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Interlingua 8
“What do you read, my Lord?”
“Words, words, words.”
Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii |
| 410 D | Davidson, Jessica. | Is that mother in the bottle? |
| 410 G | Greenberg, Joseph Harold. | A new invitation to linguistics. |
| 413.028 M | Miller, George A. | The science of words. |
| 420.9 B | Bragg, Melvyn. | The adventure of English: the biography of a language |
| 422.4 A MS | Asimov, Isaac. | Words from the myths. |
| 423 G | Guinagh, Kevin, comp. | Dictionary of foreign phrases and abbreviations. |
| 427 D | Dillard, J. L. | American talk: where our words come from |
| Ref 403 C | Crystal, David. | The Cambridge encyclopedia of language. |
| Ref 423 Os | Oxford English dictionary |
Linguistics:
Ancient Scripts. This is an incredible site with TONS of information. You’ll probably want to stick to the historical linguistics pages, but you may want to look, just for fun, under “writing systems” at the “families of writing systems” page. It has lots of examples of all the scripts of the world, from prehistory to today.
How is a Hippo Like a Feather? Connections from Proto-Indo-European. Way more accessible than it sounds. Have a look.
Indo-European Language Tree. How are Indo-European languages related?
Indo-European and the Indo-European Languages.
Sino Tibetan Language Family. Click on the language and you will get information about where the language is spoken.
Numbers in Sino-Tibetan Languages
Phonetic presentation of basic Burmese phrases
The Five Minute Linguist: Do all languages come from the same source?
Indo-European words for MONTH
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The word for MONTH in several languages that belong to other (non Indo-European) language families.
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Etymology:
What does it mean to be a druid?
A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary by John R. Clark Hall, Second Edition If you click on the numbers under the column png, you will be taken to a real page from the dictionary. Click on it, and it will enlarge enough to read. I don’t know how much use it will be for specific words, but it is really cool to look at.
Interesting word histories. They’re not kidding. These really are interesting word histories.
Etymologically speaking. This site has very interesting information, and includes comparisons of words from different languages which mean the same thing, but have different histories.
List of country name etymologies—the English language names of countries.
Online Etymology Dictionary—tons of words.
A chaise longue is for lounging, right?
Notice these similarities: |
English | Latin | Greek | Sanskrit | |
| Two | duo | dúo | dva | ||
| Three | tres | treîs | tráyas | ||
| Seven | septem | heptá | saptá | ||
| Ten | decem | déka | dasa |
Curious Language Facts. Did you know...?
The Aztec language has separate words for "edible dog" (itzcuintli) and "inedible dog" (chichi).
