Dahlem Center for Linguistics

dclberlin.bsky.social

15 October 2026 15:52

#OTD 219 years ago, Hans Conon von der Gabelentz (1807–1874) was born 🎂 A linguist and Prime Minister of Saxe-Altenburg, he studied a wide range of languages, including Cherokee, Khasi, Komi, Manchu, Mongolian, Mordvin, Mari, and Gothic. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

Sāmapriyavasuḣ

avzaagzonunaada.bsky.social

08 October 2026 17:23

First time listening to Tigrinya here, and the pharyngeal sounds even stronger than Arabic. I have listened to Amharic before, but, apparently, it doesn’t have pharyngeals. www.instagram.com/reel/DdmRtef...

Dr Danny Bate

dannybate.com

27 September 2026 22:02

Where better to contemplate mortality and turn 30 years old than Pompeii?

Shana

shanamd.bsky.social

27 September 2026 21:55

I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.

Devin Fitzgerald, bibliothot

devinfitz.bsky.social

23 September 2026 12:14

In my white working class family, 50% of the men (cousins included) in my generation ended up in the middle east. Their ptsd haunts them. They are now mostly conservative MAGA folks. The boomers all became evangelicals, with proudly racist views.