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61HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …
62Chinese character classification — Chinese characters Scripts Precursors · Oracle bone script · Bronze script · Seal script (large, small) · Clerical script · Cu …
63Hong (rainbow-dragon) — Hong or jiang (zh cpwl|c=虹|p= hóng or jiàng |w= hung or chiang |l=rainbow) was a two headed dragon in Chinese mythology, comparable with rainbow serpent legends in diverse cultures and mythologies. Chinese rainbow namesChinese has three rainbow… …
64Cape Verdean Creole — Kriolu, Kriol, kriolu kabuverdianu Spoken in Cape Verde, Cape Verdean diaspora Native speakers 926,078[1]  (date missing) …
65dictionary — /dik sheuh ner ee/, n., pl. dictionaries. 1. a book containing a selection of the words of a language, usually arranged alphabetically, giving information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies, inflected forms, etc., expressed in… …
66Glossary of ancient Roman religion — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Ancient Roman religion …
67toponymy — toponymic /top euh nim ik/, toponymical, adj. /teuh pon euh mee/, n. 1. the study of toponyms. 2. Anat. the nomenclature of the regions of the body. [1875 80; TOP + onomy, on the model of HOMONYMY, SYNONYMY; see ONYM, Y3] * * * taxonomic… …
68Central Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and parts of China and Russia. The term usually denotes only those traditions not influenced by the… …
69YIDDISH LANGUAGE — YIDDISH LANGUAGE, language used by Ashkenazi Jews for the past 1,000 years. Developed as an intricate fusion of several unpredictably modified stocks, the language was gradually molded to serve a wide range of communicative needs. As the society… …
70False etymology — A false etymology is an assumed or postulated etymology that current consensus among scholars of historical linguistics holds to be incorrect. Many false etymologies may be described as folk etymologies , the distinction being that folk… …
