Questions tagged [vocabulary]
The set of words within a language.
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Which language has the biggest vocabulary?
I am thinking that it is English because it has so many borrowed words and most you French, Italian, or German words can be written in English as is. Am I right?
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Is English the most descriptive language?
I only know English as a language aside from classes in Spanish and French and the typical stuff learned through movies and the like. To people who are multilingual, is English the most descriptive ...
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Size of active vocabulary in hunter gather tribes
How big is the active vocabulary that an average hunter gather tribe in Africa uses? Is it comparable to the size of Western civilisation?
