanish are closely related, to the point of having a considerable degree of mutual intelligibility, there are also important differences between them, which can pose difficulties for people acquainted with one of the… …
126Lunfardo — is an argot of the Spanish language which developed at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century in the lower classes in and around Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Many Lunfardo expressions have entered into the popular language… …
127Past tense — The past tense is a verb tense expressing action, activity, state or being in the past of the current moment (in an absolute tense system), or prior to some other event, whether that is past, present, or future (in a relative tense system).#… …
128Modern Greek literature — Greek literature Ancient Greek literature (until 4th century AD) Byzantine literature (4th – 15th century) Modern Greek literature (post 11th century) Modern Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek language from the 11th… …
