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Linguistic relationship between Hebrew and Greek
Jan 1 '15 at 11:58
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Why aren't the number of syllables in constructed languages like Esperanto minimized?
Jul 2 '13 at 22:35
15
What is the hierarchy for studies inside linguistics, or: How many different kinds of error can one make in language?
Jan 9 '13 at 16:30
15
Why don't the French pronounce consonants at the ends of words?
Sep 29 '12 at 13:19
15
What language came before Proto-Indo-European?
Sep 21 '12 at 22:17
14
Which official document defines the English alphabet?
Aug 30 '15 at 11:25
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Why do we pronounce the letter “A” as the “eɪ” in Stake, and as “æ” in Cabbage?
Apr 29 '20 at 21:50
13
Is there an active alphabetic writing system not based on the Phoenician or the Brahmic lineage?
Oct 21 '11 at 15:17
10
Is there a sound change from [ɡ] to [i] or [j]?
Jul 15 '20 at 12:11
10
Do different languages use different sign language?
Jul 5 '16 at 17:14
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Do any languages have verbal inflection with a plural object?
Nov 25 '12 at 16:12
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Are there any languages where the genitive case changes according to its object?
Jun 25 '12 at 23:50
10
How did Esperanto find “early adopters” for the language?
May 16 '12 at 23:35
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Why are there inflections?
Apr 30 '14 at 13:04
9
Does accent/dialect prestige rely on socio-cultural bias or on acoustics?
Apr 26 '12 at 21:52
9
Are word classes universal?
Feb 10 '11 at 17:12
8
Etymology of “fiamma” in Italian
Oct 31 '20 at 23:24
8
Can the Anglo-Saxon words 'sind, sinder, sindon' have origins from older languages?
Jun 11 '14 at 0:09
8
About how much does language typology correlate with genetic relationships among languages?
Apr 29 '12 at 23:13
7
Is Welsh an agglutinative language?
Dec 30 '20 at 23:33
7
Can languages restrict their number of distinct syllables when written by syllabaries?
Aug 7 '20 at 22:31
7
What is the extent of the 'etymological fallacy'?
Jan 17 '20 at 22:31
7
Are Old French and French mutually intelligible?
Jan 30 '14 at 1:17
7
Are “fish” and “to swim” related words?
Nov 8 '12 at 14:13
6
When did the Ivri (Hebrew) possessive pronoun “Shel-y” (של-י) replace the biblical suffix “-y”?
Sep 8 '20 at 23:13
6
u and v distinction in Slavic languages
Jun 22 '20 at 20:00
6
Are there languages where this “is” phrase is reversed?
Jul 8 '19 at 17:40
6
Shift from /sk/ → /ʃ/
Mar 5 '19 at 17:55
6
Trying to find language written on item
May 15 '17 at 20:13
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If two verbs are in a row, is the first always an Auxiliary?
Jul 14 '15 at 10:30
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