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The Anishinaabe are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region

Hint for reading

"e" is pronounced "ay"

"ii" is pronounced "ee"

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Fun fact: in Anishinaabemowin, the term for a cat purring is "nagamo gaazhagehns" / "nagamo biizhehns" / " nagamo boozhehns" (different dialects have varying words/spellings for a house cat)

But the main thing is that "nagamo" is the verb for "he/she/that one sings"

Cat purring in Anishinaabemowin is essentially called "cat singing"

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Beer and a blunt to end the day

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By “not-so-popular languages” I mean languages that not many people in the langblr community are learning. Albanian Memrise Loecsen Goethe Verlang Digital Dialects BABADADA Basque  Memrise Digital Dialects BABADADA

Belarusian Memrise Goethe Verlang Internet Polyglot BABADADA Bosnian Memrise Goethe Verlang Digital Dialects BABADADA Breton Memrise Loecsen Bulgarian Memrise Mondly Loecsen Innovative Language Goethe Verlang Internet Polyglot Digital Dialects BABADADA Catalan Memrise Loecsen Goethe Verlang Digital Dialects BABADADA Croatian Memrise Mango Languages Mondly Loecsen Goethe Verlang Internet Polyglot Digital Dialects BABADADA Easy Languages Czech Memrise Duolingo Mango Languages Mondly Innovative Language Loecsen Goethe Verlang Internet Polyglot Digital Dialects BaBaDum BABADADA Danish Memrise Duolingo Mango Languages Mondly Innovative Language Loecsen Goethe Verlang Internet Polyglot Digital Dialects BaBaDum BABADADA Estonian Memrise Loecsen Goethe Verlang Oneness City Digital Dialects BABADADA Galician Memrise BABADADA Greek Memrise Duolingo Mango Languages Mondly Innovative Language Loecsen Goethe Verlang Linguti Internet Polyglot Digital Dialects BaBaDum BABADADA Easy Languages

Hungarian Memrise Duolingo Mango Languages Mondly Innovative Language Loecsen Goethe Verlang Digital Dialects BaBaDum BABADADA Easy Languages Icelandic Memrise Mango Languages Digital Dialects BABADADA Irish Memrise Duolingo Mango Languages Digital Dialects Latvian Memrise Loecsen Goethe Verlang Digital Dialects BABADADA Easy Languages Lithuanian Memrise Loecsen Goethe Verlang Oneness City Digital Dialects BaBaDum BABADADA Luxembourgish Memrise Macedonian Memrise Goethe Verlang Languages Online BABADADA Maltese Memrise Digital Dialects BABADADA Montenegrin Memrise Romanian Memrise Duolingo Mango Languages Mondly Innovative Language Loecsen Goethe Verlang Internet Polyglot Digital Dialects BaBaDum BABADADA Scottish Gaelic Memrise Mango Languages Digital Dialects Serbian  Memrise Mango Languages Loecsen Goethe Verlang Digital Dialects BaBaDum BABADADA Easy Languages Slovak Memrise Mango Languages Loecsen Goethe Verlang Digital Dialects BABADADA Slovene Memrise Goethe Verlang Digital Dialects BABADADA Ukrainian Memrise Duolingo Mango Languages Mondly Loecsen Goethe Verlang Internet Polyglot Digital Dialects BaBaDum BABADADA Easy Languages Welsh Memrise Duolingo Digital Dialects BABADADA

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pets in greek + hebrew !

Greek is paired with the definite article to show gender, and Hebrew is in the masculine form unless specified otherwise.

cat -- η γάτα (i gháta) -- חתול (khatul)

dog -- ο σκύλος (o skýlos) -- כלב (kelev)

fish -- το ψάρι (to psári) -- דג (dag)

turtle -- η χελώνα (i kheló:na) -- צב (tzav)

rabbit -- το κουνέλι (to kounéli) -- ארנב (arnav)

hamster -- το χάμστερ (to khámster) -- אוגר (oger)

mouse -- το ποντίκι (to podíki) -- עכבר (akhbar)

bird -- το πουλί (to poulí) -- ציפור (tzipor, fem)

horse -- το άλογο (to álogho) -- סוס (sus)

snake -- το φίδι (to fíthi) -- נחש (nakhash)

lizard -- η σαύρα (i sávra) -- לטאה (leta'a, fem)

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Covid-19 vocabulary

In Ojibwe:

Gga-yiyaa endaayin bwaa mna-yaayin - Stay at home if you feel unwell.

Gga-gba’aan gdoon sosdaman - Cover your mouth when you cough.

Kaawiin gga-daangnanziin gshkiinzhigoon, ge gjaanzh miinwaa ge gdoon - Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.

Pane gga-gziinjii- Always wash your hands.

Kegwa ngojii gga-zhaasii niibna eyaawaad bemaadzijig- Avoid crowded places.

In Oneida:

Yotkáte’ ^slakewánu’ khále’ tehsatóhtalho tsi’ nú: yotkáte k^’niyayél - Wipe and disinfect frequently touched areas.

Yáya’k niyohsitáke tsi’ na’tatsyalát - Stay six feet apart.

Tak^ kaníke’ ny^h^se’ tát yahte’sata’kalít- Don’t go anywhere if you’re sick.

Yotkáte ^satyóhal - Always wash your hands.

Tak^ tasalenyat kanúwakt^sl - Don’t spread the disease.

Tak^ tesakusánhaks - Don’t take off your mask

Tesakusánhak - Put your mask on

Sate’nyúhso:lok - Cover your nose

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Based on this list of 625 words to learn in your target language. This is part 18 of 27: Miscellaneous things!

akii-mazina’igan - map jakibii’ige - s/he dots something waazakone - it gives off light inwewe - it makes a certain sound eya - yes gaawiin - no wiisagendam - s/he is in pain bagoneyaa - it is a hole mazinibii’igan - drawing, image gegoo - thing izhichigewin - action, doing

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We need to talk about LingoHut

I’m supposed to be studying some Italian, but instead, I was googling in my computer how to learn a new language (no, googling how to learn will not teach you shit, you have to sit down and learn your target language not how to do it, I know but I’m lazy.) and I came across LingoHut, and I have to share it.

I don’t know if someone ever talked about this page, but if they did is worth mentioning again.

So basically you go to the website and in the Home Page you have to choose what is your first language and what language are you trying to learn.

Once you choose it’ll take you to another page in which you have tons of lessons, for ex. In Italian, there are 109 lessons.

I haven’t checked every lesson yet but for example, the first one is greetings and such. You click that lesson and you have 16 flashcards that will show you the word in your target language and the translation, at the same time that someone pronounces the words.

Below the flashcards, you have this  ⬇️

And basically is a bunch of game, an easy matching words kind of game, some kind of tic tac toe with words, a memory game do you know the one that kids play in which they have to find the matching pictures? Same but with words and lastly a listening and matching game.

Below the bar of the games, we have the vocabulary list of the words we are taught in that lesson, and you can click the word and listen the pronunciation.

In the end, you have a bunch of the next lessons.

The lessons vary from the content it can be greetings, numbers, health stuff, office words, computer terminology, etc.

The website doesn’t have every language in the world, but it has a lot of them. choose your target language, in my case Italian, and enjoy, is fun and simple if you want to practice or do something related to your target language but you don’t have the willingness that day to study something more consistent like structure.

And the best part is that as far as I went looking around in this page it’s fucking free. Sure, you won’t end the one hundred and something lessons speaking like a native from whatever target language you’re learning, but it can be useful to expand your vocabulary.

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The online Japanese course that no one talks about

Okay so I’m not a langblr and I never plan to be. However. What I do know from following a ton of them is that no one talks about Minato.

Now you may be thinking, ‘What’s Minato?’. It’s a website that was recommended to me by a Japanese Studies university professor for learning Japanse at home.

It’s literally the best resource out there and it’s free (funded by the Japanese government). You can choose between self-study and tutor support-led courses.

There are courses in Hiragana, Katakana, and the general language (from levels A1 to A2), and you can download a certificate and study record after completion of a course.

Here’s the link. Or if you want to type it: https://minato-jf.jp

Go. Learn some actual Japanese.

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Here are the negative forms, both A-form and B-form, for VTAs!

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One overlooked language learning tip: get arrested by your target language country’s secret police

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How to teach yourself linguistics online for free

Wish you were enrolled in an intro linguistics class this semester? Starting a linguistics major and looking for extra help? Trying to figure out whether you should study linguistics and what comes after?  Whether you’re just trying to grasp the basics of linguistics or you’re trying to construct a full online linguistics course, here’s a comprehensive list of free linguistics websites, podcasts, videos, blogs, and other resources from around the internet: 

Linguistics Podcasts

Specific episodes:

The International Phonetic Alphabet and vowels

Constituency

Gricean Maxims and presuppositions

Kids These Days aren’t ruining language

Learning languages linguistically

Phonemes and palatalization

Prepositions, determiners, verbs

Morphemes and the wug test

Why do we gesture when we talk?

Syllables

Podcasts in general:

Lingthusiasm

The History of English Podcast

Talk the Talk

Lexicon Valley

The World in Words

A Way With Words

Vocal Fries

Linguistics Videos

Modular topics:

NativLang (cartoons)

The Ling Space

Tom Scott’s Language Files

Arika Okrent (whiteboard videos)

Structured video series like an online course:  

Introduction to Linguistics (TrevTutor)

Another intro linguistics series (DS Bigham)

Phonology (TrevTutor)

Mathematical linguistics (TrevTutor)

Syntax (TrevTutor)

Another syntax series following the chapter structure of a free online syntax textbook (Caroline Heycock)

The Virtual Linguistics Campus at Marburg University

“Miracles of Human Language” (on Coursera from Leiden University)

Blog posts

General

How much do I need to know before taking intro linguistics? (Spoiler: not much) 

28 tips for doing better in your intro linguistics course

How to find a topic for your linguistics essay or research paper

For typesetting linguistics symbols: What is LaTeX and why do linguists love it? (with sample LaTeX doc to download and modify).

Further linguistics resources about specific areas, such as sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition (first/second), historical linguistics, neurolinguistics, prescriptivism. 

Phonetics & Phonology

How to make your own paper model of the larynx

Teaching phonetics using lollipops

How to remember the IPA vowel chart

How to remember the IPA consonant chart

IPA transcription practice

A detailed explanation of sonorants, obstruents, and sonority

A very elaborate Venn diagram of English phonological features

The basics of how Optimality Theory works, with coffee analogy

Allophones of /t/, explained with internet gifs

Several good visualizations and explanations of the vocal tract

How to type IPA on your phone (Android and iOS) 

Various ways to type IPA on a computer

Morphology & Syntax

Morphological typology cartoons

So you asked the internet how to draw syntax trees. Here’s why you’re confused.

Types of trees: a sentence is an S, a sentence is an IP, a sentence is a TP

A step-by-step guide to drawing a syntax tree, with gifs

Distributed Morphology

Garden path sentences: how they work, some examples

Structural ambiguity and understanding people in Ipswich

How to draw trees on a computer (TreeForm and phpSyntaxTree) 

Pronoun typology and “the gay fanfiction problem”

The solution to violent example sentences: Pokemon

Semantics & Pragmatics

The difference between epistemic and deontic, necessity and possibility (with bonus modals as Hogwarts houses)

Why learn semantics? Comebacks to annoying people.

Presuppositions, implicature and entailment, and more presuppositions in Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Gricean maxims in Welcome to Night Vale

Scalar implicature and a duck gif

Giving a shit about Negative Polarity Items, NPIs explained using Mean Girls references, and a follow-up on Free Choice Items

The lambda calculus for absolute dummies

The Lambda Calculator (software for practising in Heim & Kratzer style)

Teaching & Academic/career advice

Linguistics resources for high school teachers

Teaching linguistics to 9-14 year olds

On writing an IB extended essay in linguistics (& follow-up)

IPA Bingo

IPA Jeopardy and IPA Hangman

Practising syntax trees using cards and string/straws

Find a linguistics olympiad near you!

Editing linguistics Wikipedia articles instead of writing a final paper that no one but the prof will read (see also wikiedu.org)

Should you go to grad school in linguistics? Maybe

Figuring out if you actually want to go to linguistics grad school

How to decide which linguistics grad school to go to

How to look for linguistics undergrad programs

How to interact with someone who’s just given a talk

An extensive list of undergrad and/or student-friendly conferences - apply to one near you!

Advice for linguistics profs on increasing enrollment and supporting non-academic careers

Linguistics jobs - a series about careers outside academia

Languages

Linguistic approaches to language learning resource roundup

Will linguistics help with language learning? / Will learning a second language help with linguistics?

The problem with “economically useful” as a reason for language learning

Further link roundups

This list not enough? Try these further masterposts: 

A very long list of linguistics movies, documentaries, and TV show episodes

A list of books (fiction and nonfiction) about linguistics

A comprehensive list of language and linguistics podcasts, from Superlinguo 

A very long list of linguistics YouTube channels and other free online videos about linguistics 

20 linguistics blogs I recommend following

How to explain linguistics to your friends and family this holiday season

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one thing that's interesting about my english words professor being a non-native English speaker and a phonologist is how when he was teaching us about the pattern of unstressed syllables being pronounced as schwa in english, he made note that there are exceptions such as when a word has secondary stressed or is a borrowing, but the pattern is so obscure that many esl learners have trouble with it. He himself is usually pretty good at discerning which words have unstressed schwa, but he constantly pronounces "icon" as "eye-kin", presumably based off the stress rule.

It really makes you realize how intricate the phonological patterns in english. If it wasn't for colonization I might say I'm thankful that english is my first language and that it didnt have to learn it.

This is the image that prompted this thought in my head btw:

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Overview

Alphabet

Hebrew Pronunciation Dictionary

Basic Info

Courses & Grammar

Ancient Hebrew Resources

Bliubliu

Clozemaster

FSI Basic Hebrew Course

Hebrew-Language.com 

Hebrew Vocabulary

HUJI Course

In Hebrew 

Learn Hebrew Easily 

Morfix Dictionary

Teach Me Hebrew

Ukindia

UT Austin: Hebrew Materials

Verbs

Verb Conjugator

Books

Assimil Hebrew

A Textbook of Israeli Hebrew 

Colloquial Hebrew + Audio

Everyday Hebrew

Grammar of Modern Hebrew

Hebrew from Scratch

Linguaphone Hebrew

Modern Hebrew Grammar

Modern Hebrew: Intermediate

Pimsleur Modern Hebrew

Teach Yourself Hebrew

Media & Youtube

HebrewPod101

Learn Hebrew with Maha

Memrise

Mondly Languages

Mango Languages

Radio

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Language Baby! a language learning server

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for if you want to join:

it’s on discord so you gotta have one!

preferably be 30 and under (unless i know you)

no one who ships/supports inc*st or ped*philia or is racist/lgbtphobic/sexist/ableist/etc will be allowed in. 

for any language! mostly about providing resources, helping out others, talking about the language learning process, and chatting about personal stuff!

send me a message or ask (do NOT reply to this post) if you want in! please reblog to spread the word!

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Favorite Animals in Potawatomi

Hey! I noticed that a lot of other native American languages are similar to Potawatomi so I thought I'd share some words for others to learn/compare. I'm Potawatomi and have been learning my language for the past 10 or so years so feel free to ask my anything or chat! I claim to be no expert but I love taking about languages!

Kazho/mayos - cat

Nemosh - dog

Bzhëw - bobcat

Shepshi - cougar/general big cat

Wakwshe - fox

Mko - bear

Bzheke - bison/cow

Seksi - deer

Mo'ewe - wolf

Shagak - snunk

Espen/espa - raccoon

Kokoko - owl

Bneshi - bird

Moz - moose

Negdosha - horse (lit. one nail)

Gnabgos - snake

Gigo - fish

Mshike - turtle

Kno - eagle

Esbike - spider

Amo - bee

I'll stop here for now but will post more. Migwetch (thank you) to those learning your native languages. Yall are awesome