#Dialects

Sharjeel Usmani

SharjeelUsmani

Thread on Indian nationalism: 1)The biggest intellectual fraud in the South Asian subcontinent is calling India one nation. It is not. India's complex social structure presents a psychedelic cultural universe,

Jeannette Ng 吳志麗

jeannette_ng

If the reason for Chinese having compound words is the fact that it's reluctant to add new characters, then how do you explain EVERY OTHER LANGUAGE that has compound words?Why

‿·⪦˒˒ Adrean Clark

adreanaline

A thread on ASL Day #ASLDAY -- past, present, and future: Back in March 2014, @JonLenoisSavage posted on Facebook asking a question about the origins of ASL, and in the

S. Qiouyi Lu · ae/aer · 💛🤍nb💜🖤 · 💚🤍aro🖤🏹

sqiouyilu

every once in a while, I finally make my peace with firefly again, only for some white person to say they'd reboot the franchise and my soul just starts scREAMING

Kim • 金 (´ロᴗロ` ✿)

nihonmymind

Glad I was up by 7AM to attend "How Do They Read? Voices & Practices of Japanese Literature Translators" with Stephen Dodd, Polly Barton, & Ginny Tapley Takemori. They touched

Maama

salmahhh_yusuf

Everyday I come on twitter I understand why we should recite Surah Al Kahf every week. The stories aren’t just for us to read without making tadabbur. Surah Al Kahf

Sh. Ammar Khatib

ShAmmarKhatib1

Were the differences between the Uthmanic mushafs "scribal errors"?First, I don't like using the term "errors" when discussing a divine text such as the Qur'an.Second, I think these differences can

taru

runmyheart

A thread for other white English users on HABITUAL BE & why you should probably quit trying to use itNB: I’m a white European non-native speaker of English. Okay: I’ve

Σαπαγιανός

Sapayian

The Maasai community is divided into 2 major dialects.Thread. Nothern speakers; 1. Ilsampur(Samburu) 2. Ilchamus(Njemps) mostly living in BaringoSouthern speakers;1. Ilarusa2. Ilmoitanik3. Ilpurko4. Ildamat5. Iloitai6. Ilsikirari7. Iloodokilani8. Ilk

Caitlin Garing

CaitlinGaring

Narrators, established and prospective, I once again beg you to have a website. It's so immensely important for getting cast. If I can't find you, I can't hire you. How

A.Z. Foreman

azforeman

Four written languages are attested from the Ancient Roman city of Pompeii. The first three are no surprise: Latin, Greek and Oscan. The fourth is (wait for it...) Arabic*. Specifically

Shivangi Shankar

_youhavemyword_

In my first year, I wouldn't speak in Hindi because I assumed that English would be more commonly understood. That was misconstrued as "attitude". I'd been here for all of

Arahana 🪐 || #BlackLivesMatter ✿

arahitoshi

Ive seen a lot of people apologizing for using aaves like “bae” and others, so lets talk.Language as a whole has forever been constructed and evolved thanks and by a

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

samopriya

#Ossetian word of the day!Ossetian ард ard ('oath') < Proto-Indo-Iranian ʜr̥tá- ('truth, true, proper') < Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥tó- ('put together, assembled')Cognates include -𐬀𐬴𐬀 Avestan

Rafi D'Angelo

RafiDAngelo

The only reason any of us cringe at "ebonics" is bc we grew up with news media telling us it was bad after the Oakland controversy. A short history thread.

Nirant

NirantK

1/ Here's some quick Things Many People Find Too Obvious To Have Told You Already about Tech Careers (tribute thread to @patio11, with riffs on ideas from him too!) 2/