#Dialects

Taylor Simone ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈

nomadblaque

THREAD:Wondered why everyone was talking about #AAVE all of a sudden. Seeing as I've got time and am bored, let's get into a bit of history and context.1/17 So we

AAbiodun 🇳🇬

AAbiodun_

15 Most Widely Spoken Nigerian Languages. [A Thread]1. HausaThis is a branch of the Afroasiatic language famith the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 35

cress

kodzucress

this is a really good thread! when i first wrote specifically the miya twins, i didn’t try writing their accents because,, well,,, i just felt like i didn’t know enough

kashmirilang

kashmirilang

bìpersonal pronoun— I (first person singular) A proposed etymology for bì is from Skt. vayam "we" Bì is odd among IA first person singular pronouns in that it doesn't descend

Khelsilem | T̓łakwasik̓an

Khelsilem

Who are the "Coast Salish"? Here’s a thread. "Coast Salish" is an anthropologist & linguistic designation for a collection of Indigenous peoples who speak a language that is connected to

Maazị Ogbonnaya

maazi_ogbonnaya

LINGUISTIC SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE IBIBIO, EFIK AND IGBO: MY FINDINGSI did my NYSC in Akwa Ibom. I wasn't just a corp member but a researcher. I was curious about many

Aliah ✨

AliahLuck

Ebonics = Black diasporic dialects.AAVE (African American Vernacular English) = Black American dialects.AAVE is just a form of Ebonics that is specific to Americans.https://twitter.com/pouvoir87/status/1289744921188999169 I cannot wait for

Cameron ⌨️ ☕️

Black_Kettle

Old English had few pronominal subtleties our careless ancestors discarded. You could make a distinction between one person, two people or a group when addressing them - þu (you when

lila

byebyeef

i cant stop thinking about how everything is fucking filthy this city is disgusting every where i look its like the history the land trauma the room im in is

Cate ×͜×

louxangel_

why @Louis_Tomlinson should add another show in italy; a beautiful thread by me food; we love food, we have amazing food: pasta, pizza, polenta, arancini, tiramisù the weather: we have

Jon Smith

jonrandellsmith

This list is probably a joke but it’s a great example of a real pet peeve, i.e. judgment about language, accents, etc.I’m a prof. linguist – that’s not an argument,

James K Puchowski

kvisleis

"This 'Scots'-writer isn't even using Scots words or phrasing. He's using English as a template!"Introducing, Norwegian. The following sentences are identical in meaning:Hun er ikke bevisst på om det var

boo-ianca 👻

ineffableomens

My brain short-circuited with this Tumblr post, so let’s talk about what language Aziraphale and Crowley speak TO EACH OTHER, a thread [1/x] I always thought that Aziraphale and Crowley

Alex Rawlings

alex__rawlings

I'm in Greece at the moment working on a short documentary about the Tsakonikan language revival movement. Here's a brief thread to explain what it's all about and some things

Sāmapriya Vasu | ḫa-am-ap-ri-a-ma-u-iš

samopriya

Ishkashimi verb of the day!#Ishkashimi кьл- kəl- [kɘ̟l- ~ kɘ̟ɭ-] ('kill, cut') < Proto-Iranian *kau̯s- ('kill, fight') < Proto-Indo-European *keu̯h₂-(s-) ('strike, hit, pinch, nibble at, ...')The v

The Catholic Linguist

Vlinguist

You’ll see it in the headlines from time to time. It’s usually some variant of “which language did #Jesus speak?” or “is ISIS exterminating the language of Jesus?”. Scholars –