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ChineseLanguage
ChinesePinyinWriting
ChineseSimplifiedWriting
ChineseTraditionalLanguage
EnglishLanguage
FrenchLanguage
GermanLanguage
HerbaceousPlant
Hindi
ItalianLanguage
JapaneseLanguage
PortugueseLanguage
SpanishLanguage
SwedishLanguage
WoodyPlant
cb
cz
de
hi
ro
sv
tg
Formal Language:
OWL
SUO-KIF
TPTP
traditionalLogic
KB Term:
TransNewGuineaLanguage
Sigma KEE - XhosaLanguage
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Xhosa language
ISO-639-1
: xh.
XhosaLanguage
is a Bantu language spoken in
SouthAfrica
and
Lesotho
.
Relationships
Instances
content bearing physical
Any
Object
or
Process
that expresses content. This covers
Object
s that contain a
Proposition
, such as a book, as well as
Man
ualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a
Proposition
.
entity
The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
human language
The
subclass
of
Language
s used by
Human
s.
language
A 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.
linguistic expression
This is the subclass of
ContentBearingPhysical
which are language-related. Note that this
Class
encompasses both
Language
and the the elements of
Language
s, e.g.
Word
s.
niger congo language
A
NigerCongoLanguage
is any one of 1489 related languages forming a distinct family of languages that are unrelated to any others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
physical
An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
spoken human language
A
SpokenHumanLanguage
is a
HumanLanguage
which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all
SpokenHumanLanguage
s have a codified written form.
Belongs to Class
entity
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