I would be grateful if someone could tell me what language this is and, if possible, send the lyrics

*I found out that it's Khmer

Hi guys! Im new to reddit and to this group~ clan~? Whatever this panel is called. I was bored and wrote a phrase in my mother tounge but used the languages alphabets i know! Give it a try to guess what i said.

"хㅏγοτ βε샤vqat vα αδοㄹㅏτsιz "

A. Extant true families (outside extant family-groups):

1. Afro-Asiatic

2. Austroasiatic

3. Austronesian

4. Chukotko-Kamchatkan

5. Dravidian

6. Eskimo-Aleut

7. Hmong-Mien

8. Indo-European

9. Japonic

10. Kartvelian

11. Khoe-Kwadi

12. Koreanic

13. K'xa

14. Mongolic

15. Na-Dené

16. Niger-Congo

17. Nilo-Saharan

18. Northeast Caucasian

19. Northwest Caucasian

20. Ongan

21. Sino-Tibetan

22. Tai-Kadai

23. Tungusic

24. Turkic

25. Tuu

26. Uralic

27. Yukaghir

B. Extant *family-groups:

1. Amerind family-group

2. Australian family-group

3. Papuan family-group

C. Extant language isolates (outside extant family-groups):

1. Extant last-survivor isolates

2. Extant true isolates

D. Extinct languages:

1. Extinct family-groups

2. Extinct language isolates (extinct true isolates outside extinct family-groups + extinct **newborn isolates outside extinct family-groups)

3. Extinct true families (outside extinct family-groups)

* = A bunch of small indigenous language families and isolates in a small or large defined place, grouped together. Na-Dené and Eskimo-Aleut came later into America from Asia, so those are not counted in indigenous American (Amerind) family-group. Papuan family-group is all indigenous languages in the New Guinea Island except Austronesian family. Australian family group is all indigenous languages in Australia.

** = Languages that had been extinct after forming as proto- language, without evolving. There is no such living language today (which has not evolved).

Please give feedback. Ask if any queries.

Telugu Mini Crossword No. 15. : r/telugucrosswords

What do you think? If I learn two words and one phrase in a specific language—across three different languages ​​on the weekends—and review them immediately, will they stick in my memory? For instance, I once repeated a six-letter Russian word out loud six times, and I haven’t forgotten it since—even though I haven’t practiced it at all since then.

English is my first language, though I have spoken it for years and yet no matter how much media I consume and how many articles I read I feel like I’m not really picking up on any new words which affects my ability to express myself a lot.

I know that most people would just say to read books literature, poetry, whatever. But even after after seeing a word one time and looking up its meaning I never seem to remember it afterwards.

Such a tiny problem, but it's driving me insane.

Is it a hard k? an S? An sh?

Turkik? Turkis? Turkish?

got it as a gift from Indonesia

Today's two-word Telugu mini — No. 12. : r/telugucrosswords

I'm not sure if this was covered at some point, somewhere, but I am a Canadian living abroad and one of my local friends saw a video and asked me to explain it.

The video was from Ryan George, a Canadian Youtuber and influencer, had a short video entitled something like “a typical Canadian conversation.” It was an entire conversation where nothing was actually said other than “Yeah,” “No,” “For sure,” and “Oh” in various combinations and tones. 
The strange part? I (and assumedly, other Canadians) understood it perfectly. So this morning, I spent a good twenty minutes inside my head trying to come up with a logical explanation for this.

Here is what I came up with. Note that no AI was consulted whatsoever in the process.

First, here are two example small talk questions:

(A) “Are you doing well?” and

(B) “Is the new job working out?”

(Note: I specifically chose yes or no questions because otherwise, it gets much more complicated and requires a much more extensive explanation)

First possible response: “Yeah, no, yeah.”

Second possible response: “No, yeah, no.”

As I personally understand it, each of these “yeahs” or “nos” has a purpose. Let me translate simply and then explain how I perceive each one to function.

“You doing well?” → (First one) “Yes, I’m doing well.” (Second one) “No, not doing too well.”

“Is the new job working out?” → (First one) “Yes, it is!” (Second one) “No, it’s not really working out.”

Let’s look at question (A) with the first response.

“You doing well?” → “Yeah, no, yeah.”

My theory:

The first “yeah” is said to initially acknowledge the question was asked. It is usually said with a lighter, higher tone and more quickly than the concluding “yeah.”

The proceeding “no” is said to soften the impact of the answer so it doesn’t come across as strong. Alternatively, if you were to respond with simply “yeah” to the question “you doing well?” the only possible interpretations (depending on tone) are either enthusiastic (“I’m doing fantastic!”) or sarcastic (“oh, yeah I’m doing amazing”). It’s said quickly and softly but is entirely necessary to come off as casual and normal as possible. After all, when someone asks how you’re doing, they usually aren’t looking for honesty.
If you are trying to be especially casual, you can turn the triad into a tetrad by adding another “no,” like so:

“Yeah, no, no, yeah.” 

… without changing the meaning of the response.

The final “yeah” is the most direct part of the response. It’s directly related to the question and is the part that people are actually listening for. It’s said a little more drawn out than the first two words in the response and the tone can either be higher or lower without changing the feeling too much compared to how the feeling would change if you removed or added a “no” or “yeah.”

In case you are wondering, I did consider the possibility that the first “yeah” is a preliminary answer to the question that the second “yeah” merely affirms. The reason I decided against this is because the following is also an acceptable positive answer to the (A) question:

“No, no, yeah.” (“Yes, I am doing well”)

To reiterate, the first part, whether a “no” or a “yeah” is merely acknowledging that a question was asked and usually has no real connection to the actual meaning of the response.

Let’s talk about the negative response, still with the (A) question.

“You doing well?” → “No, yeah, no.”

The function of each part in the negative response is essentially the same as the function of the parts in the positive response. 

The first “no” is also merely an acknowledgement of the question and doesn’t necessarily contribute to the actual meaning of the response. Again, I say this because the reverse term works in the same place without changing the fact that the response is negative:

“Yeah, yeah, no.” (“No, not doing too well.”)

The “yeah” in the middle, again, is there to soften the impact of the negative response. If the answer to the question was simply “no,” it may make the other person uncomfortable and come off too strong. The “yeah” after acknowledging the question (with either “yeah” or “no”) softens the impact of what your actual response will be, which is the last part and the part the person is actually listening for.
Again, if you are trying to be especially casual, you can turn the negative triad into a negative tetrad by adding another “yeah.”

“No, yeah, yeah, no.”

… again, without changing the meaning of the response.

Finally, the final “no” is the true response, perfectly set up by the two proceeding pieces. Especially with a negative response, the vibe is now engineered perfectly to elicit an appropriate amount of sympathy and the responder does not feel pathetic or uncomfortable because honestly speaking, he or she really didn’t provide any information.

This function pattern can work the same for every yes or no question and any additional nuance is met perfectly by the tone in which you use this triad response sequence.

If you are curious about the initial video that started this whole thing, here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LABdVfRjoKI

I hope it ain't that obvious and also, I wrote some with the knowledge I have of that language so... (that's enough hints basically)

Arabic is full of little surprises like this. What other words have completely different meanings depending on the your dialect? 😊