In outline, Irish mythology (sources like the Lebor Gabála Érenn) says Ireland was occupied by the Túatha Dé Danann (a magical, beautiful, ethereal race), before the Milesians (Celts/men) took it. ‘Túatha’ is a word without English equivalent, meaning clan or tribe or petty kingdom; ‘Dé’ means ‘gods’; and...
So why are you advocating for the displacement of the majority of the world’s language families based on european languages popularity it gained through colonial displacement?
Same reason you are advocating wife-beating (i.e. I never said anything like that)
The majority of the world don’t speak european languages.
Correct. That’s was our starting point: there’s no language that the majority of the world do speak.
Indo-European is spoken by a 46% minority.
About 19% of the world’s population speak the Indo-Iranian branch alone. It’s by far the largest of the 8 branches by number of speakers. By number of languages (which includes tiny languages) it comprises about ⅔ of the family –
For example there are 884 million speakers of Hindi/Urdu + Bengali + Marathi + Gujarati + Odia + Punjabi in India, and Pakistan is almost all Indo-European (Indo-Aryan and Iranic).
Agus in theannta sin, tá Gaeilge (teanga Ind-Eorpach/Ceiltís) ag 0.0002125% den daonra domhanda!
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When you're in too deep (mander.xyz)
Who are your favourite villains from mythology?
bonus points for rare/unusual ones
Both Irish & Indian mythology say the crowd before man was a race of demigods called 'the people of the Goddess Danu'
In outline, Irish mythology (sources like the Lebor Gabála Érenn) says Ireland was occupied by the Túatha Dé Danann (a magical, beautiful, ethereal race), before the Milesians (Celts/men) took it. ‘Túatha’ is a word without English equivalent, meaning clan or tribe or petty kingdom; ‘Dé’ means ‘gods’; and...
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No word of a lie:...
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Is the Tower of Babel still affecting us or something?...
Whatever (midwest.social)
What is the cost of privacy?
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Is he though (sh.itjust.works)
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