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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| second language | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| descendant | x/x | Noun |
| ancestor | /xx | Noun |
| nativism | /xxx | Noun |
| informant | x/x | Noun |
| reflex | /x | Noun |
| natural language | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| langue | / | Noun |
| lingo | /x | Noun |
| tongue | / | Noun |
| language | /x | Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| cognate | /x | Noun |
| baby talk | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| competence | /xx | Noun |
| international auxiliary language | xx/xxx/xx/x | Name, Name |
| hybrid | /x | Noun |
| substrate | /x | Noun |
| lect | / | Noun |
| root | / | Noun |
| borrowing | /xx | Noun |
| speaker | /x | Noun |
| speech | / | Noun |
| substitution | xx/x | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun |
| interlanguage | /x/x | Noun |
| sociolinguistics | xx/x/x | Noun |
| linguistics | x/x | Noun |
| polyglot | xxx | Noun |
| etymology | xx/xx | Noun |
| parole | x/ | Noun |
| lingual | /x | Noun |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| homologue | x/x | Noun |
| primitive | /xx | Adjective |
| tandem | /x | Noun |
| pragmatics | x/x | Noun |
| lexicon | /xx | Noun |
| patient | /x | Noun |
| substratum | //x | Noun |
| person | /x | Noun |
| lish | / | Noun |
| speaking | /x | Verb |
| register | /xx | Noun |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective |
| code | / | Noun |
| third person | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| typology | x/xx | Noun |
| derivative | x/xx | Noun |
| long | / | Adjective |
| expressive | x/x | Adjective |
| performance | x/x | Noun |
| usage | /x | Noun |
| jargon | /x | Noun |
| aboriginal | xx/xx | Adjective, Name |
| actor | /x | Noun |
| adopted | x/x | Noun |
| adoptive | x/x | Adjective |
| africa | /xx | Name |
| african | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| albanian | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| american | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| amerindian | xx/xx | Adjective, Name |
| anglo | /x | Name |
| announcer | x/x | Noun |
| arab | /x | Adjective, Name |
| ars | / | Noun |
| audience | /xx | Noun |
| australian | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| autochthonous | /x/x | Adjective |
| bantu | /x | Name |
| berber | /x | Name, Adjective |
| birth | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| birthplace | /x | Noun |
| born | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| broadcaster | /xx | Noun |
| burman | /x | Name, Adjective |
| caller | /x | Noun |
| canadian | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| carib | /x | Name |
| chair | / | Noun, Verb |
| chairman | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chairperson | /xx | Noun |
| chairwoman | /xx | Noun |
| chief | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| christmas | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| citizen | /xx | Noun |
| colleague | /x | Noun, Verb |
| commentator | /xxx | Noun |
| comments | /x | Noun |
| conferences | /xxx | Noun |
| contributor | x/xx | Noun |
| conversationalist | xx/xxx | Noun |
| cook | / | Noun, Verb |
| cossack | /x | Name |
| country | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| delegate | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| delegation | xx/x | Noun |
| dentist | /x | Noun |
| doctor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| domestic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| draftsman | /x | Noun |
| drainage | /x | Noun |
| dravidian | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| endemic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| enquirer | x/x | Noun |
| eskimo | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| ethnic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| evangelist | x/xx | Noun |
| exotic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| fijian | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| filipino | xx/x | Name, Adjective |
| floor | / | Noun, Verb |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| front | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| genuine | /xx | Adjective |
| guest | / | Noun, Verb |
| hausa | /x | Name |
| head | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| homegrown | // | Adjective |
| homeland | /x | Noun |
| house | / | Noun, Verb |
| inborn | /x | Adjective |
| inbred | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| indian | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| indigenous | x/xx | Adjective |
| inhabitant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| inherent | x/x | Adjective |
| innate | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| inquirer | x/x | Noun |
| instructor | x/x | Noun |
| interlocutor | xx/xx | Noun |
| intervener | xx/x | Noun |
| intervening | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| intervenor | xx/x | Noun |
| inuit | /x | Name, Adjective |
| involved | x/ | Adjective |
| island | /x | Noun, Verb |
| islander | /xx | Name |
| italians | x/x | Name |
| keynote | /x | Noun, Verb |
| kindergarten | /xxx | Noun |
| lady | /x | Noun, Verb |
| leader | /x | Noun |
| lecturer | /xx | Noun |
| levantine | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| listen | /x | Verb, Noun |
| lithuanian | xx/xx | Adjective, Name |
| local | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| loud | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| loudspeaker | /xx | Noun |
| malagasy | xx/x | Adjective, Name |
| malay | /x | Name, Adjective |
| maternal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| mauritian | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| melanesian | xx/x | Name, Adjective |
| member | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mexican | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| microphone | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| midwife | /x | Noun, Verb |
| minister | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| moderator | /xxx | Noun |
| moslem | /x | Name, Adjective |
| mother | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mouthpiece | /x | Noun |
| muscat | /x | Name |
| music | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| narrator | /xx | Noun |
| natal | /x | Name, Adjective |
| nation | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| national | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| natively | /xx | Adverb |
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| nepali | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| nonnative | //x | Adjective, Noun |
| north | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| nursery | /xx | Noun |
| observer | x/x | Noun |
| occasions | x/x | Noun |
| orator | /xx | Noun |
| organist | /xx | Noun |
| origin | /xx | Noun |
| original | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| originating | x/xxx | Verb |
| own | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| panelist | /xx | Noun |
| parliament | /xx | Noun |
| participant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| participating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| peoples | /x | Noun |
| performer | x/x | Noun |
| pertaining | x/x | Noun |
| phone | / | Noun, Verb |
| player | /x | Noun |
| potter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| practitioner | x/xx | Noun |
| preacher | /x | Noun |
| predecessor | /xxx | Noun |
| preschool | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| presentation | xx/x | Noun |
| presenter | /xx | Noun |
| presidency | /xxx | Noun |
| president | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| presiding | x/x | Adjective |
| professor | x/x | Noun |
| proprietary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| provider | x/x | Noun |
| public speaker | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| pure | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| questioner | /xx | Noun |
| radio | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| rapporteur | x/x | Noun |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
