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Mundolingua, the Glossary

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  1. 35 relations: Afroasiatic languages, Altaic languages, Animal communication, Austronesian languages, Braille, British Museum, Debate, Double articulation, Enigma machine, Facsimile, First language, Indigenous languages of the Americas, Indo-European languages, Jean-Pierre Lecoq, Language, Language policy, Lecture, Linguistics, List of language families, Machine translation, Microform, Museum, Noam Chomsky, Paris, Paris Descartes University, Phonetic transcription, Place of articulation, Rosetta Stone, Science museum, Scrabble, Sino-Tibetan languages, Speech recognition, Telex, Tree model, 6th arrondissement of Paris.

  2. History of linguistics
  3. Language museums
  4. Science museums in France

Afroasiatic languages

The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic, sometimes Afrasian), also known as Hamito-Semitic or Semito-Hamitic, are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahara and Sahel.

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Altaic languages

Altaic is a controversial proposed language family that would include the Turkic, Mongolic and Tungusic language families and possibly also the Japonic and Koreanic languages.

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Animal communication

Animal communication is the transfer of information from one or a group of animals (sender or senders) to one or more other animals (receiver or receivers) that affects the current or future behavior of the receivers.

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Austronesian languages

The Austronesian languages are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples).

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Braille

Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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Debate

Debate is a process that involves formal discourse, discussion, and oral addresses on a particular topic or collection of topics, often with a moderator and an audience.

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Double articulation

In linguistics, double articulation, duality of patterning, or duality is the fundamental language phenomenon consisting of the use of combinations of a small number of meaningless elements (sounds, that is, phonemes) to produce a large number of meaningful elements (words, actually morphemes).

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Enigma machine

The Enigma machine is a cipher device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication.

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Facsimile

A facsimile (from Latin fac simile, "to make alike") is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, art print, or other item of historical value that is as true to the original source as possible.

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First language

A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period.

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Indigenous languages of the Americas

The Indigenous languages of the Americas are a diverse group of languages that originated in the Americas prior to colonization, many of which continue to be spoken.

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Indo-European languages

The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent.

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Jean-Pierre Lecoq

Jean-Pierre Charles Lecoq (born July 18, 1954) is a French politician.

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Language

Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary.

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Language policy

Language policy is both an interdisciplinary academic field and implementation of ideas about language use.

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Lecture

A lecture (from lēctūra) is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher.

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Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of language.

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List of language families

This article is a list of language families.

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Machine translation

Machine translation is use of computational techniques to translate text or speech from one language to another, including the contextual, idiomatic and pragmatic nuances of both languages.

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Microform

A microform is a scaled-down reproduction of a document, typically either photographic film or paper, made for the purposes of transmission, storage, reading, and printing.

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Museum

A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying and/or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects.

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Noam Chomsky

Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American professor and public intellectual known for his work in linguistics, political activism, and social criticism.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Paris Descartes University

Paris Descartes University (Université Paris 5 René Descartes), also known as Paris V, was a French public university located in Paris. Mundolingua and Paris Descartes University are Buildings and structures in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.

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Phonetic transcription

Phonetic transcription (also known as phonetic script or phonetic notation) is the visual representation of speech sounds (or phones) by means of symbols.

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Place of articulation

In articulatory phonetics, the place of articulation (also point of articulation) of a consonant is a location along the vocal tract where its production occurs.

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Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes.

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Science museum

A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science.

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Scrabble

Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares.

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Sino-Tibetan languages

Sino-Tibetan, also cited as Trans-Himalayan in a few sources, is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers.

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Speech recognition

Speech recognition is an interdisciplinary subfield of computer science and computational linguistics that develops methodologies and technologies that enable the recognition and translation of spoken language into text by computers.

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Telex

Telex is a telecommunication service that provides text-based message exchange over the circuits of the public switched telephone network or by private lines.

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Tree model

In historical linguistics, the tree model (also Stammbaum, genetic, or cladistic model) is a model of the evolution of languages analogous to the concept of a family tree, particularly a phylogenetic tree in the biological evolution of species.

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6th arrondissement of Paris

The 6th arrondissement of Paris (VIe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France.

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See also

History of linguistics

Language museums

Science museums in France

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundolingua