Unlike the word for "man", the word for "woman" was pretty much conserved in many Austronesian languages in various forms. Most of them descend from the Proto-Austronesian root *bahi, modified by some affixes.
How do you say "woman" and "female" in your language?
Hi everyone, I wanted to ask you a question.
Do you personally believe in any unofficial theory regarding language families, or the history and evolution of languages?
I'll start with mine: I don't have any formal background study in Linguistics, but I would be really enthusiast to see the Austronesian and Kra-Dai common origin confirmed in the Austro-Tai hypothesis.
The evidence around it sounds very solid and plausible.
What about you guys, what's your hot take?
ik theinan augon sahwim
jah ik meinak sunuk thagkjim,
thu swa altheiki swaswe is was is,
hwanma,ik thairn weihak letim,
kauruwist mein tawi?
ik hwazuh guma dauthuidim
balwim ik allas dagas
ni sahweis thatan skohslan
hwema dauthuan thus kunaim
ik guma im
jah ik husan gagan sokjim
afar allas thatas jers fairra witkit
ik guma im
hwama libainak weihist
ina ik unte meinak gaspothik fairhwun giban kunaim
ik guma im
ak,hwanma maidist stain theihwostainan?
hwanma maidist kindil fonan?
hwanma maidist guma skohslan?
hwanma maidist wato storman?
hwanma maidist thagkj ufarhugjan?
hwanma maidist guma skohslan?
hwanma maidist stain theihwostainan? mik afleteis
hwanma maidist kindil fonan? mik afleteis
hwanma maidist guma skohslan? mik afleteis
hwanma maidist guma skohslan? mik afleteis
ik guma im
esto es la cancion "just a man" de epic the musical traducida al mini neogotico, un conlang que cree basado en el gotico pero con la gramatica simplificada (manteniendo las caractristicas gramaticales principales, escepto el genero que solo esta en los pronombres) y con alrededor de 400 palabras de vocabulario. quieren mas informacion de este conlang?. lo hice porque a la gente se le hace muy dificil aprender el gotico por su gramatica complicada.
Hello!
I am apart of the generation that never learned phonics, I was taught to memorize my words and eventually became well read and read 60+ books a year. I have zero problems understanding literature and analyzing text, and words that I cannot pronounce, I can understand the meaning behind them through context clues, etc. I KNOW HOW TO READ! (Kinda… lmao see later)
My problem is PRONUNCIATION!!! I don’t read aloud a lot, and recently I just started reading a book to myself and realized, holy shit, I can’t pronounce these words and I also don’t know how to. I am missing the phonetic knowledge to properly sound words out. For example, here are some words I know how to say from memorizing but I would pronounce like this prior to hearing it correctly:
hyperbole → “hyper-bowl” instead of “hy-PER-buh-lee”
epitome → “epi-tome” instead of “eh-PIT-uh-mee”
segue → “seg” instead of “SEG-way”
facade → “fuh-kade” instead of “fuh-SAHD”
I could not tell you why those words are pronounced that way.
I’m not sure how I made it as long as I did without realizing I don’t think I know how to actually read. I’m freaking out at this realization and would appreciate any advice on how to learn phonics as an adult or if anyone relates or you yourself taught the generation that missed phonics. And yes, I’ve listened to Sold a Story- great pod.
Also- I did have a pretty severe speech impediment and received services from k-5 (I don’t have a speech impediment now- it only slips out sometimes if I’m speaking very fast) and I went to a small private school that definitely focused more on religion than education. IDK if that matters.
Spark notes version: Never learned phonics, realized I don’t know how to pronounce words properly unless I hear them correctly first. Looking for advice on how to teach myself phonics / if anyone else relates or if I somehow made it through life without basic knowledge.