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“diaeresis”

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Ä . /daɪˈɛrɪsɪs/  dy-ERR-i-sis (plural –> diaereses) *PRONUNCIATION AUDIO LINK* . *aka* –> “umlaut” . (from greek word diaíresis) (διαίρεσις) (meaning [‘division’ / ‘separation’ / […]

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-GRAPHEMES-

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. -in ‘linguistics’, a grapheme is the smallest unit of a writing system of any given ‘language’– . *TYPES* —> “SIGN” “SYMBOL” “CHARACTER” “GLYPH” “LETTER” […]

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-[GALLO-ROMANCE] LANGUAGES-

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. “LANGUES D’OÏL” . (the gallo-romance branch of the ‘romance languages’ includes (in the narrowest sense)…) *the ‘french language’* *the ‘occitan language’* *the ‘franco-provençal language’*(aka […]

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-[ITALO-DALMATIAN] LANGUAGES-

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“THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE” . *aka ‘central romance languages’* . (a group of ‘romance languages’ spoken in…) ‘italy’ ‘corsica’ (aka ‘france’) ‘dalmatia’(in modern-day ‘croatia’) . Italo-Dalmatian […]

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-[ITALO-WESTERN] LANGUAGES-

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. (‘italo-western’ is (in some classifications) the largest branch of the ‘romance languages’) . (it comprises 2 of the branches of ‘romance languages’…) “ITALO-DALMATIAN LANGUAGES” […]

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“CASTILIAN LANGUAGES”

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“THE SPANISH LANGUAGE” . -the castilian languages are ‘castilian’ (aka ‘spanish’) and its closest relatives- (besides derivatives of ‘spanish’ such as ‘ladino’, this refers principally […]

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-WEST IBERIAN LANGUAGES-

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. “CASTILIAN LANGUAGES” . (‘west iberian’ is a branch of the ‘romance languages’ that includes…) ‘castilian’ (‘spanish’ / ‘judaeo-spanish / ladino’) ‘astur-leonese’(‘asturian’) ‘extremaduran’ ‘leonese’ ‘mirandese’ […]

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“IBERIAN ROMANCE LANGUAGES”

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. TYPES –> -[WEST IBERIAN] ROMANCE LANGAUGES- . *SYNONYMS* –> “IBERO-ROMANCE LANGUAGES” “IBERIAN LANGAUGES” . (an ‘areal grouping’ of ‘romance languages’ that developed on the […]

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-[WESTERN] ROMANCE LANGUAGES-

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. -[IBERIAN] ROMANCE LANGUAGES- -[GALLO-ROMANCE] LANGUAGES- . -‘western romance languages’ are 1 (of 2) subdivisions of a ‘proposed subdivision’ of the ‘romance languages’ based on […]