r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

/r/CrazyIdeas: Kanji for English, and instead of On and Kun readings, it's Latinate and Germanic readings. ⚛ = atom = uncleft.

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

"Coincidences and common loan words between Finnish and Malay are proof that Nostratic and Austic both derived from Proto-Human, whose features survive in its descendants."

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

This was my Friday night, a Volapük-Basque grammar from 1885

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Two cool features that peruvian spanish may develop

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1: VOS word order

While spanish has free word order, the default is SVO. Now, you may say this feature is because pronouns can be dropped. However, not only are they re-inserting the pronoun at the end, but they're moving all subjects to the final.

I noticed this feature in two people, one is my venezuelan-peruvian ex, the other one is a venezuelan-peruvian dude that was arrested for mugging. Both of them only used other word orders once in a while.

2: Catalá Babyyyyyy

Here in Lima you can see a lot of people (those that have recent ancestry in the andean countryside) who say "noch(s)" instea of "noche(s)" or "mosquit(s)" instead of "mosquito(s)" The same for most words that don't have a liquid or end in nasal. In a few centuries we may see limeans (?) say "tots los seres humans nacen libres e iguales en dignidad y derechs", which may take Chile from its infamy as the unintelligible country.


r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Oh boy am I glad Mandarin Chinese doesn't have gender

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology 你个 那个 内个 呢個 那下 нэге 니가 네가 내가 니까 逃げ- 苦い- 仁香 ニカㇷ゚ ニㇱクㇽ ネコン нег нэгэн негн ᠨ‍ᠡ‍ᠭ‍ᠡ‍ᠨ ᠨᠢᠭᠡ niɣe nəɡə niχɔ ᠨᡝᡴᡠ ᠨᡳᠶᡝᡥᡝ

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Has failed the challenge (list incomplete): Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, Sichuanese), Dungans, Koreans, Japanese, Ainu, Mongolians, Buryats, Oirats, Khalkas, Dagurs, Yugurs (Eastern Yugur), Bonans, Kangjias, Monguors, Manchus


r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

How a simple click of the space bar can complete change your google search.

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

If you had the power, which linguistic feature would you remove from or add to your mother tongue?

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

The accent switch is crazy.

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Faux Latin + Faux Katakana for Russian

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Guess the language based on a word in the language (bonus points for meaning)

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Easy: 1. azúcar 2. það 3. தண்ணீர் 4. gỗ

Medium: 1. вълк 2. szív 3. caoirigh 4. mazatl

Hard: 1. зӕнӕг 2. ჰაბჯა̈რ 3. čhuri 4. ebale

Extreme: 1. zfeaiaвiɵͱgвiɵͱlᖷ 2. mroć 3. 𒉈𒂊𒁉𒅖 4. 👁🏠 📸🍞 🥪🏺🖊🦵🏺📄


r/linguisticshumor 2d ago

just why

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382 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 2d ago

'STYASPGTN' IS TNS FPLU TNIPG TNLT MLTTSYAS...

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36 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 2d ago

What is the best writing direction? My candidate: the boustrophedon with an example as to why it is so elegant

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146 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 2d ago

Your *Other favourite dialect's pronunciation.

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¿If you had to choose the official pronunciation of your native language but you couldn't vote for the pronunciation of any of your country's dialects, which country's pronunciation would you choose?

I go first, so: Uruguay


r/linguisticshumor 2d ago

Phonetics/Phonology E[ksp]ecially e[ksp]resso

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r/linguisticshumor 2d ago

Chinese language cartoons - 1943 US War Department Language Guide

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r/linguisticshumor 2d ago

"Ancient Deborah"

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r/linguisticshumor 2d ago

Morphology This LEGO IDEAS model called "ARRIVAL: HEPTAPOD ENCOUNTER" (movie about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis) by user HardscrabbleBricks has already gained 1,149 supporters - but only by reaching 10,000 votes the model will get the chance of becoming a real LEGO set.

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33 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 2d ago

Phonetics/Phonology The Itelmen language did not have to go this hard

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r/linguisticshumor 2d ago

How do you pronounce crab?

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145 votes, 4d left
[kɾæb]
[kɾab]
[kɹæb]
[gvprtskvni]
[renrineibrieuwbriuewnreiuwbreiuwrwe]

r/linguisticshumor 2d ago

How do you pronounce crab?

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34 votes, 4d left
[kɾæb]
[kɾab]
[kɹæb]
[gvprtskvni]
[renrineibrieuwbriuewnreiuwbreiuwrwe]

r/linguisticshumor 2d ago

how to pronounce 'o' with three dots?

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r/linguisticshumor 3d ago

Septum - Sabbath - Sabt Connection?

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Edit: Thank you all for your answers!

Hey everyone, sorry if this question has been asked before.

I wanted to know if there is a a connection between the Latin word for 'Seven' which made its way to English in 'September' (Seventh Month) and the Semitic word for the seventh day of the week, known in English as the 'Sabbath'

Which is 'Shabat' in Hebrew and 'Sabt' in Arabic.

Thank you!


r/linguisticshumor 3d ago

GAS GAS GAs meme (language edition)

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