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A list of TokiPonists on Twitter
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In Louisiana, Cajuns are keen to preserve their identity
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Resources for learning Hebrew?
I'd like to learn Hebrew, and my understanding is that the OT vocabulary is very limited, though creative word use, particularly in Hebrew poetry is a challenge to understand. I don't know enough...
I'd like to learn Hebrew, and my understanding is that the OT vocabulary is very limited, though creative word use, particularly in Hebrew poetry is a challenge to understand.
I don't know enough about the distinctions between Ancient and modern Hebrew to be certain, but I believe they are significant enough that Duolingo won't be a good fit, particularly as definitions of words in ancient Hebrew aren't always agreed upon.
Are there any recommendations? I have the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia and a couple other books, since I thought they would be good references, but a lot of the word formations are dependent on pronunciation, and reading descriptions of how to pronounce words isn't doing it for me.
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A beginners' course in modern Icelandic
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This word does not exist
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AAVE (African American Vernacular English)
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The many languages of India
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Conlang Critic: Toki Pona
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Conlang Critic: Lingwa de Planeta
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A tildes thread for toki pona, the minimalist conlang
Toki Pona is a minimalist conlang famous for having a vocabulary of under 130 words. There are communities of speakers on all major social media platforms. This is an introduction thread for...
Toki Pona is a minimalist conlang famous for having a vocabulary of under 130 words. There are communities of speakers on all major social media platforms. This is an introduction thread for speakers, learners or the toki-curious to introduce themselves. I'll advise on learning resources, or just answer general questions if anyone is interested.
I'm a toki pona speaker and creator of the YouTube channel 'seme li sin?' which translated news stories into toki pona.
mi wile e ni: kulupu wawa pi toki pona lon lipu Tetesu. jan ale pi toki pona li jan pona mi. sina ken la o kepeken e toki pona lon lipu ni!
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What are your favorite conlangs?
I saw this post. And it reminded me of a hobby I haven't paid much attention to for a while. Apparently there are at least two people who are moderately fluent at Toki Pona, soon to be joined by a...
I saw this post. And it reminded me of a hobby I haven't paid much attention to for a while. Apparently there are at least two people who are moderately fluent at Toki Pona, soon to be joined by a third.
In the meantime, I was wondering what conlangs you find to be interesting or unique?Edit - Also, do you speak any conlangs?
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Which is "Bouba", and which is "Kiki"?
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Speech acts
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Redefining “racism”: Against activist lexicography
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Samfundssind – A word buried in the history books helped Danes mobilise during the pandemic, flattening the curve and lifting community spirit
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The Persian language and what makes it fascinating
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Paul Taylor - #Franglais - Bilingual stand-up comedy
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War of words as Nigerian English recognised by Oxford English Dictionary
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How should I refer to you? | Review of “What's Your Pronoun?”, by Dennis Baron
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I asked 64,182 people about “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells”. Here's what I found out
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How a climate crisis helped shape Norse mythology – a group of archaeologists, linguists and other experts have teamed up to analyse the inscriptions of the Rök Stone
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How do you pronounce "antifa"?
With all the news about President Trump declaring "antifa" a domestic terror organisation, I heard a few local newsreaders saying this word on television. And their pronunciation of this word...
With all the news about President Trump declaring "antifa" a domestic terror organisation, I heard a few local newsreaders saying this word on television. And their pronunciation of this word surprised me.
I've been mentally pronouncing this word as "AN-ti-fa", with the emphasis on the first syllable and a short vowel sound in the second syllable.
They pronounced it as "an-TEE-fa", with the emphasis on the second syllable, with a long vowel sound in that syllable.
My pronunciation is influenced by knowing that "antifa" is short for "anti-fascist". I don't know of any word with the prefix "anti-" where the second syllable is emphasised and the "i" sound is lengthened. Usually, the emphasis in "anti-" words is placed on the first syllable: "AN-ti-bac-TE-ri-al"; "AN-ti-TE-rro-rism"; "AN-ti-gen"; "AN-ti-bo-dy". So, I naturally emphasised the first syllable in "antifa": "AN-ti-fah".
When I heard the newsreaders saying "an-TEE-fa", it makes the word sound like an imported word/name from Spanish or Portuguese or Italian.
Is there a common pronunciation for this word? How do you pronounce it?
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Ə: The most common vowel sound in English
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Children growing up after this crisis will use far more oral language after it ends
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Abso-bloody-lutely: Expletive infixation
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500-year-old manuscript contains earliest known use of the “F-word”
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How Bernie Sanders answers a question
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How I learned french in twelve months
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The term ‘oriental’ is outdated, but is it racist?
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Appalachian English
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United Nations guidelines for gender-inclusive language in English
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Swearing in the Woods
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The History of English Podcast
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A showdown is looming between Spain’s conservative language academy and its newly elected socialist government over proposals to rewrite the nation’s constitution using gender-neutral language
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Sámi are the only officially recognised indigenous people in the EU and some of their languages are on the brink of extinction
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Tae Kim's guide to learning Japanese
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Sweden's Rök runestone reveals inscriptions were as much about climate change fears as they were the history of ancient battles
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Gwoyeu Romatzyh
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Why I'm possessive about apostrophes
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Merriam-Webster's Time Traveler: Words by year of appearance
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Spirit scripts: Japan’s mysterious outcast alphabets
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A dialect dissection of Britney Spears
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Translation and the family of things - A young writer discovers her grandmother’s literary secret
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Oslo's city council wants the Norwegian capital to have an official name in Sámi
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The most gender-switched names in US history
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The invented Chinese names of the 2019 federal election — ranked
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The musicians helping revive the Cornish language
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Inuit combine nine different Inuktitut scripts in one standard system
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Canada’s Inuit to get unified orthography
9 votes