Lingual_Friendulum wrote:

WindOctahedron wrote:

I've noticed that the farther in history, the less are languages changing. Am I wrong?

That's because once the written form of language becomes commonplace, languages are less likely to change because they become (at least somewhat) standardized. When a language is only spoken people are more likely to mishear words and change their pronunciation or the context that they are used in.

You are right.
I was not sure, because the standard language is not changing, but now people are shortening words a lot to write faster. I think that orthography can influence the development of the language (although it happens rarely), especially nowadays when there's a high literacy rate. This means that the languages are changing, no matter how literate the population is. However, the standard language remains the same, because of the literacy.
In conclusion, more literacy means less changes in the standard form, but more influence of orthography.

moresnet wrote:

5 million bucks to the next person who learns a few words in Archi

I'm starting to feel that all Caucasian languages are complicated in some aspects.

WindOctahedron wrote:

moresnet wrote:

5 million bucks to the next person who learns a few words in Archi

I'm starting to feel that all Caucasian languages are complicated in some aspects.

True. But Archi takes this to a whole new level with stuff like the labialized velar lateral ejective affricate.

Sentinelese = best language

moresnet wrote:

WindOctahedron wrote:

moresnet wrote:

5 million bucks to the next person who learns a few words in Archi

I'm starting to feel that all Caucasian languages are complicated in some aspects.

True. But Archi takes this to a whole new level with stuff like the labialized velar lateral ejective affricate.

Are you talking about k͡ʟ̝̊ʷʼ?

UnconstructivePoster wrote:

Sentinelese = best language

Okay, I'm going to say this again…
Why do you think so?

WindOctahedron wrote:

UnconstructivePoster wrote:

Sentinelese = best language

Okay, I'm going to say this again…
Why do you think so?

Because we know so much about it

no u 120 second rule

UnconstructivePoster wrote:

WindOctahedron wrote:

UnconstructivePoster wrote:

Sentinelese = best language

Okay, I'm going to say this again…
Why do you think so?

Because we know so much about it

Okay, I kow that it's sarcasm, but…
Please tell me something about its grammar, vocabulary, or phonology.

WindOctahedron wrote:

UnconstructivePoster wrote:

WindOctahedron wrote:

UnconstructivePoster wrote:

Sentinelese = best language

Okay, I'm going to say this again…
Why do you think so?

Because we know so much about it

Okay, I kow that it's sarcasm, but…
Please tell me something about its grammar, vocabulary, or phonology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinelese_language

see there's so much info about it

nothing we don't know

it's the best documented language ever

this post and my previous one were sarcasm in case it was hard to tell

WindOctahedron wrote:

moresnet wrote:

WindOctahedron wrote:

moresnet wrote:

5 million bucks to the next person who learns a few words in Archi

I'm starting to feel that all Caucasian languages are complicated in some aspects.

True. But Archi takes this to a whole new level with stuff like the labialized velar lateral ejective affricate.

Are you talking about k͡ʟ̝̊ʷʼ?

Yep.

moresnet wrote:

WindOctahedron wrote:

moresnet wrote:

WindOctahedron wrote:

moresnet wrote:

5 million bucks to the next person who learns a few words in Archi

I'm starting to feel that all Caucasian languages are complicated in some aspects.

True. But Archi takes this to a whole new level with stuff like the labialized velar lateral ejective affricate.

Are you talking about k͡ʟ̝̊ʷʼ?

Yep.

Now I'm imagining a language which has all the features which make Caucasian languages hard to learn: the amount of phonemes in Ubykh, the phonemes themselves from Archi, and the cases of Tsez.
That language would take 40 years to learn.

I wonder if there exist people who have a hard time distinguishing /m/ and /n/. To me, the difference is obvious, but some languages don't have any nasal sounds…

I've recently started to learn toki pona. It was harder than I expected.
(Also, the loanwords have to be “tokiponized”, and when you do so, they sound weird (see my signature and you'll understand).)

thanks to morimop i now know that popo means “butt” in turkish

CatsUnited wrote:

igbo is the best language that google translate has

Yes.

I've seen multiple translations for this:

uwu owo uwu

I've gotten “homosexuality”, “human trafficking”, and right now it translates to “umbrella business”.

And here comes the big winner…

owo uwu uwu owo owo owo owo uwu uwu owo

means

mortgage broker money mutual funds securities

Tom Scott's Linguistics videos are fun and good.

EIephant_Lover wrote:

CatsUnited wrote:

igbo is the best language that google translate has

Yes.

I've seen multiple translations for this:

uwu owo uwu

I've gotten “homosexuality”, “human trafficking”, and right now it translates to “umbrella business”.

And here comes the big winner…

owo uwu uwu owo owo owo owo uwu uwu owo

means

mortgage broker money mutual funds securities

Oh great now my joke about typing “owo uwu owo” into Google Translate no longer works because according to Google that sentence means cash flow now

CatsUnited wrote:

EIephant_Lover wrote:

CatsUnited wrote:

igbo is the best language that google translate has

Yes.

I've seen multiple translations for this:

uwu owo uwu

I've gotten “homosexuality”, “human trafficking”, and right now it translates to “umbrella business”.

And here comes the big winner…

owo uwu uwu owo owo owo owo uwu uwu owo

means

mortgage broker money mutual funds securities

Oh great now my joke about typing “owo uwu owo” into Google Translate no longer works because according to Google that sentence means cash flow now

Yeah :P Also owu uwo means lonliness and uwwo means pregnancy XDDD

I'm learning Spanish and Japanese. I like Japanese more and am only learning Spanish because it's useful when living in America.