Lvxferre@mander.xyzM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months agoWhat is a "dog"?mander.xyzimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoHound, kuwaš, canis, it’s all the same thing. But English “dog” and Mbabaram “dog” are completely different. [Historical Linguistics]
minus-squareniktemadur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoA false cognate appears in the wild!
Hound, kuwaš, canis, it’s all the same thing. But English “dog” and Mbabaram “dog” are completely different. [Historical Linguistics]
A false cognate appears in the wild!