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'oeka A, oeka B, oeka D, oeka E...' - on a Venetic teaching bronze sheet

new_etymology wrote in linguaphiles Aug 20, 2021 22:23

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finnish, finno-ugric, estonian, language origins

UDDER and WATER

new_etymology wrote in linguaphiles Aug 12, 2021 15:10

To the memory of Vladislav Illich-Svitych.This is just to bring attention to something very ‘Nostratic’ (far beyond ‘Indo-European’ languages - which as a term itself is very outdated ( Read more... )

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The extended etymology for Ego, Εγώ ( I )

new_etymology wrote in linguaphiles Jul 08, 2021 20:46

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Etymology for word LUNCH

new_etymology wrote in linguaphiles May 31, 2021 02:31

LUNCH - midday meal. Scholars explain its etymology as follows: 'Recorded since 1580; presumably short for luncheon, but earliest found also as lunshin, lunching, equivalent to lunch +‎ -ing, with the suffix -ing later modified to simulate a French origin. Lunch is possibly a variant of lump (as hunch is for hump, etc.), or represents an alteration ( Read more... )

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Pharao's “beard” - the POTURU lip piercing of Zo'é tribe in Amazonia - and POTERE (POWER)

new_etymology wrote in linguaphiles May 28, 2021 20:25

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The non-Greek substrate lexical layer in Greece

new_etymology wrote in linguaphiles May 27, 2021 15:58

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Novgorodian birch bark in Finnish dialect, 11th Century

new_etymology wrote in linguaphiles May 26, 2021 09:03

Novgorodian birch bark in Finnish dialect, 11th Century - written in Cyrillic:

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LANGUAGES ACROSS OCEANS

new_etymology wrote in linguaphiles May 24, 2021 20:50

LANGUAGES ACROSS OCEANS: http://www.paabo.ca/uirala/4A.whalers-languages.html

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Karelian

valkeakuulas wrote in linguaphiles May 05, 2010 12:44

Hello! I've recently started learning Karelian language just for fun. Any other Karelian speakers here? I have small problems with pronounciation. How is "čč" supposed to be different from "č"? Because it would be pronounced "tsh" or "tš", and it's kinda difficult to double that. Is it something influenced by Russian alphabet, or what?

finno-ugric, karelian

Mokshan logographic script?

varpho wrote in linguaphiles Dec 17, 2007 20:56

have you heard about the Mokshan logographic script? [Moksha is a language of the Mordvinic branch of the Finno-Ugric languages ( Read more... )

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