galled wrote:Shamrock Shamus wrote:Also, I'm ready for the linguistics department Halloween party! Yay! I wore my shirt that says hello in several different languages.
Oh that's fun!
I knew you spoke a couple of languages, but never exactly how many. Can you tell us?
I've always had questions about linguistics (mostly from watching sci-fi show, etc.). I understand most modern languages have similar aspects. I'm curious what is the most "different" language you've encountered and what makes it so in your opinion?
I speak English, Chinese (taught it for multiple years), Spanish, and I'm going to be doing Romanian and Italian in the coming school years. I also have some Japanese and Icelandic under my belt, but not fluently. I can also read Greek, Korean, Japanese, and Hebrew, but I don't know what it means.
I think any language Isolate is pretty unique, considering they don't have any other languages related to them. Some include Basque, Korean, and Ainu. However, if we're talking about the ones I know personally, I'd say Romanian. It's like the baby of Romance Languages (like Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian) and Slavic languages. I love it, and I love listening to the way it sounds while being spoken.
Lemon: I don't really know how I keep the languages straight but I somehow do. lol. My brain is very linguistically inclined and I love them so much. I love that you guys are asking me about languages because I can never really geek out about them because no one in my life loves them the way I do.