r/linguisticshumor

i went to languagesimp vexillology class

edit: guys dont say stuff like „you shoud use [insert flag of a country with a large diaspora of people who speak the language but isnt official anywhere] for [insert language]„ if you couldnt tell i was only going off of countries where a language is official. maybe i will do a part two with diasporas tho.

Source: r/phoenixsc

Context: French ”eau” and Swedish ”å” both come from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂, ending up at essentially the same result after centuries of erosion; yet I basically only see French get flack for this

(I didn’t need the 3rd guy so I slimed him)

*security deposit

I was reading "Where Animals Talk" by ROBERT H. NASSAU, and came across this:

"Besides the words for “hunger” and “famine,” the Bantu languages have a third word meaning, “longing for meat.” "

And settled on "Nkosya" after some google searches. Actually not sure, will need your expertise. Also found out several tribal languages across the world have this term because meat is not as available as starchy carbohydrates.

I'm not a linguist, I just found this fascinating. Book is on Gutenberg:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/58900/58900-h/58900-h.htm