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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (๐๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ๐ฒ๐‘‰)
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Vice President, Western Institute for Endangered Language Documentation (California, USA); Adjunct Research Fellow, College of Arts Society & Education, James Cook University (Queensland, Australia)

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Neil Craig Walker is a Scottish lawyer who is currently the Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh. in 2009 he completed a review for the Scottish Government into the final appellate jurisdiction of the Scottish legal system. .. more

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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (๐๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ๐ฒ๐‘‰) @nawalker.bsky.social ยท Mar 12
#langsky #deseretalphabet

Complete Twitter thread for Deseret Alphabet letters:

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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (๐™๐‘๐ฝ๐ฒ๐‘‰ ๐๐น๐จ๐ฝ๐จ) on X: "I thought it might be fun to teach the world one Deseret Alphabet letter each day. The first letter of the alphabet is ๐€ /i/. https://t.co/xZQpE6VmIN" / X
I thought it might be fun to teach the world one Deseret Alphabet letter each day. The first letter of the alphabet is ๐€ /i/. https://t.co/xZQpE6VmIN
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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (๐๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ๐ฒ๐‘‰) @nawalker.bsky.social ยท 26d
๐ฃ๐ฏ๐‘‰๐จ ๐—๐‘‰๐ฎ๐‘…๐‘‹๐ฒ๐‘…

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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (๐๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ๐ฒ๐‘‰) @nawalker.bsky.social ยท Aug 30
ษ‘em ฮธรฆล‹kfสŠl tษ™ biห ษชn ษ™stษนรฆษชljษ™

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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (๐๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ๐ฒ๐‘‰) @nawalker.bsky.social ยท Jul 25
I donโ€™t use this site much. Hope they cite something more useful!

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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (๐๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ๐ฒ๐‘‰) @nawalker.bsky.social ยท Jul 25
#แžแŸƒแž‡แžถแžขแŸ’แž“แž€แž•แŸ’แžŠแŸแžธแž˜แžŸแž„แŸ’แž‚แŸ’แžšแžถแž˜
/tสฐaj ciษ™ nฤ•ษ™k pษ—aษ™m sษ’ล‹kriษ™m/
[tฬชสฐaj tอกษ•iษ™ฬฏ nฬชฤ•ษ™ฬฏส” bฬŠษ—aษ™ฬฏฬƒm sษ’ฬƒล‹หˆษกฬŠษพiษ™ฬฏฬƒm]

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Reposted by Neil Walker

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De Gruyter Brill Linguistics @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social ยท Feb 25
After many years in the making, we are proud to publish A GRAMMAR OF EYAK by the late great Michael Krauss, edited by Kevin Baetscher and Gary Holton. Krauss worked closely with the last remaining fluent speakers to comprehensively document the language.

www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
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mheij.bsky.social @mheij.bsky.social ยท Mar 1
Everyone in Japanese is familiar with different readings for the same characters "depending on the context." But what context makes clear how to read this place name ๅ’Œๅ‚, read Kanigasaka if it is the left ward, but Wasaka if it is the adjacent (!) right ward....

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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (๐๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ๐ฒ๐‘‰) @nawalker.bsky.social ยท Jul 11
/kสฐษคหษฒ pลญษ™nlษฏห plษคหล‹ plษฏp plษ›หt nษฏส‹ ciษ™j plษคส‹ teห/
[kสฐษคฬƒหษฒ bฬฅลญษ™ฬฏฬƒnฬช.หˆlษฏห pสฐlษคฬƒหล‹ pสฐlษฏpฬš pสฐlษ›ฬหtฬชฬš nษฏสŠฬฏ tอกษ•iษ™ฬฏj pสฐlษคสŠฬฏ tฬชeห]
see light(s) blinking LOC edge road PARTICLE
'(When/if there are) flashing lights on the side of the road...'

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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (๐๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ๐ฒ๐‘‰) @nawalker.bsky.social ยท Jul 11
Example of the Khmer love of alliteration in an injunction to slow to 40 when emergency lights are flashing on the side of the road: แžƒแžพแž‰แž–แž“แŸ’แž›แžบแž—แŸ’แž›แžพแž„แž—แŸ’แž›แžนแž”แž—แŸ’แž›แŸ‚แžแž“แŸ…แž‡แžถแž™แž•แŸ’แž›แžผแžœแž‘แŸ [kสฐษคฬƒหษฒ bฬฅลญษ™ฬฏฬƒnฬช.หˆlษฏห pสฐlษคฬƒหล‹ pสฐlษฏpฬš pสฐlษ›ฬหtฬชฬš nษฏสŠฬฏ tอกษ•iษ™ฬฏj pสฐlษคสŠฬฏ tฬชeห]

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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (๐๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ๐ฒ๐‘‰) @nawalker.bsky.social ยท Jul 5
The above blazon and its origin and meaning are available here: www.heraldry-wiki.com/wiki/Launces...
Arms (crest) of Launceston (Tasmania)
www.heraldry-wiki.com