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Intelligibility may refer to: Look up intelligibility in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mutual intelligibility, in linguistics Intelligibility (communication)
Intelligibility
Closeness of linguistic varieties
Mutual intelligibility is sometimes used to distinguish languages from dialects, although sociolinguistic factors are often also used. Intelligibility between
Mutual_intelligibility
Speech comprehensibility measure
In speech communication, intelligibility is a measure of how comprehensible speech is in given conditions. Intelligibility is affected by the level (loud
Intelligibility (communication)
Intelligibility_(communication)
West Germanic language spoken in South Africa
Afrikaans, and different spellings. There is a large degree of mutual intelligibility between the two languages, especially in written form. The language's
Afrikaans
North Germanic language
different from Norwegian and Swedish and thus the degree of mutual intelligibility with either varies between regions and speakers. Until the 16th century
Danish_language
Concept in philosophy
forms of naturalism. The objects or concepts that have intelligibility may be called intelligible. Some possible examples are numbers and the logical law
Intelligible_form
West Slavic language
Republic. Czech is closely related to Slovak, to the point of high mutual intelligibility, as well as to Polish to a lesser degree. Czech is a fusional language
Czech_language
Measure of speech transmission quality
transmission channel affect speech intelligibility. The influence that a transmission channel has on speech intelligibility is dependent on: the speech level
Speech_transmission_index
Variant of a language
degree of mutual intelligibility with a speaker of the more closely related Neapolitan language, but far less mutual intelligibility with a person speaking
Dialect
Languages of the Nordic countries
Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are close enough to form a strong mutual intelligibility where cross-border communication in native languages is very common
North_Germanic_languages
Some 130 to 195 languages are spoken in the Philippines, depending on the method of classification. Almost all are Malayo-Polynesian languages native to
Languages_of_the_Philippines
continuum. For example, a language is often defined as a set of mutually intelligible varieties, but independent national standard languages may be considered
List of languages by number of native speakers
List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers
North Germanic language
Viking Age. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is dependent on the dialect and
Swedish_language
Family of dialects/variants of the Arabic language
(Maghreb) west of Egypt. The mutual intelligibility is high within each of those two groups, while the intelligibility between the two groups is asymmetric:
Varieties_of_Arabic
Use of speech recognition to verify pronunciation
aggregation) closely correlated with genuine listener intelligibility. Others have been able to assess intelligibility using Levenshtein or dynamic time warping distance
Pronunciation_assessment
Linguistic comparison
mutually intelligible to a considerable degree. The most obvious differences between Spanish and Portuguese are in pronunciation. Mutual intelligibility is
Comparison of Portuguese and Spanish
Comparison_of_Portuguese_and_Spanish
Dialects of the Japanese language
among young people, such as Okinawan Japanese. In terms of mutual intelligibility, a survey in 1967 found the four most unintelligible dialects (excluding
Japanese_dialects
degree of mutual intelligibility between the two languages, particularly in written form. Research suggests that mutual intelligibility between Dutch and
Comparison of Afrikaans and Dutch
Comparison_of_Afrikaans_and_Dutch
colloquial registers of Hindi and Urdu are almost completely mutually intelligible and are sometimes classified as one language, Hindustani. Rankings of
List of languages by total number of speakers
List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers
Turkic language
speakers the intelligibility is not as high as is estimated. In a 2017 study, Iranian Azerbaijanis scored in average 56% of receptive intelligibility in spoken
Azerbaijani_language
Country in Northern Europe
language, closely related to Latvian, although they are not mutually intelligible. It is written in an adapted version of the Roman script. Lithuanian
Lithuania
Indo-Aryan language
Dhakti [mki], and 78% with Meghwar and Bhat Marwari dialects. Mutual intelligibility of Pakistani Marwari [mve] with Indian Marwari [rwr] is decreasing
Marwari_language
Branch of Oto-Manguean languages
mutually unintelligible with one another. There are some radical jumps in intelligibility between geographically close communities, so the varieties do not form
Zapotec_languages
Revelation of intelligibility
relation to such activities. These constitute part of its "conditions of intelligibility." The implication is that we are always already "thrown" into these
World_disclosure
Subfamily of Indo-European languages
Languages as a Base for Modeling of Mutual Intelligibility. Golubović, J. (2016). "Mutual intelligibility in the Slavic language area". Dissertation in
Slavic_languages
Bantu language of Burundi and adjacent states
Bantu language and the national language of Burundi. It is mutually intelligible with Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda, and the two form parts
Kirundi
Sinitic language spoken in East Asia
Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, and elsewhere across the world. Mutual intelligibility between Hokkien dialects varies, but they are still held together by
Hokkien
Branch of the Min Chinese languages
limited mutual intelligibility with it, others almost none. Teochew, Longyan, and Zhenan are said to have general mutual intelligibility with Hokkien,
Southern_Min
Computer science metric for string similarity
another. It is related to mutual intelligibility: the higher the linguistic distance, the lower the mutual intelligibility, and the lower the linguistic
Levenshtein_distance
West Slavic language
Slovak is closely related to Czech, to the point of very high mutual intelligibility, as well as to Polish. Like other Slavic languages, Slovak is a fusional
Slovak_language
Japonic language
consonant inventories, although this is less common. In terms of mutual intelligibility, a survey in 1967 found that the four most unintelligible dialects
Japanese_language
Structured system of communication
Ethnologue establishes linguistic groups based on studies of mutual intelligibility, and therefore often includes more categories than more conservative
Language
American actor (born 1963)
release in 2000. Pitt was cast as an Irish Traveller boxer with a barely intelligible accent in Guy Ritchie's 2000 gangster film Snatch. Several reviewers
Brad_Pitt
Country in Southeast Europe
official usage. Montenegrin, Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian are mutually intelligible as standard varieties of the Serbo-Croatian language. Serbian is the
Montenegro
Semitic language spoken mostly in Malta
Maltese. This reported level of asymmetric intelligibility is considerably lower than the mutual intelligibility found between mainstream varieties of Arabic
Maltese_language
Indo-Aryan language
these aspects from Sanskrit; consequently, the two languages' mutual intelligibility effectively decreases as the level of formality increases. Urdu originated
Urdu
List of unidentified or formerly unidentified sounds
this article have been sped up by at least a factor of 16 to increase intelligibility by condensing them and raising the frequency from infrasound to a more
List_of_unexplained_sounds
Fictional island in Plato's works
Part of a series on Platonism Life Works Theory of forms Intelligible form Hyperuranion Theory of soul Nous Thumos Phren Epistemology Anamnesis Peritrope
Atlantis
Similarity of languages' vocabulary (lexicon)
dialects. The lexical similarity is only one indication of the mutual intelligibility of the two languages, since the latter also depends on the degree of
Lexical_similarity
Central Semitic language
said to them in Maltese. This asymmetric intelligibility is considerably lower than the mutual intelligibility found between Maghrebi Arabic dialects.
Arabic
Superlative concept in the philosophy of Plato
that embody the essential qualities of concepts, giving meaning and intelligibility to other objects, such as those in the physical world. The Good is
Form_of_the_Good
Comparison of Scandinavian languages
pronunciation and language-specific vocabulary, which may hinder mutual intelligibility to some extent in some dialects. All dialects of Danish, Norwegian
Comparison of Danish, Norwegian and Swedish
Comparison_of_Danish,_Norwegian_and_Swedish
Country in northern Europe
varieties of Swedish spoken in the two countries, although their mutual intelligibility is nearly universal. Finnish Romani is spoken by some 5,000–6,000 people;
Finland
assessments of mutual intelligibility of varieties of Chinese in the literature are impressionistic. Functional intelligibility testing is time-consuming
Varieties_of_Chinese
Dialect of Yue Chinese
Guangdong. Even though they are related, Taishanese has little mutual intelligibility with Cantonese. It is not a dialect of Cantonese. Taishanese is also
Taishanese
Semitic language
Northwest group of the Semitic language family, which includes the mutually intelligible Canaanite languages such as Hebrew, Edomite, Moabite, Ekronite, Sutean
Aramaic
Subfamily of the Japonic languages
dialects, which can have low mutual intelligibility, the Ryukyuan and mainland Japanese languages are not mutually intelligible. It is not known how many speakers
Ryukyuan_languages
Branch of the Chinese language family
from the standard language, with which they may not share much mutual intelligibility. The hundreds of modern local varieties of Chinese developed from regional
Mandarin_Chinese
Sino-Tibetan language
pointing out that linguists often ignore mutual intelligibility when varieties share intelligibility with a central variety (i.e. prestige variety, such
Chinese_language
Native American contact of the Pilgrims
among his deadly enemies the Tarratines, whose language was not even intelligible to him ... and be captured as one of a party of them in the way described
Squanto
German philosopher (1788–1860)
paraphrase of the highly important doctrine of Kant" concerning the intelligible character, if he had been honest enough to admit he was parroting Kant
Arthur_Schopenhauer
Romance language
and sometimes even syntactic features. While there is broad mutual intelligibility among the assorted lusophone population, variation may be observed
Portuguese_language
Mixtec language of Oaxaca, Mexico
Bartholomew found six dialects (with > ≈80% internal intelligibility) which had about 70% mutual intelligibility with each other: San Esteban Atatláhuca [mib]
Atatláhuca–San_Miguel_Mixtec
Kayan language spoken on Borneo
(Western Kenyah) is a Kayan language of Borneo. Umaʼ Lung is marginally intelligible with the other varieties. Umaʼ Lasan (Sarawak, Malaysia) at Ethnologue
Umaʼ_Lasan_language
Landmass comprising North and South America
differently from the mother country, but are usually still mutually intelligible. Some have combined, however, which has even resulted in completely new
Americas
Language spoken on Sulawesi, Indonesia
is an Austronesian language of West Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is nearly intelligible with other Pitu Ulunna Salu languages, but Ulumanda’ is distinguished
Ulumandaʼ_language
Annual international song competition
shared cultural links and a high degree of similarity and mutual intelligibility between languages, and are therefore more likely to appreciate and
Eurovision_Song_Contest
Science and engineering of achieving a good sound within a building
Boston. Architectural acoustics can be about achieving good speech intelligibility in a theatre, restaurant or railway station, enhancing the quality
Architectural_acoustics
Spoken alphabet for radio communication
showed that many of the words in the military lists had a low level of intelligibility, but that most of the deficiencies could be remedied by the judicious
NATO_phonetic_alphabet
Combining input sources to output channels
crew's familiarity with the dialogue can lead them to overestimate its intelligibility Theaters play films at a lower than recommended volume to avoid excessive
Audio_mixing
Ethnic group in Japan and Russia
especially those from different extremities of Hokkaido, are not mutually intelligible. However, all Ainu speakers understand the classic Ainu language of the
Ainu_people
Niger-Congo language of Ghana
Kwa language of the Akan branch, and shares 60% intelligibility with Nzema and partial intelligibility with Ahanta and Anyin. Jwira is spoken in 18 villages
Jwira–Pepesa_language
Language cluster of Mexico
intelligible, at 60–70% intelligibility (depending on direction). Tlachichilco has much lower intelligibility with the others, at 40% intelligibility
Tepehua_languages
Country in Central Africa
mutually intelligible. Dialects of Fang are also spoken in parts of neighbouring Cameroon (Bulu) and Gabon. These dialects, while still intelligible, are
Equatorial_Guinea
Indo-Aryan language
the script and formal vocabulary, Modern Standard Hindi is mutually intelligible with standard Urdu. The common base of the two languages is sometimes
Hindi
Poor speech due to neurological injury
prosody, and articulation) can be affected, leading to impairments in intelligibility, audibility, naturalness, and efficiency of vocal communication. Dysarthria
Dysarthria
Subset of artificial intelligence
Alexander; Oswald, Marion; Rinik, Christine (2018). Transparency and Intelligibility (Report). Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). pp. 17–22. Archived
Machine_learning
East Baltic language
related to neighbouring Latvian, though the two languages are not mutually intelligible. It is written in a Latin script. Some linguists, in some aspects, consider
Lithuanian_language
Branch of Chinese language family
Chinese at Ethnologue (28th ed., 2025) Victor H. Mair (2009): Mutual Intelligibility of Sinitic Languages Killingley (1993), p. 2. "Cantonese". Oxford English
Yue_Chinese
Austronesian language spoken in Flores, Indonesia
considered a dialect of Manggarai to the west, but is only marginally intelligible with it. Riung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Riung_language
Oto-Manguean language of Oaxaca, Mexico
Oaxaca, Mexico. It is reported to have 80% intelligibility with Lapaguía Zapotec, but with only 45% intelligibility in the other direction. The variety of
Mixtepec_Zapotec
East Baltic language
disagreement whether Standard Latgalian and Kursenieki, which are mutually intelligible with Latvian, should be considered varieties or separate languages. Latvian
Latvian_language
Austronesian language spoken in Sabah, Malaysia
language of Sabah, Malaysia. The three varieties share moderate mutual intelligibility. Children are not learning it well in some areas. /ɭ̆/ may also be
Momogun_language
Foundational principle in quantum physics
measurements. It is vital to illustrate how the principle applies to relatively intelligible physical situations since it is indiscernible on the macroscopic scales
Uncertainty_principle
Oto-Pamean language family of south-central Mexico
be considered separate languages in regards to mutual intelligibility, with 80% intelligibility being needed for varieties to be considered part of the
Otomi_language
Absence of belief in the existence of deities; the opposite of theism
distributed in exact proportion to morality. This, however, is possible in an intelligible world only under a wise author and ruler. Reason compels us to admit
Atheism
Geolinguistic boundary between mutually intelligible speech communities
imply a lack of mutual intelligibility between the two languages. If two adjacent languages or dialects are mutually intelligible, no firm border will develop
Language_border
Indigenous language of North America
intelligible to a high extent, although Western Dakota appears lexically closer to the Lakota language with which it has high mutual intelligibility.
Dakota_language
Greek philosopher
Part of a series on Platonism Life Works Theory of forms Intelligible form Hyperuranion Theory of soul Nous Thumos Phren Epistemology Anamnesis Peritrope
Plato
Dialect of the Tumbuka language
mainly in Chitipa, Rumphi and Karonga districts. Fililwa is mutually intelligible with standard Tumbuka but features localized pronunciation, conserved
Fililwa_dialect
Group of languages of the Netherlands
Frisian languages are a group of closely related, though not mutually intelligible, Frisian languages of the Netherlands. Due to the marginalization of
West_Frisian_languages
Higher-order logic (HOL) automated theorem prover
scope so that they do not have to be repeated for every lemma. Isar ("intelligible semi-automated reasoning") is Isabelle's formal proof language. It is
Isabelle_(proof_assistant)
Dravidian language spoken in India
a Dravidian language spoken in India. Three varieties have mutual intelligibility.[citation needed] It is sometimes confused with the Madiya language
Muria_language
Group of languages related through a common ancestor
the extremes of the continuum are so great that there is no mutual intelligibility between them, as occurs in Arabic, the continuum cannot meaningfully
Language_family
Country in Central Europe
Slavic language in terms of dialects, with different degrees of mutual intelligibility. Accounts of the number of dialects range from as few as seven dialects
Slovenia
American businessman and politician (1888–1969)
diminished to that of a two-year-old child; she could not walk or speak intelligibly and was incontinent. Following the lobotomy, Rosemary was immediately
Joseph_P._Kennedy_Sr.
Language spoken in Korea
Koreanic language family. Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible. The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary
Korean_language
Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines
Islands just north of Palawan Island, Philippines. It is not mutually intelligible with the other languages of the Tagbanwa people. Ethnologue reports that
Calamian_Tagbanwa_language
West Germanic language
in vocabulary, syntax, and phonology as a result. It is not mutually intelligible with any continental Germanic language – though some, such as Dutch and
English_language
Platonic philosophical analogy
represent the visible while the higher two are said to represent the intelligible. These affections are described in succession as corresponding to increasing
Analogy_of_the_divided_line
Kipchak Turkic language
of mutual intelligibility with the closely related Karakalpak language while its Western dialects maintain limited mutual intelligibility with the Altai
Kazakh_language
Visayan language
The Karay-a language (Kinaray-a, Binisayâ nga Kinaray-a or Hinaraya; English: Harayan) is an Austronesian regional language in the Philippines spoken by
Karay-a_language
Subdivision of the Romance languages
/s/) rather than /t͡ʃ/ as in Italian and Romanian. Based on mutual intelligibility, Dalby counts thirteen languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Asturleonese
Western_Romance_languages
Country in Southern Africa
non-distinction between language and dialect, based on the criterion of mutual intelligibility. On this basis, the number of Zambian languages would probably be only
Zambia
German philosopher (1889–1976)
possible." According to Heidegger, "Discourse is the articulation of intelligibility." In its most basic form, this referential whole manifests itself in
Martin_Heidegger
Japonic language
the Miyako Islands of Japan. It is closely related to Miyakoan, but intelligibility is low. Currently, it is only spoken natively by elderly people. Tarama
Tarama_language
Standard variety of Serbo-Croatian
supradialect and are fully mutually intelligible - speakers can understand each other without difficulty, with intelligibility often exceeding that of variants
Serbian_language
Language family of Eurasia
universal within the Turkic family. There is a high degree of mutual intelligibility, upon moderate exposure, among the various Oghuz languages, which include
Turkic_languages
Austronesian language
is an Austronesian language of Mindanao in the Philippines. It may be intelligible with Mandaya. Mansaka is spoken in western Baganga, and into central-west
Mansaka_language
Language in South Papua, Indonesia
Kaway Village, alongside Tsaukambo, with which it shares some mutual intelligibility. Komyandaret at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Komyandaret_language
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Girl/Female
Tamil
Anumita | அநà¯à®®à®¿à®¤à®¾
Love and kindness
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Tamil
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Prosperity with greenery, A area with full of greenery
Girl/Female
Arabic, Assamese, French, Indian, Kannada, Muslim
Beauty
Male
Irish
Irish form of Roman Latin Magnus, MANUS means "great."
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Starry Night
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English
From the Ford Near the Weir
Boy/Male
Australian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Irish, Latin, Swedish
Follower of Dionysius; Greek God of Wine; Devoted to Bacchus; God of Wine
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Large Fields or Granta's Fields
Boy/Male
Indian
A Respect Person
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n.
The quality or state of being intelligible; intelligibility.