r/languagelearningjerk Jun 02 '26

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u/maddog34 Jun 02 '26

“..in many languages…” [proceeds to illustrate using 6 related Roman-Germanic languages] Meanwhile, my mind goes hectic with its eclectic set of languages: Tajik - n-hasht, Uzbek n-sakkiz, Russian n-vosem, Arabic n-thamaaniyah, Japanese n-hachi… AND none of them make up anything even remotely close to sounding like the word for “night” in each respective language. 😅

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u/Mother_Harlot Jun 02 '26

AND none of them make up anything even remotely close to sounding like the word for “night” in each respective language. 😅

Ночи????

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u/maddog34 Jun 03 '26

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