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Are there any natural languages in which /ʂ/ and /ʃ/ are distinct phonemes?

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Is there any formally recognised concept of a “standard” translation?

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Why are modal verbs in English defective?

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Is "illegal" an example of nasal place assimilation in English?

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Recent Breakthroughs in Linguistics

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Does English have genuine literary conversation without the use of Latin and Greek words?

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Linguistically speaking, what is the standard phraseology that pilots and air traffic controllers use to communicate?

answered Dec 30, 2023 at 19:21

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Are there heuristics to tell if a character is from Chinese, Kanji, or Chu Nom?

answered Feb 27, 2023 at 9:25

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What happened to Aham and its derivatives in Marathi?

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Perfect Language

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Why is Ural-Altaic controversial, but Indo-European isn't?

answered Feb 4, 2023 at 18:53

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What measures are there of similarity between languages? And where can I find data on such measurements?

answered Dec 15, 2022 at 12:29

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Why did the ancient people use different languages for speaking and writing and why don't we?

answered May 2, 2023 at 11:32

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Word for difference between "in" and "into"

answered Jun 23, 2023 at 17:25

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Was there an attempt to create artifical language that computers understand well when spoken by human?

answered Jan 17 at 9:51

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Is there any language which distinguishes between “un” as in “not” and “un” as in “inverse”?

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Why did auxiliary verbs in Kazakh got completely merged into one word in Turkish?

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Proximity of Dutch and German explained by the history of language

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When and by whom were the terms 'ergative case' and 'absolutive case' coined?

answered Feb 24, 2022 at 18:33

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Why does Arabic transliterate the Hebrew ץ as س and not ص?

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Is Ruki sound law a Satem "Rhotacism"

answered Jul 31, 2020 at 20:15

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Why does Spanish have obsolete tenses?

answered Jan 29, 2020 at 16:05

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Are there languages where pronouns are marked entirely with conjugations?

answered Jun 20, 2020 at 21:30

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Does the letter p in a word mean that the word is not Germanic?

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Short words that change based on their proximity to other vowels

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Are different inflectional forms of a word different words or the same word?

answered Jun 25, 2021 at 14:04

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What is the linguistic term for sounds such as 'um', 'uh', 'like', etc. when used to control the rhythm of speech?

answered Sep 21, 2021 at 14:11

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Is there a collective term for the Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek alphabets?

answered Oct 8, 2021 at 16:38

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What is the specific sound law that describes the change from Proto-Indo-European "*h₂éǵros" to Latin "ager"?

answered Oct 15, 2021 at 9:13

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Can a natural language be non-serializable?

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Are there any natural languages in which /ʂ/ and /ʃ/ are distinct phonemes?

Is there any formally recognised concept of a “standard” translation?

Why are modal verbs in English defective?

Is "illegal" an example of nasal place assimilation in English?

Recent Breakthroughs in Linguistics

Does English have genuine literary conversation without the use of Latin and Greek words?

Linguistically speaking, what is the standard phraseology that pilots and air traffic controllers use to communicate?

Are there heuristics to tell if a character is from Chinese, Kanji, or Chu Nom?

What happened to Aham and its derivatives in Marathi?

Perfect Language

Why is Ural-Altaic controversial, but Indo-European isn't?

What measures are there of similarity between languages? And where can I find data on such measurements?

Why did the ancient people use different languages for speaking and writing and why don't we?

Word for difference between "in" and "into"

Was there an attempt to create artifical language that computers understand well when spoken by human?

Is there any language which distinguishes between “un” as in “not” and “un” as in “inverse”?

Why did auxiliary verbs in Kazakh got completely merged into one word in Turkish?

Proximity of Dutch and German explained by the history of language

When and by whom were the terms 'ergative case' and 'absolutive case' coined?

Why does Arabic transliterate the Hebrew ץ as س and not ص?

Is Ruki sound law a Satem "Rhotacism"

Why does Spanish have obsolete tenses?

Are there languages where pronouns are marked entirely with conjugations?

Does the letter p in a word mean that the word is not Germanic?

Short words that change based on their proximity to other vowels

Are different inflectional forms of a word different words or the same word?

What is the linguistic term for sounds such as 'um', 'uh', 'like', etc. when used to control the rhythm of speech?

Is there a collective term for the Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek alphabets?

What is the specific sound law that describes the change from Proto-Indo-European "*h₂éǵros" to Latin "ager"?

Can a natural language be non-serializable?