⏳Etymology

The study of the origin and history of words.

1️⃣First Language

The language a person learns from birth.

⚧Gender

A grammatical category that classifies nouns into groups.

📖Grammar

The set of rules governing the structure of a language.

🔡Grapheme

The smallest unit of a writing system.

👯Homonym

A word that shares spelling or pronunciation with another.

🌂Hypernym

A broad term that encompasses more specific words.

📦Hyponym

A word whose meaning is included in that of a broader term.

👤Idiolect

The unique language use of an individual speaker.

🎭Idiom

A phrase whose meaning cannot be deduced from its words.

↔️Infix

An affix inserted within a word.

🔀Inflection

The modification of a word to express grammatical features.

📈Intonation

The variation of pitch in spoken language.

🔧Jargon

Specialized vocabulary used by a particular group or profession.

🗣️Language

A system of symbols and rules used for communication within a culture.

👶Language Acquisition

The process by which humans learn to use language.

🤝Language Contact

The interaction between speakers of different languages.

💀Language Death

The extinction of a language when its speakers disappear.

🌱Language Revitalization

Efforts to revive and maintain an endangered language.

🔄Language Shift

The process by which a community adopts a new language.

❓Lexical Ambiguity

Uncertainty in meaning due to a word having multiple senses.

🔤Lexicology

The study of words and their meanings.

📚Lexicon

The complete vocabulary of a language or speaker.

🌉Metaphor

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things implicitly.

🎭Mood

A grammatical category indicating the speaker's attitude.

🧱Morpheme

The smallest meaningful unit of language.

🧩Morphology

The study of the internal structure of words.

🌍Multilingualism

The ability to use more than two languages.

🏠Noun

A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

🔢Number

A grammatical category distinguishing singular from plural.