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Linguistic evidence suggests that the Xiōng-Nú and the Huns spoke the same Paleo-Siberian language
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1467-968X.12321Additional links with press coverage: ArcheologyMag, Oxford. ... read full post
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A mysterious 15th-century book written in an unrecognizable language continues to puzzle scholars—its origin, purpose, and meaning remain unknown.
https://www.utubepublisher.in/2025/06/voynich-manuscript-code-decoded-mystery-of-ancient-book.htmlFor further info, if anyone is interested, Stephen Bax claimed a decade ago to partially decode the manuscript; here's a video with his reasoning, as well as the paper he released. Sadly Bax passed away in 2017 (may he rest in peace), so the work was left incomplete. ... read full post
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Bosnian variant of the Cyrillic alphabet
Image A shows Bosnian Cyrillic as used in stone inscriptions. ... read full post
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West meets East: Papers in historical lexicography and lexicology from across the globe [LangSci Press]
Just published "West meets East: Papers in historical lexicography and lexicology from across the globe" edited by Geoffrey Williams, Mathilde Le Meur & Andrés Echavarría Peláez ... read full post
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Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing (1772), by Charles Davy
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/conjectural-observations/cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/45444769 ... read full post
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Popular languages boring
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GitHub - words/cuss: 🤬 Map of profane words to a rating of sureness
https://github.com/words/cuss9
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One Standard German Axiom - is this plausible?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Standard_German_Axiomhello guys! recently i discovered this interesting concept which says that in german theres one dominant dialect which is the german standard german out of germany that dominates and discriminates all other dialects of german, such as austrian german and swiss german. im no linguist so i thought i ask some here about your opinion on this topic.
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The origins of language
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250509154213.htmDiscussion at Language Log: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=69311
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The World Has Millions of Colors. Why Do We Only Name a Few?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-different-languages-name-different-colors-180964945/26
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Why/how did British vs. American stress differences arise?
(I should note I'm ESL and I've noticed my pronunciation is a hodgepodge of British vs. American and older vs. younger pronunciation variants.) ... read full post
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What are the odds that a brand a new sentence is said every second?
(Cross posting from !stupid_questions@lemmings.world https://lemmings.world/post/25535229) ... read full post
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Chickens
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Small discussions - 2025/Apr/23
Use this thread to ask questions or share trivia, if you don't want to create a new thread for that.
[Note: the purpose of this thread is to promote activity, not to concentrate it. So if you'd still rather post a new thread, by all means - go for it!]
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How to cope with English spelling
Crossposted from https://sopuli.xyz/post/25634723 ... read full post
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Language Log » Are all writing systems equally easy / hard?
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=6887852
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Bonobos use a kind of syntax once thought to be unique to humans
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2474993-bonobos-use-a-kind-of-syntax-once-thought-to-be-unique-to-humans/18
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Small discussions thread - 2025/Apr/04
Feel free to use this thread to ask small questions or share random language / linguistics trivia, if you don't feel like creating a new thread just for that.
(Just to be clear: yes, if you want to create a new thread for your question/trivia, you can. I'm only trying to stimulate discussion in the comm.)
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Longest Known Inscription in the Undeciphered Linear A Script of Minoan civilization, Found on an Ivory Scepter in Knossos
https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/03/the-longest-known-inscription-in-the-undeciphered-linear-a-script-found-on-an-ivory-scepter-in-knossosA team of archaeologists has discovered in Knossos, on the Greek island of Crete, the longest Linear A inscription found to date. The script appears on a circular ivory object with an attached handle, discovered in a context of clear religious significance within a Neopalatial building. Besides providing the longest inscription in this yet-to-be-deciphered system, the find offers new perspectives on the use of Minoan writing in ceremonial contexts. ... read full post
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Language Science Press: "Negation in English and other languages" by Otto Jespersen
Just published "Negation in English and other languages" by Otto Jespersen, edited by Brett Reynolds & Peter Evans ... read full post
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Why YouTubers (and AI) get these English features wrong [weak forms and deaccenting]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DICKwl4-DF0Skip to 11:18 for the actual linguistics content. The earlier part includes analogy to film/video editing styles. The ad read is also in that earlier section.
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The etymology of fencing was a trade
An interesting bit of etymology that I learnt recently. ... read full post
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Researchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticity
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-british-spoken-ready-bastion-rhoticity.html13
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(Meta) Regular small questions thread
I think having a thread for small questions ("What's the IPA for this sound?", "How do you write an affricate tie?", etc.) that's pinned and replaced every week or two would be good.
Just looking at new posts here in this community, i mostly see links to news articles and i don't know if it would be appropriate to make a post for a small question with a simple but hard to find answer.