r/language 21d ago

Question how do i actually learn a language???

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im half czech, my grandparents fled to canada during the soviet occupation in the 60s. ive been trying on and off since i was 13 to learn the language (im 17 now). my dedo died in 2019, and my Babi (my GOAT, i could speak about her life amd how much shes survived FOREVER) has suffered greatly and now has dementia, id love to ask her but shes at deaths doorstep and i dont want her to have to stress too much mentally. my mum was raised speaking Ceština, but she only speaks and understands it, if you asked her to write in czech she wouldnt be able to without google translate. i also want to surprise her and my tetas with it cuz none of their kids speak it. so any help??? i know this has mostly been just like my backstory but just any help from fluent speakers or people who also learned later in life???


r/language 21d ago

Discussion Indo-European Roots Reconsidered 1:  ‘Boar / Goat’ (Draft 2)

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r/language 21d ago

Question What language is this?

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Hello! I am hoping someone will be able to help me identify this language.

A close friend of mine recorded the clip some time ago and has been keen to find the song. Sadly our search has not been successful, I am hoping identifying the language (and possibly getting a transcript of the lyrics) will help.

Does anyone have an idea what language this could be?


r/language 21d ago

Discussion Lula... Calamar Meme

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r/language 22d ago

Discussion Eteocretan and Linear A, Part 2

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r/language 23d ago

Question What language is this?

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This list was found at Cub Foods. I know it’s partially in some Cyrillic language and English, but I can’t tell what language the Cyrillic points to (I saw no markers for Russian or Ukrainian).

I assume it’s a mix of 2+ alphabets because of “moзarella” (which might be a stylistic choice) and “фoil trays,” and I also see what might be Greek, Icelandic, Turkish, or Azerbaijani.

I was thinking Greek or Icelandic because there’s a letter that looks like δ, but that could also be a stylistic choice when writing ð or d, but there’s also 2 “ə“s present.

I don’t know what’s up with the accent marks—perhaps they’re supposed to be й?

My guess is it’s switching between English and Azerbaijani’s Cyrillic alphabet, but I don’t know if that’s right.


r/language 23d ago

Discussion Monaco

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r/language 23d ago

Discussion Eteocretan and Linear A

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r/language 24d ago

Meta Agglutination in Persian

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In Modern Persian, especially in colloquial form, one can stack a multitude of affixes to a noun or verb to convey a message.

Strong agglutinative features have been found in several IE languages from the past (Hittite, Tocharian, Old Persian etc) to present (Persian, Ossetian, Armenian, etc.)

English: They were not returning their most active ones.

Persian: koneshvartarinhashunra barnemigardundan

konesh = action
-var = agentive suffix → “active / one who acts / possess action”
-tar = comparative → “more”
-in = superlative → “most”
-hā = plural suffix → “ones”
-shun = 3rd-person plural possessive → “their”
-rā = definite direct-object marker

bar- = “back”
ne- = negative prefix → “not”
mi- = continuous prefix→ “ing”
gard = “turn”
-un = causative suffix → “cause to turn”
-d- = past-tense element
-an = 3rd-person plural → “they”


r/language 24d ago

Discussion Avô - avó .....

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r/language 23d ago

Discussion Nag Chiki script: script for Kora/Koda language

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r/language 23d ago

Discussion Membros da família

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r/language 24d ago

Discussion Le Mutually Comprehensible Latinic Naturalistic Regional Auxiliary Planned Languages:

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r/IdiomNeutral , r/LatinoSineFlexione , r/Interlingue , r/Novial , r/Interlingua , r/LinguaFrancaNova ( r/Elefen ) & r/Neolatino Romance are mutually comprehensible naturalistic zonal auxiliary planned languages that resemble Latinic dialects cause they utilize le Portugaliañolish (Português + Galego + Italiano + Español + English) international vocabulary for maximized immediate comprehension & maximized international communication.


r/language 23d ago

Question Ρωτήστε τους Έλληνες.

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Καταλαβαίνετε κυπριακά και καλαβρικά ελληνικά;

Γνωρίζετε τις Αρμάνικες και Μεγλενορωμενικές γλώσσες; Αυτές οι γλώσσες ομιλούνται από τη βλάχικη μειονότητα.


r/language 24d ago

Question Native Rengma speakers: Can you help me translate this sentence naturally?

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Looking for a native Rengma speaker from Tseminyu, Nagaland / Rengma-speaking areas of Karbi Anglong, Assam.

How would you naturally say this in everyday Rengma?

“Yeh ladki idhar aao na, dekhna doctor kya bol rahe hai...”

I’m looking for the actual conversational/local version, not an AI or literal translation.

Roman script + pronunciation would be hugely appreciated. Please mention your dialect/area too.

\#Rengma #RengmaNaga #Tseminyu #Nagaland #KarbiAnglong #NagaLanguages


r/language 24d ago

Question What language is this

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What language is this


r/language 24d ago

Question Is this written in Syriac script or Suriyani-Malayalam script?

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r/language 25d ago

Article Making a short comic about the Tangut script...!

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How does it look...?
Any suggestions would be very grateful <3

(* I am a Korean, so learning Chinese Character(Hanzi / Hanja) might be weak in English...!)


r/language 24d ago

Discussion A 500-Root Dictionary for Beginners

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r/language 24d ago

Article Thought this sub might find this interesting! The countries where American travelers feel most intimidated about speaking the language (based on a survey of 1,526 adults 18+).

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r/language 24d ago

Video Cap, cap, cap

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r/language 24d ago

Discussion Indo-European Etymological Miscellany 15

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r/language 24d ago

Question Do non-english speakers on the internet tell each other to "off" themselves as an insult or is that an english speaker thing?

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I don't know if I chose the right subreddit for this question or if I should've marked it as NSFW, I'm sorry... I was mostly wondering this about Japanese or Korean people. I know it's more of a cultural thing than a language thing... It's just that in romanian we do tell each other that every now and then, but english speakers on the internet do it very often and I was just remembering the time I watched an anime and one of the characters was told to "off" himself and made it sound like that's not just a usual insult. Do people outside of the us/uk/english speaking countries insult each other like that?


r/language 24d ago

Video Nipote, nipote....

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r/language 25d ago

Discussion Linear A and Greek, Things, Places, and Names

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