dates date February 2012 A nationallanguage is a language or variety linguistics language variant , i.e. ... they occupy. The term is used variously. A nationallanguage may for instance represent the national identity of a nation or country. Nationallanguage may alternatively be a designation ... language in a polity ref Brann, C.M.B. 1994. The NationalLanguage Question Concepts and Terminology ... , and Standard Spanish , may serve as nationallanguage in common , regional, and international languages. Official versus national languages Nationallanguage and official language are best understood ... , but their language may be considered a nationallanguage. Some languages may be recognized popularly ... of national languages that are not official languages include Cherokee language Cherokee , and Navajo ... Andorra Andorra s nationallanguage is Catalan language Catalan , however the Catalan language is a regional ... the efficiency of communications within the nation, the ROC decided to designate a nationallanguage ... language Cantonese were the most popular options. Ultimately the Beijing dialect was chosen as the nationallanguage and given the name in Chinese Pinyin Gu y , lit. nationallanguage, commonly ... from other Chinese spoken variants into the nationallanguage, in addition to those existing in the Beijing ... mainland China , continued the effort and renamed the nationallanguage, largely based on the Beijing ... section date February 2009 Finland has two national languages namely the Finnish language and the Swedish ... a nationallanguage whilst observing that a majority of the nation although observe Hindi as a national ... notification that promoted any official languages of India to a nationallanguage status, India has no nationallanguage. ref Citation url http articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com 2010 01 25 india 28148512 1 nationallanguage official language hindi title There s no nationallanguage in India Gujarat ... language is the official nationallanguage. ref http www.servat.unibe.ch icl le00000 .html Constitution ... more details
Infobox Korean name img caption hangul hanja rr Gungnip Gugeowon mr Kungnip Kug w n The National Institute of the Korean Language is the List of language regulators language regulator of the Korean language . It was created on January 23, 1991, by Presidential Decree No. 13163 November 14, 1990 . It is based in Seoul , South Korea. External links http www.korean.go.kr eng index.jsp Official website Korea stub Category Language regulators Korean Category Korean languageNational institute o ko hi it Istituto nazionale per la lingua coreana ja no Gungnip gugeowon zh ... more details
The National Council for the Maltese Language lang mt Il Kunsill Nazzjonali tal Ilsien Malti was founded in April 2005 with the enactment of the Maltese Language Act Att dwar l Ilsien Malti Chap. 470 in the Malta Maltese Parliament. Its work is to regulate new words coming into Maltese and promote the standard Maltese language in education and other new sectors. The Council consists of five committees which are Media, Education, Language Research, Translations and Terminology and the Development of Maltese in the Information and Technology Sector. The Council s aim is the language planning and promotion of the Maltese language, and thus to improve it by modernising its structures. The National Council for the Maltese Language is a member of the EFNIL European Federation of National Institutions for Language in the European Union EU . External links http www.kunsilltalmalti.gov.mt Official Website Category Language regulators Category Languages of Malta Category Organisations based in Malta Malta stub ar eo Nacia Konsilio por la Malta Lingvo fr Conseil national pour la langue maltaise he pl Narodowa Rada J zyka Malta skiego ... more details
unreferenced date November 2011 File NationalLanguage Service Corps.jpg thumb NationalLanguage Service Corps Logo The NationalLanguage Service Corps NLSC is a nonprofit civilian organization administererd by the Federal government of the United States U.S. federal government . The mission of the NLSC is to recruit a readily available pool of individuals who have expertise in languages that are important to the security and welfare of the nation. The NLSC provides certification to qualified individuals ... upon language skills and, potentially, occupational skill sets, with the opportunities for service varying from emergency relief to international crises to immediate national need wherever language skills ... requirements and the National Security Language Initiative NSLI . The objective of the latter is to build national capacity in diverse languages. The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 Public Law 108 487 , Section 613, authorized the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a three ... in Arlington, Virginia . See also National Security Language Initiative External links http www.nlscorps.org Official website Category United States national security policy ... determine the number of NLSC members associated with each language. The NLSC conducts assessments and certifies the language skill proficiency level of its members. This responsibility includes conducting ... to identify the requesting agency s language requirements and the operational details for the deployment ... Reserve Corps. Public Law 109 364 also known as the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act of 2007 transferred the Pilot administration to the Secretary of Defense through the National Security Education Program National Security Education Program NSEP , for a period of five years. The NLSC would identify and warehouse foreign language expertise that is critical to DoD that can be made available when needed from the rich and diverse US population of heritage speakers and other language ... more details
Infobox Museum name National Museum of Language image map type Maryland map caption Location in Maryland latitude 38.976793 longitude 76.93863 established 2008 location 7100 Baltimore Avenue br College ... National Museum of Language The National Museum of Language , located in College Park, Maryland , is a cultural institution established in 1997 to examine the history, impact, and art of language .... ref name college park patch http collegepark.patch.com articles the national museum of language college parks historic secret ref History Linguists at the NSA put on an exhibition in 1971 called Language, Its Infinite Variety , however the idea of a language museum does not gain hold until 1985 ... links http www.languagemuseum.org National Museum of Language http www.facebook.com group.php?gid 11874854661 Facebook National Museum of Language http aclweb.org nmlwiki index.php?title Main Page Wiki National Museum of Language http www.librarything.com profile languagemuseum LibraryThing National Museum of Language http www.visitprincegeorges.com attractions historic.htm Prince George s County ... name jaars http www.jaars.org whoweare newsroom pressreleases jaars museum alphabet contributes national museum language opening maryland ref and remains one of only a handful of institutions designed for this purpose. ref name nclrc http www.nclrc.org about teaching language museum.html ref The museum ... in its message and story on language, running two concurrent exhibits 1 Writing Language Passing ... Language in 1812 , which explains influences on the development of American English as a separate entity ... International Flag of Language , the result of a contest sponsored by the Museum in 2008. File IFL ... opened officially on May 3rd, 2008, with an exhibition entitled Writing Language Passing It On . ref name gazette.net ref The NationalLanguage Museum hosts a http www.languagemuseum.org events.html lecture series featuring experts in various areas related to language use and history. Funding ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The nationallanguage debate in Fiji concerns the status of the country s three official languages English language English , Fijian language Fijian , and Hindustani language Hindustani the name used in the Constitution of Fiji constitution for Fiji Hindi . From British Empire colonial times , the sole official language was English, but the 1997 Constitution of Fiji ... also endorsed the call for Fijian to be made a nationallanguage and a compulsory school subject, provided that the same status be give to Hindi language Hindi a position echoed by Krishna Vilas of the National ... Fijian as the nationallanguage. To achieve national unity, multi cultural and multi racial harmony, we should have one common language which must be taught at all schools, he told the House ... citizen. DEFAULTSORT NationalLanguage Debate In Fiji Category Fijian culture Category Linguistic ... calls came from Misiwini Qereqeretabua , the Director of the Institute of Fijian Language and Culture ... both said that recognition of the Fijian language is essential to the nation s basic identity, as a unifying ... supported making Hindi language Hindi available in all schools, but considered that Fijian should get priority. If the Indians in the country lost their language, there is a whole continent of people in India who would still have the language, she said. In the whole world only 330,000 people ... the Fijian language is very important to preserve. A investigation by the Rewa, Fiji Rewa Local government ... children in the first and second grades of nine Rewa schools could not speak their own language ... their own language. His parents generation had emphasized prioritizing English on the assumption ... the language was made compulsory at all levels of primary education, it would be lost to the next ..., said on 29 June 2005 that language was the window by which people could appreciate and absorb ... of the Fijian language, it needed to be given special attention on its own merit. House of Representatives ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 The NationalLanguage Service promotes and facilitates communication across languages in South Africa . In keeping with the language requirements of the Constitution of South Africa Constitution , the NLS manages the linguistic diversity of South African society and is responsible for harnessing all the languages of the people by putting into practical effect policy measures aimed at promoting the use of these languages, including those languages which have historically been neglected. The NLS core business is to meet the language requirements of the Constitution by facilitating, promoting and providing a translation and editing service in all the official languages and by managing language diversity through language planning and terminology projects. The NLS functions as the Government s professional language support system by translating official documents in all the official languages. Its terminology service assists with the development and modernisation of the technical vocabularies of the official languages. The language planning functions include advising the Government on the development of language policy and implementation strategies. Category Languages of South Africa Category Government agencies of South Africa Category Organisations based in South Africa SouthAfrica stub af Nasionale Taaldiens de NationalLanguage Service es NationalLanguage Services xh Iinkonzo Zeelwimi Zesizwe zu Uphiko Lwezilimi Kuzwelonke nl Nationale taaldienst ru st Tshebeletso ya Setjhaba ya Puo tn Tirelo ya Dipuo tsa Boset haba ss Luphiko lwemSebenti wetiLwimi taVelonkhe ve Tshumelo ya Nyambo dza Lushaka ts Mintirho ya swa Ririmi ya Rixaka ... more details
The National Security Language Initiative is a program introduced by United States United States President President George W. Bush on January 5, 2006 at the U.S. University President s Summit to develop the foreign language skills of American students , especially in critical need foreign languages such as Arabic , Chinese language Chinese , Russian language Russian , Hindi language Hindi , and Persian language Persian . The initiative was given 114 million in fiscal year 2007 and 26.6 million in 2008 to expand programs from kindergarten level to universities . ref name Powell2006 Citation title National Security Language Initiative url http web.archive.org web 20080306151344 http www.state.gov r pa prs ps 2006 58733.htm year 2006 author Dina Powell Powell, Dina accessdate 2008 03 06 ref ref name BECA2008 Citation title National Security Language Initiative NSLI url http web.archive.org web 20080929044930 http exchanges.state.gov NSLI year 2008 author Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs accessdate 2008 09 29 ref Scope of the program The initiative is coordinated by the State Department , United States Department of Education Education Department , Defense Department and the Director of National Intelligence . ref name USDOE2008 Citation title National Security Language Initiative NSLI About url http www2.ed.gov about inits ed competitiveness nsli about.html year 2008 author United States Department of Education accessdate 2011 06 23 ref The National Security Language Initiative has three broad goals expand the number of Americans mastering critical need languages and start at a younger age, increase the number of advanced level speakers of foreign languages, increase the number of foreign language teachers and the resources for them. ref name Powell2006 Criticisms ... 2011 06 23 ref References reflist Category Language education Category Education finance in the United States Category United States national security policy ... more details
Infobox Company company name NationalLanguage Authority company logo Image muqtadra.jpg company type ... Chairman Prof. Dr. Anwaar Ahmad homepage http www.nla.gov.pk dissolved footnotes The NationalLanguage Authority Muqtadra Qaumi Zaban lang ur or Urdu Language Authority ref Zia 1999 ... of Urdu which is the nationallanguage of Pakistan . Initially it was aimed at creating a synergy between Government of Pakistan national and Subdivisions of Pakistan provincial governments and institutions for using Urdu language. However, with time, it expanded its horizons to include standardisation ... key people area served Standardisation and promotion of Urdu language industry products services revenue ... recommendation s for maximizing use of the language in all walks of life. In this respect, large amounts of legal and scientific documents are Translation translated from English language English and other language s for publication into Urdu. These efforts have resulted in greater awareness of the language ... The institution aims to facilitate the use and adoption of Urdu language in grammical Persian language ... al institutions for use of Urdu language and native languages of the country. Over the years efforts have also been made to promote and facilitate Urdu as an official and business language as a Medium ... software is also encouraged at various levels to become more distant from Hindustani language Hindustani ... the suitable hardware and software for the use of language in electronic media. A dedicated library ... Computerised National Identity Cards by NADRA and a number of E Governance initiatives by the national ..., and storage. ref Afzal and Hussain 2002 ref Based on this version, Urdu language support ... like Windows and Office in Urdu is also done by NLA. Notes reflist See also National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language Urdu literature Urdu keyboard Urdu Informatics References Afzal, M. 1997 . Urdu Software Industry Prospects, Problems and Need for Standards. 4th National Computer Conference ... more details
their studies and satisfying their cultural needs in their native language. ref On June 23, 1990 Moldovan Parliament establishe the day of August 31 as a NationalLanguage Day. ref http unimedia.md ... of various national entertainers. Normally the stage is not dismantled since Independence ... en article limba noastra Limba Noastra end of August Language Day ref See also Popular Front of Moldova ... more details
Infobox Company company name National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language br lang ur company logo company type Autonomous Regulatory Body genre foundation April 1, 1996 this parameter modifies Founded founder location city Delhi location country India location this parameter modifies Headquarters origins key people Kapil Sibal , M. Hamidullah Bhat area served Standardisation and promotion of Urdu language industry products services revenue operating income net income num employees parent divisions subsid owner company slogan homepage http www.urducouncil.nic.in dissolved footnotes The National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language lang ur , Qaum kaunsala bar fur ta ai urd zab n NCPUL is an autonomous regulatory body in the Government of India . It is the main authority of Urdu language and education in India, being one of two authorities responsible for the regulation of Urdu , the other being the NationalLanguage Authority of Pakistan. Functions and objectives To make available knowledge of scientific and technological development and ideas evolved in the modern context in Urdu Promotion of the Urdu language Provide diplomas in Urdu Increase IT literacy in Urdu Provide Publications in Urdu Directors Khwaja Ekram Dr. Khwaja Ekram from 4th April 2012 Hamidullah Bhatt Retired Dr. Ali Javed See also DD Urdu Urdu Speakers and geographic distribution Geographic Distribution of Urdu Languages of India Dakhni Urdu in Aurangabad References references After listing your sources please cite them using inline citations and place them after the information they cite. Please see http en.wikipedia.org wiki Wikipedia ... www.antya.com detail National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language 28NCPUL 29 19619 http urdu info.blogspot.com 2010 12 national council for promotion of urdu.html http mictcc.com ncpul.htm http www.i4donline.net issue feb04 initiative full.htm noinclude Category Urdu Category Language regulators ... more details
The nihongo National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenky jo NINJAL is an independent administrative institution in Japan, established for the purpose of studying, surveying, promoting, and making recommendations for the proper usage of the Japanese language . ref name ninjal1 NINJAL, http www.ninjal.ac.jp en web page English ref The institute is currently located in Tachikawa, Tokyo Tachikawa City in Tokyo , Japan . See also List of Independent Administrative Institutions Japan References reflist External links NINJAL, http www.ninjal.ac.jp en web page English NINJAL, http www.ninjal.ac.jp web page Japanese coord 35.71084 N 139.40993 E source placeopedia display title center center Category Government of Japan Category Research institutes in Japan Japan gov stub ja ... more details
TOC right The National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the annual awards given by the National Board of Review . Note This list is incomplete. Winners clear 1930s class wikitable width 95 cellpadding 5 width 100 Year width 500 Winner width 200 Country width 200 Director s style text align center 1934 Man of Aran style text align center 1936 Carnival in Flanders film Carnival in Flanders style text align center 1937 The Eternal Mask style text align center 1938 Grand film Grand style text align center 1939 Port of Shadows 1940s class wikitable width 95 cellpadding 5 width 100 Year width 500 Winner width 200 Country width 200 Director s style text align center 1940 The Baker s Wife style text align center 1941 Pepe le Moko 1950s class wikitable width 95 cellpadding 5 width 100 Year width 500 Winner width 200 Country width 200 Director s style text align center 1950 The Titan style text align center 1951 Rashomon film Rashomon Japan Akira Kurosawa style text align center 1952 The Sound Barrier UK David Lean style text align center 1953 A Queen is Crowned UK style text align center 1954 Romeo and Juliet UK Italy Renato Castellani style text align center 1955 The Prisoner style text align center 1956 The Silent World France Cousteau & Louis Malle style text align center 1957 Ordet The Word Ordet Denmark Dreyer style text align center 1958 Pather Panchali India Styajit Ray style text align center 1959 Wild Strawberries film Wild Strawberries Smultronst llet Sweden Ingmar Bergman 1960s class wikitable width 95 cellpadding 5 width 100 Year width 500 Winner width 200 Country width 200 Director s style text align center 1960 The World of Apu The World of Apu Apur Sansar India Satyajit Ray style text align center 1961 Die Br cke film The Bridge Die Br cke ... Iran Asghar Farhadi NBR Awards Chron Category Film awards for Best Foreign Language Film de National Board of Review Award Bester fremdsprachiger Film it National Board of Review Award al miglior ... more details
The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the annual awards given by the National Society of Film Critics . Winners 1990s class wikitable width 95 cellpadding 5 width 100 Year width 200 English title width 200 Original title width 200 Country width 200 Director style text align center 1999 Autumn Tale Conte d automne France Eric Rohmer 2000s class wikitable width 95 cellpadding 5 width 100 Year width 200 English title width 200 Original title width 200 Country width 200 Director style text align center 2000 colspan 4 Not awarded because the year s best film is a foreign language film Yi Yi A One and a Two style text align center 2001 In the Mood for Love Fa yeung nin wa France Hong Kong Kar Wai Wong style text align center 2002 colspan 2 Y Tu Mam Tambi n Mexico Alfonso Cuar n style text align center 2003 To Be and to Have tre et avoir France Nicolas Philibert style text align center 2004 colspan 2 Moolaad Burkina Faso Cameroon France Ousmane Semb ne style text align center 2005 Head On Gegen die Wand Germany Turkey Fatih Akin style text align center 2006 colspan 4 Not awarded because the year s best film is a foreign language film Pan s Labyrinth style text align center 2007 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile Romania Cristian Mungiu style text align center 2008 colspan 4 Not awarded because the year s best film is a foreign language film Waltz with Bashir style text align center 2009 Summer Hours L heure d t France Olivier Assayas 2010s class wikitable width 95 cellpadding 5 width 100 Year width 200 English title width 200 Original title width 200 Country width 200 Director style text align center 2010 colspan 2 Carlos TV miniseries Carlos France Germany Olivier Assayas style text align center 2011 A Separation Jod i e N der az Simin Iran Asghar Farhadi NSFC Awards Chron Category Film awards for Best Foreign Language Film ... more details
On Language was a regular column in the weekly New York Times Magazine on the English language discussing popular etymology , new or unusual usages, and other language related topics. The inaugural column was published on February 18, 1979 and it was a regular popular feature. Many of the columns were collected in books. Columnist and journalist William Safire was one of the most frequent contributors from the inception of the column until Safire s death in 2009. He wrote the inaugural On Language column in 1979. ref http www.nytimes.com 2009 10 11 magazine 11FOB onlanguage t.html New York Times On Language The Maven, Nevermore about Safire s legacy ref starting it with the greeting How do you do. This is a new column about language. In more than 30 years, he contributed more than 1300 installments to the column. Safire was succeeded by Ben Zimmer , who wrote the column until its final edition on February 25, 2011. ref http www.nytimes.com 2011 02 27 magazine 27fob onlanguage t.html New York Times On Language The Future Tense ref About the cancellation of the column, the incoming editor of New York Times Magazine Hugo Lindgren explained this and other changes to the magazine It is mine now. I m in charge. We re going to be doing some significant redesign work, and have a newish magazine by the end of January. The big thing is, I want to create a kind of new identity for the front of the book section. That doesn t mean that everything s being tossed out. We re looking at everything and evaluating what sort of fits. ref http nymag.com daily intel 2010 11 new times magazine editor hugo.html New York Magazine New Times Magazine Editor Hugo Lindgren on His Plans Big Subjects, More T, and the End of The Way We Live Now ref References Reflist External links http topics.nytimes.com topics features magazine columns on language index.html A collection of On Language columns published in The New York Times DEFAULTSORT On Language Category English language Category The New York ... more details
About the properties of language in general other uses Language disambiguation File Lakhovsky Conversation.jpg ... Cuneiform is one of the first known forms of written language , but spoken language is believed to predate writing by tens of thousands of years at least. Language may refer either to the specifically ... of such a system of complex communication. The scientific study of language in any of its senses ... salient examples, but natural language s can also be based on visual rather than auditory stimulus physiology stimuli , for example in sign language s and written language . Code s and other kinds of constructed language artificially constructed communication systems such as those used for programming language computer programming can also be called languages. A language in this sense is a system ... ultimately from Latin lingua , language, tongue , via Old French . ref name AHD cite encyclopedia title language encyclopedia The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language edition 3rd year 1992 location Boston publisher Houghton Mifflin Company ref When used as a general concept, language .... Language as a communication system is thought to be fundamentally different from and of much ... a finite number of elements. Language is thought to have originated when early hominids first started ... with an increase in brain volume, and many linguists see the structures of language as having evolved to serve specific communicative functions. Language is neurolinguistics processed in many ... Wernicke s area s. Humans language acquisition acquire language through social interaction in early childhood, and children generally speak fluently when they are around three years old. The use of language ... identity , social stratification and for social grooming and entertainment . The word language ... from sequences of words. Languages language change evolve and diversify over time, and the history ... of languages that descend from a common ancestor is known as a language family . The languages ... more details
Infobox language name To nativename states Cameroon , Central African Republic ethnicity speakers none date NA ref e16 familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Mbum Day languages Mbum Day fam4 Mbum languages Mbum fam5 unclassified iso3 toz To is an unclassified Mbum languages Mbum language of northern Cameroon and the Central African Republic . It is only used as a second language , as the secret male initiation language of the Gbaya people Gbaya . References reflist Category Languages of Cameroon Category Adamawa languages Category Initiation languages Cameroon stub ... more details
Infobox Language name Are states Papua New Guinea region Milne Bay Province , tip of Cape Vogel speakers 1,230 familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western fam5 Papuan Tip languages Papuan Tip fam6 Kilivila nowrap Nuclear Papuan Tip fam7 Are Taupota languages Are Taupota fam8 Are languages Are iso3 mwc The Are language is an Austronesian language of the eastern Papua New Guinea n mainland, It s spoken by about 1,230 people. External links ethnologue mwc Category Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea PapuaNewGuinea stub au lang stub fr Are langue hr Are jezik is Are ... more details
Infobox language name Then states CHN region Pingtang County , southern Guizhou speakers 15,000 date 1999 ethnicity familycolor Tai Kadai fam2 Kam Sui languages Kam Sui iso3 tct The Then language also known as Y nghu ng in Chinese alternate spellings T en and Ten is a Kam Sui language spoken in Pingtang County , southern Guizhou . Phonology Yanghuang has 71 consonants total, including those with secondary articulation s. There are a total of 71 rhymes, 9 vowels, and 8 codas Bo 1997 . References Reflist Bo, Wenze. 1997. Yanghuang yu yan jiu A Study of Yanghuang Then . Beijing Zhong yang min zu da xue chu ban she. External links http language.psy.auckland.ac.nz austronesian language.php?id 719 Then word list from the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database Tai Kadai languages Category Languages of China Category Kam Sui languages tk lang stub fr T en ... more details
government National government NationallanguageNational library National museum National Road ...wiktionarypar nationalNational may refer to Nation or country Nationality A citizen or subject of a country ... citizen resident National distribution , a type of product or publication this is distributed across an entire nation, e.g., a national magazine Vending machines made by the large manufacturer Crane Co. National brand , the Japanese brand under which Matsushita products are sold elsewhere they are sold under the Panasonic brand Cymanfa Ganu National Gymanfa Ganu , a Welsh festival in Wales, England and North America Companies and organizations National Airlines disambiguation National Airlines National Assembly National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering NCREE National Comics, an early name for the comic book publisher known later as DC Comics NBC National Broadcasting Company NBC , a television network National Development Front , a Muslim organisation in Kerala, India National Benzole , a British petroleum brand National Bus Company in Australia National Car Rental National brand a brand name of electronic goods from Panasonic National College of Natural Medicine , a medical school in Portland, Oregon, U.S. National Geographic Society National High School , in West Bengal India National Hockey League , U.S. ice hockey organization National Motor Vehicle Company , 1900 1924 U.S. automobile company National Party disambiguation National Party , several unrelated political parties around the world National Radio Company National Semiconductor , an American semiconductor manufacturer National Supermarkets National String Instrument Corporation , a company formed in the 1920s to manufacture the first resonator guitars National Reso Phonic Guitars , a company formed in the 1980s to manufacture resonator guitars and the current owners of the National brand in the U.S. National Records , a record label Championnat National also known as National , French ... more details
The Language nest is an language immersion immersion based approach to language revitalization which was originated as a part of the M ori language revival , when was coined as M ori language revival K.C5.8Dhanga reo K hanga reo . In a language nest, older speakers of the language take part in early childhood education with a view to improving intergenerational language transference. The approach has had considerable success in revitalizing the M ori language in New Zealand . It has since been replicated in Hawaii , where the Hawaiian language equivalent, the P nana Leo , has also been successful in producing first language speakers of Hawaiian. In August 2009, the Australian government pledged to pilot language nests as part of its National Indigenous Languages Policy ref cite web url http www.arts.gov.au indigenous languages policy title Indigenous Languages Policy ref . References References Category Language revival Category Linguistic purism Category Linguistic rights ru fi Kielipes fiu vro Keelepes ... more details
, is a regional language of Kosovo . See also Minority languageNationallanguage Languages of France ...Refimprove date February 2010 A regional language is a language spoken in an area of a nation state , whether ... of the State s population and different from the official language s of that State Influence of number of speakers There are many cases when a regional language can claim greater numbers of speakers than certain languages which happen to be official language s of sovereign states. For example, Catalan language Catalan a regional language of Spain and France , albeit the nationallanguage of Andorra has more speakers than Finnish language Finnish or Danish language Danish . In China, Wu Chinese ... 90 million speakers, can claim more native speakers than French language French , and Yue Chinese Cantonese , a regional language of Guangdong , Hong Kong and nearby areas in China with more than 60 million local and overseas speakers North America, parts of Malaysia , outnumbers Italian language ... and Singapore . Relationship with official languages In some cases, a regional language may be closely related to the state s main language or official language . For example The Frisian languages ... family. The Gutnish language , a regional language spoken in Gotland and related to the Swedish language ... as Mandarin language Mandarin . Some regional languages of minority groups such as Tibetan language ... Jiangxi . Cantonese language Cantonese , in Guangdong , parts of Guangxi , Hainan , Hong Kong ... Gan , in Jiangxi . Kashubian language Kashubian , a regional language of Poland . Limburgish , a regional language in Germany , the Netherlands and Belgium, has around one million speakers and is closely related to Luxembourgish , Rhinelandic and Ripuarian language Ripuarian . Low German also referred to as Low Saxon , an officially recognized regional language in Germany and the Netherlands ... language German . Prekmurian dialect Prekmurian , considered by linguist Who date March 2011 a dialect ... more details
The National may refer to News media The National CBC The National CBC , a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television news programme The National Abu Dhabi The National Abu Dhabi , a newspaper published in the United Arab Emirates The National sports newspaper The National sports newspaper , a defunct U.S. sports newspaper The National Papua New Guinea The National Papua New Guinea , a newspaper in Papua New Guinea Other The National band , an American indie rock band The National album The National album , an album by the band of the same name The National curling , a curling tournament An abbreviated reference to National Australia Bank , a term marketed by the bank itself National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in the United Kingdom Grand National , a horse race held near Liverpool, England Royal National Theatre in London disambig de The National fr The National ... more details
of Kyoto University started the federated operation of the Language Grid with the National Electronics ...Orphan date April 2011 COI date March 2011 Language Grid is a multilingual service platform on the Internet, developed by Language Grid Project, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology . It enables easy registration and sharing of language resources such as Online dictionary online dictionaries , bilingual corpora , and machine translation s. The development of the Language ... University . Concept The Language Grid is developed to increase the accessibility and usability of language resources. It takes the Service oriented service oriented approach by wrapping existing language resources as atomic Web services and enables users to compose new services by combining atomic Web services . Architecture The Language Grid consists of four service layers P2P Grid Layer, Atomic Service Layer, Composite Service Layer and Application System Layer. ref Language Grid Service Layer http langrid.nict.go.jp en service layer.html ref Software Language Grid related software includes ... en service grid.html ref Language Services, ref Language Services http servicegrid.net oss project en language service.html ref and Language Grid Toolbox. ref Language Grid Toolbox http servicegrid.net oss project en toolbox.html ref The development of Language Grid related software is managed ... of Kyoto University started single operation of the Language Grid in December 2007 for non profit purpose and research purpose, which is named as Language Grid Kyoto Operation Center. ref Language Grid ... countries and regions had joined the Kyoto Language Grid. ref List of Users of Language Grid Kyoto ... are registered in the Kyoto Language Grid. ref List of Language Services in Kyoto Language Grid http langrid.org service manager language services ref In January 2011, the second operation center for Language Grid was started by the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center of Thailand, which ... more details
The Imraguen or Imeraguen language is spoken by approximately one thousand members of an Imraguen fishing tribe in the Banc d Arguin National Park on the Atlantic coast of Mauritania . According to Gerteiny 1967 , it is a strange version of Hassaniyya language Hassaniyya restructured on an Azer language Az r base Hassaniyya is an Arabic language Arabic dialect and Azer is a Soninke language Soninke dialect. According to Fortier, the Imraguen speak the same language as the Nemadi language Nemadi , i.e. Hassaniyya language Hassaniyya . The name Imraguen imragen itself is a Berber languages Berber word meaning fishermen . See also Nemadi language References http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code ime Ethnologue article on Imeraguen Alfred G. Gerteiny 1967, Mauritania . Frederic A. Praeger. Corinne Fortier, Spring 2004. http www.ethno comp.net r7 c.f.htm AU MIROIR DE L AUTRE Chasseurs N madi et p cheurs Imraguen dans un monde de pasteurs nomades Mauritanie in Figures Sahariennes no. 7. Category Languages of Mauritania Category Mixed languages AfroAsiatic lang stub br Imeragweneg ... more details
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