Blogs about: Indo European
Featured Blog
Macedonia was Slavic speaking in the 8th-10th century!
Macedonia was Slavic speaking in the 8th-10th century. Taken from the book “The Indo-European Languages” edited by Anna Giacalone Ramat and Paul Ramat, 1998, page 419. All of the Southern Balkans were… more →
Makedonika: The Macedonian Blog
On English (and other dialects of Sanskrit)
— 13 comments
andreaskluth wrote 2 weeks ago: I mentioned en passant in the previous post that the Sanskrit word vira, hero, is related to the Lat … more →
I Use Similes Like Gardening Enthusiasts Use Hoes
— 1 comment
Meaghan wrote 1 month ago: Comparisons – name-dropping, metaphor, simile, and comparative/superlative forms of adjectives … more →
Braggin' Maggin Be the Flyest Cutie in the Booty Wagon
— 1 comment
Meaghan wrote 1 month ago: Complementary to the diss track, in which the rapper builds herself up by putting others down, is th … more →
Chattanoogan Identity Card Photos
christov10 wrote 2 months ago: Identikit standard Indo-European binary typing stereoscopy … more →
Etymanimals
— 1 comment
Meaghan wrote 2 months ago: Any linguist will tell you that it’s never too early to start teaching kids their Indo-Europea … more →
Etymology
ravivararo wrote 2 months ago: Monday, September 28, 2009 இந்தோ ஐரோப்பிய மொழிகளில் நெசவு என்ற சொல்லின் சொற்பிறப்பியல் The Indo Euro … more →
One's for the Chicken Poo
— 5 comments
Meaghan wrote 2 months ago: Childhood is a magical time, and one of its most magical components is playground poetry. Parents tr … more →
Studying Indo-European, Historical Linguistics, Sanskrit, Russian Literature (not in Leiden)
notesofanidealist wrote 3 months ago: Picture of a tram in Deurne Apart from the possibilities in Leiden, Birkbeck does a course in Histor … more →
Studying Indo-European, Historical Linguistics, Sanskrit, Russian Literature (etc)
— 1 comment
notesofanidealist wrote 3 months ago: Now we’re reaching the heights of unreality of course–like a city with poems in foreign … more →
In Praise of Profanity
— 1 comment
Meaghan wrote 3 months ago: W.F.F. Jurgen posted a link to The No Cussing Club on my Facebook wall yesterday. A Facebook wall is … more →
How to Gangbang a Muthafuckin' Dragon
— 1 comment
Meaghan wrote 4 months ago: The literary community or whatever it’s called has been lamenting the demise of poetry since l … more →
Laima
Sebastiane wrote 4 months ago: Gender: Feminine Origin: Lithuanian/Latvian Meaning: “luck” (LYE-mah) Limey Laima! The n … more →
Check Out Leonese
Robert Lindsay wrote 5 months ago: This is a sample of the Leonese language spoken in northwestern Spain. If you know Spanish or Portug … more →
Grammatical Gender in Indo-European languages
freivogel wrote 6 months ago: The History of English (Scott Shay) has a very readable overview of grammatical gender, and other gr … more →
A Look At the Catalan Language
— 25 comments
Robert Lindsay wrote 6 months ago: Updated June 19: Catalan is a Romance language that is most closely related to Occitan. Occitan and … more →
The brother who wanted to marry his sister
— 2 comments
G wrote 6 months ago: An old woman and an old man had two daughters and two sons. One daughter was ugly, and the other was … more →
A Reclassification of the Occitan Language
— 22 comments
Robert Lindsay wrote 7 months ago: Updated June 9: This post is another in a series of reclassifications of various macro-languages. A … more →
Pluperfect joke: Grammar is funny
— 1 comment
bloodywellwrite wrote 7 months ago: G’day, lovers and loathers of the English language. This is just a quick something-something t … more →
Reworking of German Language Classification Part 3: High German
— 5 comments
Robert Lindsay wrote 8 months ago: Updated November 1. This post will be regularly updated for some time. Warning! This essay is very l … more →
