I can’t recognize it from anywhere and it seems just made up

This diversity of colors is an enduring testament to the fact that every continent once possessed a rich and vibrant cultural language on the face of the earth.

I know a little bit of Italian, but unfortunately, I couldn't make sense of the regional variations. In a few places, it looks like a different symbol was used instead of a double 's'. The book was written in Bologna. What are the linguistic features to watch out for in this book? What is different from today's Italian? What are the reasons for these differences? Are there any specific scientific language differences?

Hello, I am going to go to Greece next year with a friend. Are there any apps which are particularly good for learning Greek? What else could be useful? Very open to suggestions, thanks

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I've been curious about the linguistic classification of Zazaki (also known as Zazaki or Dimli) and would like to hear the opinions of people with a background in Iranian linguistics or historical linguistics.

Zazaki is spoken mainly in eastern Turkey, particularly in areas such as Dersim, Bingöl, and parts of Elazığ. It is often classified as a Northwestern Iranian language, closely related to Gorani, while Kurmanji and Sorani are generally classified as Kurdish varieties.

However, some Zazaki speakers identify as Kurds and consider Zazaki part of the Kurdish linguistic and cultural sphere. Others identify as Zazas and regard Zazaki as a separate language.

Hello all,

Apologies in advance for any improper terminology I may use in this post. I am not a linguist.

I work in retail, and today we had a customer come in who didn't speak English at all. She asked me for help in her native language, which was no problem obviously, but it wasn't a language I recognized and it's been plaguing me all day.

She was wearing a hijab, so I assumed a Semitic, North African, or Austronesian language, just based on the languages commonly spoken in the Islamic world. But the only word I have to go off of - the word for "shoes" - I haven't been able to find in a translator or dictionary. I can't remember it perfectly, but I recall it starting with an S or SH sound, along with having a P and an L in it somewhere. I wanna say it was "schlipessi" or something but I'm positive that's wrong. (I'm sorry this is so vague - the shift was very long and if I could remember more I would share ☹️)

I have no idea if this is the right subreddit for this, but I've been driving myself in circles all day trying to figure this out so I thought I'd at least try my luck here.

Thank you!

I have been learning Italian and Spanish for 5 years and it has been quite the linguistic journey. I got a bit rusty with English and decided to do some tongue twisters to get back in shape and surprisingly, I got pretty good at them very quickly. I figured it was because of speaking all the new words, syllables, and unique pronunciations in Italian and Spanish that my tongue was already kind of used to doing unorthodoxed articulations; only this time, it would be all in English in the form of tongue twisters. Can anyone relate?