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Hello from Philippines! #HelloWorld #Philippines #language #linguistics

Map of Philippines overlaid with a translation of the word "hello": Kumusta.

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How Language Evolved Out of Cultural Exchange Between Europe and the Near East

Laura Spinney on the Development of Early Human Civilization Across Eurasia

https://lithub.com/how-language-evolved-out-of-cultural-exchange-between-europe-and-the-near-east/

#history #linguistics

"Mappe-Monde Physique," by l'Abbé Mongez (Mentelle, Paris, 1779): *the whole map*: *northwest*; *northeast*; *southwest*; *southeast*

Created by l’Abbé Mongez and published by Mentelle in Paris in 1779, the map features detailed depictions of mountain ranges, river systems, and ocean currents, reflecting Enlightenment-era interests in natural science and exploration.

The full map is a double-hemisphere projection showing the continents and oceans with topographical and hydrographical features highlighted.

l'Abbé Mongez (Mentelle, Paris, 1779) - http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/overview/asiaphysical/asiaphysical.html

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maps_of_Eurasia#/media/File:%22Mappe-Monde_Physique,%22_by_l'Abb%C3%A9_Mongez_(Mentelle,_Paris,_1779)_north_east.jpg

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1y

New Research Suggests Human Language Evolved More Than 135,000 Years Ago

By Emma Taggart

https://mymodernmet.com/human-language-history/?utm_campaign=daily-digest&utm_content=link&utm_source=convertkit&utm_term=05262025&utm_medium=email&sh_kit=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f

Full paper:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1503900/full

Linguistics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=linguistics

#linguistics #genomics

“Tower of Babel” (nid. De bouw van de toren van Babel). 1563. Wood, oil. 114 × 155 cm. Museum of Art History, Vienna, Austria.

The painting depicts the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, capturing humanity's ambitious yet doomed attempt to reach heaven by constructing a monumental tower. Bruegel reimagines the tower as a colossal, spiraling structure resembling the Roman Colosseum, intricately detailed with arches, scaffolding, and construction activity. The tower dominates the landscape, its upper levels disappearing into low clouds—symbolizing both human pride and divine disapproval.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_language#/media/File:Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder_-_The_Tower_of_Babel_(Vienna)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

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1y

大家好！this is my first post

我爱中国和中国人！

#中国 #china #chinese #language #linguistics

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1y

🦅 Can you say 🪶 #NATIVE. Not to be Confused with 🇮🇱 #SAVAGES.. 🪶 | 8 Native voices. 8 #Truths. Spoken from the past, for right now.

ANALOGY: #LAMP_STACK IS 🪶 #NATIVE_SOFTWARE for the #Internet. OPENAI OR CHAT ALPHEBET SOUP >> Next evolution of "Predictive Search Engine" >> NOTHING MORE!

📽️ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yZu150nwgzg

Btw the so-called Savages are the GOOD GUYS;)

WHAT IS 🪶 #LAMP? You wanna Job? Learn Lamp which is infact #Basecamp for all #Software_Engineers. LAMP Should be a major computer science course offered in all MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOL Just like learning foreign languages such as Mandarin Chinese.

Look at it this way. Software are Languages to learn, like Chinese, French, German, Italian etc., (aka #linguistics) in order TO #HEAR AND #LISTEN and #SPEAK (respond) ELECTRONICALLY = #LAMP.

#L stands for #LINUX when the masses just learned that #Windows, #Microsoft, #Telcom or #IBM does not Power the #Internet.. Only Linux.. = #NATIVE;) 🪶 i mean APACHE?? a dead giveaway ..COME ON?? replace with inferior #nginx bc it talks to python for IP THEFT!

So where have you all been FOR THE LAST 2.5 DECADES (25 YEARS) ???

A LAMP ( #Linux, #Apache, #MySQL, #Perl #PHP is one of the most #common_software_stacks for the #web (aka #WWW #World_Wide_Web) = INTERNET most #popular applications. Its A #generic_software_stack model
(🪶 NATIVE) has largely #interchangeable components.[1] To date no one has even touched on the potential of any of these new technologies other that big tech $50 dollar PYTHON scripts that have been modified for IP THEFT FOR THE LAST 2 DECADES.

📽️ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yZu150nwgzg

E.G. #Python & #nginx replacements (recently btw) used for #IP_THEFT = #Interchangeable component

Each letter in the #acronym L.A.M.P. stands for one of its four #open_source #building_blocks:

#Linux for the #Operating_System
#Apache HTTP Server
#Maria_DB or #MySQL for the #relational_database_management system
Perl/PHP = PROGRAMMATIC!

🪶 Evolution

#Unix >> #Linux OS
Perl >> PHP >> SERVER SIDE programming languages for internet use.

= #PROGRAMMATIC!

#AI IS A #MYTH, A #LIE, A #WET_DREAM A #FANTASY!

Without a conscious?? 100% dog and pony show!

Hype = Bullsh*t!

These components in LAMP stack are present in the software repositories of most #Linux_distributions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP_(software_bundle)

FOR THE LAST 2.5 DECADES THE THIEVES (AKA JEWS & USA .GOV) HAVE raped, pillage and murder the NATIVES since DAY 1! Including Priceless Technology only to be replaced with HYPE to Control and Manipulate Markets.

Robotics' are still in their infantile stages #mechanically_speaking. In Terms of #Intelligence.. REAL AI does not Exist >> What you are seeing now is 100% #HYPE. aka dog and pony show, at best. AI will never replicate the conscious thinking but can implement a regiment to conduct many repetitive MENIAL tasks.. (e.g. Flipping Burgers at Micky Dees ;) #Car_Wash enhancements.. grin

btw #Python is a 20 year " #after_thought, " that the kids use bc its an elementary Software Language for beginners (resurrected by India) and the easiest to use for #IP_THEFT & #Data_Scraping >> #DUMB_BOT_POWERED!!

CASE in POINT ➕ ➖ ➗ #CALCULATORS (aka #TEXAS? INSTRUMENTS ) were WRITTEN in #PYTHON back in the 80's = #MATH_CLASS #CHEATING on EXAMS;)

Remember? WE DO! The Poor kids could not afford a calculator. However After Christmas Holiday the rich kids (daddy/mommy made) would come to school bolstering their wonderful calculators (Unfair Advantages) that only ended up dumbing students down just like they have currently done with #DUMBPHONES and to #CONCEAL #NATVE_SOFTWARE_STACKS for our schools and TO THE MASSES??

= CENTRALIZED #Social_Oppression, #Institutional_Oppression, and #Economic_Oppression! #Woke_Now?

📽️ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yZu150nwgzg

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Excavating a Language at the End of the World
How an old dictionary is revealing new perspectives on an Indigenous culture

BY KATARINA ZIMMER

Deep in the southern hemisphere, where frigid waves lap against the toe of the South American continent, the sea has no single name.

https://nautil.us/excavating-a-language-at-the-end-of-the-world-747254/?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nautilus-newsletter

Anthropology at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4343

#Linguistics #Anthropology

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Hello:
This is my account for posting about conlangs and following conlangers.
Luidhrandir is a Sindarin word meaning "Blue wanderer". In other instances I am Bluvaganto, which carries the same meaning in #Esperanto.
I'm also interested in #TokiPona #Lojban #ELEFEN #Kotava #Sindarin #Quenya and many others.
#Introduction #Présentation #Presentación #NewHere #NouveauIci #NuevoAquí
#Conlang #Conscript #Linguistics

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“gee Ms. A Bad Idea, how did you get so smart at languages, I keep trying but it never sticks”

The trick to actually really for real learning a language when you’re not immersed in it as the living language of your everyday life is to WRITE IT DOWN

ON PAPER. WITH YOUR HANDS

USE A BETTER PEN, THOSE CHEAP BALLPOINTS WILL INJURE YOU

JUST COPY A WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE IF THAT’S ALL YOU HAVE, IT *WILL* HELP

#linguistics #fountainpen

My Classical Chinese notebook and beloved Pilot Falcon fountain pen (you do not need a Pilot Falcon. A professional-grade $2 gel pen with a cushioned grip will do)

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At times, in those last few months,
he would think of a word
and he had to remember the tree, or the species of frog,

the sound denoted…

—John Burnside, “The Last Man to Speak Ubykh“
published in the London Review of Books, August 2002

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v24/n16/john-burnside/the-last-man-to-speak-ubykh

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #MotherLanguageDay #UNESCO #linguistics

The Last Man to Speak Ubykh
John Burnside

The linguist Ole Stig Andersen was keen to seek out the remaining traces of a West Caucasian language called Ubykh. Having heard that there was one remaining speaker he set out to find the man and arrived in his village on 8 October 1992. The man had died a few hours earlier.

At times, in those last few months,
he would think of a word
and he had to remember the tree, or the species of frog,

the sound denoted:
the tree itself, or the frog, or the state of mind
and not the equivalent word in another language,

the speech that had taken his sons
and the mountain light;
the graves he swept and raked; the wedding songs.

While years of silence gathered in the heat,
he stood in his yard and whispered the name of a bird
in his mother tongue,

while memories of snow and market days,
his father’s hands, the smell of tamarind,
inklings of milk and blood on a sunlit floor

receded in the names no longer used:
the blue of childhood folded like a sheet
and tucked away.

Nothing he said was remembered; nothing he did
was fact or legend
in the village square,

yet later they would memorise the word
he spoke that morning, just before he died:
the word for death, perhaps, or meadow grass,

or swimming to the surface of his mind,
that other word they used, when he was young,
for all they knew that nobody remembered.

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The Cherokee Bible, one of the language’s first books, is a window between worldviews

By Margaret Bender and Tom Belt

https://theconversation.com/the-cherokee-bible-one-of-the-languages-first-books-is-a-window-between-worldviews-271717

Books about Cherokee Indians -- History at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/26692

#Books #Indigenous_language #Linguistics

Sequoyah, the inventor of the Cherokee syllabary.

Lithographer: Lehman and Duval (George Lehman (d.1870); Peter S. Duval) Painter: Henry Inman (1801-20-28 - 1846-01-17); copy after a painting by Charles Bird King (1785 - 1862) which was lost in a fire in the Smithsonian in 1865.

Sequoyah with a tablet depicting his writing system for the Cherokee language. 19th-century print of a painting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee#/media/File:Sequoyah.jpg

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This is a fascinating study arguing that mental concepts in brains are not translated from some supposed inner syntax.

Rather, they seem to be based on multiply realizable relationalities inside the brain.

There is no "language of thought" as posited by Jerry Fodor. We don't think in words, we think in non-linguistic concepts that are sometimes converted to words.

https://news.rice.edu/news/2026/how-do-bilingual-brains-navigate-between-languages-scientists-discover-geometric-neural

#philosophy #linguistics

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RE: https://piaille.fr/@scarpyro/116704797194483466

if #Caturday is #Chamedi en français, then it has to be #Gátodo en #español. i don’t make the rules of silliness. am just reckoning how to make the portmanteau work in translation 🤔

#memes #linguistics #Spanish

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137d

A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W

Danny Bate on the Linguistic History of Our Alphabet

https://lithub.com/a-necessary-history-of-the-oddest-letter-w/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KVZ90JA55X1GY58PKNE4348H&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER

Books about Linguistics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=linguistics+

#books #literature #linguistics

Letter W

San-serif shown in Neue Helvetica 48 pt.. Serifs shown in Bodoni 48 pt..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W#/media/File:Latin_alphabet_Ww.svg

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Puntastic! I see your use now punctuation 😂

@linguistics @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @writingcommunity

#LinguisticMemes #Meme #Linguistics #Punctuation #Puns
#Language #Words #Humor #Humour #Funny

"Will you marry me?” Is a marriage proposal.
"Will, You, Mary, Me" is a foursome proposal.
"Will, you marry me" is a time traveler spoiling the future.
"Will you, Mary me" is a cavewoman trying to make Will, who has amnesia remember who he is.

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Study Uses Mathematics to Reveal When Homer Wrote the Iliad

Scholars study when Homer composed the Iliad using pottery art, contemporary texts, and internal poem clues, with one recent study even applying mathematics to pinpoint the date.

By Caleb Howells

https://greekreporter.com/2026/09/11/mathematical-study-homer-wrote-iliad/

Original article is available online:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bies.201200165

The Iliad by Homer at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6130

#books #linguistics #mathematics

Triumphant Achilles dragging Hector’s body around Troy, from a panoramic fresco of the Achilleion. by Franz Matsch.

Achilles rides a chariot pulled by black horses, dragging Hector's body around the walls of Troy, while soldiers and onlookers watch from the ramparts.

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I refer to my pup as a "cheeky wee bisom" meaning she's a cute cheeky wee thing.

Then I googled the word. In Ulster Scots it means a bad tempered woman, and the Dictionary of Scots Language at Glasgow Uni define it as a broom.

Have I misremembered my childhood? Does any one else use bisom in the sense of a rascal?

#ScotsLanguage #Linguistics #scotland #Scots

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Como @queerterpreter ya no usa redes, me ha pedido que os comparta esta encuesta sobre #lingüística y #LenguajeNoBinario en castellano para su tesis.

¡Hola! ¿Me echas una mano con mi tesis? Necesito que evalúes lo naturales que te suenan una serie de frases. Tardarás 15 minutos como máximo, y no importa tu nivel de español. ¡Muchas gracias por tu ayuda!

https://zsojnibjam.cognition.run/

#Linguistics #phd #Spanish #trans #nonbinary #nb #tesis #encuesta

Un gato rosa con los ojos azules araña una página que dice: ¿Tienes 15 minutos para una encuesta lingüística? Y el QR con el mismo enlace que comparto en el tut.

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You know you have a bit of a completist problem when you take a screenshot of your #Calibre library's cover listing for the 20 #nonfiction books you're planning to read in 2026 (1-17 done, last 3 underway) and think "I gotta make it 21 to fill that ugly gap"
#linguistics #History #bookstodon @bookstodon

the covers of the 20 nonfiction books the poster plans to read in 2026

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What happens when the grammar police inevitably gets corrupted? 🤔 Is that where slang comes from? 😁

@linguistics @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @writingcommunity @writingbooks

#LinguisticMemes #Meme #Linguistics
#Language #Words #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Reading #Readers #ReadingCommunity
#Novel #Books #Fiction #Bookstodon

Photo of two women dressed up as cops with the line, 'Grammar Police: To Serve and Correct.'

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@grammargirl gives us an episode about Univ of #Toronto #linguistics on the unique dialect of the people of… #Ontario #Canada

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ST6-geykYhw&si=7JO3pJqgvZn04hGH

watch?v=ST6-geykYhw&si=7JO3pJqgvZn04hGH

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Each time we have an influx of users from a particular region over at Stoat, I notice small interesting messaging behaviours. I’ve documented interesting ones I’ve noticed across Stoat as a whole: https://vale.rocks/micros/20260818-0455

#Language #Linguistics

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The lost golden age of language diversity

Tens of thousands of languages may have existed between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago - and their decline began well before European colonial expansion

by Damian E. Blasi, Claire Bowern, Russell D. Gray and Sandra Jacob

https://www.mpg.de/26871018/the-lost-golden-age-of-language-diversity

Books about Comparative linguistics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/19696

#books #linguistics #antropology

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84d

Fun with edu-fuckin-cation, am I doing it right? 😂

@linguistics @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#Rules
#LinguisticMemes #Meme #Linguistics
#Language #Words #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Reading #Readers #ReadingCommunity
#Novel #Books #Fiction #Bookstodon

Post by @matchatia
This was the most valuable information I learned at UCLA:

Photo of a presentation:
All Spoken Language has Rules!
fanTAstic -> fan fuckin tastic
Rule: 'fucking can be inserted only before a stressed syllable

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Linguist to record the magic songs of the Awajún people of Peru

edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin

https://phys.org/news/2026-11-linguist-magic-songs-awajn-people.html

Books about Peru at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3899

#music #linguistics #indegenous_people #culture #history

A letter in the Awajun language from Bardales Juwau to his brother.

Bardales Juwau, a member of the Peruvian Army.

A handwritten letter in blue ink on lined paper, dated “25 de Octubre del 2014,” written in an Indigenous Amazonian language (likely Awajún) mixed with Spanish. Two columns of cursive text mention names, “año nuevo” and a gift list: cigarettes, a bottle, shoes, socks.

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Hiiii! After unexpectedly finding myself without a job for the first time in my professional career, I am looking for a new role effective immediately - one where I can do good, period.

🌟 PREFERRED ROLES (non-exhaustive!):
▪️Writer: technical, reports, newsletters, deep dives, articles
▪️Teacher/tutor: #German, #linguistics, language study; data analytics & literacy, #statistics
▪️Coach: #academia to what’s beyond; personal development; organization; task & project management; app setups & ecosystems
▪️Data analyst / data scientist
▪️Researcher / policy #analyst

🏢 PREFERRED INDUSTRIES & AREAS:
▪️Non-profit/not-for-profit & #advocacy. Broadly speaking: more just, sustainable, more good
▪️Tutoring, coaching, education (software, tools, instruction), academia
▪️Civic good, municipal affairs, local journalism, urbanism, environment/ecology
▪️Small tech/tech for good, FOSS/FLOSS, privacy, digital sovereignty
▪️Disaster management/prevention, emergency operations
(I have work, volunteer, and/or education/training experience in all of these categories - happy to share more!)

💪🏼 I’LL BE A FANTASTIC FIT IF:
▪️You suspect there’s a story in a heap of #data, but don’t know what it is - or how to coax it out. I’ll find it for ya.
▪️You need great visuals and tailored communication for any audience: clear academic reports, engaging tech newsletters, gentle introductions to complex topics, keynotes - I love ‘em all.
▪️You need someone to dig deep. I naturally follow up on every “huh, that’s odd - let me see what’s really going on there!”
▪️You want a critical thinker who gives honest advice. You’ll get the real deal.
▪️You like saying what you mean and talking to each other like real people. I can speak corporate, but I’d prefer leaving that seven-layer dip of jargon behind!
▪️Bonus: You suspect corporate AI may soon be unaffordable for most organizations, or the bubble may burst, and need someone who can do excellent work without chatbot crutches if needed.

⛔️ NOT LOOKING FOR:
▪️Roles where I’m expected to rubber-stamp work, go through the motions, or “put the data fries in the bag.”
▪️Cultures where manufactured emergencies are the norm and there’s no time to think, explore, or dig deep.
▪️Jobs where you can’t tell me what good I’ll do or where my positive impact will be.

🖥️ PREFERRED SETTING:
▪️Remote, flexible hours
▪️Contracts/project work; very open to a portfolio-style career
▪️Hybrid or “we get together sometimes” roles in the #Edmonton area
▪️I’m not chasing the corporate ladder; impact matters more. If it’s a good fit, I don’t care whether it comes with a “Senior” label.

#boostOK, and if you do, I’ll send all the good vibes so there may never again be an unexpected item in your bagging area. 💜

Hiring, or know someone who is? Please get in touch!

[Illustration by maarij aulakh on Pixabay]

#getFediHired #fediHire #fediJobs #jobs

A bright and joyful illustration of a modern desk workspace, with a computer, empty chair, two potted plants, and books displayed in front of a salmon-coloured wall.

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