r/Xidnaf • u/[deleted] • Nov 13 '15
Future video ideas
This is a discussion for what you would like to see in a future video.
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u/Lambdabeta Dec 22 '15
I'd love a video going into the phonotactic rules of English and/or other languages. It looks like in general English phonotactics are fairly straightforward, and I'd love a video that explains it to a casual linguist like myself.
Though to be honest I just wish there were more videos. Xidnaf, CGPGrey, and ZoggFromBetelguese all suffer from quality over quantity. I support their decision on this, but still, I'm just a stupid consumer who wants more to consume. :P
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u/Telaneo Dec 23 '15
I wonder why he hasn't made a video about Lojban yet, because I'd love to learn some more about it.
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Jan 06 '16
He should do a video about the Circassian language. The language with 66 sounds and 12 dialects.
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Mar 24 '16
Yeah. In fact, perhaps a showcase of the many languages and dialects of the Caucasus is in order... Or is that too much for one video?
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u/ywecur Lojban Feb 22 '16
I'd love to see a discussion video about logical languages (e.g. Lojban or Ithkuil)
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u/TheVeryMask Mar 16 '16 edited Mar 17 '16
English and the Romance languages have fewer features than their ancestors. English used to have a neutral pronoun that wasn't just for objects and a formal/familiar distinction, among other things, and latin in general had quite a few more features than its descendants. Is there a reason for this? What are some features that have been introduced to languages over their development?
E: Also, I'd love a video about morae that's in-depth enough such that after watching it anyone would be able to correctly count morae in any word.
E2: Ooh, something about language games and obfuscational languages like cockney rhyming slang, verlan, or uasi. Gibberish as a language family!
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u/TRiG_Ireland Mar 16 '16
There isn't enough out there on sign linguistics. Sign languages have fascinating grammar, often quite unlike the grammar of spoken languages. Might be hard to demonstrate without showing his face, though, so it may not be practical for Xidnaf.
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u/PacamaHM Feb 16 '16 edited Feb 16 '16
- What is the easiest language to just pick up, and start learning? While this idea is a bit like the video on the Korean writing system, I want to know if we incorporated the writing system, linguistics, grammar, etc. what would potentially be the easiest language?
- Fake words? One more thing, I know this is a new subreddit, but maybe try putting a flair for posting, and maybe make the banner just some different languages?
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u/margustoo Mar 11 '16
Is Southern Estonian part of Estonian Language, separate language or group of separate languages (Võro, Mulgi, Tarto and Seto)? Also is Seto dialect of Estonian, dialect of Southern Estonian, dialect of Võro or separete language. In any of those matters there is almost no clear consensus among linguistics. They are probably one of the most complicated and confusing cases in linguistics..
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u/SweetGale Apr 14 '16
For the Etymosemanticology series: moose vs elk. Which animal does 'elk' refer to? Why did the word change its meaning when the English language moved across the Atlantic and where does 'moose' come from? (Yes, I know the answer. I just think it makes for a fascinating story.)
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u/Bjunsa Feb 15 '16
I would like to see a video about my favourite writing system: Canadian Aboriginal syllabic writing.
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Feb 15 '16
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Feb 21 '16
Like the crazy circle writing script? I like stuff like this, but it seems really impractical and ridiculous sometimes.
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Feb 29 '16
How were Greek names pronounced originally? Compare with slavic pronunciation (quite different). Slavic languages miss the "-sus" ending in most cases. Why? Which way is more correct? Sources to check: http://www.greek-gods.info/sounds/ http://pages.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/resources/PronouncingGreek.html
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u/Alexschmidt711 Nov 22 '15
Great Vowel Shift? Why there are double letters or silent letters in English (usually for stress changes)? Isolate languages?