The Loom of Language

adjective affixes agglutinating alphabet Anglo-American Aryan called Celtic century characteristic Chinese common consonants constructed language corresponding DANISH DUTCH GERMAN dative declension definite article derivatives dialects dictionary direct object distinction ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH ENGLISH SWEDISH DANISH English verb English words equivalent Esperanto European languages expressions feminine flexion foreign French FRENCH SPANISH GUESE gender genitive grammar grammarians Greek guage helper verbs idiom illustrated Indo-European Indo-European languages infinitive interlanguage Interlingua Italian language planning Latin latter linguistic logograms masc masculine meaning ment modern neuter Norwegian noun Novial Old English particles phonetic plural PORTU Portuguese preceding prefix preposition pronunciation recognize Romance languages root rules Sanskrit Scandinavian script Semitic sentence signify sing singular sound Spanish speak speech spelling spoken suffix SWEDISH DANISH DUTCH syllable symbols tense forms Teutonic languages thing third person tion vocables vocabulary Volapük vowel Vulgar Latin word order writing