speak a language badly
1speak — /spi:k/ verb past tense spoke past participle spoken 1 IN CONVERSATION (intransitive always + adv/prep) to talk to someone about something or have a conversation: speak to sb about sth: I intend to speak to the manager about the way I have been… …
2speak — [ spik ] (past tense spoke [ spouk ] ; past participle spo|ken [ spoukən ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 talk about something or to someone ▸ 2 use voice to talk ▸ 3 talk particular language ▸ 4 give formal speech ▸ 5 express ideas/thoughts ▸ 6 talk on… …
3Language — This article is about the properties of language in general. For other uses, see Language (disambiguation). Cuneiform is one of the first known forms of written language, but spoken language is believed to predate writing by tens of thousands of… …
4speak */*/*/ — UK [spiːk] / US [spɪk] verb Word forms speak : present tense I/you/we/they speak he/she/it speaks present participle speaking past tense spoke UK [spəʊk] / US [spoʊk] past participle spoken UK [ˈspəʊkən] / US [ˈspoʊkən] 1) a) [intransitive] to… …
5English language — Language belonging to the Germanic languages branch of the Indo European language family, widely spoken on six continents. The primary language of the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and various Caribbean and Pacific… …
6Luganda language — language name=Luganda nativename=Ganda familycolor=Niger Congo states=Uganda region=Mainly Buganda region speakers=First language: 3.01 million (1991) Second language: 100,000 (1991) fam2=Atlantic Congo fam3=Volta Congo fam4=Benue Congo… …
7Australian Kriol language — language name=Kriol states=Australia region=Roper River, Katherine areas, Ngukurr, Northern Territory; Kimberley region of Western Australia; Gulf Country, Lower Cape York Peninsula, Queensland speakers=10,000 (1991 Borneman) familycolor=Creole… …
8Wambule language — language name=Wambule region=Nepal speakers=5,000 familycolor=Sino Tibetan fam1=Sino Tibetan fam2=Tibeto Burman fam3=Kiranti iso3=wmeWambule (Nepali: वाम्बुले Vāmbule ) is the language of the Wambule Rai, one of the Kiranti (Nep. किरान्ती) tribes …
9Scots language — Not to be confused with Scottish English or Scottish Gaelic. Scots (Braid) Scots, Lallans Spoken in United Kingdom (Scotland and Northern Ireland), Republic of Ireland Region …
10Bulgarian language — Not to be confused with Bulgar language. Bulgarian Български език Bălgarski ezik Spoken in Bulgaria, Turkey, Serbia, Greece, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Albania, Kosovo, Repub …
