Minangkabau
Minangkabau is an Austronesian language spoken by the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra. It is also spoken in the western part of Riau, South Aceh Regency, the northern part of Bengkulu and Jambi and in several cities through Indonesia. It is very similar to Malay, leading some to say Minangkabau is merely a dialect of […]
Call Me Maybe in Atlaans
Atlaans is a constructed language I created a few years back. I love doing stuff with Atlaans because it makes it feel more like a real language. My most favourite thing to do in Atlaans is to translate contemporary songs into it. Without further ado, here is Call Me Maybe in Atlaans. Ig verf een […]
The Difference Between a Language and a Dialect – The Atlantic
The Difference Between a Language and a Dialect – The Atlantic The realities of speech are much more complicated than the words used to describe it. Source: www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/01/difference-between-language-dialect/424704/ What’s the difference between a dialect and a language? It’s really hard to say actually. We often have the sense that language is the “proper” version […]
An awesome song in Icelandic
Faun is a band that formed in 2002 in Germany. They play folk and medieval music. They use older instruments which gives their music an interesting sound. They perform in many languages including German, Latin, Greek and some Scandanavian languages.
A lot of English words come from Celtic languages
It’s all just English anyway! | SteCymru14’s Smiley Faces I’ve just read an article by a British person claiming Welsh is backwards and insignificant. How its use is as pointless as the people who use it. Nice, huh? Well if this person is allowed to denounce the indigenous rites of an ancient people, I’m […]
5 Books That Explain the Evolution of the English Language – Grammarly Blog | Grammarly Blog
5 Books That Explain the Evolution of the English Language – Grammarly Blog | Grammarly Blog Source: www.grammarly.com/blog/2016/5-books-that-explain-the-evolution-of-the-english-language/ English is a Germanic language. It may not seem so at first since it has so many Romance derived words in it, but it is derived from the same older language as German, Dutch and Swedish. […]
