sleeping furiously

the messiest lingblr; ellie, 24, lesbian, she/her / ba in linguistics likes russian / hates syntax

[brasilian-bs]

[auldays]

All the people saying “this is why I can’t pass spanish” no that’s because you don’t recognize spanish, this is portuguese.

[great-tweets]

there's nothing to explain, "vermillion" absolutely is a green word

[theprideful-deactivated20251201]

verde in spanish, italian, portuguese and romanian means green. vert in french means green. verdant means green. viridescent means green. it tracks that vermillion would mean green, and that it doesn’t just proves that english is a ridiculous language with absurd rules.

[johannas-motivational-insults]

Chartreuse isn’t red???

[larchcoin]

[catilinas]

obsessed

[swarmkeepers]

[ID: text that says “κύτταρος – cell of a honeycomb, vault of heaven”]

[beautiful-basque-country]

Udazken / Autumn

arimen gaua - all souls night arto - corn eguzkilore - sunflower euri - rain gari - wheat gaztain - chestnut haize - wind hodei - cloud hontz - owl hosto - leaf irasagar - quince jertse - pullover kafesne - latte kalabaza - pumpkin kirikino -  hedgehog laino - fog lokatz - mud orbel - fallen leaves pinaburu - pinecone perretxiko - mushroom potxingo - puddle sagar - apple  txokolate beroa - hot chocolate udazken - autumn urtxintxa - squirrel uzta - harvest    zuhaitz - tree

[ladyrue]

“My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature.”

- Claude Monet

[espanhois]

just a quick note: most of the etymologies are from la RAE :)

el ajolote - axolotl (from axolotl)

el tlacuache - opossum (from tlacuatzin, also known as zarigüeya)

el coyote - coyote (from coyotl)

el mapache - raccoon (from mapach)

el molcajete - mortar (from mulcazitl, also known as mortero)

el achiote - achiote, annatto (from achiyotl)

el cacao - cacao (from cacáhua)

el popote - straw (from popotl, there are a million other words for this haha)

el tomate - tomato (from tomatl)

el chicle - chewing gum (from tzictli)

el papalote - kite (from papalotl, also known as cometa)

el escuincle - kid (from itzcuintli)

el aguacate - avocado (from ahuacatl, also known as palta)

el chamaco - boy (from chamahuac)

el zopilote - vulture (from tzopílotl, also known as buitre)

[mjalti]

Can’t a girl say something stupid once in a while?

Once in a while? I don’t believe in diets. Indulge.

[yodaprod]

[sovietpostcards]

Fruit and Vegetables of the USSR (1990)

[black-lodge-gatekeeper]

Bestie English - best friend Bestie Czech - beast, brute, monster

[bnq]

synonyms

[linguisticmaps]

Aspirated plosives

Aspirations occurs in English in initial onsets like in ‘pat’ [pʰæt], ‘tack’ [’tʰæk] or ‘cat’ [’kʰæt]. It is not phonemic, since it doesn’t distinguish meanings, but it’s distinctive in Mandarin e.g.  皮 [pʰi] (skin) vs. 比 [pi] (proportion). 

Non-phonemic aspiration occurs in: Tamazight, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Kurdish, Persian, Uyghur. 

Phonemic aspiration: Sami languages, Icelandic, Faroese, Danish, Mongol, Kalmyk, Georgian, Armenian, North Caucasian languages, Sino-Tibetan languages, Hmong-Mien languages, Austroasiatic languages, Hindi-Urdu, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Odya, Bengali, Nepali, Tai-Kadai languages, Nivkh, many Bantu languages (Swahili, Xhosa, Zulu, Venda, Tswana, Sesotho, Macua, Chichewa, and many Amerindian languages (Na-Dene, Siouan, Algic, Tshimshianic, Shastan, Mayan, Uto-Aztecan, Mixtec, Oto-Manguean, Quechua, Ayamara, Pilagá, Toba, etc.)

[linguisticmaps]

Indefinite Articles

Various strategies represented. Please feel free to comment on unknow languages on the map, since I found no information about them.

[dankmemeuniversity]

[archae-heart-deactivated2021012]

Scotland

[soloikismos]

people defending the german language like it's going extinct/is somehow marginalized are insane. there are almost 100 million native speakers and it is widely taught/learned as a second language in europe due to immigration and german economic hegemony w/in the EU... it's the third most commonly taught second language in US public schools after french and spanish. it's also an official language in namibia :-|

[gaeilge101]

Irish Language Resources

*[updated 5th/Oct/2017]*

DICTIONARIES

focloir.ie (search for words in English) + audio samples

teanglann.ie (search for words in Irish/English) + audio samples

tearma.ie (search for terms in Irish/English)

potafocal.com (dictionary)

dil.ie (dictionary of medieval Irish)

DATABASES

logainm.ie (placenames in English/Irish and their meanings)

ainm.ie (biographies in Irish)

PRONUNCIATION

teanglann.ie (sound samples)

forvo.com (sound samples)

smo.uhi.ac.uk (spelling and pronunciation)

wikibooks.org (spelling and pronunciation)

omniglot.com (spelling and pronunciation)

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES

seachtain (online weekly newspaper)

nos.ie (online cultural magazine)

comhar.ie (online literary and current affairs magazine)

tuairisc.ie (online news magazine)

meon eile (belfast based news and videos)

nuacht1.com (gathers news from various online sources)

peig.ie (information hub and news source)

TV

tg4.ie (national Irish language tv station)

nuacht rté (rté news in Irish)

rté (rté website of articles/videos etc. in Irish)

bbc gaeilge (bbc’s Irish language content)

RADIO

raidió na gaeltachta (national Irish language station)

raidió na life (Irish language station located in Dublin)

raidió fáilte (Irish language station located in Belfast)

raidió rí-rá (Hit music station that broadcasts through Irish)

blas (bbc’s Irish language radio show)

raidió na dtreabh (online station based in Galway)

LANGUAGE COURSES

easy irish (basic online introduction to the language by rté)

duolingo (total beginner introduction + audio examples)

gaelchultúr (includes online course for adults + language level testing)

oideas gael (adult Irish language and cultural courses)

gael linn (courses for teenagers and adults)

daltai.com (language courses in usa/canada as well as other countries)

peig.ie (includes map with Irish courses, conversation circles, events, + summer camps)

YOUTUBE

now you’re talking! (complete Irish language learning tv show from the 1990s)

nuacht tg4 (official tg4 youtube channel)

clisare (youtuber, various videos teaching the language)

scúp (tv show about struggling Irish language newspaper in Belfast)

PODCASTS

beo ar éigean (podcast by rté)

motherfoclóir (podcast all about the language itself)

DOCUMENTARIES

des bishop: in the name of the fada (US/Irish comedian learns Irish for a year)

guth in eag? a lost voice (insight into the decline of the Tyrone native Irish)

an feidir linn? can we? (investigating the revival of the Irish language)

it’s a blas! (BBC NI presenter learns Irish to host radio show) [audio missing]

MOVIES

lipservice (short film)

yu ming is anim dom (short film)

cáca milis (short film)

clare sa spéir (short film)

poitín (first feature film entirely in Irish)

fíorghael (short film)

the wind that shakes the barley (available dubbed in Irish)

song of the sea (amhrán na mara) (animated movie available in Irish)

MUSIC

songsinirish.com (database of songs in Irish + English translations)

ceol’08 (Irish artists sing their songs in Irish)

tglurgan (language students perform popular hits in Irish)

rte2fm (various artists perform songs in Irish)

m. máire ó súilleabháin (Irish songs with translations)

SHOPS

siopa.ie (books, music, games and more)

cnagsiopa.com (books, dvds and more)

anceathrupoili.com (bookshop)

udar.ie (games in the Irish language)

gael linn (includes shop with books, dvds and more)

daltai.com (includes shop with some learning books)

cló lar-chonnacht (music, books)

SELF-LEARNING

rosetta stone (software or online)

living language Irish (books, cds, online, apps)

linguashop (software, cds, books)

MISCELLANEOUS LEARNING

mylanguages.org (basic introduction to various parts of the language)

omniglot.com (history of the language, vocabulary)

duolingo.com (course aimed at complete beginner, audio examples)

101languages.net (beginner overview)

wikibooks.org (beginnger course)

irishcultureandcustoms.com (phrases, vocabulary)

OFFICIAL ORGANISATIONS

foras na gaeilge (responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout Ireland)

gaeilge.ie (information on Irish language organisations and services)

seachtain na gaeilge (Irish language week: annual national event)

udaras.ie (includes brief history of the language)

coimisineir.ie (includes more brief history)

APPS

getthefocal (two way translator)

cúla4 (aimed at children who are native speakers)

OTHER

list of Irish language media (wikipedia page)

ga.wikipedia.org (wikipedia in Irish)

abair.tcd.ie (turn written Irish text into speech)

lexilogos.com (many useful links!)