a'
-> 'a' with the acute accent (') over it,
accent aigu (ASCII
code 160)
a"
-> 'a' with two dots (Umlaut) (ASCII code
132)
a^ -> elongated vowel (e.g. 2 a's)
a~ -> 'a' with a tilde(~) over it
e^ -> 'e' with a carot(^) over it
e'
-> 'e' with the acute accent (') over it
(ASCII code 130)
n~ -> 'n' with a tilde(~) over it
o~
-> 'o' with a tilde(~) over it
Explanation of Languages
Afrikaans
-> spoken by people of Dutch heritage in
South Africa
Alentejano
-> An accented form of Portuguese spoken in
the Alentejo region
of Portugal (the part
of the country south of
the river
Tagus).
Alsacien
-> French/German dialect (live in France,
but speak like
Germans)
Amharic
-> Official language spoken in Ethiopia.
Just one of over
80 languages spoken
there.
Apache
-> North American Indian Nation rangeing
from the plains states
to the eastern
Rocky Mountains and from the
Canadian to Mexican borders
Arabic
-> language spoken in the Arab countries
including but not limited to Bahrain,
Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,
Kuwait, Libya,
Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and
the
region of Palestine.
Ashanti/Akan/Twi->
Ashanti is the most popular and
predominate of
many dialects spoken in
Ghana. The Ghanan language is
generally
refered to as either Akan or Twi.
Assamese
-> language spoken in the state of Assam,
India
B
Bassa -> language spoken in Africa
Batak
-> language spoken in the northern Sumatra
province of Indonesia
Bavarian
-> language spoken in the state of Bavaria,
southern Germany
(actually a German
dialect)
Bemba -> language spoken in Africa
Bengali
-> language spoken in the state of West
Bengal, India,
as well as almost all
people of Bangladesh
Bicol -> dialect spoken in the Philippines
Braille
-> The alphabet represented by patterns of
raised dots.
It is 'read' by touch.
Basque
-> language spoken in the Basque region of
Spain
C
Cajun
-> French dialect spoken by people who
migrated from Acadia,
Canada, to the
Louisiana, USA, area. Acadia
is in an
Atlantic province.
Catalan
-> language spoken in the Barcelona region
of Spain
Cebuano
-> language spoken in Philipines near the
town of Cebu
Central Yup'ik
-> language spoken by the indigenous Eskimo
people of southwestern
Alaska
Cherokee -> North American Indian tribe
Cheyenne
-> North American Indian tribe, part of the
Apache Nation
Chichewa -> language spoken in Malawi, Central Africa
Chickasaw
-> North American Indian tribe(southeastern
Oklahoma) Chinese
Amoy
-> language spoken on Taiwan, an island
off Fukien Province
in southeast
China, and Singapore
Cantonese
-> language spoken in the region around
Guangzhou including
Hong Kong and also in
Malaysia
Mandarin
-> The official language of China
Putonghua litterally 'common language'
also spoken by native Chinese in
Singapore and Malaysia
Wu -> language spoken in Jiangsu Province
Creol
-> French dialect spoken by people from
Haiti. It is basically
French with a
little English and German.
D
Dusun
-> language spoken by the Dusun tribe, one
of the largest in
North Borneo
Dutch
-> language spoken in the Netherlands and
the provinces of
East- and West-Flanders,
Antwerp, Limburg, and Flemmish-Brabant,
Belgium
E
Esperanto
-> The International Language. An
'artificial' language.
F
Farsi
-> language spoken in Iran. Dialects of
Farsi spoken in Pakistan
and
Afghanestan. Farsi is sometimes called
Persian.
Franconian
-> German dialect spoken by the citizens of
Franken or Franconia
which is part of
Bavaria in the area
around Nuremberg
French
-> language spoken in France, Canada, and
the provinces of
Luxembourg, Namur,
Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-
Walloon(Brabant of the Walloons), Belgium
Friesian
-> language spoken in northern Holland,
northern Germany,
and in some parts of
Denmark (mainly
west coast)
G
Gaelic -> language spoken in Ireland
Galician
-> Galicians live in the four Spanish
provinces located along
the northwest
coast of the Iberian Peninsula,
but
their language zone shades into
neighboring areas of
Spain and Portugal
as well. The four provinces are
A Corun~a, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra.
Georgian -> language spoken in Georgia
Gronings -> Dutch dialect
Guarani'
-> one of the two official languages in
Paraguay
Gujrati
-> language spoken in the state of Gujrat,
India, and Pakistan
H
Hakka -> Chinese dialect from Manchuria
Hausa -> language spoken in Nigeria
Hebrew
-> language spoken in Israel and by Jewish
people
Hindi
-> language spoken in the northern states
of India
Hopi
-> North American Indian tribe (southwest,
Arizona)
I
Ibaloi
-> dialect spoken in the Philippines by the
Igorot natives,
specifically the Ibaloi's
Ilocano -> dialect spoken in the Philippines
Interglossa
-> An 'artificial' language invented by
Lancelot Hogben, circa
1940.
K
Kankana
-> dialect spoken in the Philippines by the
Igorot natives,
specifically the
Kankana-ey's
Kannada
-> language spoken in the state of
Karnataka, southern
India
Kapampangang -> Filipino dialect (or Pampangang)
Kekchi
-> language spoken by 380,000 Mayans in
Guatemala, Belize,
and El Salvador
Kikongo -> language spoken in Zaire, Africa
Klingon
-> Spoken in Star Trek. Proper term for
the language is
"tlhIngan Hol". The
Klingon homeworld is Qo'noS,
in English
it's Kronos.
Kpele
-> language spoken in Africa
L
Lao
-> language spoken in Laos and by the
Laotian people living
in northern
Thailand
Luo -> language spoken in Kenya
Luxembourgish
-> language spoken in Luxembourg and in the
border areas in
Belgium (Arlon), France
(Thionville), and Germany.
A mixture of French and German, with the
emphasis on German.
M
Maa -> language spoken in Africa
Malayalam
-> language spoken in the state of Kerala,
India
Maltese
-> language spoken on Malta, a small
independent island in
the Mediterranean
Sea south of Italy with around 400,000
inhabitants. Maltese is a mixture of
Arabic and
Italian mostly.
Mandarin -> The official language of China Putunghua
Marathi
-> language spoken in the state of
Maharastra, India (Bombay
is the capital
city)
Marshallese -> language spoken on the Marshall Islands
Mohawk
-> North American Indian tribe (New
England, maybe one of the
Seven
Nations/Iriquois?)
Mokilese
-> language spoken on Mokil and Ponape
(Pohnpei)
Moroccan -> language spoken in Morocco, North Africa
Morse Code
-> A code using series of dots and dashes
to represent letters,
numbers, and other
characters. Originally developed
by
Samual Morse for use on the telegraph.
N
Navaho -> North American Indian tribe (southwest)
Ndebele -> language spoken in Zimbabwe
Nyanja -> language spoken in Africa
P
Papiamento -> language spoken on the island of Aruba
Portuguese
-> The official and regular language spoken
in Portugal,
Brazil, Angola, Mozambique,
Sao Tome and Principe, Cape
Verde, Macau,
Guinea-Bissau, Goa(India), and
Galicia(Spain).
Also spoken in but not
the official language
of East Timor,
Damao(India), and Diu(India). It
is the
sixth most spoken language in the world.
Pulaar
-> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Fulani
people
Punjabi
-> language spoken in the state of Punjab,
northern India
Q
Quechua
-> language spoken by Incan Indians (South
America)
Quenya
-> Elvish language invented by J. R. R.
Tolkien for his
books. Notably, "The
Lord of the Rings".
S
Saami
-> Language of an indigenous people living
in the Northern
Scandinavian region of
Lapland. Formerly known
as Laplanders or
Lapps. They have several dialects,
but
this is the main one, Northern Saami.
Their language is related to Finnish.
Sesotho
-> language spoken in South Africa
(Southern Sotho)
Shona -> language spoken in Zimbabwe
Sinhala
-> Language of the non-Tamil (majority)
people of Sri
Lanka. Also spoken in
Ceylon.
Sioux
-> North American Indian tribe (upper
midwest)
Solresol
-> An artificial musical language composed
of sequences of
notes on the diatonic
scale (do, re, mi,...) sung by
name for
comprehensibility to the tone deaf. The
7 notes could also be mapped into colors
so that writing
would be a series of
colored squares.
South Africa
-> There are several official languages
listed in the Constitution
of South
Africa. They are: Afrikanns, English,
Ndebele(Sindebele, isiNdebele), saLeboa,
Sesotho, Swazi(Siswathi, siSwati),
Tsonga(Xitsonga),
Setswana, Tshivenda, Venda(Tshivenda),
Xhosa(isiXhosa),
Zulu(isiZulu), Sepedi.
Spanish
-> Language spoken in Spain and Latin
America(Mexico, Central
and South
America) except Brazil. It is the
third most spoken language in the world.
Swabian
-> One of the German dialects. The literal
word 'love'
(Schwa"bisch) does not
exist in this language.
Swahili
-> language spoken by some indigenous
tribes of East
Africa
T
Tagalog -> dialect spoken in the Philippines
Tamil
-> language spoken in the state of Tamil
Nadu, India, and
in Sri Lanka(by a low
percentage of the people), Singapore,
Malaysia, Mauritus
Telugu
->language spoken in the state of Andhra
Pradesh, India (eleventh
most spoken
language in the world)
Tetum -> language spoken in East Timor
Timerio
-> An artificial language using only
numbers. The idea was
that each language
has a different word for each concept,
so
if the concepts were numbered, automatic
translation would be possible.
Tswana -> language spoken in Africa
Twi/Akan
-> language spoken in Ghana. See also
Ashanti.
U
Urdu
-> language spoken in Pakistan and India
V
Vai -> language spoken in Africa
Vdrmldndska
-> language spoken in the
Vdrmland(Vaermland), Sweden, region
north
of Lake Vdnern.The real Vdrmldndska
language is spoken to the northwest of
Lake Vdnern up
to the border of Norway
and in northern Vdrmland
around the town
of Torsby by about 270,000 people,
90,000 of which consider it to be their
mother language.
It is a mixture of
Swedish and Norwegian with
some borrowed
words from the many Valloonian people
who
went there to work as engineers in the
mining industry during the 17th century.
Volapu"k
-> An 'artificial' language invented by
August Scheyler, circa
1880.
Vulcan
-> Spoken in Star Trek by Mr. Spock and
others from
the planet Vulcan
W
Walloon
-> literally Welsh(not English Welsh),
a little used French
dialect with certain
German influences spoken
in the provinces
of Luxembourg, Namur, Liege,
Hainault,
and Brabant-Walloon(Brabant of
the Walloons), Belgium
Wolof
-> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Wolof
people
Y
Yucatec Maya
-> language spoken by indigenous people of
the Yucatan peninsula
in Mexico
Z
Zazi
-> Kurdic dialect
Zuni
-> North American Indian tribe