Regarding Greece I meant a surviving population in...
India.
Assuming it survived until today, would the language be recognized as Greek? Romani still survives
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- 11 Jan 2021 22:48
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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- 11 Jan 2021 11:33
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
In any case, can you see a Greek population (even a few 1000s surviving from the time of Alexander until today?
- 10 Jan 2021 21:57
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I was thinking along the lines that literacy and urbanization slow down linguistic change. I see this as a reason why Greek has changed much less over last two millenia. But I may be wrong or just partially right. Basically surviving WRE.= More economic deveopment earlier = more urban development = ...
- 10 Jan 2021 14:37
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
If the Western Roman Empire survuved, would development of Romance languages be slowed down/prevented? In such a scenario Iberia and Gallia would continue economic development and integration with each other and would reach economic level of Italy in 6th-7th century.
- 08 Jan 2021 23:26
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: False cognates
- Replies: 910
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Re: False cognates
: cnota (virtue)
tzniut (modesty)
Not related at all
tzniut (modesty)
Not related at all
- 08 Jan 2021 22:19
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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- Views: 294233
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Shat other words vould be borrowed from Latin and earlier, Greek and what could their reflexes be?
- 08 Jan 2021 00:44
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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- Views: 294233
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
If the Latin word legion wad borrowed into Balto Slavic at the time of Principate, how would its Slavic reflex sound?
- 07 Jan 2021 22:28
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Were there already Jews living in Slavic lands in Proto-Slavic times/ Weird that the word is borrowed from Italian rather than Greek or the French dialect Jews spoke.
- 07 Jan 2021 16:42
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: alternative English with German superstrate
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- Views: 1794
Re: alternative English with German superstrate
Your answer is definitely not quick. The question therefore does not fit there :)
A German invasion replacing the Norman one would be much more interesting.
A German invasion replacing the Norman one would be much more interesting.
- 07 Jan 2021 16:41
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1133
- Views: 294233
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
What is the origin of Polish word for Jew, i.e. "Żyd"? It does not seem to come from Yiddish Yid or French juif (Polish reflex would be something like "Żyw").
- 07 Jan 2021 01:11
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: alternative English with German superstrate
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1794
alternative English with German superstrate
The Holy Roman Empire invades England and replaces Normans as the ruling power for 200-300 years.
What could ENglish influenced by continental West Germanic languages rather than French look like?
What could ENglish influenced by continental West Germanic languages rather than French look like?
- 05 Jan 2021 14:53
- Forum: Games
- Topic: phrase modifying game
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26114
Re: phrase modifying game
Would a separate thread gor npn English phrases be a good idea?
- 05 Jan 2021 00:40
- Forum: Games
- Topic: phrase modifying game
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26114
Re: phrase modifying game
Anew. UDHR is boring. I gor a better sentence Hwaruh lokode kuningaz wezun skildiwiz isarnas bindanai midi baromiz, hwazuh hudidaz midi kalko auk blotho ˈ[xʷɑrux 'lɔːkɔːde:ˈkuniŋɡɑz 'we;zun 'skildiwiz 'isɑrnɑs 'bindɑnɑi 'midi 'bɑromiz 'xwɑzux 'xu:didɑz 'midi 'kalkɔː 'ɑuk 'blɔːðɔː] translation - &quo...
- 05 Jan 2021 00:12
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Slavic reflexes of words
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1759
Slavic reflexes of words
How would Slavic reflexes of the words below look like if they existed in PIE?
*korteks
*hipotalamos
*hippokampos
*amygdala
Take nearest PIE approximation.
*korteks
*hipotalamos
*hippokampos
*amygdala
Take nearest PIE approximation.
- 03 Jan 2021 18:33
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Unified Slavdom - impact on evolution of Slavic languages
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1880
Re: Unified Slavdom - impact on evolution of Slavic languages
Lol no
The unification should take place between 900 and 1000 AD but it dhould ladt for at least several centuries, likely permandntly
The unification should take place between 900 and 1000 AD but it dhould ladt for at least several centuries, likely permandntly
- 03 Jan 2021 14:27
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Unified Slavdom - impact on evolution of Slavic languages
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1880
Unified Slavdom - impact on evolution of Slavic languages
Let's assume some polity unifies all Slavs from Saloniki to Novgorod between 900 and 1000 AD. The Slavic religion becomes Orthodoxy and the official language is Church Slavonic. How would being in the same state with a single official language affect the evolution of various Slavic languages. I wond...
- 30 Dec 2020 19:25
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: language closer to Sanskrit
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1792
Re: language closer to Sanskrit
WOuldn't Lithuanian grammar be esier for the Sanskrit speaker?
Both are synthetic languages while Hindi is analytic. Verb conjugations and nominal declensions in Lithuanian and Sanskrit are relatively similar.
Both are synthetic languages while Hindi is analytic. Verb conjugations and nominal declensions in Lithuanian and Sanskrit are relatively similar.
- 30 Dec 2020 19:18
- Forum: Games
- Topic: phrase modifying game
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26114
phrase modifying game
Let's see if it will stick. One user posts a short sentence in IPA and the next one applies a single phonological, morphological or syntactic change until that sentence becomes completely unrecognizable, i.e. it could not be considered related to the first one. I am wondering if non-English phrases ...
- 27 Dec 2020 12:03
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: language closer to Sanskrit
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1792
language closer to Sanskrit
If linguistic distance was to be measured, what language would be closer to Sanskrit, modern day Lithuanian or modern day Hindi? Lithuanian as a whole has changed a lot less since Proto Balto-Slavic, if we taught someone who knows only Sanskrit bith Lithuanian and Hindi, chances are they would find ...