Caucasian words

Tweets about the languages of the #Caucasus 🏔️ 🇦🇲 🇦🇿 🇬🇪 🇷🇺

[Caucasian words @JabalAlAlsun]

Thread #Georgian 👏 https://t.co/hxBJH2rjA6

[Rachel Gagnon @_rgagnon]

A fun thread of what happens when learning a new language:

[People for Ethical Treatment of Russian — PETR @NoFauxCyrillic]

Have some Adyghe (West Circassian) language, folks.

[Neil Hauer @NeilPHauer]

@Mortis_Banned @ColborneMichael @Jardine_bradley @POLITICOEurope Even that cannot compete with the most powerful of all Cyrillic letters, from Kabardin:

[Maximilian Hess @zakavkaza]

The Georgian word for friend, megobari (მეგობარი), is derived from the word for one of these food bowls, gobi (გობი). Basically those with whom you share a food bowl. I love that.

[Caucasian words @JabalAlAlsun]

🙈 #Georgian #ქკპვ

[Caucasian words @JabalAlAlsun]

Check out this video of Winnie-the-Pooh in multiple languages, including #Avar, #Ossetian, #Dargwa, #Kumyk, #Lak, and #Lezgi! https://t.co/e53wg5WgJA

[Caucasian words @JabalAlAlsun]

A native #Avar speaker pronounces Микьазаралда микьнусиялда ункъоялда микьго къверкъ кьода гъоркь къвакъвадана [ˈmit͡ɬʼazaralda ˈmit͡ɬʼnusijalda ˈunqʼɔjalda ˈmit͡ɬʼɡɔ qʼwɛrqʼ ˈt͡ɬʼɔda ʁɔrt͡ɬʼ ˈqʼwaqʼwadana] ‘8888 frogs croaked under a bridge’ via @etokavkaz

[Caucasian words @JabalAlAlsun]

Alma [ˈalma] means ‘don’t buy’ in #Azerbaijani 💸🚫 #marketingfail

[Neil Hauer @NeilPHauer]

Now this is a meme I can get on board with @JabalAlAlsun

[Dustin Gilbreath @GilbreathDustin]

I think this is the first job posting I've seen that gives advantage to #Mengrelian speakers: https://t.co/rnJK5JFnfV

[Fatima Tlis @fatimatlis]

Life in Russian is also a “She” while in English & Circassian it’s an “It”.

Life in Circassian is called Gascha it means “doing years”

In English &Russian one is “born/rodilsya.”

In Circassian one happens “qakhua” - for “the day I was born” you say “the day I happened” https://t.co/TfuD9v5rxy

[Caucasian words @JabalAlAlsun]

The #Abkhaz word for train адәыӷба / aduyghba [aˈd͡bəʁba] comes from the words адәы / aduy [aˈd͡bə] ‘field’ and аӷба / aghba [ˈaʁba] ‘ship’ 🌱🚢

[Caucasian words @JabalAlAlsun]

#GEORGIAN: I’m so complicated, I have seven noun cases! 😊
#TABASARAN: Hold my drink.

[Caucasian words @JabalAlAlsun]

An important concept uniting the #Caucasus: a man who naturally can’t grow a good beard 🇦🇲 քոսակ / kosak [kʰɔˈsɑk] 🇦🇿 kosa [coˈsɑ] 🇬🇪 ქოსა / kosa [ˈkʰɔsa]

[Caucasian words @JabalAlAlsun]

Happy #PotatoDay! Caucasian words for potato are boring (variations on 🇷🇺 kartofel)… Except this #Lak badass: нувщи / nuwshshi [ˈnuwʃːi] 🥔

[🔆🇺🇦🇦🇲Endelaus Autisme🇵🇸 @ezhanyan]

Omg this is the best twitter account @JabalAlAlsun please keep tweeting

[Caucasian words @JabalAlAlsun]

Giraffe is ընձուղտ / yndzught [ənˈd͡zuχt] in #Armenian 🦒

[Caucasian words @JabalAlAlsun]

Alternatively, you can go for цӏака / tsaka [t͡sʼakʰ] in #Chechen or მაზეგ / mazeg [ˈmazɛɡ] in #Georgian.

[Caucasian words @JabalAlAlsun]

#WordsWeNeedInEnglish: цӏулла / tsulla [ˈt͡sʼʊlːə] means the day after the day after tomorrow in #Ingush