Davidsch > 07-06-2018, 11:40 AM
Common_Man > 07-06-2018, 04:45 PM
(06-06-2018, 06:53 PM)MarcoP Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I think it is worth remembering here what You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.:
Quote:The difference between the script and the language is a really important one, because it could be that the underlying language is one that is known to us, but what stops us from getting there is just the script that's lying above it. And this is an element of the research which many people just don't seem to get. Even in recent discussions on the internet you get people confusing the issues of the script and language.
-JKP- > 07-06-2018, 08:14 PM
(07-06-2018, 04:45 PM)Common_Man Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view....
I myself live in Southern India (Kerala), and my native language, Malayalam has a style of writing in which to every consonant sound, has a short /a/ vowel added to it by default, unless indicated otherwise by a diacritical mark (one that indicates another wovel sound, or even a mark for lack of the short /a/ vowel to make it sound more like the way we'd expect as english speakers.
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MarcoP > 07-06-2018, 09:09 PM