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  2. List of ISO 639 language codes - Wikipedia

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    ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify languages. [1] Each language is assigned a two-letter (set 1) and three-letter lowercase abbreviation (sets 2–5). [2]

  3. Simplified Technical English - Wikipedia

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    ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE) is a controlled language designed to simplify and clarify technical documentation. It was originally developed during the 1980's by the European Association of Aerospace Industries (AECMA), at the request of the European Airline industry, who wanted a standardized form of English for technical documentation that could be easily understood by non ...

  4. Basic English - Wikipedia

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    Ogden's Basic, and the concept of a simplified English, gained its greatest publicity just after the Allied victory in World War II as a means for world peace. He was convinced that the world needed to gradually eradicate minority languages and use as much as possible only one: English, in either a simple or complete form. [3]

  5. Wikipedia:Simple English Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Simple English is a simplified form of the English language.Its intention is to make content more understandable to those less familiar with the language. It is suggested that articles be simplified using only the 1000 most common and basic words in English and fewer complex grammatical structures—such as shorter sentences—or to conform to a ce

  6. Gregg shorthand - Wikipedia

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    Gregg shorthand is a system of shorthand developed by John Robert Gregg in 1888. Distinguished by its phonemic basis, the system prioritizes the sounds of speech over traditional English spelling, enabling rapid writing by employing elliptical figures and lines that bisect them.

  7. Language reform - Wikipedia

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    Linguistic purism or linguistic protectionism is the prescriptive practice of recognising one form of a language as purer or of intrinsically higher quality than others. The perceived or actual decline may take the form of change of vocabulary, syncretism of grammatical elements, or loanwords, and in this case, the form of a language reform.

  8. David Schwimmer Shares Funny Message He Got from “Friends ...

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    David Schwimmer doesn’t silence his phone notifications!. On Tuesday, Jan. 7, the Goosebumps: The Vanishing actor revealed on Good Morning America that funny exchanges keep him “pretty close ...

  9. List of dialects of English - Wikipedia

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    Within a given English-speaking country, there is a form of the language considered to be Standard English: the Standard Englishes of different countries differ and can themselves be considered dialects. Standard English is often associated with the more educated layers of society as well as more formal registers.