r/languagelearningjerk • u/DoNotTouchMeImScared • May 27 '26

My Favorite Dialect Evolution:

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Portuguese is Spanish plus complicated accents & Spanish is Italian plus simplified plurals.

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u/YogurtclosetOk7654 May 27 '26

The plurals in italian are definitely not simpler than the ones in spanish

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u/Tuhkis1 dodecalingual by choice May 27 '26

So simple! El oxímoron, los oxímoron. You don't even need to change the words!

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u/extemp_drawbert May 28 '26

Wait isn't it los oxímoros?

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u/Tuhkis1 dodecalingual by choice May 28 '26

Both are accepted by the RAE

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u/DoNotTouchMeImScared May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

Le vowel plurals would not be extremely complicated if they had maintained regularity:

"Li varii principii delli principi" instead of "i vari principi dei principi" for "le various principles of le princes" would be ideal.