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Languages I know/I am studying (self-assessed according to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages):
- Canadian English (Native). - French (B2/C1). - Italian (B1/B2). - Afrikaans (B1). - German (B1). - Russian (A1). - Dutch (reading/listening at B1 level). - Danish (Duolingo only).
Austraunisian have arrived in South Sri Lanka as well. But its largely unknown. They came from Sumatra and their genes, food, words, artifacts have entered and absorbed to South Sri Lankan Sinhalese culture.
As a Korean speaker, Japanese is super easy to learn gramatically❤❤ and many Mongolian workers here in Korea told me it’s easy for them to learn Korean 🎉🎉🎉 So I’m sure your theory is correct
I’ve learnt my English in Toronto, many American friends recognized my accent as a person from Wisconsin or Canada ❤❤❤ love the way Canadian people talk
Tamil is considered to be more than 10000 yrs old. Sanskrit is just 5000 yrs old. We all once spoke Tamil only. the name of the language was different when this was scripted for the first time. Tamil scripts found in many languages mainly Korean language. Surprised!!?? Dig deep; u will get it
I would like to share my perspective on the historical and linguistic context of Tamil and other Dravidian languages, which often seems to be misunderstood or misrepresented. Tamil, just like Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada, is a modern language derived from Proto-Dravidian. The state of Tamil Nadu was renamed on January 14, 1969, just 55 years ago. Despite this relatively recent renaming, there is a narrative being propagated that Tamil is the original language of the region now known as Tamil Nadu, and that all other South Indian languages were developed within this state. This notion is misleading and historically inaccurate. The Proto-Dravidian language, which is over 4,000 years old, originated long before the establishment of Tamil Nadu. Its roots trace back to the Mohenjo-Daro era, indicating that Tamil, while significant, is not the sole heir to the Proto-Dravidian legacy. The idea that Proto-Dravidian originated from the Tamil Nadu region is historically unfounded. Tamil Nadu has a rich cultural heritage, but it is important to recognize that it is not the exclusive cradle of South Indian languages and culture. Examples of narratives that have been politicized for state pride include: Kumarikandam and Kanyakumari: The mythical lost land. Thirukkural: Often attributed to the Travancore region of Kanyakumari. Silappathikaram: Written by Ilango Adigal, who was the brother of Chera King Senguttuvan of Kodungallur, Muziris. Carnatic Music: Has roots in Andhra Pradesh. Elam: Refers to Sri Lanka. Red Sandalwood: Predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh. It is crucial to acknowledge and respect the diverse and shared cultural histories of the South Indian states without falling into the trap of regional chauvinism. I believe this perspective fosters a more inclusive understanding of our shared heritage.
@@LADIES2023 who cares about a language. It's just a tool used for communication. In that context english is the best one for that use. So, birth is not a thing. Just be better As a humans first than bragging about a language 😂. It's as shitty as the religions fight 🤦🤦
Who cares. A languages purpose is to communicate with each other. In that context english is the best. So why do we care about birth. Especially in a worst place with half of uneducated people who brag about shitty language things who are unable to understand any other popular languages to connect with the world. 😂 First, consider being a human. and the language thing is as shitty as religious bragging and toxicity. Nothing to contribute to the future and current world.@@LADIES2023
its basically just variations of serbian language. both serbian and croatian use east herzegovian dialect of shotkavian as their standard. that was the standard used by serbian linguist vuk karadzic when he reformed serbian language. at that time croatian standard dialect was kaykavian (dialect of their capital zagreb) which is closer to slovenian than serbian, however majority of people living in croatian/bosnia actually spoke a variation of shtokavian dialect. in order to have one uniform language (serbo croatian) croatian linguists adopted shotkavian as their standard.
Interesting fact 3: ILLYRIA the ancestors of the Albanians. I LIR in Albania means THE FREE MAN or NATIVE ILIR-IA, "ia" is the addition for the countries in Albanian ex.: GERMAN > GERMANIA, ILIR>ILIRIA. In Google: I LIR = FREE Everyone who knows Albanian can understand ILIR. There is another theory that ILLYRIA in Albnaian means THE NEW STAR written as YLL I RI > YLLIRI > I YLLIRIA > ILLYRIA YLL=STAR ; I RI=NEW
Interesting fact 4: EMATHIA the antic name of Macedonia of The Great Alexander. In Albanian; EMATHIA means THE GREATNESS. It is written as "E MADHIA". On Google: E MADHIA = THE GREATNESS/THE GREAT. Albanian speakers already know "e madhia" means "the great/the greatness".
Interesting fact 2: IYON SEA in Albanian means OUR SEA. Written as I JON; seperate and with "j" letter instead of "y" (J=Y). Read as "iyon". I JON=our; DET = sea On Google: DET I JON = OUR SEA Everyone who knows Albanian know that.
Let me share an ineretsing coincidence with Albanian and antic word TROY: TROYA in Albanian means THE LAND. It is written as TROJA. (J=Y) TROYA WAR=LUFTA E TROJES=THE LAND WAR Not: On Google write in plural form TROJET or a phrase TROJET TONA=OUR LANDS
Complaining about half of the French letters not being pronounced is like complaining it is difficult to take a shower with all your clothes on. It's completely backward, you can't blame a language for the fact that you chose to learn it backwards. First learn to understand at least daily life sitcoms and documentary films and hold daily life conversations. THEN look at the written language for the first time. There is no excuse for prematurely learning the written language when you can't even communicate at the level of a 6 year old.
Long time ago there was a Bullshit language, but in RU-vid age it got forgotten and they started using the English language when bullshiting people in RU-vid videos.
it's not that simple, compare someone from Split and someone from Belgrade and the difference is obvious! There are several dialects in Croatia alone, each with its own history and mentality. Language is culture and is preserved through generations. In no case should languages be put in the same box. Language diversity is important!
Let's take the word 'pooja'. Many Indo-Lankan languages use this word. It's a way of worshipping gods. But how ?. The original Tamil pronunciation is 'poosai'. Meaning 'doing with flower'. In Tamil 'poo' means flower & 'sai' is equivalent to 'sei' means do. Several thousand years later Sanskrit language borrowed this Tamil word 'poosai' and changed it as 'pooja'. Although in sanskrit they don't call flowers as 'poo' they use the word pooja where 'ja' doesn't have a meaning. Without knowing the proper meaning people are just using the word 'pooja' for worshipping. This is the reality. I can give many examples to prove Tamil is the oldest classical language. You can understand this with the word etymology. Ex. The word 'Temple' is originally from the Tamil word 'Thenpulam' meaning the south pole (southern region). 'Peninsula' is originally a Tamil word. 'Penin' = woman's ('pen' means woman in Tamil) 'sula' = womb ('sool' means womb in Tamil) So you get the meaning : A land mass extends towards the sea like a bump in a woman's womb / stomach. Here also the same. No one knows the real meaning, just using the word Peninsula. There are many more proofs.
Peninsula comes from Latin Paene (Almost) and Insula (Island) and was coined in 59 or something BCE. Man what does it even have to do it a women womb? Do you even know the meaning of Peninsula? you could have even searched once before just writing this garbage.
@@SmoothEmployeeSouth pole - meaning; Humanity started from the south - Kumari Kandam / Lemuria the submerged land mass ! That's why Englishmen had named Adam's bridge, Adam's Peak to places in Sri Lanka. Because Sri Lanka is connected to the submerged land mass Kumari Kandam / Lemuria. Just Google and get some ideas about this. Don't ask for archeological evidence. Only super power nations have submarines. If they wish they can do research.
@@SmoothEmployeeWhat I intended to explain was that the peninsula looks like a pregnant woman's stomach. Example : Sinai Peninsula, check it from a world map! Here woman = pen in Tamil. So the word Peninsula came from the ideology of a pregnant woman's stomach.
What does the “oldest language” mean? Spoken language is produced in the moment then disappears. For tens of thousands of years there was no other language and even now the overwhelming amount of language produced isn’t recorded. So in that sense, it is impossible to judge the age of a language. All existing language developed from an older language variety dating back to the dawn of language. Spoken language evolves. Though some languages have more conservative written forms than others, and these forms affect spoken language, no language is unchanged by time and, except for invented languages such as Esperanto, no language is not a product of an earlier form. In terms of written language, Tamil is conservative. The current literary standard is about four centuries old. There are older forms of the written language dating back a further nineteen centuries. That is an impressive literary history but neither unique nor the oldest on record. Greek, excluding Linear B is four centuries older and has a continuous literary history until today. This is also true of Aramaic, although now the language is near extinction. It is also true of all the North Indian languages (sorry to say), since they all decent from Pakrits of a similar age and all have continuous literary histories. Now in terms of age of languages used today, the oldest continuously used languages that have not changed in form is Arabic. That is not because Arabic is the oldest recorded or that the spoken form is unchanged but because an Arab of the eighth century could, with minor difficulties, read today’s newspaper. The same is true of a Persian of the tenth century or an Italian, Icelander or Tibetan of the 13th Century. It is not true of a Tamil of any of those periods. Now Tamils are right to be proud of their language and defend it against attempts to promote other languages over it, but inventing an exaggerated past for it serves only to bring that heritage into disrepute.
"Gin I speak wi the tungs o men an angels but hae nae luve i my hairt I am no nane better nor dunnerin bress or a ringing cymbal." This is from the New Testament in Scots by Lorimer published in Penguin Books in 1985. Scots is definitely a language, with a rich lexicon of vocabulary but naebody speaks that wey noo. In practice there is a continuum from a few very broad speakers, to standard Scots spoken with Scots accent and sprinkled with Scots words - many cognates heid, hoose, haund, lug mooth etc., and canny, widny, didny, wouldny isny, havny, shouldny etc.
Hi friends...im from Malaysia.. Tamil language is a sea. We dont even cross 10% of the sea..we still need to know lots of them that remaining in that sea....💪
Linguistic family and subfamily differences between Scots and English: Yes, it is true that Standard English has significant influences from Latin, Greek, French and Norman, due to the history of England and the invasions and colonizations that have occurred over the centuries. So much so that English is placed alongside Anglo Norman and Anglo Picardo, Anglo Walloon in Romanic roots. On the other hand, Scots has older and deeper roots in Germanic languages, such as Frisian, Dutch, Faroese and Norwegian, due to the influence of the people who inhabited the region of Scotland throughout history. And the subfamily and sister languages of Scots are Orcadian and Shetlandic. Linguists often group Scots with other Germanic dialects spoken in the British Isles, such as Shetlandic and Orcadian, due to the linguistic and historical similarities between these languages. Despite influences from Standard English, Scots is considered a distinct language with its own characteristics and linguistic identity. Scottish linguist A.Heather studied and differentiated the fields of Scots and English, they are in fact and de jure separate languages. Simply consult your video demonstration of reading texts in Scots on RU-vid, see video of English parliamentarians speaking in Scotland and not being understood by Scots in the Scottish parliament and Scottish parliamentarians speaking in the English parliament and not being understood by their English counterparts and consult websites of Scottish language. Scots is a distinct and separate language from English at the basic, medium and advanced levels and does not have the same roots and is not from the same family and subfamily, they are neighbors, yes, friends, but they are not sister languages at the deepest level of the word, They are adherent but not related languages.
