Spirant
91ha — /hah/, interj. (used as an exclamation of surprise, interrogation, suspicion, triumph, etc.) Also, hah. [1250 1300; ME; see HA HA1] /hah/, n. the 26th letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a glottal spirant consonant sound. [ < Ar] /khah/,… …
92spirantize — spirantization, n. /spuy reuhn tuyz /, v.t., spirantized, spirantizing. Phonet. to change into or pronounce as a spirant. Also, esp. Brit., spirantise. [1895 1900; SPIRANT + IZE] * * * …
93Celtic languages — Branch of the Indo European language family spoken across a broad area of western and central Europe by the Celts in pre Roman and Roman times, now confined to small coastal areas of northwestern Europe. Celtic can be divided into a continental… …
94Indo-Aryan languages — or Indic languages Major subgroup of the Indo Iranian branch of the Indo European language family. Indo Aryan languages are spoken by more than 800 million people, principally in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The Old Indo… …
95Centum-satem isogloss — Centum redirects here. For other uses, see Centum (disambiguation). Very approximate diachronic map showing the centum (blue, except that Tocharian on the east is grey) and satem (red) areals. The hypothetical area of origin of satemization… …
96Common Eldarin — Common Eldarin, or simply Eldarin, is a constructed language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is one of the many fictional language set in his Secondary world, often called Middle earth. Common Eldarin is a tongue spoken by Elves called Eldar or… …
97History of Icelandic — A page from the Landnámabók The history of the Icelandic language began in the 9th century with the settlement of Iceland, mostly by Norwegians, brought a dialect of Old Norse to the island. The oldest preserved texts in Icelandic were written… …
98Proto-Norse language — Proto Norse Spoken in Scandinavia Era evolved into Old Norse from the 8th century Language family Indo European Germanic …
99Old Norse morphology — This article is part of a series on: Old Norse Dialects …
100Old Swedish — Spoken in Sweden, Finland and Åland Era Evolved into Modern Swedish by the 16th century Language family Indo European Germanic …
