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vijayjohn wrote:(and if you're not going to communicate with people, then what the heck are you going through all this trouble of learning the language for?)
księżycowy wrote:Write a Malayalam textbook. Seriously. I would buy that shit up!
Did I mention I'm interested in language pedagogy in the introductions thread?
Anyway, where is the answer to my Seneca question? I'm waiting!
vijayjohn wrote:Because they're spelled <pigeon> and <pigeonhole>. There's no D in pigeon!
vijayjohn wrote:And I've been trying to study indigenous languages from literally all over the world, including at least three in Africa, two in India (or three again if you count Hindi and Urdu as separate), one in China, three in Indonesia, one in the Philippines, one in Thailand, one in Turkey, one in Serbia...
vijayjohn wrote:Modern Vedda as I understand it is basically a Sinhalese-based creole.
vijayjohn wrote:And I've been trying to study indigenous languages from literally all over the world, including at least three in Africa, two in India (or three again if you count Hindi and Urdu as separate), one in China, three in Indonesia, one in the Philippines, one in Thailand, one in Turkey, one in Serbia...
dEhiN wrote:vijayjohn wrote:And I've been trying to study indigenous languages from literally all over the world, including at least three in Africa, two in India (or three again if you count Hindi and Urdu as separate), one in China, three in Indonesia, one in the Philippines, one in Thailand, one in Turkey, one in Serbia...
Oh yeah, I for some reason didn't think of them as indigenous languages! I guess I was only thinking of aboriginal languages, like what's found in North America and Australia.
vijayjohn wrote:Modern Vedda as I understand it is basically a Sinhalese-based creole.
Yeah is it.
And you know for Malayalam, it doesn't have to be all or nothing. You could pursue a job or career or work in some field and create Malayalam learning resources on the side for fun? (Not that your free time isn't already filled up with 1k languages! )
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