testsuite/data/Language.txt

   1 [[eo:Lingvo]][[fr:Langue]][[nl:Taal]][[pl:J%EAzyk]]
   2 '''Languages''' are ways to represent things, actions, and ideas. Most often, the term refers to vocal languages, the languages [[human]]s or [[animals]] create through vocal sounds in meaningful patterns. Animal languages can be quite complex; but among the animals, humans alone have a [[literature]], a body of written or oral language.
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   4 [[Mathematics]] and [[computer science]] use artificial languages called [[formal language]]s, (including [[programming language]]s).
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   6 The study of languages makes up [[linguistics]] and [[philology]].  Other important concepts:
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   8 * [[Philosophy of language]]
   9 * [[Sapir-Whorf hypothesis]]
  10 * [[Orthography]]
  11 * [[Psycholinguistics]]
  12 * [[Semantics]]
  13 * [[Naming]]
  14 * [[Phonology]]
  15 * [[Speech therapy]]
  16 * [[Profanity]]
  17 * [[Philology|Historical Linguistics or Philology]]
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  19 List of [[language families and languages]]:
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  21 A useful listing of 4000 languages and dialects (grouped by their relationships), with the numbers one through ten in each language can be found at [[Mark Rosenfelder]]'s Metaverse website (see external links).
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  23 A fairly complete list of all languages, locations, population, and genetic affiliation can be found in the [[Ethnologue]].
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  25 See also [[Common phrases in different languages]], [[Tongue twister]].
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  28 '''External links:'''
  29 * [http://www.zompist.com/ Mark Rosenfelder's Metaverse]
  30 * [http://www.geocities.com/agihard/mohl/mohl_languages.html Museum of Languages]
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