They created a language based on Proto Indo European for this game
More games should do this. It really adds to the authenticity of the experience. Ubisoft reached out to linguists to create three different related languages based on Indo European for their game. Since the game takes place before Indo European is reckoned to have been around, linguists have come up with what could have been […]
The future of Tamazight literature
A new place for Tamazight literature in Algeria and beyond – Your Middle East Last fall, Algerian novelist Rachid Bouxerroub won the Assia Djebar prize for Best Fiction in Tamazight for his novel Tislit n’oughanim (The Bride of Reed Source: www.yourmiddleeast.com/columns/article/a-new-place-for-tamazight-literature-in-algeria-and-beyond_38274 There are 7000 languages in the world (roughly, it’s hard to get a proper […]
Home Office misspells ‘language’ in English test statement – BBC News
Home Office misspells ‘language’ in English test statement – BBC News Home Office officials misspell ‘language’ in a press release on the new English test for migrants. Source: www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35381365 I don’t think a typo is indicative of much. People make mistakes all the time. But when that typo is on a piece of paper […]
Emoji
The Eggplant Emoji Means Exactly What You Think It Means | Motherboard SwiftKey analyzed more than 1 billion emojis sent using their third-party keyboard to suss out the most popular symbols. Source: motherboard.vice.com/read/its-a-dick Hahaha! This one is very amusing! People will always find a way to say what they want to say. Even if […]
Icelandic chants
Icelandic is an awesome sounding language. It is one of the most conservative Germanic languages, which means it has not changed a lot over the centuries and Icelanders can still read stuff written in the 1300s which is when a lot of Norse mythology was written.
Japanese tongue twisters
Tongue twisters are an awesome way to show the phonology and phonotactics (what sounds are allowed in a language and where) of a language. A good tongue twister can have even a native speaker tripping over a tongue and will be almost impossible for a non native speaker to even pronounce! 🙂
