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LenguaLanguage
The LenguaLanguage is a MascoianLanguage of Paraguay. SIL code: LEG. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: 10,000 (1991). Region: Chaco, Presidente Hayes Department, Boqueron. Alternate names: ENXET. Dialects: NORTHERN LENGUA (EENTHLIT, VOWAK, LENGUA NORTE), SOUTHERN LENGUA (LENGUA SUR). Comments: Differences between the two dialects are reported to be mainly phonological and orthographic. Southern Lengua are semi-nomadic. Southern Lengua women are less bilingual in Paraguayan Guarani. Different orthography between Southern and Northern Lengua. Southern: agriculturalists, pastoralists: cattle, sheep, horses, hunter-gatherers, fishermen. Bible 1995.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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InstancesContentBearingPhysicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 EntidadeThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 Linguagem HumanaThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 LinguagemA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 Expressao LinguisticaThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 MascoianLanguageA MascoianLanguage is any one of five related languages, spoken in Paraguay, forming a distinct family of languages that are unrelated to any others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 FisicoAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 SpokenHumanLanguageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
Belongs to Class Entidade


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