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Is English unusual in having no second person plural form?

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Why did some Hebrew words beginning with Yod become transliterated into Latin as "hi?"

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Is calling a spelling "defective" acceptable in the linguistics of languages other than Hebrew/Aramaic?

answered Jul 20, 2018 at 15:55

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How Standard Average European is Modern Hebrew?

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How well do Semitic languages preserve consonants over time?

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Why is "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani" transliterated with a Chi in Matthew and Mark?

answered Oct 17, 2018 at 8:59

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Does a difference of tense count as a difference of meaning in a minimal pair?

answered Mar 10, 2019 at 20:07

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Do any languages have kinship terms for the relationship between the respective parents of a married couple?

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How does Tok Pisin get by with just a few prepositions?

answered Jan 31, 2018 at 8:30

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Is wikipedia wrong when it speaks of the hebrew shwa not being pronounced ə?

answered Jan 10, 2019 at 14:11

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Gold in French, light in Hebrew

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Other languages like English whose orthography is "not quite" phonetic

answered Oct 18, 2018 at 14:00

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Are people's names considered morphemes of a language?

answered Oct 27, 2018 at 19:49

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Why are languages with average vowel inventory size scattered?

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Why does Laam sometimes get pronounced as the next letter in Arabic words?

answered Jun 21, 2018 at 18:10

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What's the difference between לזכור and להיזכר in Modern Hebrew?

answered Mar 13, 2018 at 11:39

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Languages without orthographic stress marks that still have words that differ based on stress

answered Sep 26, 2018 at 23:36

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Minimum population for language survival

answered Aug 16, 2019 at 14:14

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What's the discipline of creating languages called?

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Is there a source displaying when and where a word was first attested?

answered Apr 22, 2018 at 20:10

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Are the diphthongs "ae" and "ea" essentially identical?

answered May 28, 2018 at 9:29

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Dark L vs L Vocalisation

answered Feb 1, 2018 at 15:18

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Can the "n" sound be made without the tongue touching the roof of the mouth?

answered Dec 15, 2017 at 10:18

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Why do retroflex and postalveolar fricatives sound so similar despite the quite different positions of the tongue?

answered Nov 13, 2018 at 23:35

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Do Modern Grammar Theories fall short in explaining Free Word Order?

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Transcripts for Languages with Few Resources (Such as Native American Languages)

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Is there a database of literal linguistic glosses across languages or per language?

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Is there evidence for accentuation in Classical Arabic?

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The anatomy of the L sound

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Origin and likelihood of pharyngealization

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Is English unusual in having no second person plural form?

Why did some Hebrew words beginning with Yod become transliterated into Latin as "hi?"

Is calling a spelling "defective" acceptable in the linguistics of languages other than Hebrew/Aramaic?

How Standard Average European is Modern Hebrew?

How well do Semitic languages preserve consonants over time?

Why is "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani" transliterated with a Chi in Matthew and Mark?

Does a difference of tense count as a difference of meaning in a minimal pair?

Do any languages have kinship terms for the relationship between the respective parents of a married couple?

How does Tok Pisin get by with just a few prepositions?

Is wikipedia wrong when it speaks of the hebrew shwa not being pronounced ə?

Gold in French, light in Hebrew

Other languages like English whose orthography is "not quite" phonetic

Are people's names considered morphemes of a language?

Why are languages with average vowel inventory size scattered?

Why does Laam sometimes get pronounced as the next letter in Arabic words?

What's the difference between לזכור and להיזכר in Modern Hebrew?

Languages without orthographic stress marks that still have words that differ based on stress

Minimum population for language survival

What's the discipline of creating languages called?

Is there a source displaying when and where a word was first attested?

Are the diphthongs "ae" and "ea" essentially identical?

Dark L vs L Vocalisation

Can the "n" sound be made without the tongue touching the roof of the mouth?

Why do retroflex and postalveolar fricatives sound so similar despite the quite different positions of the tongue?

Do Modern Grammar Theories fall short in explaining Free Word Order?

Transcripts for Languages with Few Resources (Such as Native American Languages)

Is there a database of literal linguistic glosses across languages or per language?

Is there evidence for accentuation in Classical Arabic?

The anatomy of the L sound

Origin and likelihood of pharyngealization