Sāmapriyavasuḣ
@avzaagzonunaada.bsky.social
Interested in descriptive, historical & contact linguistics.
I like Caucasian and Indo-Iranic languages, and dabble (in decreasing order of oftenity) in the languages of the Pacific Northwest, the Himalayas and along the Nile. rẓ́w fan.
I like Caucasian and Indo-Iranic languages, and dabble (in decreasing order of oftenity) in the languages of the Pacific Northwest, the Himalayas and along the Nile. rẓ́w fan.
Kalasha & Shina share Skt. v- > b-, but there may be differences internally.
Shina ẓū́b ‘grass’ < dū́rvā indicates -rv- > -bb- > -b(-)
Kalasha sau̯ ‘all’ < sárva- implies -rv- > -vv- > -v(-) (= -u̯)
Shina ẓū́b ‘grass’ < dū́rvā indicates -rv- > -bb- > -b(-)
Kalasha sau̯ ‘all’ < sárva- implies -rv- > -vv- > -v(-) (= -u̯)
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Kalasha & Shina share Skt. v- > b-, but there may be differences internally.
Shina ẓū́b ‘grass’ < dū́rvā indicates -rv- > -bb- > -b(-)
Kalasha sau̯ ‘all’ < sárva- implies -rv- > -vv- > -v(-) (= -u̯)
Shina ẓū́b ‘grass’ < dū́rvā indicates -rv- > -bb- > -b(-)
Kalasha sau̯ ‘all’ < sárva- implies -rv- > -vv- > -v(-) (= -u̯)
Paper-submission page-limits saved me from misinforming the two people who’ll read this thing I submitted a few weeks ago.
Discovered that something I was claiming but had to cut out owing to space-constraints is actually false. But I highly doubt the reviewers would have caught it. Whoosh!!
Discovered that something I was claiming but had to cut out owing to space-constraints is actually false. But I highly doubt the reviewers would have caught it. Whoosh!!
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Paper-submission page-limits saved me from misinforming the two people who’ll read this thing I submitted a few weeks ago.
Discovered that something I was claiming but had to cut out owing to space-constraints is actually false. But I highly doubt the reviewers would have caught it. Whoosh!!
Discovered that something I was claiming but had to cut out owing to space-constraints is actually false. But I highly doubt the reviewers would have caught it. Whoosh!!
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Only 1000 need to the final goal!!! 🤎
My dearest friend set up the weekly and monthly donation options so that we can stay alive after a tent was destroyed just 100 meters away from us last night. The sand covered our faces while we were still alive.
I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.
I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Only 1000 need to the final goal!!! 🤎
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Do u ever just miss the world without ai images
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Do u ever just miss the world without ai images
You gotta love how Caucasians literally undo centuries of sound changes to pronounce Arabic (voiceless) emphatics as ejectives.
Listen to this Chechen woman’s طيف as тӀойф.
youtube.com/shorts/dicGm...
Listen to this Chechen woman’s طيف as тӀойф.
youtube.com/shorts/dicGm...
Редкие и красивые имена #arabic #english #lingualand #ингушетия
YouTube video by Khava Tsechoeva
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November 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
You gotta love how Caucasians literally undo centuries of sound changes to pronounce Arabic (voiceless) emphatics as ejectives.
Listen to this Chechen woman’s طيف as тӀойф.
youtube.com/shorts/dicGm...
Listen to this Chechen woman’s طيف as тӀойф.
youtube.com/shorts/dicGm...
Writing that paper on Yidgha and properly calling an important areal contrast in the subcontinent “lamino-coronal” v. “apico-coronal” instead of “dental” v. “retroflex”, which is what it truly is.
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Writing that paper on Yidgha and properly calling an important areal contrast in the subcontinent “lamino-coronal” v. “apico-coronal” instead of “dental” v. “retroflex”, which is what it truly is.
The central implication of this tweet stands, but I think I misunderstood his intonation (and missed the “?” on screen somehow). The first clause is a question, not a conditional. More like:
Не ’мбарыс иронау? Уӕд дӕ Ирон нӕ дӕ!
Don’t understand Ossetic? Then you are not an Ossete.
Не ’мбарыс иронау? Уӕд дӕ Ирон нӕ дӕ!
Don’t understand Ossetic? Then you are not an Ossete.
Hardcore understanding of ethnicity.
«не ’мбарыс иронау, уӕд дӕ ирон нӕ дӕ»
NEG=understand-2SG Ossetic-EQU, then 2SG Ossetian NEG=COP.2SG
“(if you) don’t understand Ossetic, then you are not an Ossete”
«не ’мбарыс иронау, уӕд дӕ ирон нӕ дӕ»
NEG=understand-2SG Ossetic-EQU, then 2SG Ossetian NEG=COP.2SG
“(if you) don’t understand Ossetic, then you are not an Ossete”
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The central implication of this tweet stands, but I think I misunderstood his intonation (and missed the “?” on screen somehow). The first clause is a question, not a conditional. More like:
Не ’мбарыс иронау? Уӕд дӕ Ирон нӕ дӕ!
Don’t understand Ossetic? Then you are not an Ossete.
Не ’мбарыс иронау? Уӕд дӕ Ирон нӕ дӕ!
Don’t understand Ossetic? Then you are not an Ossete.
I think it is incredibly funny that in order to pitch a potential hire to a university now, one has to rope “AI” into every job, LOL.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I think it is incredibly funny that in order to pitch a potential hire to a university now, one has to rope “AI” into every job, LOL.
Hardcore understanding of ethnicity.
«не ’мбарыс иронау, уӕд дӕ ирон нӕ дӕ»
NEG=understand-2SG Ossetic-EQU, then 2SG Ossetian NEG=COP.2SG
“(if you) don’t understand Ossetic, then you are not an Ossete”
«не ’мбарыс иронау, уӕд дӕ ирон нӕ дӕ»
NEG=understand-2SG Ossetic-EQU, then 2SG Ossetian NEG=COP.2SG
“(if you) don’t understand Ossetic, then you are not an Ossete”
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Hardcore understanding of ethnicity.
«не ’мбарыс иронау, уӕд дӕ ирон нӕ дӕ»
NEG=understand-2SG Ossetic-EQU, then 2SG Ossetian NEG=COP.2SG
“(if you) don’t understand Ossetic, then you are not an Ossete”
«не ’мбарыс иронау, уӕд дӕ ирон нӕ дӕ»
NEG=understand-2SG Ossetic-EQU, then 2SG Ossetian NEG=COP.2SG
“(if you) don’t understand Ossetic, then you are not an Ossete”
Throughout the Muslim world, using (some borrowed version of) Arabic كِتَاب /kitāb/ for ‘book’ is pretty common.
I learned today that some languages of Daghestan, like Dargwa & Rutul, rather use the Arabic جُزْء /ĝuzʾ/ ‘1/30 of the Qurʾān’ as their word for ‘book’, e.g., Dargwa жуз /žuz/.
I learned today that some languages of Daghestan, like Dargwa & Rutul, rather use the Arabic جُزْء /ĝuzʾ/ ‘1/30 of the Qurʾān’ as their word for ‘book’, e.g., Dargwa жуз /žuz/.
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Throughout the Muslim world, using (some borrowed version of) Arabic كِتَاب /kitāb/ for ‘book’ is pretty common.
I learned today that some languages of Daghestan, like Dargwa & Rutul, rather use the Arabic جُزْء /ĝuzʾ/ ‘1/30 of the Qurʾān’ as their word for ‘book’, e.g., Dargwa жуз /žuz/.
I learned today that some languages of Daghestan, like Dargwa & Rutul, rather use the Arabic جُزْء /ĝuzʾ/ ‘1/30 of the Qurʾān’ as their word for ‘book’, e.g., Dargwa жуз /žuz/.
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Help me rent a safe shelter.
Help me rent a safe shelter.
The wind howls like a hungry beast, tearing our tent apart. Rain pounds relentlessly, seeping through every crack, freezing us to the bone. Water rises around us, swallowing our feet, our knees… our hope.
November 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Help me rent a safe shelter.
Help me rent a safe shelter.
Cute pair of examples from Abdzakh Circassian (works in Temirgoy too) in Konuk (2023) of how ‘my son has fallen ill’ and ‘my pig has fallen ill’ are only distinguished by the possessive prefix, /qʷʰɜ/ ‘pig’ requiring the alienability prefix that /qʷʰɜ/ ‘son’ doesn’t.
In Kabardian, the possessive ..
In Kabardian, the possessive ..
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Cute pair of examples from Abdzakh Circassian (works in Temirgoy too) in Konuk (2023) of how ‘my son has fallen ill’ and ‘my pig has fallen ill’ are only distinguished by the possessive prefix, /qʷʰɜ/ ‘pig’ requiring the alienability prefix that /qʷʰɜ/ ‘son’ doesn’t.
In Kabardian, the possessive ..
In Kabardian, the possessive ..
If les Anglais were still an oral culture with no (or class-restricted) writing, you think pterosaur would be reimagined as terror-saur?
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If les Anglais were still an oral culture with no (or class-restricted) writing, you think pterosaur would be reimagined as terror-saur?
Just learning that the “M” of M. Dale Kinkade (famous Salishanist) stands for “Marvin”.
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Just learning that the “M” of M. Dale Kinkade (famous Salishanist) stands for “Marvin”.
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New paper on back-formation and "forward-formation": If one takes the right view of the inventorium (or "extended lexicon"), there is no distinction between "potential words" and "existing words", and the problems with "back-formation" disappear. www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
New paper on back-formation and "forward-formation": If one takes the right view of the inventorium (or "extended lexicon"), there is no distinction between "potential words" and "existing words", and the problems with "back-formation" disappear. www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
Couldn’t remember the word ‘commence’ and so I wrote ‘inchoate’ somewhere, coining it out of the inchoative mood. Hope whoever is reading appreciates that.
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Couldn’t remember the word ‘commence’ and so I wrote ‘inchoate’ somewhere, coining it out of the inchoative mood. Hope whoever is reading appreciates that.
This looks incredibly fun. Love spiders, but the ones I’ve met, sadly, don’t weave as bloop-bloopily.
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
This looks incredibly fun. Love spiders, but the ones I’ve met, sadly, don’t weave as bloop-bloopily.
I am noticing that a lot of authors who’re not specialists in Indo-European (or a branch thereof), or in one of Indo-Aryan & Iranic, use the term “Indo-Aryan” to mean Indo-Iranic much to my chagrin.¹
I am increasingly coming across statements like “Armenian is neighbored by Indo-Aryan languages”, >
I am increasingly coming across statements like “Armenian is neighbored by Indo-Aryan languages”, >
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I am noticing that a lot of authors who’re not specialists in Indo-European (or a branch thereof), or in one of Indo-Aryan & Iranic, use the term “Indo-Aryan” to mean Indo-Iranic much to my chagrin.¹
I am increasingly coming across statements like “Armenian is neighbored by Indo-Aryan languages”, >
I am increasingly coming across statements like “Armenian is neighbored by Indo-Aryan languages”, >
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Hi, I’m Ruaa, a translator and language student from Gaza
Since the genocide began I’ve been trapped here unable to continue my master’s studies
I’m simply asking for a chance to return and complete my education to use language to heal and inspire
Please consider donating to help me reach this goal.
Since the genocide began I’ve been trapped here unable to continue my master’s studies
I’m simply asking for a chance to return and complete my education to use language to heal and inspire
Please consider donating to help me reach this goal.
We are in urgent need of protection and a safe place to live. We’re raising support to help us escape danger and rebuild our lives in safety. Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to security and hope. 💛
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid
Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety
I'm helping my friend, Ruaa Naji, raise funds to help her family survive.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Hi, I’m Ruaa, a translator and language student from Gaza
Since the genocide began I’ve been trapped here unable to continue my master’s studies
I’m simply asking for a chance to return and complete my education to use language to heal and inspire
Please consider donating to help me reach this goal.
Since the genocide began I’ve been trapped here unable to continue my master’s studies
I’m simply asking for a chance to return and complete my education to use language to heal and inspire
Please consider donating to help me reach this goal.
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According to Sanskrit philosophers, children don't become proficient language users through individual words, but through sentences. Śālikanātha says that they have to extract the meaning of individual words through their presence or absence in the sentences they hear.
#SanskritPhilosophy
#SanskritPhilosophy
November 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
According to Sanskrit philosophers, children don't become proficient language users through individual words, but through sentences. Śālikanātha says that they have to extract the meaning of individual words through their presence or absence in the sentences they hear.
#SanskritPhilosophy
#SanskritPhilosophy
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Work in the California Language Archive to support language reclamation:
news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/06/2...
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23 boxes and a suitcase full of tapes: How a linguist's lifelong work is shaping Indigenous language today - Berkeley News
Collections at UC Berkeley's California Language Archive help keep Indigenous languages alive. This is the story of one of them.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Work in the California Language Archive to support language reclamation:
news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/06/2...
news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/06/2...
Hearing Dutch now. First time hearing Dutch in Vancouver, though I have met Dutch tourists on the islands nearby.
And the Dutch-named Canadians, of whom I have met plenty (big population in British Columbia), don’t speak any Dutch as far as I know.
And the Dutch-named Canadians, of whom I have met plenty (big population in British Columbia), don’t speak any Dutch as far as I know.
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Hearing Dutch now. First time hearing Dutch in Vancouver, though I have met Dutch tourists on the islands nearby.
And the Dutch-named Canadians, of whom I have met plenty (big population in British Columbia), don’t speak any Dutch as far as I know.
And the Dutch-named Canadians, of whom I have met plenty (big population in British Columbia), don’t speak any Dutch as far as I know.
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Archaeologists discover how oldest American civilisation survived a climate catastrophe ⛏️🇵🇪 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Archaeologists discover how oldest American civilisation survived a climate catastrophe
Experts find artefacts left behind in Caral showing how population survived drought without resorting to violence
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November 6, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Archaeologists discover how oldest American civilisation survived a climate catastrophe ⛏️🇵🇪 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
One of the reasons I place greater faith in Indo-Iranic & Balto-Slavic forming a node (as argued by Palmér, e.g.) as opposed to Indo-Iranic and Græco-Phygian (+ Armenian?) is because Greek (and Indo-Iranic) is attested like 2 millennia before Balto-Slavic. The fact that BS has around as many ...
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
One of the reasons I place greater faith in Indo-Iranic & Balto-Slavic forming a node (as argued by Palmér, e.g.) as opposed to Indo-Iranic and Græco-Phygian (+ Armenian?) is because Greek (and Indo-Iranic) is attested like 2 millennia before Balto-Slavic. The fact that BS has around as many ...
The Kartvelian for ‘twin’ looks a lot like the Circassian-Ubykh for ‘two’. Ƕuddup with that?
Georgian tʼqʼupʼ- (Old Georgian tʼqʼub-) ‘twin’
Mingrelian-Laz tʼqʼub-
Svan tʼqʼwib-
Ubykh tʼqʷʼı ‘two’
Hakuchi tʼqʷʼı
Shapsugh tʼʔʷʼı
Temirgoy tʷʼı
Kabardian tʼıw
Georgian tʼqʼupʼ- (Old Georgian tʼqʼub-) ‘twin’
Mingrelian-Laz tʼqʼub-
Svan tʼqʼwib-
Ubykh tʼqʷʼı ‘two’
Hakuchi tʼqʷʼı
Shapsugh tʼʔʷʼı
Temirgoy tʷʼı
Kabardian tʼıw
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Kartvelian for ‘twin’ looks a lot like the Circassian-Ubykh for ‘two’. Ƕuddup with that?
Georgian tʼqʼupʼ- (Old Georgian tʼqʼub-) ‘twin’
Mingrelian-Laz tʼqʼub-
Svan tʼqʼwib-
Ubykh tʼqʷʼı ‘two’
Hakuchi tʼqʷʼı
Shapsugh tʼʔʷʼı
Temirgoy tʷʼı
Kabardian tʼıw
Georgian tʼqʼupʼ- (Old Georgian tʼqʼub-) ‘twin’
Mingrelian-Laz tʼqʼub-
Svan tʼqʼwib-
Ubykh tʼqʷʼı ‘two’
Hakuchi tʼqʷʼı
Shapsugh tʼʔʷʼı
Temirgoy tʷʼı
Kabardian tʼıw