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I'm a conlanger who needs reliable information about real languages. By profession, I'm a speech/language therapist, so some of my questions may be work-related as well.

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37 What is word order used for in “free word order” languages? Feb 23 '12
19 How do tone languages assign phonemic tones to loanwords from non-tone languages? Apr 12 '12
18 Are there any languages that don't permit instrumental subjects? Apr 28 '12
16 Are there any languages in which verbs are a closed class? Jul 6 '12
16 What are the chief advantages & disadvantages of describing sentences with dependency vs. phrase structure trees? Mar 23 '13
13 What is a mora? Jun 20 '12
13 If two syllables in Mandarin have the same vowels but different tones, can the syllables be said to rhyme? Jun 20 '12
12 How does vowel harmony typically arise in a language? Aug 8 '13
11 Do languages change at different rates? Jul 20 '13
11 About how much does language typology correlate with genetic relationships among languages? Apr 28 '12
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