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Nahuatl Native language of the Aztec and other Mesoamerican groups and member of the Uto-Aztecan language family which is distributed over a large area of northwest and central America. Still widely spoken in the Basin of Mexico, it is the source of a number of words current in the English language, such...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Languages

Aymara The Aymara language, still spoken and once widespread in southern Peru and the Bolivian Highlands, is one of the defining characteristics of numerous polities in and around the Lake Titicaca basin in the Late Intermediate Period. These ‘Aymara Kingdoms’ (the largest being Colla and Lupaqa) were f...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Languages, Nations

Ugaritic Ugaritçe veya Ugarit dili, 1929'da Fransız arkeologlar tarafından keşfedilmiş Ugarit metinleri ile tasdik edilmiş, Amorice'nin nesli tükenmiş bir lehçesidir. Neredeyse sadece Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra, Suriye) şehrinde bulunmuş Ugarit metinlerinde kullanılmış dil aynı zamanda Amori dilinin yazıya...Added by archaeologs | Turkish|Ancient Languages

Ugaritic An extinct Semitic language spoken and written from at least the middle of 2nd millennium BC at Ugarit and the surrounding area. It belonged to a western group of Semitic languages (i.e. Arabic, Hebrew) and was conveyed alphabetically - the earliest alphabet for which we have a complete record. T...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Languages

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Aymara A large South American tribal group occupying the Titicaca plateau (central Andes) in the Late Intermediate Period - and the language spoken by them. The Aymara language is still spoken some parts of Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. The Aymara kingdoms - Canchi Colla Lupaca Collagua Ubina Pacasa Car...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Languages, Nations

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Nahua The tribal population of Central Mexico, originating from the north. The last and best-known were the Aztecs. The language of the Aztecs, Nahua, is spoken by all the Nahua peoples in a variety of dialects.Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Languages, Nations

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Khoisan Collective term for the Khoikhoin and San peoples of southern Africa and their languages. The Khoisan languages are click languages spoken in southern Africa. The term Khoisan was created to refer to the related peoples known as Bushmen and Hottentots (i.e., the Khoisanid peoples) under a common ...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Languages, Nations

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Tokharian Indo-European language that was spoken in northern Chinese Turkistan during the latter half of the 1st millennium AD. Documents from about 500-700 show two dialects: Tocharian A, from the area of Turfan in the east; and Tocharian B, chiefly from the region of Kucha in the west but also from the T...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Languages

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Aramaean A branch of the confederacy of Semite tribes who moved out of the Syrian desert and who conquered the Canaanites and established themselves in their own series city-states in c 16-12 BC. The foremost of these states was Aram of Damascus, a large region of northern Syria, which was occupied betwee...Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Languages, Nations

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Semitic A group of languages including Akkadian, Eblaite, Canaanite, Amorite, Ugaritic, Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Arabic, widely spoken throughout the Near East.Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Languages

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Nahuatl A Nahua language of the Uto-Aztecan family, spoken by the AZTECS and perhaps also the TOLTECS; a related language, Nahuat, was spoken in Veracruz, Mexico.Added by archaeologs | English|Ancient Languages

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