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Etymologically, why is there a v in "Giovanni"

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What is the difference between case and adpositions?

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Do dead languages borrow words?

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Is punctuation necessary in written language?

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Is "be" always a copular verb or there are instances of it being the predicate?

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Why do Croatian and Italian contain the same grammatical endings for nouns and verbs?

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/ / vs [ ] - when to use which?

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Why do IPA pronunciations pronounce phones in two ways? 1st on their own. 2nd with a vowel /ɑ/ or schwa in front?

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Is triple branching necessary in making a syntax tree for 'the girl in the room waved to me'?

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Writing systems that do not preserve spoken order

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Why is the proto-italic reconstruction of "corpora" "*korpezā"?

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Are there commonly accepted graphic symbols for common declension forms?

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Why were there two words for love in Proto-Indo-European?

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Similarities between Sumerian and Semitic languages

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American production of /ɾ/ in other languages

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Tabannusi in cuneiform script

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In english, what's the origin of pronouncing the `e` as /i/ or /e/?

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What's the difference between primary and secondary stresses?

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The German consonant "c" changes to the English "g"

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The meaning of /ě/ (ѣ)

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Is there a term for the way that 'th' is pronounced differently in 'thin' and 'this'?

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Why are the Egyptian and Hittite versions of Tutankhamun's name different?

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What happened to *kweþana?

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How do we know for sure a transliteration is lossless?

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A Lesson in Transcribing Egyptian Hieroglyphics

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What are the current hurdles to automatic audio to IPA transcription?

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Why are the reconstructed forms of PIE root in Etymonline and Wiktionary different?

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Languages with masculine nouns for various female entities, or feminine nouns for male entities

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Is there any relation between the Hebrew word שד for 'demon' and the English word 'shade' for ghost?

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Offensive words over time in other languages

Etymologically, why is there a v in "Giovanni"

What is the difference between case and adpositions?

Do dead languages borrow words?

Is punctuation necessary in written language?

Is "be" always a copular verb or there are instances of it being the predicate?

Why do Croatian and Italian contain the same grammatical endings for nouns and verbs?

/ / vs [ ] - when to use which?

Why do IPA pronunciations pronounce phones in two ways? 1st on their own. 2nd with a vowel /ɑ/ or schwa in front?

Is triple branching necessary in making a syntax tree for 'the girl in the room waved to me'?

Writing systems that do not preserve spoken order

Why is the proto-italic reconstruction of "corpora" "*korpezā"?

Are there commonly accepted graphic symbols for common declension forms?

Why were there two words for love in Proto-Indo-European?

Similarities between Sumerian and Semitic languages

American production of /ɾ/ in other languages

Tabannusi in cuneiform script

In english, what's the origin of pronouncing the `e` as /i/ or /e/?

What's the difference between primary and secondary stresses?

The German consonant "c" changes to the English "g"

The meaning of /ě/ (ѣ)

Is there a term for the way that 'th' is pronounced differently in 'thin' and 'this'?

Why are the Egyptian and Hittite versions of Tutankhamun's name different?

What happened to *kweþana?

How do we know for sure a transliteration is lossless?

A Lesson in Transcribing Egyptian Hieroglyphics

What are the current hurdles to automatic audio to IPA transcription?

Why are the reconstructed forms of PIE root in Etymonline and Wiktionary different?

Languages with masculine nouns for various female entities, or feminine nouns for male entities

Is there any relation between the Hebrew word שד for 'demon' and the English word 'shade' for ghost?