indigenous language

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indigenous language - a language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that place from elsewhere

language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"

substratum, substrate - an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population; "the Celtic languages of Britain are a substrate for English"

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Altaic Altaic language Breton language linguistic communication natural language Papuan Papuan language substrate substratum superstratum tongue Ural-Altaic Uralic Uralic language			8 million US dollars this year to help save more than 100 indigenous languages which are in grave danger of dying out. Australia pledges $8 mln for native languages by AFP / AFP Global Edition The word Guelaguetza comes from the Zapotec indigenous language and means reciprocal exchanges of gifts and services, he told reporter. Lok Virsa holds Mexican photographic exhibition next week by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan) For the first time, people like Marisol Medina, a student at the Public University of El Alto, had a platform to communicate online, whether she was writing about her quest to learn the indigenous language of Aymara or the unfairness of boys throwing balloons at girls during carnival. Making new connections by Hardman, Chris / Americas (English Edition)			indictability indictable Indictee Indicter indiction Indictive indictment Indictor indie Indies indifference indifferency indifferent Indifferent tissue indifferentism Indifferentist indifferently Indifulvin Indifuscin Indigeen indigen indigence Indigency indigene indigenous indigenous language indigenously indigenousness indigent Indigently Indigest indigested Indigestedness Indigestibility indigestible indigestibleness indigestion indigestive Indigirka Indigirka River Indigitate Indigitation Indiglucin indign Indignance indignant indignantly indignation Indignify indignity Indignly			Indigenous Family Violence Strategy Indigenous Forum on Climate Change Indigenous Global Development Corporation Indigenous Health Research Development Program Indigenous Health Worker Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council Indigenous Horse Society of India Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Agreement Indigenous Housing Authority of the Northern Territory Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking Indigenous Information Network Indigenous International Forum on Biodiversity Indigenous Internet Chamber of Commerce Indigenous Justice and Legal Assistance Division Indigenous knowledge Indigenous knowledge Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor Indigenous Knowledge and People Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices Indigenous Knowledge World Wide Indigenous Land Corporation Indigenous Land Management Facilitator Indigenous Land Rights Fund Indigenous Land Use Agreement Indigenous Landscape Design Australia indigenous language Indigenous Language Institute Indigenous languages of the Americas Indigenous languages of the Americas Indigenous Law Centre Indigenous Law Journal Indigenous Law Student Association Indigenous Leader Outreach Model indigenous limonite Indigenous Media Organisations Award Indigenous Ministry Links Australia Indigenous Names Survey Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura Indigenous Nationalities Joint Struggle Committee Indigenous Nationalities Upliftment Center Indigenous Nations and Dakota Studies Indigenous Nations Federal Charter Association Indigenous Nations: Child and Family Agency Indigenous Non Award Pathway Indigenous Non-Governmental Organisation Indigenous Parenting and Family Wellbeing Indigenous Partnerships Program Indigenous People Development Plan Indigenous People in Rural Industries Program Indigenous People Rights Act of 1997 Indigenous People's Front of Tripura

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