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Answering the Unanswered Linguistics Question on the Film 'Arrival'
Since you're here... ... we have a small favour to ask. This post took a lot of time and effort to research, so if you appreciate my...
Rare Languages Uncovered in Ancient Monastic Library
Nestled at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt is the remarkable Saint Catherine's Monastery, home to one of the world's oldest continuously...
Traces of a hunter-gatherer substrate in Greek
The Greek language is notable for its large substrate lexicon, consisting of over 1,000 non-Indo-European words. These non-Indo-European...
The Etymology of "Buddha"
Proto-Indo-European (PIE) reconstructed root for "to be awake" "to be aware". Remove the 'e' to form the zero-grade of the verbal root....
Jespersen's Cycle
Jespersen's Cycle describes the pattern of sentence negation in a variety of languages. The cycle has three stages: 1) A pre-verbal...
Ye Olde Letter "Þ"
The reason why you're pronouncing "Ye Olde" wrong... Old English wasn’t written in the Latin alphabet, instead it was written in the...
The Origins of Writing: Part One
Part One: 1) Fundamental Concepts 2) Sumerian & Egyptian Theories and Myths on the Origin of Writing Fundamental Concepts When dealing...
Silbo: The Whistled Speech of the Canary Islands
The island of La Gomera, part of the Canary Islands, is home to one of Europe's handful of whistled languages. Silbo Gomero, which means...
Iberia's Oldest Writing
Herdade da Abobada (Almodôvar). Museu da Rainha D. Leonor, Beja _________________________________________________________________________...
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