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  • 21Ancient Macedonian language — For the unrelated modern Slavic language, see Macedonian language. language name=Ancient Macedonian region=Macedon ( extinct language ) extinct=absorbed by Attic Greek in the 4th century BC familycolor=Indo European fam2= possibly Greek… …

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  • 22semantics — semanticist /si man teuh sist/, semantician /see man tish euhn/, n. /si man tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. Ling. a. the study of meaning. b. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form. 2.… …

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  • 23Peliganes — (Greek: [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2380467 Πελιγᾶνες] ) were called the Ancient Macedonian Senators (singular: Peligan). The term is attested in Hesychius, [(Hes.) Peliganes: the… …

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  • 24G. S. Gai — (Govind Swamirao Gai) (1922 ndash;) is an Indian epigraphist, historical linguist, and historian, known for his expertise in early medieval Kannada language inscriptions. From 1962 until 1976, Gai was the Chief Epigraphist for the Archaeological… …

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  • 25Kamma (caste) — Kamma Religions Hinduism, Christianity, Atheism Languages Telugu (Mother tongue) Tamil Kannada Country USA (60,000) UK (20,000) …

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  • 26Barry Fell — (born Howard Barraclough Fell on June 6, 1917 in Lewes, Sussex, England; died on April 21, 1994, of heart failure in San Diego, California) was a professor of invertebrate zoology at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. His primary research …

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  • 27Yasodharman — or Yashôdharman (Devanagari:यशोधर्मा) was the king of Malwa, in central India, during the early part of the 6th century. History The Gupta empire had been weakened by the attacks of the Indo Hephthalites, known in India as the Hunas , towards the …

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  • 28Dhivehi writing systems — Thaana alphabet The Dhivehi or Divehi writing systems are the different scripts used by Maldivians during their history. The early Maldivian scripts fell into the abugida category, while the more recent Taana has characteristics of both an… …

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  • 29C. Sivarama Murti — or Calambur Sivaramamurti, (1909–1983) was an eminent art historian and Sanskrit scholar. His entire life has been devoted to the study and exposition of various aspects of Indian art. Author of several monographs, he has surveyed the panorama of …

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  • 30Machatas — (Greek: Μαχάτας or Μαχατᾶς , warrior,fighter) was a common North West Greek name.(LSJ Attic: [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2365300 machêtês] )(Aeolic: machaitas) (Laconian:… …

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