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ellie, 24, lesbian, she/her / ba in linguistics
likes russian / hates syntax
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there's nothing to explain, "vermillion" absolutely is a green word

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theprideful

verde in spanish, italian, portuguese and romanian means green. vert in french means green. verdant means green. viridescent means green. it tracks that vermillion would mean green, and that it doesn’t just proves that english is a ridiculous language with absurd rules.

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johannas-motivational-insults

Chartreuse isn’t red???

#english#chatreuse feels like it should be like a yellow#like not a yellowish green like it is but like dark yellow
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beautiful-basque-country

Udazken / Autumn

arimen gaua - all souls night arto - corn eguzkilore - sunflower euri - rain gari - wheat gaztain - chestnut haize - wind hodei - cloud hontz - owl hosto - leaf irasagar - quince jertse - pullover kafesne - latte kalabaza - pumpkin kirikino -  hedgehog laino - fog lokatz - mud orbel - fallen leaves pinaburu - pinecone perretxiko - mushroom potxingo - puddle sagar - apple  txokolate beroa - hot chocolate udazken - autumn urtxintxa - squirrel uzta - harvest    zuhaitz - tree

#basque
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espanhois

just a quick note: most of the etymologies are from la RAE :)

  • el ajolote - axolotl (from axolotl)
  • el tlacuache - opossum (from tlacuatzin, also known as zarigüeya)
  • el coyote - coyote (from coyotl)
  • el mapache - raccoon (from mapach)
  • el molcajete - mortar (from mulcazitl, also known as mortero)
  • el achiote - achiote, annatto (from achiyotl)
  • el cacao - cacao (from cacáhua)
  • el popote - straw (from popotl, there are a million other words for this haha)
  • el tomate - tomato (from tomatl)
  • el chicle - chewing gum (from tzictli)
  • el papalote - kite (from papalotl, also known as cometa)
  • el escuincle - kid (from itzcuintli)
  • el aguacate - avocado (from ahuacatl, also known as palta)
  • el chamaco - boy (from chamahuac)
  • el zopilote - vulture (from tzopílotl, also known as buitre)
#spanish#nahuatl
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linguisticmaps

Aspirated plosives

Aspirations occurs in English in initial onsets like in ‘pat’ [pʰæt], ‘tack’ [’tʰæk] or ‘cat’ [’kʰæt]. It is not phonemic, since it doesn’t distinguish meanings, but it’s distinctive in Mandarin e.g.  皮 [pʰi] (skin) vs. 比 [pi] (proportion). 

Non-phonemic aspiration occurs in: Tamazight, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Kurdish, Persian, Uyghur. 

Phonemic aspiration: Sami languages, Icelandic, Faroese, Danish, Mongol, Kalmyk, Georgian, Armenian, North Caucasian languages, Sino-Tibetan languages, Hmong-Mien languages, Austroasiatic languages, Hindi-Urdu, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Odya, Bengali, Nepali, Tai-Kadai languages, Nivkh, many Bantu languages (Swahili, Xhosa, Zulu, Venda, Tswana, Sesotho, Macua, Chichewa, and many Amerindian languages (Na-Dene, Siouan, Algic, Tshimshianic, Shastan, Mayan, Uto-Aztecan, Mixtec, Oto-Manguean, Quechua, Ayamara, Pilagá, Toba, etc.)

#maps#phonology#phonetics#iceland faroese and danish!!?? hello??!
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linguisticmaps

Indefinite Articles

Various strategies represented. Please feel free to comment on unknow languages on the map, since I found no information about them.

#maps
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soloikismos

people defending the german language like it's going extinct/is somehow marginalized are insane. there are almost 100 million native speakers and it is widely taught/learned as a second language in europe due to immigration and german economic hegemony w/in the EU... it's the third most commonly taught second language in US public schools after french and spanish. it's also an official language in namibia :-|

#:(((((((((( ;(
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gaeilge101

Irish Language Resources

*[updated 5th/Oct/2017]*

DICTIONARIES

DATABASES

  • logainm.ie (placenames in English/Irish and their meanings)
  • ainm.ie (biographies in Irish)

PRONUNCIATION

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES

TV

  • tg4.ie (national Irish language tv station)
  • nuacht rté (rté news in Irish)
  • rté (rté website of articles/videos etc. in Irish)
  • bbc gaeilge (bbc’s Irish language content)

RADIO

LANGUAGE COURSES

  • easy irish (basic online introduction to the language by rté)
  • duolingo (total beginner introduction + audio examples)
  • gaelchultúr (includes online course for adults + language level testing)
  • oideas gael (adult Irish language and cultural courses)
  • gael linn (courses for teenagers and adults)
  • daltai.com (language courses in usa/canada as well as other countries)
  • peig.ie (includes map with Irish courses, conversation circles, events, + summer camps)

YOUTUBE

  • now you’re talking! (complete Irish language learning tv show from the 1990s)
  • nuacht tg4 (official tg4 youtube channel)
  • clisare (youtuber, various videos teaching the language)
  • scúp (tv show about struggling Irish language newspaper in Belfast)

PODCASTS

DOCUMENTARIES

MOVIES

MUSIC

SHOPS

SELF-LEARNING

MISCELLANEOUS LEARNING

OFFICIAL ORGANISATIONS

APPS

OTHER

#irish
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