geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4686 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian
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Vietnamese.
Name a language having at least 4 times as many L2 speakers as L1 speakers (excepting English, just in case).
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espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5049 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani
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French?
Name a Romance language whose word for bricklayer/mason does not have Indo-European origins.
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Ellsworth Senior Member United States Joined 4955 days ago 345 posts - 528 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish
| Message 131 of 306 29 March 2012 at 9:13pm | IP Logged |
Spanish?
EDIT: damn appears my original question was already asked.
(Bad question) Name an IE language with ejective consonants.
Edited by Ellsworth on 29 March 2012 at 9:26pm
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LaughingChimp Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4697 days ago 346 posts - 594 votes Speaks: Czech*
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Ossetian
Name a language with more than 60 phonemic consonants.
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Ellsworth Senior Member United States Joined 4955 days ago 345 posts - 528 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish
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Ubykh.
Name the language Irish play write Samuel Becket wrote in.
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espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5049 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani
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English and French
Name the language in which, besides English and Spanish, most public signs and announcements are posted in Miami.
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viedums Hexaglot Senior Member Thailand Joined 4664 days ago 327 posts - 528 votes Speaks: Latvian, English*, German, Mandarin, Thai, French Studies: Vietnamese
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Creole.
Name a language with some dialects having tone distinctions and other dialects without them.
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Ellsworth Senior Member United States Joined 4955 days ago 345 posts - 528 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish
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Norwegian.
Name a conlang phonologically based off Welsh.
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