Chamorro language

•  Austronesian languages

  The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. It is on par with Bantu, Indo-European, Afro-Asiatic and Uralic as one of the best-established ancient language families. The name Austronesian comes from Latin auster "south wind" plus Greek nêsos "island".

  

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•  Malayo-Polynesian languages

  The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 351 million speakers. These are widely dispersed throughout the island nations of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean, with a smaller number in continental Asia. Malagasy is a geographic outlier, spoken in the island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.

  

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•  Sundanese language

  Sundanese (Basa Sunda, literally "language of Sunda") is the language of about 27 million people from the western third of Java or about 15% of the Indonesian population. It appears to be most closely related to Madurese and Malay, and more distantly related to Javanese. It has several dialects, conventionally described according to the locations of the people: Banten, Bogor, Priangan, and Cirebon.

  

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•  Buginese language

  Buginese (Basa Ugi, elsewhere also Bahasa Bugis, Bugis, Bugi, De) is the language spoken by about four million people mainly in the southern part of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

  

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•  Gayo language

  Gayo Language is the spoken language of about 180,000 people (1989) in the mountain region of North Sumatra around Takengon, Gayo Lues, Bener Meriah, Southeast Aceh, Genteng, and Lokop. It is classified as belonging to the Western Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages, but is not closely related to other languages. Gayo is distinguished with other languages in Aceh.

  

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•  Madurese language

  Madurese is a language of the Madurese people of Madura Island and eastern Java, Indonesia; it is also spoken on Kangean Islands and Sapudi Islands. The Kangean dialect may be a separate language. It was traditionally written in the Javanese script, but the Latin alphabet is now more commonly used. The number of speakers, though shrinking, is estimated to be 8-13 million. Links between Bali-Sasak languages and Madurese are more evident with the "low" form (common form).

  

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•  Makassarese language

  Makassar (sometimes spelled Makasar or Macassar) is both a language and a writing system used by the ethnic Makassar in South Sulawesi island (Celebes) in Indonesia. The Makassar language is a member of the Austronesian language family, and closely related to Buginese in the group South Sulawesi languages.

  

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•  Carolinian language

  Carolinian is an Austronesian language spoken in the Northern Mariana Islands, where it is an official language along with English and Chamorro. Carolinian is spoken mostly by the Carolinian people, it is most closely related to Satawalese, Woleaian, and Puluwatese. Carolinian has 95% lexical similarity with Satawalese, 88% with Woleaian and Puluwatese; 81% with Mortlockese; 78% with Chuukese, 74% with Ulithian. A 1990 census estimated the number of speakers at about 3,000, currently 5,700.

  

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•  Tanapag language

  Tanapag is a Micronesian language of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken by about 4,400 people on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. The language may be endangered, as younger people tend to speak Chamorro instead of Tanapag, but there are also efforts being made to promote the language.

  

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•  English language

  English is a West Germanic language that developed in England and south-eastern Scotland during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the United Kingdom from the 18th century, and of the United States since the mid 20th century, it has become the lingua franca in many parts of the world, and the most prominent language in international business and science.

  

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•  Den (comics)

  Den is the name of two identical planetary romance fictional characters created by Richard Corben. The first one appeared in the 1968 animated short film Neverwhere. The second has been appearing in the medium of comics since 1973, and in short stories that have been collected for the most part in trade paperbacks. The second Den also appeared in the animated film Heavy Metal.

  

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•  George Washington Baines

  George Washington Baines, Sr. (December 29, 1809 – December 28, 1882), a maternal great-grandfather of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963-1969), was a Baptist clergyman in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas who served briefly as natural science professor and president of Baylor University at its first location in Independence in Washington County, Texas.

  

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•  Carlos H. Amado

  Carlos Humberto Amado (born 25 September 1944) was the first general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from Guatemala. Amado was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala. His family joined the LDS Church when he was nine. Initially he was most attracted to the church by the Boy Scout program. Amado was trained as a technical draftsman.

  

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•  Point Reyes Light (lighthouse)

  

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•  J. M. G. Le Clézio bibliography

  

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