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geoffw
Triglot
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 Message 129 of 306
29 March 2012 at 7:17pm | IP Logged 
Vietnamese.

Name a language having at least 4 times as many L2 speakers as L1 speakers (excepting English, just in case).
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espejismo
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 Message 130 of 306
29 March 2012 at 8:48pm | IP Logged 
French?

Name a Romance language whose word for bricklayer/mason does not have Indo-European origins.
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Ellsworth
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 Message 131 of 306
29 March 2012 at 9:13pm | IP Logged 
Spanish?
EDIT: damn appears my original question was already asked.
(Bad question) Name an IE language with ejective consonants.

Edited by Ellsworth on 29 March 2012 at 9:26pm

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LaughingChimp
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 Message 132 of 306
29 March 2012 at 10:29pm | IP Logged 
Ossetian
Name a language with more than 60 phonemic consonants.
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Ellsworth
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 Message 133 of 306
29 March 2012 at 11:21pm | IP Logged 
Ubykh.
Name the language Irish play write Samuel Becket wrote in.
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espejismo
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 Message 134 of 306
30 March 2012 at 1:53am | IP Logged 
English and French

Name the language in which, besides English and Spanish, most public signs and announcements are posted in Miami.
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viedums
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 Message 135 of 306
30 March 2012 at 4:57am | IP Logged 
Creole.

Name a language with some dialects having tone distinctions and other dialects without them.


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Ellsworth
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 Message 136 of 306
30 March 2012 at 5:03am | IP Logged 
Norwegian.
Name a conlang phonologically based off Welsh.


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