the rules governing the way words are combined to form sentences in a language. T

a new language formed by two or more communities who can’t understand each other’s languages attempting to communicate.

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the degree of force used in producing a syllable. A stressed syllable may be longer, louder, or higher pitched than nearby unstressed syllables. A stressed syllable may sometimes be marked with an acc [..]

an alphabet

two or more languages which derived historically from the same source. (See language family

a language which currently has no fluent speakers. standard

the scientific study of language. linguistic orthography

the study or description of the structure or forms of words. N

see isolated language