@voooooogel we're down if it passes CFI! en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionar…
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@MissPavIichenko We now have more than 5000 Pannonian Rusyn words, thanks to him. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:…
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I came across a guy from Hong Kong who’s obsessed with Pannonian Rusyn, a language spoken by 10,000 people in Serbia and Croatia. All men are brothers
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we still like this factoid! #English" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandarin#…
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does everyone already know that the word "Mandarin" ultimately comes from Sanskrit मन्त्री/mantrī ("minister"), or is that still a niche factoid that can get some likes on here?
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The 1st time I’ve seen a word from Lishana Deni (lit 'our language') in Wiktionary. Lishana Deni is a variety of NE Neo-Aramaic formerly spoken by Jews in Dohok, Iraqi Kurdistan. In Israel, Lishana Deni speakers have often been mistaken for Kurds due to their origins in Kurdistan
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蛇年大吉！Happy Year of the Snake!
Here are different ways the Chinese languages have landed on naming the slithery creature 🧵
The most common name is 蛇, attested in the oracle bones as 它. (The etymology of this word is uncertain; see en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%9B%87) /1
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Interesting Wiktionary entries on two Georgian words (probably) borrowed from Persian. Though less common than their Russian equivalents, the latter have been described as 'barbarism.' Curious if this reflects (post-Soviet?) anti-Russian sentiment or if Persian borrowings into
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Somebody on Wiktionary took the time to transcribe the ejective, the close mid back unrounded vowel AND the falling contour tone of the original "hawk tuah"
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of all the languages I've looked up words in on Wiktionary, Finnish has got to have the most entries where it says exactly who coined the word and when and also what their job was
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Collaborate: “To work together with others to achieve a common goal.”
In its 22-year history, Wiktionary has invited people everywhere to collaboratively write a multilingual free dictionary.
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@cavidaga @ArnoAlahverdian Yes, but an Aramaic mediation has to be assumed to explain the shape. See our entry at #Etymology" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%A1%D6…
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@sankuperis @avzaagzonunaada @HeideArchery Our source for žiglùs is Lietuvių kalbos žodynas lkz.lt/?zodis=%C5%BEi…
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We have crossed 1200 Proto-Celtic entries on Wiktionary!
See the pages at: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:…
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from Wiktionary: etymology tree of "poggers"
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@youngmetalist @GoldenAgeSchizo @BalkanmemesTr This category might be emptier than it should be because 1) We haven't added words 2) sometimes a word comes indirectly from Oghuz through a different loaner language, and the category hasn't been added yet to such pages.
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@GoldenAgeSchizo @BalkanmemesTr It might be higher but it's 147 words according to Wiktionary en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:…
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