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  2. Purple - Wikipedia

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    Some of its compositions produce a purple color and may be called "mummy violet". [62] Manganese was also used in Roman times to color glass purple. [63] Han purple was the first synthetic purple pigment, invented in China in about 700 BC. It was used in wall paintings and pottery and other applications.

  3. List of constructed languages - Wikipedia

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    The most popular auxiliary language ever invented, including, possibly, up to two million speakers, the highest ever for a constructed language and the only one to date to have its own native speakers (approximately 1,000). [1] Mundolinco: 1888 J. Braakman: The first Esperantido. Bolak, "Blue Language" 1899 Léon Bollack

  4. Languages constructed by Tolkien - Wikipedia

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    Beneath the name of each language is the word for "Elves" in that language. Internally, in the fiction, the Elvish language family is a group of languages related by descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language. [10] Externally, in Tolkien's life, he constructed the family from around 1910, working on it up to his death in 1973.

  5. Evolution of languages - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of languages or history of language includes the evolution, divergence and development of languages throughout time, as reconstructed based on glottochronology, comparative linguistics, written records and other historical linguistics techniques. The origin of language is a hotly contested topic, with some languages tentatively ...

  6. Origin of language - Wikipedia

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    The origin of language, its relationship with human evolution, and its consequences have been subjects of study for centuries.Scholars wishing to study the origins of language must draw inferences from evidence such as the fossil record, archaeological evidence, contemporary language diversity, studies of language acquisition, and comparisons between human language and systems of animal ...

  7. Language of flowers - Wikipedia

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    Language of flowers. Floriography (language of flowers) is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers. Meaning has been attributed to flowers for thousands of years, and some form of floriography has been practiced in traditional cultures throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa.

  8. African-American Vernacular English - Wikipedia

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    African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) may be considered a dialect, ethnolect or sociolect. [ 22 ] While it is clear that there is a strong historical relationship between AAVE and earlier Southern U.S. dialects, the origins of AAVE are still a matter of debate. The presiding theory among linguists is that AAVE has always been a dialect of ...

  9. Linguistic relativity and the color naming debate - Wikipedia

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    Berlin and Kay identified eleven possible basic color categories: white, black, red, green, yellow, blue, brown, purple, pink, orange, and gray. To be considered a basic color category, the term for the color in each language had to meet certain criteria: It is monolexemic (for example, red, not red-yellow or yellow-red.)