Word+of+many+syllables
31Vietnamese alphabet — The Vietnamese alphabet, called Chữ Quốc Ngữ (script of the national language), usually shortened to Quốc Ngữ (national language), is the modern writing system for the Vietnamese language. It is based on the Latin script (more specifically the… …
32Paumarí language — Paumarí Spoken in Perú, Brazil Native speakers 700[citation needed]  (date missing) Language family Arau …
33Phonics — refers to an instructional method for teaching children to read English. Phonics involves teaching children to connect the sounds of spoken English with letters or groups of letters (e.g., that the sound IPA|/k/ can be represented by c , k , or… …
34Standard Chinese phonology — The phonology of Standard Chinese is reproduced below. Actual production varies widely among speakers, as people inadvertently introduce elements of their native dialects. By contrast, television and radio announcers are chosen for their… …
35Standard Mandarin — Standard Mandarin, also known as Standard Spoken Chinese, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan, and is one of the four official languages of Singapore.The phonology of Standard Mandarin is based on the… …
36Old Chinese — Classic Chinese and Archaic Chinese redirect here. For the traditional style of written Chinese, see Classical Chinese. Old Chinese 上古漢語 …
37Notes on Prosody — The book Notes on Prosody by polyglot author Vladimir Nabokov compares differences in iambic verse in the English and Russian languages, and highlights the effect of relative word length in the two languages on rhythm. Nabokov also proposes an… …
38Prose or Sequence — • A liturgical hymn used on certain festivals before the Gospel in the Mass Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Prose Or Sequence Prose or Sequence …
39Shanghainese — language name=Shanghainese nativename= zh. 上海閒話 caption= Native names states=People s Republic of China region=Shanghai speakers=14 million familycolor=Sino Tibetan pronunciation=z̥ɑ̃̀héɦɛ̀ɦʊ̀ fam1=Sino Tibetan fam2=Chinese fam3=Wu nation=none… …
40Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… …
