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Romanian language

(Encyclopedia)CEE Romanian language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). It is spoken by about 22 million people in Romania, wher...

Persian Gulf Wars

(Encyclopedia)Persian Gulf Wars, two conflicts involving Iraq and U.S.-led coalitions in the late 20th and early 21st cent. The First Persian Gulf War, also known as the Gulf War, Jan.–Feb., 1991, was an armed co...

Flemish language

(Encyclopedia)Flemish language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Generally regarded as the Belgian variant of Dutch (see...

Catalan language

(Encyclopedia)Catalan language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. It is spoken by about 8 million people in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, and...

Gypsy language

(Encyclopedia)Gypsy language: see Romani.

Khalka language

(Encyclopedia)Khalka language: see Mongolian languages. ...

Slovak language

(Encyclopedia)Slovak language: see Slavic languages. ...

Xhosa language

(Encyclopedia)Xhosa language: see Bantu languages. ...

Zulu language

(Encyclopedia)Zulu language: see African languages. ...

Malagasy language

(Encyclopedia)Malagasy language: see Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...