#Languages

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[THREAD: URDU CHAUVINISM]1/51By the end of the 10th century AD, Śauraseni Prakrit (a vernacular derivative of Classical Sanskrit) had started corrupting into regional dialects like Braj Bhasha, Awadhi, and Dehlavi.

偨供☭

necromancerstud

What was Vietnam’s ancient writing system? What is Chữ Nôm? A Thread: China was the center of East Asian culture, and the countries bordering China, Vietnam, Korea, and Japan, all

Nikodemus Siivola #BLM

nsiivola

TIL: There's EUPL, a GPL-compatible official EU Free Software license intended mainly for use by public European bodies. It has official translations to all 23 EU languages.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Public_LicenceI

IIED

IIED

STARTING NOW AT #DCdays20:Managing risk through nature-based solutions --> https://www.ur2020.org/agenda/session/440121We'll discuss risks associated with biodiversity loss and climate change. NBS is a critical ingredient in fulfilli

Gurman Bhatia

GurmanBhatia

Some election graphic favs! #dataviz The way @BBGVisualData has stacked the electoral college votes in their stacked bar https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-us-election-results (thread) .@PostGraphics improves that by splitting up wins/

Colm Ó Broin

colmobroin

If you don’t believe there’s prejudice in Ireland against the Irish language and Irish speakers consider that people working in the national media have… Denied the existence of the Irish

Aaron Hanlon

AaronRHanlon

1) Dreaded thread on why I think the response to postcritique is so vitriolic. Short version: Because literary studies is a discipline in search of an application. 2) Before I

Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions

mynamesnotgordy

What I learnt on the Twitter this week:1. Trudeau announces mandatory testing for all arrivals at Canadian airports. An hour later Doug Ford announces mandatory testing at Pearson. Ford says

zen

ultjiaers

why jackson wang is much more than just “the funny and cheerful guy in got7” — a thread he gave up on his fencing career to become an idol after

Pin 💫

pinbarlas

Attending now https://twitter.com/ExeterDecol/status/1280836068137414656 "It's only in hindsight that we call pseudoscience, 'pseudoscience'. At the time, it's just science." - Angela Saini (any quotes in this thr

Travis

sivartspeaks

THREADCan the communicative method (e.g. CI) of teaching Koine Greek assist biblical exegesis?While it's true that there are permanent limitations we have to face, we should also ask: What can

fanyiyi 翻译译 all hail lord Wang Zhi

fanyiyi33

I feel like a lot of people implicitly believe that a text only has one correct interpretation, and that this interpretation will be obvious to a native speaker of the

Touricans

Touricans_ng

The realities of YORUBA RELIGION in Brazil/Cuba and how they worship Orishas, Sango, etcThread! Kindly RETWEET and COMMMENT| #wednesdaythought #WednesdayMotivation #bobrisky #tachacurrency #secureournorth Burna Steff jumoke African Giant ap

Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian

riversidewings

SALUTATIONS you fantastic denizens of the internet! The first #FridayNightHistory of 2021 is here! This week, a new mystery: the true name of "John Williams," Japanese Veteran of the American

Zach Weinersmith

ZachWeiner

So, there’s a post going viral about how “the canon” can’t be that great because we have to force kids to read it. I broke my own “no Internet fighting”

The animals of the Proto-Indo-Europeans

PIE_Animals

OX in #IndoEuropean: #Vedic ukṣā́, #Avestan uxšā, #ProtoGermanic *uhsô (#Gothic auhsa, #Old Norse oxi, #OldEnglish oxa, #OldHighGerman ohso, #German Ochse, #Durch os), #Welsh ych, #OldIrish oss, #Tocharian B okso, A

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