Coach Pāṇini ®<p>Multiple Intelligences</p><p>Dr. Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences seems really fascinating: </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistic</span></a> intelligence (“word smart”) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Logical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Logical</span></a>-mathematical intelligence (“number/reasoning smart”) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spatial</span></a> intelligence (“picture smart”) </p><p>Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence (“body smart”) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Musical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musical</span></a> intelligence (“music smart”) </p><p>Interpersonal intelligence (“people smart”) </p><p>Intrapersonal intelligence (“self smart”) </p><p>Naturalist intelligence (“nature smart”)</p><p><a href="http://inaniludibrio.com/2025/03/13/multiple-intelligences/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaniludibrio.com/2025/03/13/m</span><span class="invisible">ultiple-intelligences/</span></a></p>
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Benjamin Han<p>Functions of Interjections</p><p>- Pausing and Holding: "Um" or "uh" signals that a speaker is not finished.<br>- Repairing Communication: "Huh?" or "what?" prompts clarification.<br>- Encouraging Continuation: "Mm-hmm" signals attentiveness.<br>- Negotiating Ground Rules: Words like "wow!" indicate interest, and "uh-huh" suggests limited engagement.</p><p>Lacking these cues in <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a>-based language learning is especially noticeable. </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/huh-the-valuable-role-of-interjections" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">3/huh-the-valuable-role-of-interjections</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/nlp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nlp</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/nlproc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nlproc</span></a></p>
Kathy Reid<p>While I'm a huge supporter of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> diversity, I'm a little cold on Meta's Language Technology Partner Program. It aims to get language communities to supply speech training <a href="https://aus.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>, for free, with the promise Meta will release trained models "open source". </p><p>I have multiple issues with this approach: </p><p>1. It concentrates power in the hands of Meta - the data, when provided, is not being made openly available, which means that only Meta is able to benefit from the data. </p><p>Promising to "open source" models does not respect data sovereignty.</p><p>2. The term "open source" here is another case of open washing - while the models trained from the supplied data and released by Meta might be openly available, they cannot be easily reproduced - a core tenet of the *original* open source definition - before it was watered down by the OSI.</p><p>3. The implications for cultural heritage are unknown. Language encodes knowledge, customs, history. If that language is preserved only by a for-profit company, what are the implications for language transmission.</p><p>Will future generations have to pay to learn their ancestral language?</p><p>4. What's the bigger picture goal here? We have companies trying to represent "the world" in models - written language, imagery, video, and now speech. </p><p>The bigger piece here is enabling people all over the world to speak with each other ... </p><p>as long as each interaction is mediated by Meta.</p><p><a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2025/02/announcing-language-technology-partner-program/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.fb.com/news/2025/02/anno</span><span class="invisible">uncing-language-technology-partner-program/</span></a></p>
Lucas Haasis<p>Rare Basque Letters found in the Prize Papers.</p><p>On Monday, 17 February, we welcome Céline Mounole & Annabelle Lafuente (UPPA, France) for the Prize Papers Talks (1-2 pm CET). </p><p>Project Presentation: BASQEGO</p><p>BASQEGO aims to explore the history of the languages of the Basque Country (French, Castilian, Basque) through the study of ego-documents.</p><p>Register: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-prize-papers-talks-tickets-1067307006989" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.com/e/the-prize-pap</span><span class="invisible">ers-talks-tickets-1067307006989</span></a></p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/earlymodern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earlymodern</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/basque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>basque</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/historikerinnen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>historikerinnen</span></a></span></p>
Mx Verda<p>unrleated but a friend asked how I pronounce the word "poem". </p><p>MEMORY UNLOCKED. </p><p>I was LIVID with a study workbook in Japan (so 6 to 10 y.o., which was 2nd or 3rd to 5th grade for me). </p><p>Fucking thing dinged me for saying "fire" was TWO syllables. </p><p>Because it IS! <br>If "fire" was ONE syllable, it would be "Far", a different fuckign word. </p><p>"Fai yer" or "fie err".</p><p>also unrelated <a href="https://uktransshop.co.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">uktransshop.co.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>and <a href="https://www.consortium.lgbt/member-directory/gender-construction-kit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">consortium.lgbt/member-directo</span><span class="invisible">ry/gender-construction-kit/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/word" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>word</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/dialect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dialect</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/accent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accent</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/sound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sound</span></a></p>
Gemini6Ice<p>Is there a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> term for eliding the only logical connection words? E.g.,</p><p>“I was shower.”</p><p>in place of</p><p>“I was in the shower” / “I was showering.”</p><p>This feels adjacent to nounverbing</p>
IT News<p>Esperanto: The Language That Hoped to Unite the World - Christmas: a good time to broach a topic of hope. We’re talking Esperanto. This la... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/12/25/esperanto-the-language-that-hoped-to-unite-the-world/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/12/25/espera</span><span class="invisible">nto-the-language-that-hoped-to-unite-the-world/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/linguafranca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguafranca</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mischacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mischacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/esperanto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esperanto</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duolingo</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tokipona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tokipona</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/zamenhof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zamenhof</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/klingon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>klingon</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/loglan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loglan</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hope</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/gta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gta</span></a></p>
mmalc<p>‘Mikolič calls this kind of oratory — [pervasive use of superlatives] — the “fascist imaginary.”’</p><p>‘Finchelstein also notes that fascism cannot ascend without existential enemies.’</p><p>'John Gartner and Harry Segal identify the increasing simplicity of Trump’s vocabulary and worldview as a sign of cognitive decline, which it very well may be. But it is also a feature of fascism’</p><p>Interesting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistic</span></a> analysis of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> speech patterns and vocabulary.</p><p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-09-19/trump-speech-rhetoric-superlatives" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/opinion/story/2024</span><span class="invisible">-09-19/trump-speech-rhetoric-superlatives</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Some Basic <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facts</span></a> about Language for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Political</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bullshit</span></a> Artists. Erika R Alpert, PhD - As a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/anthropologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropologist</span></a>, I take a few things for granted, because they are pretty useful for understanding how and why people do what they do, and have been empirically demonstrated across the work of linguists, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/anthropologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropologists</span></a>, and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sociologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociologists</span></a> for, say, the last 50–60 years. <a href="https://erikaalpert.com/2024/08/20/some-basic-facts-about-language-for-political-bullshit-artists/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">erikaalpert.com/2024/08/20/som</span><span class="invisible">e-basic-facts-about-language-for-political-bullshit-artists/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/factcheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factcheck</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/factchecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factchecking</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/newspapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newspapers</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/washingtonpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washingtonpost</span></a></p>
Anna Szala<p>Interestingly, very few psychologists are aware of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/corpora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corpora</span></a> 📊 and their immense research potential. Platforms like CLARIN-PL offer invaluable data that can significantly enhance our understanding of human behaviour and social interactions. 🤝🗣️ It's time more of us psych folk tapped into these resources to advance our field! 🌟🔍</p>
Lynn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lingo.lol/@abdalian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>abdalian</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/linguistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linguistics</span></a></span> since I see you got your proper answer, here's a silly one...<br>Q:"Is there a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> term for an interlocutor saying the last word of the previous speaker’s sentence in unison with them" <br>A: "Cantus Puerorum Bestiarum" (otherwise know as singing of the Beastie Boys)</p>
Andrew Abdalian<p>Is there a <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> term for an interlocutor saying the last word of the previous speaker’s sentence in unison with them? Not just occasionally or when the previous speaker is having trouble recalling a word, but nearly every sentence, possibly even when that sentence is not the end of a turn? I’m looking for articles or research about this out of personal curiosity. </p><p><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/linguistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linguistics</span></a></span></p>
Court Cantrell will not comply<p>Odd <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> observation and the first <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetRabbitHole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetRabbitHole</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>today</span></a>:</p><p>Via reading about the theremin, I reached Wikipedia's page about the Sorbs. Out of curiosity I started reading it. Then I thought I'd rather read it in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a>. So I went to the German Wikipedia page about the Sorben and read for a while.</p><p>When I was finished, it occurred to me that there are some subjects I prefer reading about in German vs. English. It depends on my original context for those subjects.</p><p>1/2</p>
The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨<p>Facade, colonel, awry, omniscience, espresso, queue, jaguar, silicon, caramel, pecan, ask, nuclear. Why do we mispronounce these words? 🤔</p><p>In this <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> Sociolinguist Dr. Erica Brozovsky explains common mispronunciations and other <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> phenomena 👄</p><p>👉 Learn more: <a href="https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/why-do-we-mispronounce-words" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thekidshouldseethis.com/post/w</span><span class="invisible">hy-do-we-mispronounce-words</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
LM Little<p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UNESCO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNESCO</span></a> has designated February 21 as International Mother <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> Day, a day to honor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> diversity and the preservation of heritage languages. At WWB, we're celebrating with this list of eight recent WWB contributors who write in their mother languages, from Wolof and Kankanaey to Uyghur and Mapudungun." <a href="https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2024-02/international-mother-language-day-8-writers-to-read-now/?src=mailchimp&mc_cid=bbd13fcb11&mc_eid=a37d2c7346" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wordswithoutborders.org/read/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/2024-02/international-mother-language-day-8-writers-to-read-now/?src=mailchimp&mc_cid=bbd13fcb11&mc_eid=a37d2c7346</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Literacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The case involves an attempt by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to give <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> more leeway in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/punishments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punishments</span></a> & provide a “safety valve” so that not all are subject to tough <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MinimumMandatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinimumMandatory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sentences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sentences</span></a>.<br>
But it has proven a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> puzzle to judges across the country. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/statute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statute</span></a> says a defendant can become eligible for the safety valve if, among other things, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/offense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offense</span></a> was nonviolent & the defendant “does not have” certain previous convictions. The statute lists those conviction categories as (A), (B) & (C).</p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>When I'm reflecting on <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a>' trouble(s) I'm sometimes tempted by a form of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> determinism. </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> with complex tense/verb structures, require the speaker to form the whole sentence before starting to speak (<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> would be my go to example).</p><p>But <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> allows a speaker to start a sentence with little idea where it will end, with sentences rambling & developing while remaining grammatical.</p><p>Making it up as we go along' served us well for generations, now not so much!</p>
Mabhengwane Mackenzie<p>Here’s the latest outrage from me in my small self-constructed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lexicographic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lexicographic</span></a> hell. I have spent three years making dictionaries for SANLU, an independent company that stepped in to help produce <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indigenouslanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indigenouslanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> because the state completely failed to do so (despite constitutional imperatives). Now this is happening - see attached pics.</p>
Paolo Melchiorre<p>“If you talk to a man in a language he understands,<br>that goes to his head.<br>If you talk to him in his language,<br>that goes to his heart.”<br>— Nelson Mandela</p><p>From an article, I wrote 2 years ago on linguistic diversity in FLOSS, inspired by the Python community. 🐍 </p><p><a href="https://www.paulox.net/2021/05/12/floss-and-linguistic-diversity/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">paulox.net/2021/05/12/floss-an</span><span class="invisible">d-linguistic-diversity/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p>What language <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> do you recommend? I'm taking one <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> course offline this Summer but also seeking some online language learning sites to learn a couple more new to me languages. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
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