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How did Ancient Greek 'πυρ' become English 'fire?'

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What are some interesting features that are common cross-linguistically but don't exist in English?

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Is there an effort to prove phonemes?

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Why does “&” look nothing like e and t

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What is the proper definition of a verb?

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Stable words in the Indo-European language family

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Can Someone Identify This Diacritic?

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Does the letter p in a word mean that the word is not Germanic?

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How to split IPA spelling into syllables

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Is the order of words purely based on convention?

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Why were vowels secondary citizens in many of the worlds sound-based writing systems?

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Do most languages have the same basic verb tenses?

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Writing systems that do not preserve spoken order

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Is "illegal" an example of nasal place assimilation in English?

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What is the meaning of the number 2 in Proto-Indo European reconstructions? e.g. As in *tewtéh₂, meaning "people" or "tribe"

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Why do we use the names we do for grammatical genders?

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How did Greek loanwords with 'ae' come to be pronounced [i] in modern English?

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Does knowing PIE roots help with vocab?

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/t͡ʃ/ vs. /ʧ/ vs. /tʃ/

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How languages compare with the number of different syllables from all words?

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Origin of h as a modifier letter

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What do you call it when you write the next word in a sequence twice instead of the current and next word?

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Which non-Indoeuropean languages have noun-adjective agreement?

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Origin of "boor"

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Did Eureka lose its H?

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Is there such a thing as an L colored vowel?

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Is it possible to have a word-based language completely without word inflection?

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What linguistic impact, if any, has the the Roman three name naming system left on modern Romance and European languages?

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Example of a tenseless sentence

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How to split pronouns 'whom' and 'whose' into morphs?

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How did Ancient Greek 'πυρ' become English 'fire?'

What are some interesting features that are common cross-linguistically but don't exist in English?

Is there an effort to prove phonemes?

Why does “&” look nothing like e and t

What is the proper definition of a verb?

Stable words in the Indo-European language family

Can Someone Identify This Diacritic?

Does the letter p in a word mean that the word is not Germanic?

How to split IPA spelling into syllables

Is the order of words purely based on convention?

Why were vowels secondary citizens in many of the worlds sound-based writing systems?

Do most languages have the same basic verb tenses?

Writing systems that do not preserve spoken order

Is "illegal" an example of nasal place assimilation in English?

What is the meaning of the number 2 in Proto-Indo European reconstructions? e.g. As in *tewtéh₂, meaning "people" or "tribe"

Why do we use the names we do for grammatical genders?

How did Greek loanwords with 'ae' come to be pronounced [i] in modern English?

Does knowing PIE roots help with vocab?

/t͡ʃ/ vs. /ʧ/ vs. /tʃ/

How languages compare with the number of different syllables from all words?

Origin of h as a modifier letter

What do you call it when you write the next word in a sequence twice instead of the current and next word?

Which non-Indoeuropean languages have noun-adjective agreement?

Origin of "boor"

Did Eureka lose its H?

Is there such a thing as an L colored vowel?

Is it possible to have a word-based language completely without word inflection?

What linguistic impact, if any, has the the Roman three name naming system left on modern Romance and European languages?

Example of a tenseless sentence

How to split pronouns 'whom' and 'whose' into morphs?