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- Which Language Uses the Most Sounds? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/world/what-in-the-world/click-languages-taa-xoon-xoo-botswana.html 41 comments
- Scientists use language and logic to translate monkey sounds into English http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/monkey-see-monkey-speak-video/ 28 comments
- AI Is Used To Share What Ancient Languages Sounded Like https://mymodernmet.com/listen-to-ancient-languages-equator-ai/ 46 comments technology
- What sounds are used in English but not many other modern languages? https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/5hbps8/what_sounds_are_used_in_english_but_not_many/ 5 comments linguistics
- What is the root cause of certain language speakers not being able to use certain sounds of other languages? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/5l7x1c/what_is_the_root_cause_of_certain_language/ 9 comments askscience
- Scientists debunk pseudoscience in ads: More marketers using technical-sounding language to confuse consumers http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21883859/ 9 comments science
- Links Between the 20 Most Used Syllable Sounds in the English Language [OC] https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/kwfscr/links_between_the_20_most_used_syllable_sounds_in/ 20 comments linguistics
- Automated reconstruction of ancient languages using probabilistic models of sound change http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/02/05/1204678110.short?rss=1&amp%3Bssource=mfr 5 comments science
- Why do people use language that sounds as if buying/selling is unequal when talking about markets? https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/tech-news-briefing/why-bitcoin-terrausd-and-other-cryptos-are-plunging/ea776e1d-3578-41e3-bbec-950ebb337613?mod=djem10point 27 comments investing
- Why is the "th" sound so rare among the world's languages when so many people use it? https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/ncrkjy/why_is_the_th_sound_so_rare_among_the_worlds/ 164 comments linguistics
- It seems like most languages use the same phonetic sounds. How can humans figure out What sounds, if any, we are capable of localizing that we have not yet discovered? https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/6ul3ny/it_seems_like_most_languages_use_the_same/ 5 comments linguistics
- AN ALIEN ACQUISITION? Chattanooga Bakery launches ad campaign to sell its MoonPies to aliens using extraterrestrial language and sounds where UFOs have been seen. https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/dec/14/chattanooga-bakery-launches-ad-campaign-to/ 5 comments aliens
- A first-of-its-kind study looking at more than 6,000 languages has found that people from around the world tend to use the same sounds to signify common objects and ideas. http://www.sciencealert.com/humans-use-similar-sounds-for-common-words-in-more-than-6-000-languages? 45 comments science
- I know it sounds silly as it depends on use case; but if you could only learn 3 Programming languages, what would they be and why? (in reminisce to a 2015 discussion on y combinator, quite interesting responses) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9833083 88 comments programming
- "R" is for Red: An analysis of common words in thousands of unrelated languages found that they often use the same sounds to refer to the same meaning. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/r-is-for-red-common-words-share-similar-sounds-in-many-languages/ 7 comments science
- Scientists use language and logic to translate monkey sounds into English and develop linguistic rules for primate dialects http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/monkey-see-monkey-speak-video/ 10 comments linguistics
- Common phrases, not fancy words, make you sound more fluent in a foreign language. Researchers found that using everyday phrasal expressions boosts fluency perception more than rare phrases in foreign language speech. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079133 2 comments science
- New research finds whale vocal sequences follow both Menzerath’s law (longer phrases use shorter sounds) and Zipf’s law (frequent sounds are shorter) - patterns seen in human language. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads6014 15 comments science
- Sounds like a dream "career" must hate version control, not use modules, includes dozens of sub-syntax languages ... wow http://jobs.perl.org/job/11650 26 comments perl
- The Sound of the Elfdalian Language (Älvdalska/Övdalsk) in Sweden, a language which separated from Old Norse/Early Swedish 700 years ago and still used runes until the 1900's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?amp%3Bindex=8&%3Blist=PLzyEfc7kyhnvExPoLetc7dnNu0ikmBt7R&v=jWXG6hK6iuQ 8 comments europe
- I stumbled on this video talking about Ecclestone's plans for a GP in Rome. The language they are using makes it sound like a done deal, but I know nothing about it. What do you guys think? http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/ecclestone-rome-f-1-race-threatens-historic-grand-prix-video/r8gwfpi8jnuot2bhr65kxw 4 comments formula1
- An analysis of nearly two-thirds of the world’s languages shows that humans tend to use the same sounds for common objects and ideas, no matter what language they’re speaking. http://www.psypost.org/2016/09/sound-meaning-similarities-found-across-thousands-languages-44957 6 comments science
- Trump takes heat for 'fire & fury' remarks on North Korea - Members of political media mock Trump's stern warning to N Korea against threatening the U.S., saying the language he used sounded more like a statement out of Pyongyang. http://thehill.com/homenews/media/345807-trump-takes-heat-for-fire-and-fury-remarks-on-north-korea 201 comments worldnews
- In a study that shatters a cornerstone concept in linguistics, an analysis of nearly two-thirds of the world’s languages shows that humans tend to use the same sounds for common objects and ideas, no matter what language they’re speaking. http://www.psypost.org/2016/09/sound-meaning-similarities-found-across-thousands-languages-44957 243 comments worldnews
- Surprising deep similarities found across thousands of languages - "A recent study, the largest of its type, looks set to unhinge a commonly held linguistic theory. According to the results, the sounds of the words we use are much less random than previously thought." http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/312842.php 26 comments science