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What characteristics are unique to English (or at least rare among language as a whole)?

answered Oct 20, 2012 at 22:21

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What is the definition of "rare language"?

terminology endangered-languages

answered Nov 5, 2016 at 18:58

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Replacing Chinese characters with pinyin forever as Vietnamese did

chinese writing vietnamese readability romanization

answered Dec 9, 2016 at 11:56

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Declensions in Polish

grammar cases polish declension irregularity

answered Dec 1, 2016 at 21:42

8 votes

Are there languages in which "coffee" is not a cognate of a root containing k/q and f/h/w?

etymology list-of-languages roots cognates

answered Sep 10, 2016 at 12:16

7 votes

Are there any "simple" languages?

evolution pronunciation grammar alphabets

answered Feb 13, 2015 at 22:45

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What is the difference between sibilant sounds in Polish? (ć,ś,dź,ź vs cz,sz,dż,ż,rz)

phonetics polish

answered Sep 12, 2016 at 10:14

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Do Chinese minorities speak Chinese as a native language?

chinese

answered Oct 11, 2016 at 15:54

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Language that uses IPA

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answered Dec 6, 2016 at 13:27

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How to transliterate the following Arabic letters in English

arabic transliteration

answered Oct 15, 2016 at 16:36

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Why is prescriptivism criticized?

philosophy-of-language prescriptivism

answered Oct 21, 2012 at 8:44

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Is there a language whose writing is 100% phonemic?

phonetics orthography list-of-languages

answered Oct 19, 2016 at 12:13

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Have pronoun introductions spread to non-English-speaking communities/languages?

list-of-languages sociolinguistics pronouns pragmatics

answered Oct 16, 2019 at 10:14

3 votes

Has English caused any Languages to undergo Sound Change or Grammar Change?

english grammar language-change sound-change spoken-language

answered Oct 16, 2016 at 21:48

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Is there an alphabet containing exactly 25 letters?

alphabets

answered Dec 6, 2016 at 20:24

3 votes

Are there languages that distinguish between inclusive and exclusive "or"?

semantics list-of-languages conjunctions

answered Oct 19, 2016 at 13:20

3 votes

Is there any language that uses different pronouns for "we" depending on whether the spoken to person is included in the group?

list-of-languages pronouns clusivity

answered Oct 11, 2016 at 17:52

2 votes

Can one tell interdental n, l, from alveolar n, l, by hearing?

pronunciation phonemes

answered Sep 16, 2016 at 11:38

2 votes

Can framing lang acquisition as nature vs nurture be harmful?

historical-linguistics sociolinguistics universal-grammar

answered Oct 23, 2016 at 9:22

2 votes

Which language among South East Asia has the most and least loanwords from English?

cross-linguistic lexicon thai malay vietnamese

answered Oct 25, 2016 at 20:53

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What is a comprehensive recent discussion of the status of Chomsky's universal grammar theory?

universal-grammar chomsky

answered Oct 22, 2012 at 23:58

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What is the nature of the voiceless velar fricative, [x], in Polish?

pronunciation ipa polish velar fricatives

answered Aug 29, 2016 at 14:49

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A syntactician "must-read" list

syntax reference-request methodology

answered Sep 3, 2016 at 7:35

1 vote

Possible to describe phonetics before phonology of an unknown language?

phonetics phonology descriptive-linguistics field-linguistics

answered Nov 2, 2015 at 13:19

1 vote

Rules for glottal stop insertion across languages

phonetics cross-linguistic reference-request glottal-stop

answered Oct 21, 2012 at 9:51

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Is there any standard way to sort phonemes?

ipa phonemes

answered Oct 14, 2016 at 8:13

1 vote

Is there any difference between imperfect and imperfective aspect?

terminology morphology verbs aspect imperfect

answered Nov 9, 2016 at 14:00

1 vote

How common, crosslinguistically speaking, are 'bare NP' temporal adverbials?

syntax linguistic-typology

answered Feb 2, 2017 at 13:36

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Does any linguist honestly believe that nouns and verbs are not universals?

verbs linguistic-universals nouns word-classes universal-grammar

answered Dec 1, 2016 at 21:16

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Does the Perfect in addition to its perfect meaning also denotes perfective / imperfective / either meaning (in English and Spanish)?

english spanish perfect imperfect

answered Nov 9, 2016 at 13:05

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33 Answers

What characteristics are unique to English (or at least rare among language as a whole)?

What is the definition of "rare language"?

Replacing Chinese characters with pinyin forever as Vietnamese did

Declensions in Polish

Are there languages in which "coffee" is not a cognate of a root containing k/q and f/h/w?

Are there any "simple" languages?

What is the difference between sibilant sounds in Polish? (ć,ś,dź,ź vs cz,sz,dż,ż,rz)

Do Chinese minorities speak Chinese as a native language?

Language that uses IPA

How to transliterate the following Arabic letters in English

Why is prescriptivism criticized?

Is there a language whose writing is 100% phonemic?

Have pronoun introductions spread to non-English-speaking communities/languages?

Has English caused any Languages to undergo Sound Change or Grammar Change?

Is there an alphabet containing exactly 25 letters?

Are there languages that distinguish between inclusive and exclusive "or"?

Is there any language that uses different pronouns for "we" depending on whether the spoken to person is included in the group?

Can one tell interdental n, l, from alveolar n, l, by hearing?

Can framing lang acquisition as nature vs nurture be harmful?

Which language among South East Asia has the most and least loanwords from English?

What is a comprehensive recent discussion of the status of Chomsky's universal grammar theory?

What is the nature of the voiceless velar fricative, [x], in Polish?

A syntactician "must-read" list

Possible to describe phonetics before phonology of an unknown language?

Rules for glottal stop insertion across languages

Is there any standard way to sort phonemes?

Is there any difference between imperfect and imperfective aspect?

How common, crosslinguistically speaking, are 'bare NP' temporal adverbials?

Does any linguist honestly believe that nouns and verbs are not universals?

Does the Perfect in addition to its perfect meaning also denotes perfective / imperfective / either meaning (in English and Spanish)?