gratefulwolf, to random
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The Rock Art of Indo-European Cultures: Concordances, Logics and Possible Common Values [pdf 18pp] https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.15135902.42

RL_Dane, to linguistics
@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org avatar

Me: "It's after 3, let's get back to sleep."
My brain: "Yeah sleep's cool, but can you name all of the families and a few examples of each? You might need to explain that to someone sometime."
Me: "Sure! Well, there's Germanic (English, German, Dutch), Slavic (...."

--- 15 minutes later ---

Me: "Oh, and of course let's not forget the Celtic lang-- [looks at clock] -- I hate you, brain."

AnnaJunePage, to academia
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The Call for Papers for this year’s West Coast Indo-European Conference (WeCIEC) at UCLA is now open. Abstracts are due June 15 and the conference will take place October 25-26, 2024.

https://pies.ucla.edu/conference/weciec/submissions/

0xabad1dea, to writing

Episode 71: it's pitched as some kind of god-on-god action story but actually Glory in the Thunder is about settling once and for all which branch of Indo-European is the coolest. Read Glory in the Thunder

Nonog, to languagelearning

3,000-Year-Old Cuneiform Tablet Reveals Previously Unknown Language
The newly-discovered language, Kalasma, belongs to the Indo-European family. It was discovered thanks to a cuneiform text inscribed on a clay tablet from Hattusa, the capital city of the Hittite Empire, located in central Anatolia, Turkey.
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/kalasma-language-12294.html #Cuneiform #Tablet #Unknown #Language #Kalasma #IndoEuropean #Hattusa #Hittite #Anatolia #Turkey

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TheWildHuntNews, to linguistics
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New research suggests that the common ancestor of languages like Spanish, English and Hindu emerged about 8,000 years ago, resolving differences in two competing theories about the origin of Indo-European languages.

https://wildhunt.org/2023/08/study-hints-at-when-a-common-ancestor-of-indo-european-languages-emerged.html

TheEuropeanNetwork, to Europe

Indo-European dialects dispersed across Eurasia in successive waves over the course of 8,000 years.

Word origins and ancient DNA reveal the evolutionary path traveled by the languages spoken by half the world.

https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-07-28/indo-european-dialects-dispersed-across-eurasia-in-successive-waves-over-the-course-of-8000-years.html

Derqui, to random

Facal Meadhan Ghàidhlig an latha:
Rath - grace, virtue, gift; favour, boon, mercy; good luck, prosperty.
dil.ie/34833

- rath
- rath
- rhad
- *ɸratom ('grace, virtue, good fortune')
- *perh₃- ('to bestow')
- ἔπορον (époron, 'supply')
- pāro ('to prepare')
- पृणाति (pṛṇā́ti, 'to bestow')

"Is fhearr an rath so far am beil e, na 'n rath ud far an robh e."

This luck is better where it is, than that where it was.

Derqui, to random

Facal Meadhan Ghàidhlig an latha:
Tomus - act of weighing, measuring, considering; measure, quantity, amount; riddle.
dil.ie/41377

- tomhas
- tomhas
- *to- + *messus ('measurement, judgement')
- *med- ('to measure')

"Is fhearr na toimhsean na na tuairmis." Measures are better than guesses.
[Measure twice, cut once]

Derqui, to random

Facal Meadhan Ghàidhlig an latha:
Dúan - poem, song; a verse composition, stanza; a 'song abbot', poet; a song competition; an elegy or threnody; panegyrical poetry; singing songs.
dil.ie/18966

- duan
- duan
- *duana
- *deh₂p- ('to sacrifice')
- tafn ('sacrificial animal')
- տաւն (tawn, 'feast, celebration')

"Ge fad' an duan, ruigear a cheann."
The longest chant will reach its end.

Loukas, to languagelearning
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Finland has two official , from two totally different language families.

Swedish, which is .
Finnish, which is .

How many other countries can you think of which have official languages from totally different families?

I guess

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