Need a Word

[G.Kumaraguru]

We call a person using a cycle a cyclist...
motor ..Motorist and so on..

What is the Generic name for people using a language ?

Is it something like Languageist .???

So that i can use a sentence like..
Mr.Roduga is an african xxxxx

where xxxxx is supposed to be the word

Is there such a word in english ??


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Similarly I Need a Techno-Term

This is for a website which is programmed to maintain
itself and free the webmaster from maintenance tasks..
Its like a site that is put together once for all and
without anyone's interaction & the site updates it's
contents all by itself all the while generating revenue
through automated services??

The closest thing to what you want is a "linguist". In
reality, a linguist is one who studies languages. The term
linguistics comes from it....I think.

[G.Kumaraguru]

I did know the word linguist, But it definitely has a different meaning..

any other word ??

[PJB]

Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It endeavours to answer the question--what is language and how is represented in the mind? Linguists focus on describing and explaining language and are not concerned with the prescriptive rules of the language (ie., do not split infinitives). Linguists are not required to know many languages and linguists are not interpreters.

The underlying goal of the linguist is to try to discover the universals concerning language. That is, what are the common elements of all languages. The linguist then tries to place these elements in a theoretical framework that will describe all languages and also predict what can not occur in a language.

Linguistics is a social science that shares common ground with other social sciences such as psychology, anthropology, sociology and archaeology. It also may influence other disciplines such as english, communication studies and computer science. Linguistics for the most part though can be considered a cognitive science. Along with psychology, philosophy and computer science (AI), linguistics is ultimately concerned with how the human brain functions


I don't think there is a word for the "xxxxx"
and i'm pretty sure there is more than one language in Africa,or at least multiple dialects, so the whole thing starts to fall apart

PS:the above linguistic explanation is a quote from a web-site so don't think i'm smart or something

[crptcblade]

I'd call them Langwagiators

[Juan Carlos Rey]

The closest word I can think of is "Africaan speaking person" or the like...

[G.Kumaraguru]

Actually, The sentence itself can be easily rephrased to
so that there is no need for a Generic name as such.

But I am just wondering If there is such a Word in English.

As we know the English Language has the Largest Collection of Words with even multiple words to describe a mundane object. So My expectation is not so weird at all.

[G.Kumaraguru]

Thanks.

(By the Way HB, Is there anything special about

Putting.... "Well.." as the title in all your postings ?? )

[Ianpbaker]

If you are skifully deceptive and good at languages, you could be called a cunning linguist

Ian

[Benjamin]

LOL....

I can't stop laughing. hehehe...

[G.Kumaraguru]

HB...

The Photgraph on the Left might make you think
I am just a Kid...

Hah haa... Im the master of deception...

Guess how old I am now...If this photo was taken
4 years before....

...No kidding, I am an Aeronautics Student...
and I am also a Freelance Web Developer.

I recently designed www.traintickets-India.com for
one of my client in chennai. It's an ASP/SQL server7
Site.. Go have a look...
By the Way HB How older are you ?? and why the heck
do you use a pink lipstick ???