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The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Hangeul (English: /ˈhɑːnɡuːl/ HAHN-gool; Korean: 한글; Hanja: 韓㐎; Korean pronunciation: [ha(ː)n.ɡɯɭ]) in South Korea...

Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language...

Telugu (/ˈtɛlʊɡuː/; తెలుగు, Telugu pronunciation: [ˈt̪eluɡu]) is a Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where...

This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For...

Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets widely used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters...

A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well,...

This article contains Vietnamese text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of chữ Nôm, chữ Hán...

Filipino (English: /ˌfɪlɪˈpiːnoʊ/ , FIH-lih-PEE-noh; Wikang Filipino, [ˈwi.kɐŋ fi.liˈpi.no̞]) is a language under the Austronesian language family. It...

This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Bulgarian (/bʌlˈɡɛəriən/...

Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally majuscule) and smaller lowercase (or more...

The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavic peoples and their descendants. They...

An acronym is an abbreviation of a phrase that usually consists of the initial letter of each word in all caps with no punctuation. For some, initialism...

A constructed language (shortened to conlang) is a language whose phonology, grammar, orthography, and vocabulary, instead of having developed naturally...

An endonym (also known as autonym) is a common, native name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language or dialect[citation...

Literal translation, direct translation, or word-for-word translation is a translation of a text done by translating each word separately without looking...

The following is a list of countries and territories where English is an official language used in citizen interactions with government officials. As of...

In various cultures, a middle name is a portion of a personal name that is written between a person's given name and surname. A middle name is often abbreviated...

A Portuguese name, or Lusophone name – a personal name in the Portuguese language – is typically composed of one or two personal names, the mother's family...

Haitian Creole (/ˈheɪʃən ˈkriːoʊl/; Haitian Creole: kreyòl ayisyen, [kɣejɔl ajisjɛ̃]; French: créole haïtien, [kʁe.ɔl a.i.sjɛ̃]), or simply Creole (Haitian...

In the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), by George Orwell, Newspeak is the fictional language of Oceania, a totalitarian superstate. To meet...