When an Old English infinitive was used with 'to', its form changed:

- Iċ sċeal ETAN (I shall EAT)
- Iċ begann tō ETENNE (I began to EAT)

This was its dative case.

Yes, even infinitives had case back then!

Frisian still does this:
- Ik sil ITE
- Ik begûn te ITEN

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en relación con Yeísmo, en las áreas mixtas en la norte de Argentina y también en Asunción es la pronunciación [ʝ] o [ʃ] como Sheísmo

#langsky #español #argentina #paraguay #lingüística

Assaf Bar-Moshe, Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic. An Introductory Textbook, 2024. (Open Access)
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The origin of the word 'cat' is unknown.

There are similar words in many related languages, such as French 'chat', Welsh 'cath', Polish 'kot', but also in unrelated languages, e.g. Arabic 'qiṭṭa' and Turkish 'kedi'.

However, none of these languages can be identified as the source.

Here's more:

How to say "cat" in different languages:

🇵🇹 🇪🇸 gato (m.)
🇮🇹 gatto (m.)
🇫🇷 chat (m.)
🇩🇪 Katze (f.)
🇵🇱 kot (m.)
🇺🇦 кіт (m.)
🇩🇰 kat
🇳🇴 🇸🇪 katt
🇪🇪 kass
🇫🇮 kissa
🇭🇺 macska
🇹🇷 kedi
🇬🇷 Γάτα [gata] (f.)
🇰🇷 고양이 [goyangi]
🇮🇩 kucing
🇵🇭 pusa
🇻🇳 mèo
🇯🇵 猫 [neko]
🇨🇳 猫 (māo)
🇹🇭 แมว [maeo]
#langtwt

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Klallam WOTD is:

nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən
[nʊxʷst͡ɬʼaˑj̰əˈmut͡sən]

“Klallam language”

nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən̕s - he/she/they speak(s) Klallam

Limitations beget creativity. Four strings on a guitar is no worse than six!

Tuning: EbGDF

Klallam word of the day is:
snə́xʷɬ - canoe.

If you wish to hear the word, I kindly direct you to my twitter where I have admittedly cross-posted this information with a clip of my pronunciation!

#langsky

Csaó magyarok!

I am learning Hungarian with Duolingo and a couple textbooks. I’m not ready for conversations yet, but would love to connect with some Hungarians so I can have people to talk to when the time is right!

#langsky
#langtwt

What Kermit (the frog) is called in ten different countries...

10. Kermit (Denmark)
9. Kermit (France)
8. Kermit (Romania)
7. Kermit (Slovakia)
6. Kermit (Italy)
5. Kermit (Canada)
4. Kermit (Iceland)
3. Kermit (the Netherlands)
2. Kermit (Poland)
1. Gustavo (Spain)

Folks with any reach on Bluesky, please consider reposting so I can find friends old and new:

I'm Rob; I like fantasy books, maths and physics, ancient stuff and mythology, linguistics and music, British wildlife, and a whole bunch of other stuff. And I might occasionally mention Doctor Who

One word in Northern Mansi: таквс - autumn
Two months in Northern Mansi:
ма̄нь таквс э̄тпос - October
яныг таквс э̄тпос - November
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Small Autumn Moon (/Month)
Big Autumn Moon (/Month)

#langsky
#langtwt

I am on here from #langtwt. Looking to port over from Twitter & find new friends in the linguistics & languages sphere + all the interesting crossovers on #langsky.

Cayden
24yo
PA, USA
🗣️: English, some French
📚: Spanish, Hungarian + many other dabbles & interests

For people coming from #langtwt
go.bsky.app/xw6cr4

If you're also coming from there and would like to be included in this list, let me know.
#langsky

Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with a singular purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.

Ma tha sibh airson daoine aig a bheil Gàidhlig a lorg air Blueskye, tadhlaibh air My Feeds agus an uair sin dèanaibh lorg airson "Inbhir na Gàidhlig", is urrainn dhuibh an t-inbhir ud a leantainn agus chì sibh na puist Gàidhlig an-seo an uair sin.

Do I try to learn some Kannada? To bask in the light of Bangalore? To discover a crossroad for cultural exchange across an invisible boundary of what is north and south?

I'm just going to ignore everything wrong with my life and learn languages.