modern languages
Currently spoken tongues
Modern languages are living languages—those still spoken and evolving, as opposed to classical or dead languages like Latin and Ancient Greek.
The term appears most often in academic contexts: a modern languages department teaches French, Spanish, German, Mandarin, or other contemporary tongues.
Someone who studies modern languages focuses on current linguistic and literary traditions rather than ancient texts.
- bilingualismProficiency in two languages
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
- native speakerOne who grew up speaking it
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
cultural exchange · translation · interpretation · Spanish · grammar · Russian · etymology · French · syntax · verb conjugation · immersion programs · globalization · Japanese · Portuguese · pragmatics · textual analysis · study abroad · conversational skills
- humanitiesphilosophy, history, literature, philosophy class, novels
- education historypublic schooling, education reforms, school reform, educational reforms, one-room school
- liberal artshumanities, trivium, philosophy, history, classical education
- universitycampus, faculty, college, professors, degrees
- CambridgeCambridge University, University of Cambridge, King's College, Trinity College, punting
- Indian languagesHindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali
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Languages without native speakers
extinct languages · ancient languages · classics · classical languages · Latin
modern languagesclassical languages
Languages of antiquity studied academically
Latin · Ancient Greek · Sanskrit · the classics · classical studies
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