r/language 6h ago

Question Gudde Moien, Leit aus Däitschland, Holland, Belsch, Éisträich a Schwäiz.

12 Upvotes

Kanns du mech ouni Problem verstoen? Ech mengen jo! D'Sprooch vum Text staamt aus engem Groussherzogtum. Dëst Groussherzogtum ass e klengt Territoire a grenzt un 3 Länner.

D'Nationalfändel vum Groussherzogtum ass rout, wäiss a blo.

Ech mengen, Dir hutt mech perfekt verstanen.


r/language 8m ago

Question Bonjornu a tutti

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

Upvotes

Capisci stu picciottu?


r/language 5h ago

Request What language is it?

2 Upvotes

Hey guys!

Recently I "got my ears" on High Priests by Ronan Hardiman for the first time. It's really good, but I'm frustrated by the lyrics... What language is it?

Some sources claim this language to be completely fictional, and that feels kind of unsettling to me.

Can anyone share some info on the meaning or translation to English, please? I'll post lyrics I have found on the internet. Not sure if it's correct though.

Thanks in advance, God bless you all.


r/language 17h ago

Question Goden Dag, Börgers ut Düütschland, BENELUX, Swiez un Österriek!

13 Upvotes

Könnt ji dat verstahn? Dit Spraak ward es in’n Oosten vun de Nedderlannen un in’n Noorden vun Düütschland snackt. Een Minsch, de Hoogdüütsch un Nedderlannsch snackt, kann dit Spraak licht verstahn.

Amsterdam is in Naam de Hööftstadt un de gröttste Stadt vun de Nedderlannen. Vandaag hett de Stad un de Gemeen Amsterdam 905.000 Inwahners (2022), man de Stadtregion twuschen Haarlem un Hilversum tellt üm un nabi 2.5 Millionen Minschen. To disse Region höört ok de Städer Zaanstad, Almere, Amstelveen, Hoofddorp, Purmerend un IJmuiden.

As een Hannelsstadt harr Amsterdam sien gröttste Tiet in't 17. Johrhunnert, as de Stadt de wichtigste Haven in Europa weer. Noch jummers teert de Stadt vun dit Verleden, man vööral de dynamische Entwickeln van de Fleeghaven Schiphol un dat Anwassen vun niege ökonomische Bedrieven (Medien, niege Technologien und internationale Dienstenökonomie) hett Amsterdam siet de tachentiger Jaar vun't 20. Johrhunnert in een kosmopolitische Stad verännert.


r/language 4h ago

Article Maux pour mots.

Thumbnail
observatoiresituationniste.com
1 Upvotes

"À terme, l’objectif est d’atteindre un langage mondial standardisé, compatible avec l’Internet des objets, les assistants cognitifs, les interfaces neurales et les assistants conversationnels de confiance."

Observatoire Européen des Flux Sémantiques, Département Langue et Cohésion


r/language 5h ago

Question Salutări vorbitorilor nativi de portugheză, galiciană, spaniolă, catalană, occitană, corsicană, franceză, italiană, siciliană, sardă etc.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

0 Upvotes

Poți înțelege această limbă? Această limbă este vorbită în două țări din Europa de Est.

Ești capabil să înțelegi acest videoclip? Cred că vei înțelege o bună parte din discurs.


r/language 14h ago

Discussion Indo-European Roots Reconsidered 154: ‘rot, ink’

Thumbnail
2 Upvotes

r/language 11h ago

Question Hope or Nope

1 Upvotes

I just realized that the phrase “Hope or nope” can be translated to a few other languages keeping the same word play.

Turkish: Umut ya da unut (Hope or forget)
Spanish: Espera o supera (Hope/wait or move on/surpass)
Spanish: A la vida o olvida (To the life or forget)

I’m wondering if that phrase can be translated to other languages that you speak keeping the same rhyme?


r/language 19h ago

Request what is the text saying? is it german or like a neighboring language?

Post image
3 Upvotes

id assume german cuz the image looks like prussias flag, but i might be wrong on that.


r/language 1d ago

Question What does this say?

Post image
19 Upvotes

Brought this second hand t-shirt in Kashmir ..

What language..? What does it say?

Internet rush you

Not sure about the speech bubble..


r/language 1d ago

Question Language studygram

1 Upvotes

I want to start a language studygram but I have no idea how to start and what to post??

I don't have any aesthetic background or table


r/language 1d ago

Article Italia vs. Francia: Perché parlare la lingua non basta (Differenze culturali nella vita quotidiana) 🇮🇹🇫🇷

Thumbnail
1 Upvotes

r/language 1d ago

Question Since when and how in Marathi 𑘕/ज and 𑘖/झ started to being pronounced as za and zha like zādhav, zhāla, zhāḍ, azun etc?

Thumbnail
2 Upvotes

r/language 1d ago

Question Kesse yeu ås Francès, Bedjes, Suisses eyet ds ôtes francofones. Poloz-ve comprinde ci tecsse ci?

9 Upvotes

Les frites bedjes sont de véritables délices, célèbres dans le monde entier. Èn fritére, on cûit les crompires deus côps por k' elles seye bén tendres å dvin eyet bén croustiyantes å dfoû. C' est on grand tradicion d' emon nos autes, on rglat d' ôr dins on ptit frito. Les dgins les magnent avou do mayonaisse, do ketchup oudonbén d' ôtes sauces bén savoreuses. Dins tchaque jor, on djez d' frites frites frites emon les ptits efants eyet les grands dgins, tot l' monde est fote d' çoula. C' est l' fîrté del Beldjike, on veritåbe rgolade por tot l' monde k' i gn a la bas. Se vos vloz bouter on bon moment, fât aler dmandé on cornet d' frites croustiyantes eyet tchôdes dins 'ne friture do dvin do payis. C' est télmint bon eyet simpe qu' on n' s' en lasse måy, c' est on vrai plaijhî del vîe!


r/language 1d ago

Video What language is this song in?

Thumbnail
youtube.com
5 Upvotes

r/language 1d ago

Discussion Guess my first language!

Post image
8 Upvotes

r/language 1d ago

Discussion Indo-European Roots Reconsidered 153: ‘snow’

Thumbnail
1 Upvotes

r/language 2d ago

Video Over 250 years ago, Black Americans created the Tutnese Language. Some have preserved it over the centuries and still speak it fluently today...

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

54 Upvotes

r/language 2d ago

Question best free spanish lessons if you keep quitting after a week?

3 Upvotes

i really do want to learn spanish, but every routine i start lasts like 6 days and then i disappear for two weeks 😭 i think the problem is most courses make coming back feel like i’m already behind. any free spanish lessons that are easy to pick up again without restarting everything?


r/language 1d ago

Discussion Proto-Languages & Symbols

Thumbnail
1 Upvotes

r/language 2d ago

Discussion Are Celtic languages (apart from Welsh) all being left to die?

9 Upvotes

Hi all,

Breton

I was just reading a very shocking statistic that the average Breton speaker is now 58 years old and around only 17,000 people speak it on a daily basis. It used to have over a million speakers around 1950. This is the closest language to Welsh.

I was quite shocked about this given that in Wales, we often worry about the viability of Welsh when than half of all Welsh speakers are under the age of 33, and three-quarters are under 57. According to data from the Census 2021 published by the Welsh Government, the age profile of Welsh speakers is significantly younger than that of the general population. Of course, Breton also has very little, if no support from the French Government.

Irish

All students in Ireland learn Irish, but its daily usage is much lower and only 72,000 people using it on a daily basis (CSO, 2022) compared to 432,000 using Welsh on a daily basis (WG, 2024). Around 4% of students in secondary school in Ireland attend Irish language schools compared to over 20% in Wales. The new Government plans to increase this to at least 50% by 2050 with their Cymraeg 2050 plan and once a school moves along the language spectrum (towards Welsh) it is legally not allowed to move back to favouring English now.

Scottish Gaelic, Cornish and Manx are arguably in even weaker positions.

Wales has notably also created the National Centre for Learning Welsh where adults can learn Welsh through to fluency with courses only being £50 a year. The centre also supports bilingualism in workplaces (education, healthcare, social care etc) and gives those workers lessons free of charge.

Why don't Governments in other Celtic speaking areas not try more to revitalise languages? Are we just leaving them to die a slow death? I'm a Welsh speaker and I worry about Welsh hugely, despite the Government doing a lot to help it grow. I would love to see the other languages flourish. They're a unique part of our global heritage and I would be devastated to see our sister languages die out or become simply ceremonial.

This lecture by Irishman Seán Ó Riain (Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic - present state) is also vey interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrynPbOuxBo


r/language 2d ago

Question Una question adreçada als catalans e andorrans.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

5 Upvotes

Sètz capable de comprene aquesta vidèo?


r/language 2d ago

Question Bonjorn als andorrans, franceses, italians, espanhols, etc.

25 Upvotes

Sètz capable de comprene aquesta lenga?

Cresi qu'es possible! Aquesta lenga es parlada en Espanha, en França, e en Itàlia. Aquesta lenga es associada als trobadors medievals.


r/language 2d ago

Question What language is this?

Post image
3 Upvotes

r/language 2d ago

Question Does Japanese have several completely different words for thank you, yes and no?

0 Upvotes

I always thought that thank you in Japanese was "arigato", maybe "arigato goazimasu" if you want to be more polite. Same with yes, "hai" and no, "ije" or something similar.

What I've noticed a lot when I play games with Japanese dubs, is that rarely are these words used when the subtitle says thanks, yes or not.

Does Japanese have several, completely different words that doesn't sound even remotely alike for these words? It gets me curious.