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PaulLambeth
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27 December 2011 at 3:07am | IP Logged 
TAC 2012: Team ɬ

This is the main thread for team ɬ, an open team for anybody who intends to study at least one rarely tackled language in 2012 - namely one which is either:
- not in the top 40 most spoken languages (link)
- listed as "vulnerable" or higher (link)
- incompatible with any other group

Naturally this definition is quite loose as it leaves in many highly-studied European languages, but the general aim is to give those who pick less common languages a chance to be in a team for TAC 2012.

The current team members are (as of 26th January 2012):
Ellsworth (log), studying Irish
espejismo studying Persian
hrhenry (log), studying Georgian
jellyfish (log), studying Persian
Mani (log), studying Kurdish and Luxembourgish
PaulLambeth (log), studying Irish and Hindi
Quabazaa (log), studying Maori, Scots Gaelic, French, and Arabic
zecchino1991 (log), studying Georgian


This thread will serve as a place where members can post their experiences, milestones and anything of interest to the rest of the group. Please post if you want to join! Once personal blogs are set up I will link to those.

The team name "ɬ" is the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative, a sound found fairly commonly among Native American languages and otherwise quite scattered. As far as I know it does not appear in any more commonly studied languages.

Paul

Edited by PaulLambeth on 26 January 2012 at 5:15am

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Ellsworth
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27 December 2011 at 3:14am | IP Logged 
I am planning on studying Irish. That counts right? If so, count me in please.
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PaulLambeth
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27 December 2011 at 3:17am | IP Logged 
You're fantastic! I was hoping to find a fellow Irish learner with this group, and one appeared in 7 minutes.
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Ellsworth
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27 December 2011 at 3:21am | IP Logged 
Very cool. What is your current level in Irish?
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PaulLambeth
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27 December 2011 at 3:23am | IP Logged 
I'm pretty much just starting. I did it for a few weeks at the beginning of November's 6WC, but then had essays and examinations so could not continue. I'm about to get back onto it once I'm home from the beginning of January. It's been a goal of mine for a while, though. Yourself?
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Ellsworth
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27 December 2011 at 3:33am | IP Logged 
I really have no understanding of it beyond the Wikipedia page as of yet. I got a
book(http://www.amazon.com/New-Irish-Grammar-English/dp/0714 412988/ref=pd_rhf_pe_p_t_1)
for Christmas, so I plan on studying actively and maybe moving on to different programs.
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hrhenry
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27 December 2011 at 3:39am | IP Logged 
Link to my Log.

R.
==
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PaulLambeth
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27 December 2011 at 3:49am | IP Logged 
Ellsworth wrote:
I really have no understanding of it beyond the Wikipedia page as of yet. I got a
book(http://www.amazon.com/New-Irish-Grammar-English/dp/0714 412988/ref=pd_rhf_pe_p_t_1)
for Christmas, so I plan on studying actively and maybe moving on to different programs.


I haven't seen that book before. Last Christmas I was bought this by Mícheál Ó Siadhail, and started work on it with my girlfriend, but my ability didn't really go past pronunciation. It was excellent, if horribly binded, for the early bit of the 6WC though. Teango on this forum also has a really good list of resources, some of which are free. He's also planning on studying Irish in 2012.

Thanks Rick, I'll put a link in the first post. Bedtime for me but I'll make my own thread soon.

Edited by PaulLambeth on 27 December 2011 at 3:50am



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