Sentence examples for major linguistic from inspiring English sources

The first major linguistic division that developed in Germanic was between East Germanic and Northwest Germanic.

The four major geographic regions largely correspond to the areas inhabited by the major linguistic groups.

A second major linguistic family represented in Yunnan is the Tai group.

Welsh and English are the two major linguistic and ethnic traditions in Wales.

Taking the newcomer into a corner, Tom embarked on a detailed explanation of the major linguistic problems posed by the text.

Of major linguistic importance were the many grammars, lexicons, and dictionaries published in Asia, including a Portuguese-Latin-Japanese glossary published in Nagasaki in 1604.

Another major concern, linguistic progress, was influenced by Charles Darwin's evolutionary theories and early reflected in Progress in Language, with Special Reference to English (1894).

Within Karnataka, there are major native linguistic minorities: Tulu and Kodava are spoken by some 8m and 200,000 people, respectively, all within Karnataka.

It is thought that three of the major Asian linguistic groups originate in the general area of the Yangtze River, the Sino-Tibetan, Hmong-Mien and Tai [4].

No data could be found in the literature referring to the sources of meaning in the Swiss population, where on a small territory a representation of three major European linguistic and cultural backgrounds can be found (65 % German speaking, 23 % French, 8 % Italian, 9 % other).

Southeast Asia is an area of close contact between several major ethno-linguistic groups: the Daic (Tai-Kadai), the Austro-Asiatic (including the Mon Khmer), the Sino-Tibetan (including Tibeto-Burmans and Han), the Hmong-Mien (Miao-Yao), the Austronesian and the Altaic.