LANGUAGES
(See also Alphabet; Pure Language; Tongues, Speaking in; Translating [Bible]; Translation; individual languages by name)
(Note centered headings below: List by Name; Quotations)
Adam: ka 49-50; ad 737, 1028; g71 2/22 8; qm 125, 133; ns 13, 71; w58 429; w56 301; qm55 125, 133
Africa: g75 5/22 17-19; g64 5/22 29
angels: w73 524; ad 1639; g71 2/22 8; w69 683; w65 708
babies:
development of language: g85 1/8 6; fl 115-116
girls learn language first: g79 1/22 30
Bible translations: g80 5/8 29; w74 361; w74 394; w72 388; g72 12/8 29; w70 619; sv 7; w69 247, 687, 751; fm 227; g69 5/8 28; w68 205; g68 5/8 31; g67 10/8 3; g66 7/8 24; w65 697-702; g64 2/8 9; g62 1/22 30; g62 11/22 8; w61 42, 67, 532, 690; ns 12; g61 7/8 30; w59 587, 644; g59 7/8 29; g57 4/22 5; bn 17; lg 52; w46 323; w43 201; g39 8/9 11; g38 2/9 30
brain: ce 174-175; g75 8/22 30
Canaan: ad 288-289; w69 735
child’s ability to learn: fl 115; g74 10/22 30
chimpanzees: ce 174; w80 1/15 23; w77 627
complexity of ancient: ce 175; g82 11/22 21-23; w73 526; ev 114; w64 589; g63 4/22 11; w50 423; ew 38
confusion: g84 8/8 22-23; g82 11/22 23; dt 23-25; w78 7/15 32; g77 8/22 19; w75 666; w74 41-42; w73 525; w72 428; ad 1028-1029; g71 2/22 8-9; w69 685-686; qm 129; w64 314, 345; w63 693, 718, 748; bf 30; g63 4/22 11; w61 25-26; ns 70-71; pa 46-47; w56 201, 302-303; qm55 129; w54 678; w53 229; nh 111; rm 88-89; g48 8/22 17-18; g44 7/5 16-17; tf 163-164
during Peleg’s day (Ge 10:25): w77 215
consumer contracts in clear: g77 10/22 29
deaf: yb65 186-187; g60 8/22 14; g56 4/8 21-22
discussion: g82 11/22 21-23; g77 2/22 16-19; g77 8/22 16-19; w73 524-530; g73 8/22 21-23; g72 12/22 12-14; ad 1027-1030; g71 2/22 7-10; g32 11/23 99-108
Doublespeak Award to nuclear power industry: g80 2/22 30
Ethiopia: ad 535
families of: w73 525-526; g72 12/22 12-14; g71 2/22 9-10; w67 346
Ghana: g59 9/22 21-23
grammar: g77 2/22 18; g76 9/22 23; g71 2/22 9; qm 117-124; g62 7/8 24; qm55 117-124
Guatemala: w74 394
Gypsies: g55 10/8 12
idioms and figurative expressions: g78 6/22 13-15; g77 8/22 19; g73 8/22 21-23; g62 8/8 13-15; w58 493-495; g54 8/22 9-12
India: g79 6/8 24; g59 1/22 17
Jesus Christ: ad 104-105; g68 3/22 27-28
Jonah’s language in Nineveh: ad 955
learning new ones: g79 7/8 16-19; g78 6/8 25-26; g76 9/22 23; g74 8/22 6-7; g72 7/22 13-14; g69 12/8 25; w68 511, 722; w64 676; g62 7/8 21-25; w59 208; w53 230; g53 12/8 16; w52 45; w48 138
classes: g48 8/22 18-19; g32 11/23 101-108
experiences while learning: yb81 202-203; w80 6/15 26; yb80 70-71, 123-124; w79 2/15 15; yb79 55-56; g79 7/8 16-18; g74 8/8 12
missionaries: g79 7/8 17
names of languages: g32 11/23 101-108
new system of things: go 5-6, 9; w74 42-44; w73 530; ka 49-50; g71 2/22 10
number:
in Africa: g78 6/8 31
in use around the world: g83 7/22 29; w75 464; w73 524; g71 2/22 8; w64 311; g64 9/8 16; g63 4/22 11; g62 1/22 30; pa 47; g58 10/22 23; w56 201, 303; w53 229; w50 307; g48 8/22 16; w47 131; g33 1/18 255; g32 11/23 99
in which Kingdom is proclaimed: w83 1/1 12; w79 3/1 17; w79 11/1 24; w69 599; yb66 40; w65 330; g65 3/8 9; w64 286, 620; yb64 39; w62 239-240; w61 595, 663
speaking popular ones: g82 3/8 3; g75 11/8 29; w73 530; g69 10/22 4; g65 3/8 30; g64 9/8 16; g63 6/8 29; g58 10/22 23; g48 8/22 20
origin: g82 11/22 21-23; g77 2/22 18-19; w75 464; ad 1028-1029; g71 2/22 7-9; w66 172; w64 589
overcoming barriers: km 3/84 8; g78 6/8 25-26; km 1/74 3-4; w56 205, 303; w53 229-231; w50 307; g48 8/22 20; w43 162; g32 11/23 108
use of tape recorders: g77 3/22 9-11
Papua New Guinea: yb78 70-71; g66 11/22 24-26; g65 11/22 30
Philippines: g62 3/8 24; g53 6/8 21-23
primitive peoples’: w75 464
profanities and obscenities: w82 9/1 27
pronunciation: g62 7/8 25
“pure language” (Zep 3:9): w81 8/15 27-28; w81 12/15 30; w80 1/15 17-18; w79 1/15 5; w74 42-44; w73 527-530; w72 248-249; w69 46; w61 624-625; w60 761; w56 303; w53 230-231, 501; w51 339; w50 307-309, 350-351; g48 8/22 20; wl 198-199; w40 198-200
Semitic: ns 65, 71; g32 11/23 105
Slavic: g32 11/23 104-105
speaking in unknown: g78 3/8 28
speech a gift from God: g82 11/22 21-23; ad 1028; w60 329; w56 301; g53 6/22 18; w49 342
students’ ability to use: g75 12/22 30
teaching children another language: g84 6/22 18-21
theory of evolution: ce 175; ad 1028
translation: g81 9/8 25-27; ad 838-839; g57 5/22 24
unique to humans: ce 174-175; w80 1/15 23
United States: g43 9/29 9-10
useful languages for scientists: g75 8/8 30-31; g73 4/22 31
Watch Tower publications: yb83 258; g81 3/8 18-19; w77 753-754; w70 687
word exchange: g73 8/22 21-23
words that end in -tion: g84 6/22 21
List by Name
Akkadian: w48 198
Arabic: g74 12/8 30
Aramaic: ad 103-105, 737-739; bi8-63 5; g61 4/22 9; bi4 5; bi7-50 17; ep 27-31
where still spoken: g79 1/22 28
Black English: g79 11/22 30
Burmese: yb79 56
Chinese: g78 3/8 12; g75 5/22 9-13; g69 1/22 26; g64 9/8 16; g63 6/8 29; g63 7/22 25; g56 12/8 13-16; g32 11/23 106
discussion of Chinese characters: g84 8/8 20-23
Mandarin: g76 7/8 15-16
Creole: g60 7/22 24; g58 7/8 21-23
Dutch: g32 11/23 104
Egyptian: ad 491
Elamite: ad 501
English: g75 1/8 29; g73 2/8 30; g73 4/22 31; g73 8/22 21-22; g72 12/22 12-14; g71 7/22 10; g71 12/22 20-23; g69 1/22 26; w68 717; g65 1/22 24-26; g64 5/22 20-23; g64 9/8 16; g62 7/8 22; g58 10/22 23-24; w56 303; g54 8/22 9-12; g48 8/22 19-20; w47 131; g42 3/18 29; g33 2/1 282; g32 11/23 107-108
British and American compared by computer: g81 3/8 30
Churchill’s comment on his mastering: g79 2/22 20
four-year-old Japanese boy with extraordinary language ability: g80 1/8 29
number of people speaking: w77 291
word origins: g77 8/22 16-18
Eskimo: g76 12/8 31
Esperanto: g48 8/22 20; g40 2/7 27; g32 11/23 108
Fanagalo: g54 12/8 21-23
Fijian: w51 344; g48 8/22 19
French: g62 7/8 22; g32 11/23 103-104
language classes for special pioneers in Quebec: yb79 163
patois: g72 9/8 21
Gaelic: g84 2/22 30
German: g72 12/22 13-14; w65 697-698; g62 7/8 22; g32 11/23 104
Greek: g82 11/22 21-22; g72 5/22 27-28; ad 693-696; int69 1-2, 5-6, 1186-1187; w67 346-349; qm 137-140; g65 9/22 28; g64 2/8 9-11; g64 5/8 27-28; w62 88-90; g61 4/22 9; w59 284, 538; yw 121, 194; w57 135; qm55 137-140; w53 229; lg 51; w50 389-392; ep 31-36; g45 3/14 18-22; g45 3/28 11-15; g45 4/11 18-22; g32 11/23 102
demotic or today’s common: g76 11/22 29
Gujarati: g80 7/22 3
Hebrew: g83 11/22 30; w73 525-526; ad 737-745; g71 9/8 20; qm 133-136; g65 11/22 16-18; w64 422; bi8-63 8-15; bf 460; qm55 133-136; w53 229; bi4 10-18; w48 199; ep 23-27; ta 255; tf 205-206; g43 12/8 29-31; g42 6/24 27
Hindi: g65 3/8 30
Indo-European: g72 12/22 13; g71 2/22 10; g55 10/8 12; g32 11/23 101-102
Indonesian: g61 2/8 30
Inukutut: g76 12/8 31
Italian: g62 7/8 22; g32 11/23 103
Japanese: g78 3/8 12-15; g76 7/8 16; yb73 209-210
Lao: g72 12/22 13-14
Latin: g77 8/22 30; ad 1032; g68 4/22 12; w67 510; g64 2/8 9-11; g63 2/8 14; g63 11/22 29; g62 2/22 29-30; g32 11/23 102-103
Lingala: g73 1/22 25-26
Malagasy: g60 4/8 22-23
Melanesian-Pidgin: g70 2/8 19-20
Miskito: g66 8/8 11
Papiamento: g65 2/8 20; g57 12/22 26; g54 10/8 28
Persian: ad 1293
Portuguese: g62 7/8 22; g32 11/23 103
Quechua: g75 9/22 31
Romany: g55 10/8 12
Samoan: w79 2/15 15
Sanskrit: g82 11/22 22
Somali: g70 6/8 30
Spanish: g74 8/8 12; g72 7/22 13-14; g67 12/22 17-19; g64 5/22 20-23; g64 9/8 13-16; g62 7/8 22; g32 11/23 103
Swahili: g75 2/22 26
Tagalog: g77 6/22 21-23
Tamil: g65 3/8 30
Thai (Siamese): g72 12/22 14
Twi: g59 9/22 21-23
Yoruba: g79 8/22 26; g59 7/8 13-15
Zulu: g82 11/22 22
Quotations
human speech is a divine gift, a miracle: g82 11/22 21
language stands as an important definition of the human species: w80 1/15 23
origin of syntactic speech remains a mystery: ce 175
primitive languages great deal more complex and more efficient: ce 175
there are no primitive languages: ce 175
uniquely sets humans apart from animals: ce 175