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Mani
Diglot
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Germany
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 Message 9 of 306
10 February 2012 at 11:14am | IP Logged 
Sanskrit.

Name a language a non-Asian language that uses an abugida (=syllabic alphabet).

Edited by Mani on 10 February 2012 at 11:19am

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vonPeterhof
Tetraglot
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 Message 10 of 306
10 February 2012 at 12:10pm | IP Logged 
Inuktitut.

Name a non-Germanic language that has V2 word order.
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clumsy
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Poland
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 Message 11 of 306
10 February 2012 at 4:27pm | IP Logged 
O'odham


Name a language that has more speakers outside the country of origin (independent),
than inside it.

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Iversen
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Denmark
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 Message 12 of 306
10 February 2012 at 5:03pm | IP Logged 
ENGLISH!

What about a European language with retroflex consonants?
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Ari
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Norway
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 Message 13 of 306
10 February 2012 at 5:26pm | IP Logged 
Iversen wrote:
What about a European language with retroflex consonants?

SWEDISH!

Give me a language that has words without vowels.
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geoffw
Triglot
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United States
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 Message 14 of 306
10 February 2012 at 6:42pm | IP Logged 
Ari wrote:
Iversen wrote:
What about a European language with retroflex consonants?

SWEDISH!

Give me a language that has words without vowels.


Czech.

Give me a language spoken natively by less than 10% of the population in a country where it is the most privileged language by law.
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Kartof
Bilingual Triglot
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 Message 15 of 306
10 February 2012 at 9:30pm | IP Logged 
Irish

Name a language that isn't official in any country with more than 10 million native speakers.
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vonPeterhof
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 Message 16 of 306
10 February 2012 at 9:48pm | IP Logged 
Javanese

Name a language whose name in English has no etymological connection to its native name.


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