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Spoken language is a form of communication in which words derived from a large vocabulary (usually at 10,000) together with a diverse variety of names are uttered through or with the mouth. All words are made up from a limited set of vowels and consonants. The spoken words they make are stringed into syntactically organized sentences and phrases. The vocabulary and syntax together with the speech sounds it uses define its identity as a particular natural language Some human languages exist with their own vocabularies and syntax that are not spoken but use sign gestures. Sign languages have the same natural origin as spoken languages, and the same grammatical complexities, but use the hands, arms, and face rather than parts of the mouth as their place of articulation. Many spoken languages are written. However, even today, there are many world languages that can be spoken but have no standard written form. Such languages can be expressed in writing using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Hearing persons acquire their first language from that spoken around them, usually chiefly their mothers. Spoken language is much richer than written language; for example, transcripts of actual speech show numerous hesitancies which are usually left out of written forms of 'speech' such as screenplays. Even from the point of view of syntax, spoken language usually has its own set of grammar patterns which sometimes may be quite different from that in written language. In many languages, the written form is considered a different language, a situation called diglossia From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  area702.com Guest hu, 01 Jul 2010 23:33:05 GM For an example if you need Chinese for work in the Internet and correspondences, it is possible to do the basic emphasis on hieroglyphs, especially without troubling yourself by studying the . spoken language. . ...  lachlannae.livejournal.com lachlannae Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:01:55 GM Spoken language. is both cultural and personal. It is our way of expressing our inner thoughts to others. When you tell someone that they speak "bad" English, you are implying that there is something wrong with their thinking, as well. ...  code.openark.org shlomi hu, 01 Jul 2010 07:36:32 GM `language_id` tinyint(3) unsigned not null comment 'Soundtrack . spoken language. ', `original_language_id` tinyint(3) unsigned default null comment 'Filmed . spoken language. ', `rental_duration` tinyint(3) unsigned not null default '3', ... From Google Blog Search: "spoken language" What do you think the most spoken language is? Q. From what you know, what do you think the most spoken language is? I'm taking a poll, and please don't go searching on the site or looking at other people's answer. Just type in a simple language, and you will get +2 points. I'll pick the 10 points to the one who adds why, no matter how wrong they are! Remember, the most spoken language...there's nothing too it! Just answer with a simple language, that's all and additional ideas why if you want 10+ pts. Asked by shewolf2899 - Wed Oct 25 22:53:52 2006 - - 27 Answers - 0 Comments A. The most spoken NATIVE language (two people speaking to each other in the language native to both of them) is Mandarin Chinese --by a small margin. But the international language is English, so if you add in the conversations between people using English to communicate, I think you'll find that English is the most common language, and it is going to grow in its usage and power as the world becomes more international in nature. Furthermore, the population of India is growing rapidly and will overcome that of China; English is the most common foreign language learned in India. One of the reasons for English ascending to the top is that the news broadcast and printed in English is believed in the world, especially in planned economies and… [cont.] Answered by urbancoyote - Wed Oct 25 23:00:52 2006 What was the language spoken by arabs in spain? Q. What is the language spoken by the Arabs in Spain before 1492. It is not Arabic. Asked by angie8579@sbcglobal.net - Fri Jan 16 00:14:29 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Actually it is. Spain was then called al-Andalus. The local dialect (of which Arabic famously has many) is called Andalusian Arabic. It has also been referred to as Spanish Arabic or Moorish Arabic. It is thought that this language was common, though never completely extensive, especially among the large non muslim population there (Jews who spoke Ladino and Christians spoke Mozarabic- a low form of Latin written in the Arabic alphabet). Moorish Arabic speakers were most likely able to speak both this form (which, like many arabic dialects, was quite informal) as well as more formal Classical Arabic (this made such speakers diglossic). When the reconquista drove the Moors out, Moorish Arabic was replaced by Castillian spanish, the… [cont.] Answered by Kyle M - Fri Jan 16 00:35:06 2009 in how many countries of the world is portugese language spoken?
Q. also, which is the widely spoken language in the world, FRENCH, SPANISH, or portugese ? Asked by SIDharth Raina - Mon Feb 18 12:07:50 2008 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. Portuguese speaking countries: Portugal (mainland territory and the Madeira and Azores archipelago's), Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Guine-Bissau, Cape Verde archipelago, Sao Tome e Principe Archipelago and East Timor. Territories who are not countries, but where Portuguese is still used as a common language: Goa, Damao, Dio, and Korlai (in India), Macau (in China), Malacca (Malaysia), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Ceuta (in Morocco, but under Spanish administration). Regarding your second question: Spanish has more speakers than Portuguese which, in turn, has more speakers than French. Answered by JCS - Mon Feb 18 12:32:29 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "spoken language" |
