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by Nesescosac
Wed Feb 15, 2017 4:33 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Foreign language dictionary resource
Replies: 0
Views: 4664

Foreign language dictionary resource

Some of y'all might remember the grammar pile that was spread here on the ZBB a while ago - here's an equivalent for dictionaries! I hope y'all appreciate it.

part 1
part 2
by Nesescosac
Wed May 18, 2016 4:53 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Exotic Conditional Clauses
Replies: 9
Views: 3582

Re: Exotic Conditional Clauses

Cool. How does Greenlandic handle counterfactual conditions? Sorry for the late reply - this class of mine only meets once a week, but I asked a professor of mine who's worked on Greenlandic for a while now, and Greenlandic handles counterfactuals by a set of affixes, different from the ones that a...
by Nesescosac
Sun Oct 25, 2015 7:57 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116193

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

thetha wrote:私は日本語を学んでいる
watashi wa nihongo o manande iru
I'm learning Japanese!

dans l'université, bien sûr.
In school, of course.
ძალიან ბევრი ენა გისწავლია! რამდენი და რომელი?
You seem to have studied a lot of languages! How many, and which?
by Nesescosac
Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:57 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Turkish vs Azeri
Replies: 6
Views: 2787

Re: Turkish vs Azeri

You might find this article helpful.
by Nesescosac
Tue Jul 14, 2015 3:23 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Whence aspirated stops and nasal vowels?
Replies: 70
Views: 17921

Re: Whence aspirated stops and nasal vowels?

Ketumak wrote:Sumelic's second post gives me this image of nasalisation spreading forwards and backwards along a clause, like a bushfire which sounds like good metaphor to work with.

If this interests you, check out the phenomenon of nasal harmony, as found most famously in Tupian languages like Guaraní.
by Nesescosac
Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:09 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess The Language
Replies: 18
Views: 4342

Re: Guess The Language

Shapshiruckish?
by Nesescosac
Sat Mar 07, 2015 2:36 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

Ah, fuck, I was gonna wrap this up a long time ago but I forgot. I'm sorry! It's Savosavo, a non-Austronesian language of the Solomon Islands. Be more specific - that term is a little ambiguous, and those ambiguities come into play here in particular. I imagine this phrase like, meant something. Why...
by Nesescosac
Thu Feb 26, 2015 1:30 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

It is neither Japhug nor a Dravidian language.
by Nesescosac
Sun Feb 22, 2015 1:56 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

It is neither from the Americas nor from West Papua.
by Nesescosac
Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:05 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

It is not a language from Papua New Guinea.
by Nesescosac
Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:58 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

Be more specific - that term is a little ambiguous, and those ambiguities come into play here in particular.
by Nesescosac
Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:11 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

No, no.
by Nesescosac
Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:53 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

I've done enough of these that y'all should know the extra rules I put into effect - one guess at a time, languages guesses only until 24 hours have passed. Pa manyighala, lo mapaghana rughu zuizu. Zu pa daki mapa ko ghajia manyighala palei. Tegho, ko tuvila patu, pa suana bazu. Baia telo ba tuvi lo...
by Nesescosac
Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:44 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

Is it Cofán?
by Nesescosac
Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:07 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Member Countries and Known Languages
Replies: 130
Views: 60564

Re: Member Countries and Known Languages

Birdlang wrote:
Nesescosac wrote:
Nannalu wrote:Yucatec
Yaan a tsikbal in wéetel!
What does this mean, and why does stress have to be marked on that word, or is it tone???
"You should talk with me!"

It's tone.
by Nesescosac
Sat Feb 07, 2015 4:25 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116193

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Ek het my Kaukasus conlang slaap vir 'n rukkie terwyl ek kan vind beter en meer inligting. Daar is so baie conlang inspirasie hierdie winter. I have put my (Northwest) Caucasian conlang to sleep for a while whilst I can find better and more information. There is so much conlang inspiration this Win...
by Nesescosac
Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:25 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

Birdlang wrote:Toba Qom?
Yup! Your turn.
by Nesescosac
Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:51 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

Nope! I'm getting bored of hosting so I'll say that the language is spoken in Argentina.
by Nesescosac
Tue Jan 20, 2015 5:06 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

One at a time, please - in future I'll answer only your last question.

As it happens, it's not any of those.
by Nesescosac
Tue Jan 20, 2015 5:14 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

Qwynegold wrote:Is it Chipaya?
Nope!
by Nesescosac
Tue Jan 20, 2015 1:09 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

jmcd wrote:
Nannalu wrote:Is it Native American? South American?
He might not have specified but I expect he won't answer questions relating to continents either. Moxo?
I'm a she. And now that 24 hours have passed, it is South American, but not Moxo.
by Nesescosac
Mon Jan 19, 2015 2:47 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

Birdlang wrote:Aymara?
Nope!
by Nesescosac
Sun Jan 18, 2015 11:57 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

I play with an added rule when I host: no questions on language family will be answered until 24 hours have passed. Haha qalota rañi'ačik. Nagi hayem'olek maši 'igayki. Qaqka nagi nwi ran'on. Qalqa'a nagi ñi'ačik'olek haha. Naywalpi waqtega kan'on. Neget to'okokǎ? Sasawana kamari. Sañawane' ka'arina...
by Nesescosac
Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:37 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Guess the Language, anyone?
Replies: 1352
Views: 221329

Re: Guess the Language, anyone?

I think it's Tungusic - is it Nanai?