i've added stuff to wikipedia on languages (mostly N/S American), linguistics, and shogi (including theory).
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- “qaʔyáx̣ct či xʷanítəm. qáyəx̣. cút kʷə ʔáwə c qʷaʔnítəŋ ʔaʔ či sč̓áʔi. č̓aʔyáʔnəq ʔaʔ tiʔə sčtə́ŋxʷən.” — c̓acmacút (aka Edward Sampson, Sr.); translation of Klallam: The whiteman is lying to us. He's lying. They said that they weren't talking about taking. They are taking away this land.
- “The only person I have left to talk to is a linguist and talking to a linguist is no fun.” — Amerindian woman’s comment to Joshua Fishman
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a peace treaty by Thích Nhất Hạnh:
particularly useful for American languages, especially with respect to synonymy:
- http://www.ethnologue.com/site_search.asp#se (Ethnologue search page)
- http://www.proel.org/index.php?pagina=mundo/amerindia (PROEL: lenguas amerindias)
selected Wikipedia pages on languages
edit- Amharic language
- Carrier language
- Classical Nahuatl grammar
- Irish phonology
- Laal language
- Mayan languages
- Miskito grammar
- Miskito language (typological overview)
- Nafaanra language
- Oromo language
- Pipil grammar
- Pipil language (typological overview)
- Tanacross language
- Tigrinya grammar
- Tigrinya language
- Tigrinya verbs
- Tlingit language
- Tlingit noun
interested in linguistic sounds?
editIf you are interested in phonetics or phonology, but dont know where to start, then have a look at these textbooks recommended by linguists, phoneticians, and teachers: User:ish ishwar/phonotextbooks
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editp b | t d | ʈ ɖ | c ɟ | k ɡ | q ɢ | ʡ | ʔ | |||||
m | ɱ | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | ɴ | ||||||
ʙ | r | ʀ | * | |||||||||
* | * | ɾ | ɽ | * | ||||||||
ɺ | * | |||||||||||
ɸ β | f v | θ ð | s z | ʃ ʒ | ɕ ʑ | ʂ ʐ | ç ʝ | x ɣ | χ ʁ | ħ ʕ | ʜ ʢ | h ɦ |
ɬ ɮ | * | * | * | |||||||||
β̞ | ʋ | ɹ | ɻ | j | ɰ | (ʁ) | (ʕ) | (ʢ) | ||||
l | ɭ | ʎ | ʟ |