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  Língua Geral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Língua Geral (Portuguese: literally, 'common' or 'general language') is the name of two distinct lingua francas spoken in Brazil: Língua Geral Paulista, now extinct; and Língua Geral Amazônica with its modern descendant Nhengatu.
The two languages were used in the Jesuit missions and by early colonists; and came to be used by fl slaves and other Indian groups.
Língua Geral Paulista (or Tupi Austral) was based on the language of the Tupi of São Vicente, São Paulo, and the upper Tietê River.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nhengatu_language   (346 words)

  
 Global Language Viability
Other language groups moving into a language's traditional territory has been a cause of loss, as with the Hawaiian people, who are now only about 20% of the total population in their traditional territory.
The Mapia language in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, is a Micronesian language linguistically, 180 miles north of the main coast of Irian Jaya.
The second language is used for all important functions except perhaps family, the people are mildly supportive toward their language, and the language is endangered according to the report.
www.sil.org /sociolx/ndg-lg-grimes_article.html   (7165 words)

  
 Old Tupi language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Old Tupi (or Tupinambá) is an extinct Tupi language which was spoken by native people from the coast of Brazil.
The language belongs to the Tupi-Guarani language subfamily.
This Indigenous languages of the Americas-related article is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tupi_Antigo   (72 words)

  
 Nhengatu language -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Nhengatu is a (A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols) language which is spoken by Indians in the lower Vaupés, Içana, and Negro River areas of Amazonas, Brazil, and in parts of Colombia and Venezuela.
It is spoken by 3000 people in Brazil, 3000 in Colombia and 2000 in Venezuela.
The language, which is descended from (additional info and facts about Tupinambá) Tupinambá, belongs to the (A family of South American Indian languages) Tupi-Guarani language subfamily.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/nh/nhengatu_language.htm   (100 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Tupi language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Tupian languages are a language family of 70 languages which are spoken by Indian tribesmen in South America.
The Tupi-Guarani language family is part of a larger Tupian stock, which may be related to the Gê and Carib families in a Je-Tupi-Carib grouping.
The Tupi language group consists of 6 languages in the Tupi-Guarani sublanguage family: Tupi Antigo, Nhengatu, Tupinkin, Potiguara, Omagua, and Cocoma.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Tupi_language   (356 words)

  
 Athena Review 1,3: South American Languages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Their emphasis on Quechua, the language of the Inca nobility, resulted in the spread of this language, which today has an estimated 7 million speakers, while Puquina became extinct (Klein and Stark 1985).
As a result, the Tupi language became the lingua franca of traders, missionaries, and soldiers such as Orellana and Fritz (Omagua), and Staden (Tupinikin and Tupinambá).
Panoan: Among 29 Panoan languages in the río Ucayali basin are Conibo, Shipibo, and Setebo, and the Cashibo, Capanawa, and Juruá-Purús branches.
www.athenapub.com /salang1.htm   (2065 words)

  
 Ethnologue: Brazil
The closest extant languages are Txicão and Bakairí.
They prefer their language, but there is increasing use of regional Portuguese.
Speakers formerly spoke Karipúna, an unclassified language, possibly formerly from Marajó Island at the mouth of the Amazon.
www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/Braz.html   (5094 words)

  
 languagehat.com: August 2005 Archives
I do love a good language rant, as long as it's the sensible kind and not the usual prescriptivist lament, and fev of the copy-editing blog headsuptheblog (active since April) has a dandy one, called "Is that a mote in your eye, or are you just glad to see me?":
This is the problem with the English language's plethora of specialized vocabulary—it can make a grand impression, but it doesn't serve well when translating a foreign term that is a perfectly ordinary word outside of the particular technical sense used in the given context.
This necessary entwining of language, culture, and history is unmistakably prevalent in the poetry of Paul Celan.
www.languagehat.com /archives/2005_08.php   (11433 words)

  
 blogrunner: Language Born of Colonialism Thrives Again in Amazon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
A language imposed 500 years ago on the indigenous peoples of Brazil by their conquerors has made a comeback in recent years.
Today's NY Times has an article by Larry Rohter on a 17th-century language still spoken in a remote corner of Brazil, língua geral or Nheengatú (Ethnologue: Nhengatu).
"Linguists talk of moribund languages that are going to die, but this is one that is being revitalized by new blood," said José Ribamar Bessa Freire, author of "River of Babel: A Linguistic History of the Amazon" and a native of the region.
www.blogrunner.com /snapshot/D/1/3/431143AC09C06913   (328 words)

  
 Ethnologue: Venezuela
Of those, 40 are living languages and 2 are extinct.
All speak their language and Spanish, but comprehension of abstract concepts through Spanish is inadequate.
The sign language used in the classroom is different from the one used by adults outside.
www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/Vene.html   (1560 words)

  
 NHENGATU language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Get further details about this language from The Ethnologue and The Rosetta Project.
See also the alphabetical language list and full country list.
Another reference on countries, languages and people groups is Peoplegroups.org.
globalrecordings.net /language/2492   (70 words)

  
 List of languages - Simple English Wikipedia
This list of languages is alphabetical by English name.
Ethnologue lists about 6,800 main languages in its language name index (see the external link) and distinguishes about 41,000 alternate language names and dialects.
This list deals with particular languages, and includes only natural and constructed languages spoken by humans.
simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_languages   (200 words)

  
 Ethnologue 14 report for language code:YRL
The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It has been superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).
Ethnologue data from Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 14th Edition
www.ethnologue.com /14/show_language.asp?code=YRL   (60 words)

  
 languagehat.com: NHEENGATU.
As a result, Nheengatú, which is pronounced neen-gah-TOO and means "good talk," is now a language that is permitted to be taught in local schools, spoken in courts and used in government documents.
Portuguese priests developed a writting for this language based on portuguese fonetics and grammar as NHEENGATU was only oral, not written.
Tupí guaraní was a language spread from Caribe to Argentina.
www.languagehat.com /archives/002062.php   (894 words)

  
 EveryTongue.com Language Recordings Main page
Here is the list of languages that you can hear if you order the cassette tape.
Here is a list of the languages that do not have a recording.
Here you can listen to a recording in a language you know and then listen to the same recording in a language that you want to learn.
www.everytongue.com   (531 words)

  
 2004 Annual Meeting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The LSA is also involved in educational policy, through activities of the Language in the School Curriculum Committee and alliances gradually being forged with the National Council of Teachers of English.
Her mastery of the archaic ritual language of the Akha has led her to be declared an 'honorary man' by the dwindling number of shamans and animist priests who can still chant the ancient texts.
He is renowned for his work on the morphosyntax of indigenous languages, as well as their historical interrelationship, is sensitive to the ethnolinguistic dimensions of minority languages, and is a brilliant fieldworker and inspired teacher.
www.lsadc.org /mar04bulletin/2004annmeet.html   (2452 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
# The following mapping table maps the three-letter Language Identification # Codes of the SIL Ethnologue, 13th edition, to the canonical names used # in the Ethnologue.
for # the international standard 2-letter codes for 139 languages.
for # the draft international standard 3-letter codes for 431 languages.
mercury.ccil.org /~cowan/langs.txt   (58 words)

  
 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Ethnologue: Languages of the World An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,912 known living languages Overview Browse Country index with maps Language names Language codes See...
Languages in which the official web site of Jehovah's Witnesses is available.
Abroad Languages gathers the top in-country language schools in the industry to offer you excellent foreign language courses.
languages.iqexpand.com   (515 words)

  
 Brazil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Listed here are the primary and alternate names of the languages of Brazil.
Select a language to find out what materials GRN has available.
Find other materials available for languages in this country from the Minority Language Resource File.
globalrecordings.net /country?cty=BR   (127 words)

  
 PEACE: Peace in Every Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Therefore, I propose that we name the planets around other stars by using words in all languages for peace, coexistence, and harmony.
In this way, all peoples and cultures of this world can be represented by the new worlds.
Here are some words that mean "peace" from many languages that might be wonderful names for planets.
astron.berkeley.edu /~gmarcy/peace.html   (252 words)

  
 Off-line recordings you can order - List 2 - EveryTongue.com
language recordings not yet on the web (divided by country)
totals 96.7% of humans who can listen on-line or order a recording in their language.
(Language name, population and Ethno-code from SIL International, www.ethnologue.com)
www.everytongue.com /list2-no-web.htm   (64 words)

  
 Nh Nhamblen Nhamblen Nhang Nhat Hanh Nhdd Nhengatu language Nhishands4ever Nhodd Nhpfister   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Nhamblen - I have deleted the page you tagged for deletion...
Nhengatu language - Nhengatu is a which is spoken by Indians...
Nhishands4ever - I am a firm Believer in the authenticity of...
www.biodatabase.de /?Nh   (56 words)

  
 Peace in different languages
A state of quiet, calm; repose; public tranquility; freedom from war; concord.
Contact the EMENKE webmaster if you notice any informational errors or would like to make comments.
The Hindi characters were generated using a beta copy of Unitype Global Writer, then copied onto Microsoft Image Composer and saved as a GIF file.
www.geocities.com /TheTropics/9356/wordsof.htm   (221 words)

  
 Etymologie, Étymologie, Etymology - VE Venezuela, le Venezuela, Venezuela - Sprache, Langue, Language
ethnologue - Northern Motilón - Language of VE (E3)(L1) http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=yup
ethnologue - Northern Ninam - Language of VE (E3)(L1) http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=shb
ethnologue - Southern Ninam - Language of VE (E3)(L1) http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=shb
www.etymologie.info /~e/v_/ve-sprach.html   (2297 words)

  
 i kids club peace dictionary say peace in every language
What better way to spread the words of peace than to try and speak the language of your friends?
You not only spread kindness, you show you care enough to take the time to express yourself in their language!
If you know of a language we missed send it to us!
www.planetpals.com /IKC/peacedictionary.html   (93 words)

  
 Nh Nhamblen Nhamblen Nhang Nhat Hanh Nhdd Nhengatu language Nhishands4ever   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Nh Nhamblen Nhamblen Nhang Nhat Hanh Nhdd Nhengatu language Nhishands4ever
Nhamblen - I have deleted the page you tagged for...
Nhengatu language - Nhengatu is a which is spoken by...
www.geodatabase.de /?Nh   (50 words)

  
 Loss Ferguson PEACE
Like many of our other web pages on OM's HOME, this Peace in Every Language Page was created as the result of an inspiration that came to me during meditation.
I asked how I could best use the Internet to be of utmost benefit to the world.
The URL for the Peace in Every Language page is:
www.kotapress.com /loss/Issue_Spring01/la_Ferguson_B1Peace.htm   (215 words)

  
 Tupi (Language Group) - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Tupi language group consists of 6 languages in the Tupi-Guarani sublanguage family.
It includes Tupi Antigo, Nhengatu, Tupinkin, Potiguara, Omagua and Cocoma.
HTML tag to link this keyword on your website: Tupi (Language Group)
www.free-definition.com /Tupi-(Language-Group).html   (55 words)

  
 Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Listing for alternate language name for Ava-canoeiro (Ava).
Listing for alternate language name for Chiripa (Ava).
Listing for alternate language name for Chiripa (Guarani).
www.mlrf.org /GMByCountry.asp?ROG3=BR   (810 words)

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