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02:39

Q: Seeking free grammar or detailed description of Avar

The more I learn about the Georgian language the more eager I am to compare it with nearby Caucasian languages, to which it is not related but shares a common Sprachbund with. Although I'm also interested in Abkhaz and Chechen, I've become mostly interested in Avar because of the Caucasian langu...

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04:31

Q: How to measure importance of language?

My question is especially about how we can measure importance and choose a second language for us. It is not a secret that in a variety of aspects English is first language by its importance. So how to choose second language by some criteria. Please bring examples. Thanks.

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Cerberus

@OtavioMacedo Is this Portugal or Brazil?

He's incredibly cute, btw.

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I think it sounds Brazilian.

The tone goes up and down. But I may be wrong. I can understand many of the words, though.

And "okay" must be something like "ta bom". I don't know what the "ta" part could be, but she also says that when they translate her as saying "yes".

Mechanical snail

@Cerberus Brazilian. Word-final [s], realization of /ʀ/ as [x] in morrem.

@Cerberus "está"

Cerberus

Ah, that makes sense.

I didn't know you spoke Portuguese, and so well!

Cerberus

04:49

@Mechanicalsnail > profile views 2

Odd.

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05:59

@Cerberus You won the challenge with 32385 points against 8851.

Cerberus

@Mechanicalsnail Congrats!

Did you Google?

Mechanical snail

@Cerberus Firebug is great

Cerberus

Or just take a loooong time walking around?

Wait, you...cheated!?

Mechanical snail

goo.gl/G37FT

var panoid = "opNhMgHudMIq72i_UyJk0g"; // copied panoid
new google.maps.StreetViewService().getPanoramaById(panoid, function(data){console.log(data.location.latLng.toString())});

Cerberus

I'll take that as a yes.

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11:57

Q: How does PGmc.fl- change to Goth. thl-, such as PGmc *fleuhaną to Goth. þliuhan?

The example is a cognate of flee: fleuhaną Descendants[edit] Old English: flēon English: flee Old Frisian: fliā Old Saxon: fliohan Old Dutch: *flion Middle Dutch: vlien Dutch: vlieden Old High German: fliohan German: fliehen Old Norse: flýja Icelandic: flýja Faroese: ...