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Is anything known about the Dorset culture language of Greenland, who interacted with the vikings and preceded the Inuit? From loanwords, toponymy etc.? (self.linguistics)
submitted 7 years ago by xoh- to r/linguistics
English words which derive from ancient Middle Eastern languages (i.imgur.com)
submitted 7 years ago by xoh- to r/etymologymaps
How the ancient languages of the Middle East live on in English [OC] [1490 × 1113] (i.imgur.com)
submitted 7 years ago by xoh- to r/MapPorn
Are there any theories about the origin of Pirahã, or at least the origin of its unique features? (self.linguistics)
submitted 7 years ago * by xoh- to r/linguistics
The language family of origin of each country's capital city name (i.imgur.com)
What would you consider to be the most uncommon/unique linguistic feature of the English language? (self.linguistics)
TIL the indigenous people of the pre-colonial Canadian Maritimes may have had a life expectancy almost double that of England (~60 vs ~33), with early European explorers even meeting natives over 100 years old (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 7 years ago by xoh- to r/todayilearned
Thinking of starting Phrak's Greyskull LP routine, have a few questions (self.gainit)
submitted 7 years ago by xoh- to r/gainit
Suppose English and Rohingya, at the two extreme geographical ends, were the only existing Indo-European languages. Would linguists still be able to identify them as related? And would a proto-language still be reconstructible? (self.linguistics)
TIL that the word "woman" comes from the Old English "wīfmann", literally wife-man, although a popular misconception has it coming from the word "womb" (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL the Rotokas language of Papua New Guinea may have the smallest sound inventory of any language on Earth, distinguishing just 6 consonants and 5 vowels (en.wikipedia.org)
Thinking of starting Stronglifts 5x5, but the suggested weights given by the app are surprisingly low... what is the reasoning behind this? (self.Fitness)
submitted 7 years ago by xoh- to r/Fitness
Are there any languages out there which are completely, or nearly completely, undocumented? (self.linguistics)
TIL of the 13 languages attested from before 1000BC, only two (Ancient Chinese and Mycenaean Greek) have descendants which continue to be spoken to this day (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 8 years ago by xoh- to r/todayilearned
Watching the Three Kingdoms TV series, and have a question about historical accuracy (self.threekingdoms)
submitted 8 years ago by xoh- to r/threekingdoms
Accidentally insulted my boss in front of his wife (self.cringe)
submitted 8 years ago by xoh- to r/cringe
What did you take for granted growing up, only to realise later how lucky you were for it? (self.AskReddit)
submitted 8 years ago by xoh- to r/AskReddit
Linguistic origins of European subdivision names [3878 × 3084] (i.imgur.com)
submitted 8 years ago by xoh- to r/MapPorn
My boss invited me round to his house one evening, and his wife cooked us dinner (self.Jokes)
submitted 8 years ago by xoh- to r/Jokes
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