sumabeast Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6927 days ago 212 posts - 220 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written)
| Message 17 of 109 16 May 2006 at 2:32pm | IP Logged |
surfingnirvana wrote:
Just as a note, most Slavic speakers dont like to speak Russian. From the looks of it you would be more successful with German. |
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true, I know there is that culture animosity, but from what I understand most of the Slavic languages are mutually intelligible to one degree or another. so if your Russian is really good enough you could understand spoken Polish, Ukrainian, Serbian, Czech, or Slovak for example.
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patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7016 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map
| Message 18 of 109 16 May 2006 at 5:35pm | IP Logged |
sumabeast wrote:
Mayan: maybe for the mathmetics, think of what you can do with number system based on 20 instead of 10?! |
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...start using your toes perhaps? ;)
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BookishAcolyte Newbie United States Joined 6769 days ago 29 posts - 29 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Spanish
| Message 19 of 109 16 May 2006 at 10:48pm | IP Logged |
Roughly in order of priority:
French, which I'm already learning
Japanese
Italian
Irish Gaelic
Finnish
Esperanto
Quenya and/or Sindarin
German?
Anglo Saxon/Old English?
Greek?
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Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6869 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language
| Message 20 of 109 17 May 2006 at 1:35am | IP Logged |
Where does one find resources for Quenya and/or Sindarin?
I just bought some materials for Klingon...For a long time I thought I'd never give it the time of day because of the "stigma" attached to learning a language like such...but then one day I got the dictionary/grammar book out of curiosity for the grammar, and over time (years of tinkering with it) became a bit enamored with how different it is, even though it is not a natural language. It's a remarkable piece of art, like many conlangs, in my opinion....But I still have hardly ever seen any Star Trek movies. :-P
Edited by Journeyer on 17 May 2006 at 1:35am
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patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7016 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map
| Message 21 of 109 17 May 2006 at 6:14am | IP Logged |
Journeyer wrote:
I just bought some materials for Klingon |
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Do you mind sharing what they are and where you bought them from? I know someone who's absolutely crazy about Star Trek and I'd love to shock them with some phrases in basic Klingon.
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boaziano Triglot Newbie Italy Joined 6961 days ago 21 posts - 21 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Italian*, Sanskrit, English Studies: Hindi, Tibetan, Tamil
| Message 22 of 109 17 May 2006 at 8:30am | IP Logged |
go to: www.kli.org (klingon language institute)
Qapla' !!
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Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6869 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language
| Message 23 of 109 17 May 2006 at 11:15am | IP Logged |
You can try that website. The materials I got have all been from Amazon. As you can imagine, there isn't a huge demand for Klingon interpreters...unless you live in Oregon ;-) (check out this urban legend), therefore the books and tapes I got were quite inexpensive. In fact, if they had cost more money, I probably would have over-ridden my curiosity once again and not bought them.
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patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7016 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map
| Message 24 of 109 17 May 2006 at 2:11pm | IP Logged |
Thanks guys.
Interesting website. Picked up a few "choice" phrases to tell my friend. Also, I searched on Amazon and I found Klingon "Hamlet". I always considered Shakespeare to be an Earthling, but still...
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