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The Economist explains: How do you invent a language? MORE than 5m people now hear a few words in Dothraki or Valyrian, the fabricated languages spoken in the television series “Game of Thrones”, each week—more than the number who hear Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic combined. From the unsung (Babm and Brithenig) to the celebrated (Esperanto and Elvish), constructed languages, in various states of completion, now outnumber the world’s natural tongues. Fantasy literature, science-fiction films and video games have fuelled a demand for otherworldly tongues—and fans increasingly expect them to be usable. So how do you invent a language from scratch? That depends on its purpose. These days most invented languages are created for artistic or aesthetic purposes, and often borrow features from existing tongues. Esperanto, the most successful invented language, may have as many as 2m speakers. • What else should The Economist explain?
Ireland's History in Maps - Celtic Ireland Ice Ages and the Arrival of Humans --- Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages Maps: BC . 100 . 150 . 200 . 300 . 400 . 500 . 600 . 700 . 800 . 900 . 1000 . 1100 . 1200 . 1300 . 1400 . 1500 . 1600 . 1700 . 1800 . 1845 Reference: Before there were Counties --- Old Irish Kingdoms and Clans --- Old Irish Surnames The Myths of Time: After examining some of the ancient record for Ireland we turn to the early Irish chronicles. The earliest written pre-history of Ireland is passed down in the form of saga stories, legal tracts, annalistic records, and fragmentary accounts which were recorded centuries after they actually may have occurred. Because of this scholars consider the events and people of the pre-Christian (and early Christian) period to be viewed with a skeptical eye. Prior to the arrival of sons of King Milesius the mythological tribes in Ireland were said to include the the Fomorians (Fomhóire), the Partholonians, the Nemedians, the Fir Bolgs and the Tuatha de Danann. From the author D.
CivilWarPhotos.net My First Eight Drains My First Eight Drainsby drainer-wannabe Ninjalicious Meters below the busy streets above, a hidden concrete utopia snakes its way from the downtown core out beyond the suburbs. Concrete pipes conduct our urban stormwater to strange fringe areas known as forests, meadows, riverbanks and seashores — a gallery of horrors collectively known as nature. 1. 2. 3. The grimy entrance to The Great Ajax Drain leads into a low-ceilinged rectangular section. In an abstract way, I already knew from my book-learnin' that the entire urban/suburban world was laced with exploration-ready caves, but this realization only really hit home as Persephone and I took a complete tour of the subdivisions of northern Ajax from 3m below. 4. 5. 6. Up three flights of ladders in the second section of Metal Cave, one finds some entertaining graffiti. Metal Cave was cramped and filled with small, disgusting stalactites, which I occasionally bumped into, filling my hair with rusty mush of unknown origin. 7. 8.
Yingzi Also see the Belorussian translation provided by Fatcow. The English spelling system is such a pain, we'd might as well switch to hanzi-- Chinese characters. How should we go about it? Japanese style One way would be to use hanzi directly, asthe Japanese do. For instance, we'd write "work" as , and "ruler" as . , and "tycoon" as You can already see that this is going to be tricky. two readings, for instance-- /wrk/ and /gûng/-- and two as well-- /rulr/ and /kun/. Proper names will be a problem as well. for the name of the bodaciously cute singer Faye Wong-- but for English names we'd have no better recourse than to spell things out using the nearest Chinese syllables. Chinese style Maybe there's a better approach. The basic principle will be, one yingzi for a syllable with a particular meaning. Does that mean we need a completely separate symbol for each of the thousands of possible English syllables? Little pictures Well, now's the time. woods repeats the yingzi for tree, while Phonetic classes
La scrittura della civiltà di Harappa Dal segno alla scrittura Dai cacciatori preistorici ai primi contabili Come nacquero i primi alfabeti.Tutte le scritture del mondo. La scrittura della civiltà di Harappa Una fra le quattro più antiche civiltà del mondo ha una scrittura che ha resistito da sempre a ogni tentativo di decifrazione. Oggi, sulla base della documentazione archeologica, si comincia a interpretarlaWalter A. Le civiltà più antiche sono quelle di Sumer, dell'Egitto, della Cina e della Valle dell'Indo, nella parte nordoccidentale del subcontinente indiano. I loro «testi» consistono quasi solo in brevi iscrizioni su sigilli e in graffiti su ceramiche. Le testimonianze archeologiche Che cosa ci dicono i reperti archeologici sulla vita nei siti della cultura di Harappa? I sigilli di Harappa Il compito di «leggere» le iscrizioni della cultura di Harappa è così difficile che molti studiosi lo giudicano irrealizzabile. Che cosa ci dicono i sigilli Già negli anni trenta, lo studioso britannico G. La lingua di Harappa
7 Man-Made Substances that Laugh in the Face of Physics The universe is full of weird substances like liquid metal and whatever preservative keeps Larry King alive. But mankind isn't happy to accept the weirdness of nature when we can create our own abominations of science that, due to the miracle of technology, spit in nature's face and call it retarded. That's why we came up with... #7. Ferrofluids What do you get when you suspend nanoparticles of iron compounds in a colloidal solution of water, oil and a surfactant? A ferrofluid is a liquid that reacts to magnetic fields in trippy ways that make you think that science is both magical and potentially evil. Tell us that didn't look like the birth of the most sinister dildo ever. What happens is that when a magnetic field is applied to the fluid, the particles of iron compound inside align to it. What the Hell is it Used For? #6. It's not the brick in the picture up there, it's the stuff under the brick. Every once in a while, science rules. #5.
iLoveLanguages - Your Guide to Languages on the Web Famiglia linguistica Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. Nonostante spesso la protolingua non sia conosciuta, è possibile ricostruirla a partire dalle lingue appartenenti alla stessa unità filogenetica mediante il metodo comparativo, una procedura di ricostruzione sviluppata dai linguisti a partire dal XIX secolo che rende possibile dimostrare l'appartenenza a una determinata famiglia per molti dei raggruppamenti sotto elencati. Ad esempio, la protolingua delle famiglia indoeuropea, chiamata lingua protoindoeuropea, è interamente ricostruita usando questo metodo in quanto veniva parlata prima dell'invenzione della scrittura. Esistono casi in cui la protolingua di una famiglia è invece riconducibile a una lingua nota: esempi sono le lingue romanze e le lingue scandinave, originate rispettivamente dal latino volgare e dal norreno. Lingue naturali[modifica | modifica wikitesto] Principali famiglie (raggruppate geograficamente senza riguardo per le relazioni interfamiliari)[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Flying Flying is also fun and challenging. You have to think and act in three dimensions. You have the freedom to move to a lot of new spots on the globe. You learn to examine and appreciate scenery and natural phenomena that you'd never be able or wouldn't bother to see from the ground. Charles Lindbergh put it best: "Science, freedom, beauty, adventure." Sadly Lindbergh was, in addition to being a great aviator, a supporter of the Nazis. Even if the end goal is soaring, you might want to try this some time. Happy to hear of your new interest, Phil. Seattle Space Needle After you finish your instrument rating, you may find your VFR skills have deteriorated because the instrument flying gets you accustomed to being led through the system to the end of the runway.
Gernreich alphabet Gernreich is an alternative alphabet for English invented by Michael Carnright when he was 14. The letters are like building blocks which are connected together to make words, which in turn can be connected together to make sentences. Micheael usually uses graph paper to write this alphabet. Notable features The letters with the largest span from point to point are used for the most common letters in English. Gernreich alphabet Sample texts in Gernreich The texts on the right show a number of ways to write Gernreich, Michael Carnright's former family name. Transliteration All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. If you have any questions about this alphabet, you can contact Michael at: gernreich@gmail.com Other alphabets invented by visitors to this site
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