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41Syllable weight — In linguistics, syllable weight is the concept that syllables pattern together according to the number and/or duration of segments in the rime. In classical poetry, both Greek and Latin, distinctions of syllable weight were fundamental to the… …
42Faroese language — Faroese føroyskt Pronunciation [ˈføːɹɪst], [ˈføːɹɪʂt] Spoken in …
43Japanese language — Japanese 日本語 Nihongo Nihongo (Japanese) in Japanese script Pronunciation …
44Typographic ligature — long s i ligature type, size 12pt Garamond. In writing and typography, a ligature occurs where two or more graphemes are joined as a single glyph. Ligatures usually replace consecutive characters sharing common components and are part of a more… …
45Liaison (French) — In French, most written word final consonants are silent in most contexts. Liaison is the pronunciation of such a consonant immediately before a following vowel sound. For example, the letter s in the word les ( the ) is generally silent, but it… …
46Traditional Armenian orthography — (also known as classical orthography and Mashdotsian orthography) is the orthography developed during the early 19th century for the two modern dialects of the Armenian language Eastern Armenian and Western Armenian. It is used primarily by the… …
47Meter (poetry) — In poetry, meter (metre in British English) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse meter, or a certain set of meters alternating in a particular order. The study of… …
48Nostratic languages — Nostratic (controversial) Geographic distribution: Europe, Asia except for the southeast, North and Northeast Africa, the Arctic Linguistic classification: Borean (?) …
49Georgian language — language name=Georgian nativename= ka. ქართული Kartuli familycolor=Caucasian states=Georgia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia speakers=4.1 million [Encyclopedia of the Languages of Europe By Glanville Price] fam1=South Caucasian script=Georgian… …
50Hebrew Language and Literature — • Hebrew was the language spoken by the ancient Israelites, and in which were composed nearly all of the books of the Old Testament Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hebrew Language and Literature Hebrew …
