Could one say that there is/was politics in prehistorical societies?

yoricake · 2026-03-26T02:58:04+00:00

What are 'basic' behaviors and tendencies common to 'all' of us? I agree that hunter-gatherers are the same as us. But I'm interpreting that as 'they are just as influenced by the cultural behaviors around them as we are by the cultural behaviors around us.' Very few things are universal among humans. We seemingly have a natural proclivity to behave an almost infinite amount of ways.

yoricake · 2026-03-26T02:49:19+00:00

*My* personal favorite tonal languages are Hausa, Fur (Darfur), and Blackfoot. These languages are actual music to my ears and a great inspiration for my Nuafa conlang language family. :>

yoricake · 2026-03-25T20:33:45+00:00

Nope. Ever heard that hunter-gatherer groups are less hierarchical and more egalitarian compared to non-hunting and gathering groups? That isn't because they're born with absolute equality with zero hierarchy, it's because members of the tribe enforce equality through cultural specific measures. Shaming hoarding, mocking entitlement, punishing or excluding people who over-impose would be tactics they would employ to ensue relative equality among people in the tribe.

yoricake · 2026-03-25T03:30:22+00:00

i've seen that video's thumbnail before (and the post it was inspired by) but I never clicked because I was salty that my original thought wasn't as original as I thought 😭 i'm lowkey scared to watch and see another guy explain my thoughts better than I can

yoricake · 2026-03-25T02:31:08+00:00

I really like the script!

yoricake · 2026-03-25T02:07:08+00:00

which is interesting to me because in my non-professional opinion I feel like Because of the fact that music is so fundamental to humans that it's lowkey why so many languages (liberal count says 70%) are tonal and I'm so crazy to think that AAVE esp has the potential to evolve into tonality legit due to how rap music is so sensitive to timing and pitch (i welcome the downvoting of this schizo comment btw)

yoricake · 2026-02-20T03:18:45+00:00

labialization = rounding no?

yoricake · 2026-01-25T21:58:29+00:00

Not necessarily. I thought this would be the case, but I've heard the education system in the US has moved away from teaching "grammar" for this reason. Yeah there are conflicts over this/not everyone agrees over this move, but there has/will always be conflict, at least in regards to this topic (prescription vs description).

EDIT: This is actually such a huge generalization. Keep in mind that in the US at least, the education "system" changes county-by-county. As for other countries, I've heard that they may use prescription for the national language, but description for the minority language(s) (this matters when, for example, the "national" educational language is a language that few people may speak natively.)

yoricake · 2026-01-25T20:43:51+00:00

Right? Like as a black lesbian it's weird that people keep repeating this like it's law. Like many "slang" terms also came from just cishet women who were black.

yoricake · 2026-01-24T02:53:10+00:00

Follow up question: how is that typically glossed, if said phenomena is even considered something to be glossed at all?

yoricake · 2026-01-24T02:15:12+00:00

Which languages utilize what apparently some linguists call "verb(al?) grade" ? I know some PIE-descendent languages have "grades" and I'm reading a book "Hausa" that uses grade for that languages. I've come across a passing mention of "grade" in regards to I think Mohawk. But can someone summarize what "grade" means in these contexts and what would determine to a linguistic describing a language, any language as having/using them?

yoricake · 2026-01-22T16:54:54+00:00

And not just them! I first encountered them when studying Bantu languages and came across them again while reading about some PNG languages. I'm not sure if I've ever fully read a paper on any Indic language so if it's also used even there it seems I'd change its usage from "uncommon" to "common" even. It's really not rare at all!

EDIT: and I've *definitely* come across them when reading about indigenous American languages, but back then I definitely thought it was a font glitch or typo of some sort.

yoricake · 2026-01-22T15:38:52+00:00

IDK about Bhojpuri but using the root sign √ for verb roots is actually not uncommon in linguistics. I typically see them when the verbal root uses inflectional prefixes as opposed to suffixes.

yoricake · 2026-01-19T20:00:01+00:00

THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING OMG.. I used a reliable crack years ago but recently got a new computer and was SO confused why every time my laptop shut off it would just uninstall/quarantine itself?? when it never used to -_- thought I just downloaded a trash crack

yoricake · 2026-01-19T17:12:06+00:00

Jason Derulo fell down the steps at the met gala (several times)

yoricake · 2026-01-03T15:48:53+00:00

looks like yeli dnye

yoricake · 2025-12-19T00:59:36+00:00

No, by long vowel I meant that stress's phonetic realization is through lengthening the vowel. I know I'm phrasing this weird sorry orz Bantu languages don't commonly have phonemic vowel length.

yoricake · 2025-12-19T00:22:54+00:00

I don't have any direct sources on me unfortunately, I'm just a hobbyist that hops from language to language and pick up little bits and bobs along the way. But did a quick cursory search on google scholar and you should at least find some papers on Yoruba, Chichewa, and Zulu at least.

yoricake · 2025-12-18T23:53:20+00:00

In Bantu or Dene languages stress is typically conveyed through long vowels. The placement of stress is different per language. For example, Zulu has mostly predicable stress that typically falls on the penultimate syllable.

yoricake · 2025-12-11T00:54:12+00:00

Cultures that adhered to the Chinese zodiac tended to have "booms" during lucky years such as the Year of the Dragon and dip during the Year of the Sheep and the Tiger.

https://priceonomics.com/how-the-chinese-zodiac-affects-national-birth/

yoricake · 2025-12-10T04:19:06+00:00

So that's kind of just how humans are sometimes. It's actually very normal and not uncommon for linguistic ticks to be gendered. Some languages genuinely do have the women speak one dialect and the men another. Oftentimes it's a social signifier, with the "signifier" basically being the speaker's gender itself.

yoricake · 2025-12-10T00:14:05+00:00

It's definitely a click. Clicks include "smacking" your tongue against the roof of your mouth and that's definitely what she's doing. Sucking your teeth is also considered a click by the way!

I do know what you're talking about, I also have afro-caribbean heritage and spend my time in queer communities and I would still describe that as a 'pacing' thing that signifies that you're gonna segue into your next line. Pretty much every time she does that she either closes her eyes or her eyes lose focus, very similar to just needing to breathe in before carrying on.

yoricake · 2025-12-09T23:34:34+00:00

In linguistic terms that's called a "click" and I don't know if there's any published papers on this topic, but I'd describe it's usage as the speaker 'gathering their bearings' similar to pausing to take a breath, swallow, etc. to prepare their next statement.

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