| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
| Circassian language spoken by the Abkhaz |
Abkhasian
,
Abkhazian
|
| Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and Penobscot |
Abnaki
|
| system of accentuation used in a particular language |
accentual system
,
prosodic system
|
| Shastan language spoken by the Achomawi |
Achomawi
|
| impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss |
acoustic aphasia
,
auditory aphasia
,
word deafness
|
| quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone |
acridity
,
acridness
|
| dialect closest to standard language |
acrolect
|
| Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan |
Afghan
,
Afghani
,
Pashto
,
Pashtu
,
Paxto
|
| official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish |
Afrikaans
,
South African Dutch
,
Taal
|
| Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast |
Akan
|
| Loloish language |
Akha
,
Hani
,
Lahu
,
Lisu
,
Lolo
,
Yi
|
| Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria |
Aku
,
Yoruba
|
| Yuman language spoken by the Akwa'ala |
Akwa'ala
|
| Muskhogean language of the Alabama |
Alabama
|
| Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania |
Albanian
|
| language spoken by the Aleut |
Aleut
|
| algorithmic language having statements that resemble algebraic expressions |
algebraic language
|
| (from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms |
ALGOL
|
| Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian |
Algonkian
,
Algonkin
|
| member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast |
Algonquian
,
Algonquin
|