I find it interesting that the French word for "seven" is closer to the Latin word ("Septem") than Italian. Although maybe it was closer in vulgar Latin?
I need to take another linguistics course. I love language.
Frisian is quite similar to English, and it's the native language of my dad - he spoke nothing else for the first five years of his life.
I remember you even telling me once that when your dad speaks Frisian, it almost sounds like English.
That's interesting, isn't it? :D And like how German has 'vier' and 'acht' much like Dutch. And then Japanese comes in and doesn't sound anything like the rest, hahaha.
And here, an introduction clip to the Frisian course of the University of Groningen (where I studied! And yes, I had classes in the big building behind her): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqeJn-MAC8Q
Speaking of linguistics, I still love this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s Mainly because of the son's voice speaking the original pronunciation, prrr. :p
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I need to take another linguistics course. I love language.
Frisian is quite similar to English, and it's the native language of my dad - he spoke nothing else for the first five years of his life.
I remember you even telling me once that when your dad speaks Frisian, it almost sounds like English.
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And then Japanese comes in and doesn't sound anything like the rest, hahaha.
Just to give an idea of English vs Frisian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeC1yAaWG34
And here, an introduction clip to the Frisian course of the University of Groningen (where I studied! And yes, I had classes in the big building behind her): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqeJn-MAC8Q
Speaking of linguistics, I still love this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s Mainly because of the son's voice speaking the original pronunciation, prrr. :p
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in Chinese.
Also, there's a site that has the numbers in every language.
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