Why Romanian Isn't Like Other Languages ( www.youtube.com )
sand ( packaged-media.redd.it )
First languages of North America traced back to two groups from Siberia ( phys.org )
cli-etymology ( mander.xyz )
Is English just badly pronounced French? ( www.youtube.com )
New Linguistics Technique Could Reveal Who Spoke the First Indo-European Languages ( www.scientificamerican.com )
Irish names you’re probably saying wrong and how to pronounce them | CNN ( edition.cnn.com )
How climate change is altering Sami language ( www.bbc.com )
Isolated for six months, scientists in Antarctica began to develop their own accent ( www.bbc.com )
they were taking part in an unusual experiment, which involved tracking their own voices over time. This was done by making 10-minute recordings every few weeks. They would sit in front of a microphone and repeat the same 29 words as they appeared on a computer screen. Food. Coffee. Hid. Airflow....
The End of the Slavic Linguistic Unity (in French, but with English subtitles) ( www.youtube.com )
How likely are chance resemblances between languages? ( www.zompist.com )
Human languages with greater information density have higher communication speed but lower conversation breadth - Nature Human Behaviour ( arxiv.org )
Linguistic Coincidences ( lemmy.sdf.org )
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Esperanto: The artificial language that aimed to unite humanity ( bigthink.com )
Sloshed, plastered and gazeboed: why Britons have 546 words for drunkenness ( www.theguardian.com )
Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide ( ruhua-langblr.tumblr.com )
The English words “wheel” and “rickshaw” are extraordinary cognates ( lemmy.sdf.org )
The Linguistics Iceberg Explained ( yt.artemislena.eu )
[Sci.News] Post-Neolithic Diet-Induced Dental Changes Led to Introduction of ‘F’ and ‘V’ Sounds ( www.sci.news )
Link for the Science research article. The observation that societies without access to softer food kind of avoided labiodentals is old, from 1985, but the research is recent-ish (2019).
Does language mirror the mind? An intellectual history | Aeon Essays ( aeon.co )
