Counting the Words in the Dictionary
| Language | Words in the Dictionary |
|---|
| English | 171,476 |
| Russian | 150,000 |
| Spanish | 93,000 |
| Chinese | 85,568 |
noun. spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war. anything taken by dishonesty, force, stealth, etc.: a burglar's loot.
The word jungle originates from the Sanskrit word ja?gala (Sanskrit: ?????), meaning rough and arid. It came into the English language via Hindi in the 18th century. Jā?gala has also been variously transcribed in English as jangal, jangla, jungal, and ju?gala.
BungalowDerives from the Hindi word bangla meaning, literally, in the style of or belonging to Bengal. The word bungalow in English dates back to the 17th century when it was used to refer to a type of cottage built in Bengal for early European settlers.
“ It's a direct result of years of colonialism. India was occupied by the British for a long time, and so many English words crept into the various Indian languages.
There is not a single “Native American Language” - there are over a thousand separate languages. For instance, in Comanche, “wolf” is “tseena,” while in Cherokee the word is “waya” or “wahaya”. There are hundreds of Native American languages.
The word for mother is, “shimá.” There is an emphasis on the second syllable, -á. “Shi-” is a prefix that means “my.” It's a possessive.
Nizhóní- the Navajo word for beauty.
Nizhóní (Beautiful in Navajo) Nizhóní means beautiful. On one hand it can refer to something that's attractive, and on the other it refers to something that is good. How do you say good luck in Native American?
Here is a section on the word father from Durbin Feeling's excellent Cherokee grammar book:
- ??? gv²do²da "I - your father"
- ??? ji²do²da "I - his father"
- ???? sdv²do²da "I - your (dl) father"
- ???? i¹jv²do²da "I - your (pl) father"
- ???? g?²ji²do²da "I - their father"
- ???? sg?²do²da "you - my father"
A native word is a word (or more precisely, lexeme) that was not borrowed from another language, but was inherited from an earlier stage of the language, i.e. a word that is not a loanword.
Cherokee Words
- Oginalii – My friend.
- O'siyo – Hello.
- Do hi tsu – How are you.
- Do hi quu – I am well.
- Wadv – Thank you.
- E tsi – Mother.
- E do da – Father.
- Usdi – Little.
HANIA: Native American Hopi name meaning "spirit warrior."
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Let's bring them back!
- Beef-Witted. Adjective.
- Boreism. Noun.
- Brabble. Verb.
- Cockalorum. Noun: A braggart, a person with an overly high opinion of himself.
- Crapulous. Adj: It sounds like a word Dr Seuss made up, but it's legit.
- Fudgel. Verb: Pretending to work when you're really just goofing off.
- Fuzzle.
- Groak.
Language with the fewest words: Taki Taki (also called Sranan), 340 words. Taki Taki is an English-based Creole spoken by 120,000 in the South American country of Suriname.
In the Oxford English Dictionary, there are 171,476 words, putting it at 867,380 letters. I say it takes around half a second to say a 5 letter word. That puts the total at around 85,738 seconds, or 1,428 minutes. TL;DR: It would take a little less then 24 hours.
If we were to base our answer solely on the strict number of dictionary entries, English is among the largest languages by word count. It has more than 200,000 words in the Oxford English Dictionary, including 171,476 words in use and 47,156 obsolete words.
Most adult native test-takers range from 20,000–35,000 words. Average native test-takers of age 8 already know 10,000 words. Average native test-takers of age 4 already know 5,000 words. Adult native test-takers learn almost 1 new word a day until middle age.
Words that can be made with there20 words can be made from the letters in the word there.
No. French is older by a few decades. Modern French still retains a significant number of Frankish and even Gothic words to this day. English on the other hand did not come until a little later, from Gaelic, Saxon, and Latin of course, as England is further away from the Roman imperial epicentre than France.
English has its roots in the Germanic languages, from which German and Dutch also developed, as well as having many influences from romance languages such as French. (Romance languages are so called because they are derived from Latin which was the language spoken in ancient Rome.) They speak Old English.
By linguist criteria English is more similar to German, both belong in the West Germanic languages and its vocabulary has been influenced by other Germanic languages as well.
Which Languages Are The Closest To English?
- Closest Language: Scots. The closest language to English is arguably Scots.
- Closest (Definitely Distinct) Language: Frisian.
- Closest Major Language: Dutch.
- Close Language: German.
- Close Language: Norwegian.
- Close Language: French.
English is a Germanic language, with a grammar and a core vocabulary inherited from Proto-Germanic. The influence of Latin in English, therefore, is primarily lexical in nature, being confined mainly to words derived from Latin roots.
In American English (at least), it's basically a controlled anarchy. The language is governed by a combination of consensus and reputation, and no one person or group can change the rules by fiat.
Despite a dictionary packed with Latin-derived vocabulary words, the English language can't officially tout itself as a Romance language. In fact, English is considered a Germanic language, putting it in the same family as German, Dutch, and Afrikaans languages.
