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by GrandPiano
13 Apr 2019 17:07
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: A riddle for you guys
Replies: 14
Views: 2322

Re: A riddle for you guys

This reminds me of linguistics olympiad problems. Can you translate “the sun is rising”?
Spoiler:
It looks like in and si mean “I” and “you”, respectively?
by GrandPiano
13 Apr 2019 02:19
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325243

Re: False cognates

On that note ,Cantonese /hyːn³⁵/ Danish <hund> /hun/ both "Dog" As noted in the previous post, these may be true cognates (Cantonese hyun2 is cognate with Japanese ken, and Danish hund is cognate with Italian cane). The Wiktionary entry doesn't explain how the IE and the ST words. It says...
by GrandPiano
11 Apr 2019 04:55
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325243

Re: False cognates

Shemtov wrote: 10 Apr 2019 06:55 On that note ,Cantonese /hyːn³⁵/ Danish <hund> /hun/ both "Dog"
As noted in the previous post, these may be true cognates (Cantonese hyun2 is cognate with Japanese ken, and Danish hund is cognate with Italian cane).
by GrandPiano
02 Apr 2019 22:29
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
Replies: 881
Views: 275117

Re: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences

Guarani ore "we (exclusive)"
:jpn: 俺 ore "I, me (informal)"
by GrandPiano
02 Apr 2019 22:26
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325243

Re: False cognates

Guarani ko "this (determiner)"
:jpn: この kono "this (determiner)"

Guarani amo "that over there (determiner)"
:jpn: あの ano "that over there (determiner)"

(Is there a flag code for Paraguay?)
by GrandPiano
05 Feb 2019 03:41
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325243

Re: False cognates

:jpn: かぶる kaburu "to put on one's head; to be covered with"
:eng: cover
by GrandPiano
31 Jan 2019 04:36
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Replies: 1037
Views: 268288

Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge

So, I actually haven't had as much free time as I thought I would, and I'm probably not going to have time to do this in the near future. I didn't mean to keep everyone waiting for this long. You can go ahead and post the results if you have them ready.
by GrandPiano
12 Jan 2019 23:55
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Surprising cognates
Replies: 153
Views: 106355

Re: Surprising cognates

If Latin fūnus comes from the PIE root *dʰew-, then "death" and "funeral" are related.
by GrandPiano
23 Dec 2018 00:34
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325243

Re: False cognates

:ara: تقاتل taqātala "to fight one another" (particularly forms where the first syllable is reduplicated like tataqātalūna "you are fighting each other")
:jpn: 戦う tatakau "to fight"
by GrandPiano
20 Dec 2018 01:03
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Replies: 1037
Views: 268288

Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge

Alright. My last exams are tomorrow, so I should have time after that.
by GrandPiano
18 Dec 2018 06:24
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317698

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I can think of rendaku and Lyman's law in Japanese, and those stem extensions that exist in some Polynesian languages, but I'm unsure of what else is out there. Does Japanese have anything else? Not sure if this is exactly what you’re looking for, but Japanese has some somewhat interesting alterati...
by GrandPiano
15 Dec 2018 22:32
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Replies: 1037
Views: 268288

Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge

I was planning to make another guess if I had time, but you don't need to wait for me.
by GrandPiano
14 Dec 2018 03:42
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Looking for "hanyu da cidian" radical list
Replies: 2
Views: 1278

Re: Looking for "hanyu da cidian" radical list

Are you talking about the Kangxi radicals (of which there are 214)?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangxi_radical
by GrandPiano
14 Dec 2018 03:39
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences
Replies: 881
Views: 275117

Re: False friends and other unfortunate coincidences

Just found this: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/보지#Korean in Korean, 보지 can mean "cxxt" and also " preservation, holding, retention" and "notice, announcement" Koreans might want to revive Hanjas because of things like this I guess It says that the last two senses are ...
by GrandPiano
03 Dec 2018 04:59
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Today I learned ...
Replies: 120
Views: 99918

Re: Today I learned ...

Sorry meant to answer this earlier. Wikipedia agrees that they re stops , but the description seems the same as that of a nareal fricative. A voiceless n resembles /nh/, not /nt/, so I would group it with fricatives at least acoustically. [n̥] has the same place of articulation as [t] (and [d] and ...
by GrandPiano
03 Dec 2018 04:56
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317698

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Is there a reason other than personal preference he'd include [ˠ] in the transcription, if he's the only one to distinguish it from the velar allophone, when [ʷ] labiovelarizes non-velars and [f] is a fricative? While [w] is labio-velar, I think [ʷ] technically only indicates that a consonant is la...
by GrandPiano
01 Dec 2018 07:41
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Today I learned ...
Replies: 120
Views: 99918

Re: Today I learned ...

(Note that voiceless nasals are not stops ... the difference between voiced and voiceless nasals is not quite the same as between and voiced and voiceless stops). Can you elaborate on this? My understanding was that nasal stops are considered stops because they block the airflow in the oral cavity ...
by GrandPiano
26 Nov 2018 00:41
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325243

Re: False cognates

I might be wrong, but as far as I remember Cuneiform changed to a fully logographic writing system, without any pictographs left. Yes, but some of the logograms originated as pictograms. Same with Chinese characters. (Also, cuneiform in its most developed state wasn’t fully logographic; there were ...
by GrandPiano
25 Nov 2018 16:30
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325243

Re: False cognates

Sumerian 𒋗 šu “hand” :chn: 手 shǒu “hand” The last two are even graphically sort of similar - a vertical line with several horizontal lines. Which is of course because both started as a drawing of a hand. Such resemblances are common in logographic scripts. Oh yeah, I guess you're right. I'm not sur...