@vrandecic@mas.to2025-09-25 08:44:30
Mixing languages can be confusing
#linguistics #languages #language
@vrandecic@mas.to2025-09-25 08:44:30
@newstik@social.heise.de2025-11-18 13:52:02
What the ~same message will have different lengths in different #languages:
English: a mint
German: eine Münzprägeanstalt
English: that goes without saying
Viennese: eh
@sascha_wolfer@fediscience.org2025-10-10 06:05:01
Out now in PNAS: Statistical errors undermine claims about the evolution of #polysynthetic #languages by Alex Koplenig and me: #linguistics 🧶 coming up...
@smurthys@hachyderm.io2025-09-22 17:48:57
The eternal fight between V and W, when transliterating Sanskrit व in English. (Also applies to other Indic languages.)
E.g., वर्ष ("year") is often written "varsha"; not "warsha" though w is the closest sound to व.
#languages #writing #transliteration #Sanskrit #English