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New blog post: The man who can talk backwards #linguistics
https://t.co/CyoJLTQlgG

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#Stau verbs are reduplicated and triplicated for plural subjects
ɮa "arrive"
ŋæji ɮə-ɮa "we arrived"
ŋæji ɮə-ɮə-ɮa "we (many of us) arrived"

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#Kusunda has an anti-causative suffix -q
tsi kəre kəladn "I broke the jug"
kəre kəlaqn "the jug broke"
#lingusitics #grammar #Nepal

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#EseEjja has a suffix -nisho indicating an activity is fake.
kawi-jaa "she sleeps"
kawi-nisho-jaa "she pretends to sleep"
#Bolivia #grammar

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@Mededitor That "positive emotions" study by Lomas is full of errors. I reviewed it last year. https://t.co/ss3YNGBzkL

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#Lamaholot verbs can become nouns by changing the first consonant to a nasal.
tobo "to sit"
nobo "a seat"
buta "to wrap"
muta "a package"

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The burnt taste or quality of something that has been overcooked or charred is called EMPYREUMA.

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I actually found out about this language by listening to the edits of Wikipedia here: https://t.co/pBIYOfosZm.

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In #Chrau, the prefix ta- adds a meaning of causative, passive, or unintentional, depending on the root. #linguistics #languages #Vietnam

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@jaybeebrtweets Yes, they seem to be productive. This is the paper I got the information from: https://t.co/jpDQ4y5jZ0

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@LTFiction @StanCarey @sesquiotic If I can join the blog post fray, I wrote a while ago about constructions that are often confused for the passive:
https://t.co/hoVSmJ3PjF

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#Tinrin has a set of event-classifying prefixes that are added to verbs to modify their meanings. #linguistics #grammar #newcaledonia

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Verbs in #Tarok can become nouns by adding various prefixes
mwà "to pay"
i-mwa "gift"
yí "to steal"
ù-yí "thief"
#language #grammar #nigeria

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#Teotepec #Chatino verbs inflect for singular subjects by changing the root, but plural subjects add a suffix. #grammar #linguistics #mexico

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In Tundra #Yukaghir the prefix n'e- adds reciprocal meaning.
kimd'i: "to fight"
n'e-kimd'i: "to fight with each other"
#linguistics #siberia

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#Makhuwa nouns have different tones patterns when used predicatively.
namárókolo "hare"
namarokoló "it's the hare"
#bantu #linguistics

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Answer: Proto-Indo-European
https://t.co/fWOSvyzyZn

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Weekend #Language #Trivia:

Which language is the ancestor of both Norwegian and Hindi?

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@thejackmadden What kind of assignment requires a table of Gapapaiwa pronouns?

I got my info from this book (bottom of p.299): https://t.co/IlSQkaKhlo

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The #Salako circumfix ka...an indicates uncontrolled action, often with a negative connotation. #linguistics #grammar #language #Indonesia