Happy new year, everyone!

As we reflect on the silly things we all did this past year, I'd like to share this audio recording from 1881 (!!) of Alexander Melville Bell.

[ captioned by the Smithsonian like an adult swim bump ]

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Hey! I'm back. With finals and the holidays I decided to take a break for a bit from social media. I hope everyone's well, and I'm looking forward to getting reacquainted with the community!

Hey, y'all!

Anyone have any recommendations for work related to (or thoughts on) how language may be embodied in a culture's music?—e.g., pitch in music of cultures w/tonal languages, prosody's relation to melismatic/syllabic singing + any other cool stuff I've not thought of before?

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I wrote a dozen-post-long thread, and I accidentally deleted it.

It was about loss and mourning, and
language and community, and
respect and responsibility, and
life and love and hope,
Past Present Future

and all of it.

And so I think it's for the best that it's gone.

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A collection of Starter Packs related to languages, language learning, polyglots, linguistics, multilingualism and everything in between.

If you are passionate about languages or just curious to explore, this is the space for you!

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DMs are now open for everyone, oops!

Plz, reach out just to chat or for anything else, including research/topic recs! I also welcome (appropriate & relevant) self-advertisement. Prepare for ADHD response times tho..

Critique's welcome anywhere; just don't be a jackass unless I've earned it lol :?

Content Warning: child killing, indigenous genocide, residential schooling

I am drafting a series on this and related topics (which, IMO, I'd necessarily pair with discussions of individual and communal self-empowerment). But I do think it is important to share this article now.

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10% of the world's languages are spoken in New York City. This means the Big Apple is home to well-over 600 different languages!

The wonderful folks at the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA) made an interactive map where you can explore this incredible diversity! Check it out!

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Disclaimer: hi!
I’m an undergraduate. And seeing as to how actual linguists have decided to follow me, I should be clear that I am hardly an expert in anything. And even if I were, I should welcome corrections where needed & debates when decent. It’s early days yet, but the principle still applies!

ᏧᏓᏡᎩ ᏚᏃᏴᎬᎢ ~ tsudatlugi dunoyvgvi

In 1821, ᏏᏉᏯ (Siquoyah) began teaching his invention, an 84-character syllabary designed for the Cherokee language (ᏣᎳᎩ). With it, the people of the Cherokee Nation would attain a literacy rate of 90%, a powerful tool of anti-colonial resistance.

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Couldn’t manage to fit the spectrogram in the banner. I may swap them around sometime though

First one to correctly identify what is being said…gets nothing! I’m a student

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