Sentence examples for spoken from high-quality English sources.

• The Berber languages are spoken in North Africa.

• This arrangement provides an account of synonymy and equivocation in spoken and written language.

• Zulu is spoken by a small but significant minority.

• South Cushitic languages are spoken mainly in central Tanzania.

• Of these, only two languages, Hupa and Tolowa, are still spoken.

• So does Malagasy, a language spoken on the island of Madagascar.

• Today Salishan languages are spoken almost exclusively by older adults.

• Dravidian languages are spoken by the Brahuis, residing in the extreme south.

Use spoken in a sentence.

• Spoken languages are what they are by virtue of their verbal, not their written, manifestations.

• There are two principal dialects: Geg, spoken north of the Shkumbin River, and Tosk, spoken in the south.

• Bhojpuri, an Indo-Aryan language, is spoken by one-tenth of the population, and French is spoken by a small percentage.

• The Slavic languages include Russian, spoken in Russia; Ukrainian, spoken in Ukraine; and Belarusian (or White Russian), spoken in Belarus.

• Gulf Zoquean languages include Soteapan Zoque (also called Sierra Popoluca) and Texistepec Zoque, both of which are spoken in Veracruz, as well as Ayapa, spoken in Tabasco.

• Some of the most widely used languages in Asia include Arabic, which is spoken in parts of Southwest Asia; Hindi, spoken in India; and Chinese (Mandarin), spoken in China.

• Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca, all originally spoken in New York, along with Tuscarora (originally spoken in North Carolina) and Cherokee (originally spoken in the southern Appalachians), are still spoken.

• Bhojpuri is spoken in the western districts of Bhojpur, Rohtas (also called Sasaram, after its administrative centre), Saran, and East and West Champaran; Maithili is spoken in Darbhanga and Saharsa; and Magahi is spoken in Patna, Gaya, and Munger.

spoken sentence examples

• Other languages spoken in Syria include Kurdish, spoken in the extreme northeast and northwest; Armenian, spoken in Aleppo and other major cities; and Turkish, spoken in villages east of the Euphrates and along the border with Turkey.

• Other Turkic languages include Azerbaijanian, spoken in Azerbaijan; Uzbek, spoken in Uzbekistan; Kazakh, spoken in Kazakhstan; Tatar, spoken in Russia; Kyrgyz, spoken in Kyrgyzstan; and Turkmen, spoken in Turkmenistan.

• In addition, three Portuguese-based creoles are spoken: Sãotomense, spoken by the Forros and having by far the largest number of speakers; Angolar, the language of the Angolares, spoken on the southern tip of São Tomé; and Principense, spoken by only a few hundred individuals on Príncipe.

• The most important of the Otomanguean languages are Otomí, of the Oto-Pamean family, spoken in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, México, Veracruz, Querétaro, and adjacent states; Mixtec dialects, of the Mixtecan family, spoken in the states of Guerrero, Puebla, and Oaxaca; Zapotec dialects (or languages), of the Zapotecan family, spoken in Oaxaca; and Mazahua, of the Oto-Pamean family, spoken in the states of Michoacán and México.