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Archaeology
Study of cities, artifacts, and customs of the ancient world
Emigrate
To leave one country or region and settle in another
Idiom
A phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood in the ordinary sentence
Linguist
A person who studies the history and structure of a language
Linguistics
Having to do with language or the study of language
Morphology
The study of word forms and how they're affected by their origins
Nonverbal
Communication that does not use words
Phonetics
The branch of linguistics dealing with pronunciation
Semantics
The branch of linguistics dealing with meaning
Syntax
The branch of linguistics dealing with word order
Tongues
The language of people or nationalities
Unique
The only one of its kind