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121Quebec French phonology — Quebec French has more phonemes than Metropolitan French as it retains phonemic distinctions between IPA|/a/ and IPA|/ɑː/, IPA|/e/ and IPA|/ɛ/, and IPA|/ɛ̃/ and IPA|/œ̃/ whereas the latter of each pair has disappeared in Paris and several other… …
122Scandinavian languages — Introduction also called North Germanic languages group of Germanic languages consisting of modern standard Danish (Danish language), Swedish (Swedish language), Norwegian (Norwegian language) (Dano Norwegian and New Norwegian), Icelandic… …
123ALPHABET, HEBREW — The origin of alphabetic script has always been a subject of human curiosity. According to Greek mythology, script was brought to Greece from Phoenicia. This tradition was accepted by the Greek and Roman writers, some of whom developed it even… …
124Phonological history of English consonant clusters — The phonological history of English consonant clusters is part of the phonological history of the English language in terms of changes in the phonology of consonant clusters. Contents 1 H cluster reductions 1.1 Wh cluster reductions 1.2 Yew–hew… …
125HEBREW GRAMMAR — The following entry is divided into two sections: an Introduction for the non specialist and (II) a detailed survey. [i] HEBREW GRAMMAR: AN INTRODUCTION There are four main phases in the history of the Hebrew language: the biblical or classical,… …
126Biblical Hebrew — Biblical Hebrew, Classical Hebrew שְֹפַת כְּנַעַן, יְהוּדִית, (לְשוֹן) עִבְרִית …
127How Sacred Harp music is sung — This article concerns how Sacred Harp music is sung, focusing on singing practices that are not expressed in the musical notation. In musicology, the material discussed here would be called performance practice, but the term is awkward in the… …
128North American English regional phonology — See also: Regional vocabularies of American English North American English regional phonology is the study of variations in the pronunciation of spoken English by the inhabitants of various parts of North America. North American English can be… …
