In the world's languages, speech is often organised into sequences of speech sounds called syllables. For instance, in English, "golf" has one syllable, while "defenestration" has five syllables. However, in British Columbia, Canada, there exists a language which appears (emphasis on the appears here) to do things a little differently. In fact, it has been … Continue reading The syllables in Nuxalk
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Languages with case prefixes? (Canada)
We have been quite unsuccessful in uncovering languages in Australia and Vanuatu that use a true system of case prefixes, with all of them using a mix of suffixes, particles, markers, and prefixes to mark a certain word for its case. In fact, one of the only languages near that region that has a system … Continue reading Languages with case prefixes? (Canada)
Languages With Consonant Clusters You Didn’t Know Are Possible
In the English language, consonant clusters aren't so much of a rare thing, like we have words like "strengthens", in which "str", "ngth" and "ns" are consonant clusters. In most of the Austronesian languages, however, consonant clusters are all but present. So let's explore the languages which have some of the really insane consonant clusters … Continue reading Languages With Consonant Clusters You Didn’t Know Are Possible
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