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Salvationist
a member of the Salvation Army religion
Santeria
a Latin-African religion, also practiced in USA
Sardinian
language of Sardinia
Scandinavian
a person or language of a Scandinavian country
Scottish Gaelic
a dialect of Scotland
Seminole
language/tribe of Native American group
Serbo-Croatian
language of Yugoslavia
Shaktism
a Hindu sect; worshiping Shakti, aka Kali, Durga
shaminism
a religious persuasian, chiefly in Ural-Asia
Shina, Khowar, Kafiri
dialects of the upper Indus valley
Shoshone
a Native-American tribe/language
Siamese
referring to Thai, Thailand
sign language
hand signals for the hearing/language impaired
Sikhism, Sikh
A radically monotheistic religion founded in Punjab (India) in the 16th Century. A disciple of Sikhism is a Sikh.
Sindhi
the Sind language
sing-song
speaking with a Chinese-type accent
Sinhalese
language/native of Ceylon
Sioux
an American Indian tribe
Sioux
an Native American tribe/language
slang
bastardization of a language
Slovene
a language of Yugoslavia
small talk
casual meaningless conversation; Syn: chit-chat
soft-spoken
a compound adjective when followed by a noun
southern drawl/accent
accent of Southeastern United States
Spanish
Spain, South and Central America
stammer, stammerer
see stutter
street language
foul language, vulgar talk
stutter, stutterer
tripping over words, especially B's and S's
Swahili
language of Swahili tribe of Africa, AKA Bantu
Swedish
language/people of Sweden
Szechuan
a Chinese dialect (great food too)
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