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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4635 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 193 of 306 07 May 2012 at 8:50pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I stand corrected. My apologies. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| aldous Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5033 days ago 73 posts - 174 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 194 of 306 07 May 2012 at 8:55pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I'm guessing you're thinking of Coptic? But wouldn't the Cyrillic alphabet technically qualify?
Are you thinking of Khazar? That language is extinct. Or are you thinking of the Bukharan Jews? I thought they spoke Persian. Just in case I got one of those right, here's one: Name a language that doesn't have words for 'left' and 'right'. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| clumsy Octoglot Senior Member Poland lang-8.com/6715Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4969 days ago 1116 posts - 1367 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swedish Studies: Danish, Dari, Kirundi | Message 195 of 306 07 May 2012 at 10:44pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
well, maybe... if you think about Mongolians and Kazakh, but Cyrillic is derived more distantly from Greek, so I didn't notice it, but well, that would make 'Kazakh' 'Kyrgyz' and 'Mongolian' valid answer.
Are you thinking of Khazar? That language is extinct. Or are you thinking of the Bukharan Jews? I thought they spoke Persian. Just in case I got one of those right, here's one: Name a language that doesn't have words for 'left' and 'right'.[/QUOTE] You shall pass. I was thinking about Karaim, I didn't know about Khazars, but let it be, being exting doesn't disqualify the answer. Edited by clumsy on 07 May 2012 at 10:45pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| clumsy Octoglot Senior Member Poland lang-8.com/6715Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4969 days ago 1116 posts - 1367 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swedish Studies: Danish, Dari, Kirundi | Message 196 of 306 09 May 2012 at 3:34pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Guugu Yimithirr!
An Aboriginal language. Name a language which has many words for snow (it's not what you think, not Inuit, it's the most widespread language myth that Inuit has many words for snow, but there is another language which has enormous number of words for snow) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| mashmusic11235 Groupie United States Joined 5290 days ago 85 posts - 122 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Cantonese | Message 197 of 306 13 May 2012 at 11:44pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I believe the Sami language spoken in northern Scandinavia has many words for snow, but I
could be wrong. If I did get it right: name a language that uses the same word for 'yesterday' and 'tomorrow' 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4635 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 198 of 306 14 May 2012 at 12:11am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Hindi
Name a European language that uses the same 'r'-sound [ɹ] as English. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| morinkhuur Triglot Groupie Germany Joined 4468 days ago 79 posts - 157 votes Speaks: German*, Latin, English Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghribi) | Message 199 of 306 14 May 2012 at 12:51am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Some dialects of Dutch, and - according to Wikipedia - also some dialects of German that i have never heard of.
Name a language with at least 87 consonants (most of which are clicks), 20 vowels, and two tones 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| mizunooto Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4488 days ago 42 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Mandarin, Japanese, Polish, Kazakh, Malay | Message 200 of 306 14 May 2012 at 2:49am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Taa, or !Xoon or ǃXóõ
Name a language with three types of consonant mutation 1 person has voted this message useful |
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