Almost everyone uses language, so inevitably almost everyone thinks they are an expert in it. I don’t consider myself an expert, though most of my work requires at least language competence and sometimes actual skill, but I do follow the blogs featured on this feeds page.
(If you are wondering where the translation-related feeds have all gone, I have put them on their own page.)
Most of the blogs represented here are in English, most of the time, but don’t be surprised to find other languages used. Go with the flow – I occasionally find myself pleasantly surprised at how much I can grasp in languages I have never seen before.
Language On the Net
languagehat.com » The Last Ubykh.
From Circassian World: The Last Ubykh Tevfik Esenç (1904 – October 7, 1992) was a Circassian exile in Turkey and the last known speaker of the Ubykh language. Esenç was raised by his Ubykh-speaking grandparents for a time in the village of Haci Osman in Turkey, and he served a term as the muhtar (mayor) of that village, before receiving … [Link]
Language Log » Dophin sightseeing
Headline in the China Daily today (5/28/17): “Dophin sightseeing in China’s Taiwan“. As my colleague, Arthur Waldron, trenchantly remarked: “They fear a dauphin. This may be an omen.” See also: “China’s” (2/1/15) [Link]
Omniglot blog » Language quiz
Here’s a recording in a mystery language. Can you identify the language, and do you know where it’s spoken? [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » feel some type of way
A unknown or crazy feeling about a situation When I went on that date, the guy reached over and kissed me without asking. Now that made me feel some type of way
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