The sound of "hushing" in Estonian!
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Hello from France! #HelloWorld #France #language #linguistics
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Bonobos' calls may be the closest thing to animal language we've seen
Ars Technica · Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen
The sound of "stuttering" in Slovak!
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Hello from Vanuatu! #HelloWorld #Vanuatu #language #linguistics
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The sound of "kiss" in Thai!
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Hello from Canada! #HelloWorld #Canada #language #linguistics
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The sound of "swallowing" in Japanese!
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![Map of Japan overlaid with "ごくっ (goku)[jpn 4]".](https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/273/949/864/444/507/original/86741c3a7f0c38a3.png "Map of Japan overlaid with \"ごくっ (goku)[jpn 4]\".")
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The sound of "eating food" in Latvian!
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Hello from Slovenia! #HelloWorld #Slovenia #language #linguistics
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Has anybody used #Glottolog data?
It is a database of languoids, that is, it contains information on dialects, languages and language families globally, their geographical "ranges", and inter-language relations, and has potential for some pretty cool analyses. Awesome #OpenData for sure. However, I am unsure how it compares to #WALS or #Ethnologue data.
The sound of "sharp strike" in Catalan!
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Hello from United Arab Emirates! #HelloWorld #UnitedArabEmirates #language #linguistics
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The sound of "laughter" in Persian!
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#Linguistics bsky, does anyone know what this other pronunciation of "pony" is? I am burning with curiosity
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qvhevmxqofcydffyajz2ghea/post/3llugpvzewk2t
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The sound of "heart beating" in Chinese!
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![Map of China overlaid with "怦怦 (pēng pēng)[zho 1]".](https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/270/211/215/109/929/original/2f9a34c31373f0d4.png "Map of China overlaid with \"怦怦 (pēng pēng)[zho 1]\".")
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Hangul "is not the only [writing system that we know and can trace who exactly created it]. We know exactly who created the Cherokee and the Cree-Inuk syllabaries. There are also several new scripts in parts of Africa and elsewhere who’s creators are still alive among us, e.g., Herman ‘Mogri’ Mongrain Lookout for the Osage alphabet."
#TIL #alphabets #linguistics
https://xcancel.com/avzaagzonunaada/status/1907497588074672518
https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/news-events/news/osage-nation-master-language-teacher-herman-mongrain-lookout-receives-k-state
Why we swear like a trooper, trucker, sailor, fishwife.
Updated my @stronglang post with notes from Ashley Montagu's 1967 book The Anatomy of Swearing:
https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2022/12/11/trooper-trucker-sailor-fishwife-what-we-swear-like-when-we-swear-like-a-something/
Strong Language · Trooper, trucker, sailor, fishwife: What we swear likeThe expressions swear like a trooper and swear like a sailor are so common as to be cliché. But why do we swear ‘like a trooper’ or ‘like a sailor’? And what else do we swear like, idiomatically, i…
Hello everyone! This is my fifth short post about East Slavic Cyrillic: https://mariikas.palkas.ru/5
Feel free to ask questions if something needs more explanation!
Link to the previous post: https://mastodon.social/@ngmariika/113708269215249691
Link to all posts: https://mastodon.social/@ngmariika/113678936679338330
mariikas.palkas.ruBasics of East Slavic Cyrillic 4
Hello from Georgia! #HelloWorld #Georgia #language #linguistics
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