Blast from the past: New language system of Gandhara civilisation discovered – The Express Tribune
Blast from the past: New language system of Gandhara civilisation discovered – The Express Tribune Little evidence about 64 languages of ancient heritage has been unearthed in past Source: tribune.com.pk/story/1032965/blast-from-the-past-new-language-system-of-gandhara-civilisation-discovered/ It’s always cool when we find new languages. Finding, decoding and learning older languages is an essential in the quest to understand the past. […]
8 odd sounds from other languages
There are many sounds used in world languages. These sounds form an integral part of many words in the language they are used in. But did you know that you probably know and use some of these sounds already? If you imitate someone glugging something down, you are using one of these sounds. So don’t […]
False friends in Spanish
False friends are words that look similar to a word you already know, but actually have a different meaning than the one you think it would have. “Embarazada” is a famous example. You think it means “embarrased” but it actually means “pregnant” 😀 Watch the video in this post for more examples.
Languages of Switzerland
There are a lot of languages in Switzerland! It’s probably because it is so close to so many different countries. There are also interesting variations in the language spoken there and interesting dialects. The French spoken in Switzerland uses different numbers for 70, 80 and 90 than those used in France. In Switzerland, they use […]
The limits of language
This guy talks about the ambiguity in the word “voice”, which can mean “the sound made by a person’s voicebox” but also “their overall style in writing”. What would you call the process of slowly incorporating more and more of someone else’s style into your own. He calls it “voice adoption”. Is this the best way […]
Fun with Spanish Words!
Every language has a different set of words it uses to describe the world. No language matches another language exactly one word to one word. A word in one language might translate to many words in another, and the reverse is also true. An interesting example is from German where “kennen” means to “recognise” or […]
