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https://lughat.blogspot.com/2005/07/negative-convergence.html Jabal al-Lughat: Negative convergence Among the many shared characteristics that make the Maghreb proper (Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco north of the Atlas Mountains) a linguistic... allughatnegativeconvergence https://zabanoadab.gcuf.edu.pk/index.php/1/article/view/113/128 View of ILMI URDU LUGHAT (JAAMAY) AND PRINCIPLES OF LEXICOGRAPHY viewurdulughatprincipleslexicography https://lughat.blogspot.com/2011/10/songhay-online.html Jabal al-Lughat: Songhay online The Northern Songhay family is of some general interest, both for the study of language contact - all its members are astonishingly strongly... allughatsonghayonline https://lughat.blogspot.com/2016/03/school-in-language-you-dont-speak.html?showComment=1459616505111 Jabal al-Lughat: School in a language you don't speak When I was six years old, I started first grade in a small Algerian city, right after having done kindergarten in the US and forgotten most ... in aallughatschool https://lughat.blogspot.com/2014/03/random-darja-notes.html?showComment=1399911336275 Jabal al-Lughat: Random Darja notes I'm currently on a short break in Dellys, which is providing many incidental opportunities for linguistic observation. Here are a few, rand... allughatrandomdarjanotes https://lughat.blogspot.com/2008/05/african-influence-on-native-nicaraguan.html Jabal al-Lughat: African influence on native Nicaraguan languages! ...and I bet that got your attention, if you're the sort of person who reads this blog. Ulwa is a language native to the eastern highlands o... allughatafricaninfluencenative https://lughat.blogspot.com/2018/03/ Jabal al-Lughat: March 2018 Climbing the Mountain of Languages allughatmarch https://lughat.blogspot.com/2010/02/ Jabal al-Lughat: February 2010 Climbing the Mountain of Languages allughatfebruary https://lughat.blogspot.com/2007/03/tamazight-berber-proverbs-of-tipasa.html Jabal al-Lughat: Tamazight (Berber) proverbs of Tipasa The second part of the book I discussed in my previous post is more immediately relevant to linguists: it is a collection of more than 150 ... allughattamazightberberproverbs https://lughat.blogspot.com/2014/09/why-levantine-is-arabic-not-aramaic_11.html Jabal al-Lughat: Why "Levantine" is Arabic, not Aramaic: Part 3 We've seen that historical linguists decide which languages share a more recent common ancestor on the basis of shared innovations (or their... allughatlevantine https://lughat.blogspot.com/ Jabal al-Lughat Climbing the Mountain of Languages allughat https://lughat.blogspot.com/2014/03/random-darja-notes.html?showComment=1396355915268 Jabal al-Lughat: Random Darja notes I'm currently on a short break in Dellys, which is providing many incidental opportunities for linguistic observation. Here are a few, rand... allughatrandomdarjanotes https://lughat.blogspot.com/2018/12/language-attitudes-around-paris-vignette.html Jabal al-Lughat: Language attitudes around Paris: a vignette As we reached the stop by the supermarket the other day, I told my son in English "Now we're getting off the bus." This caught the attentio... allughatlanguageattitudesaround https://lughat.blogspot.com/2013/12/does-arabic-have-most-words-dont.html?showComment=1554418211685 Jabal al-Lughat: Does Arabic have the most words? Don't believe the hype. For some time, I've been hearing rumours (from Arabs, of course) that Arabic has the largest number of words of any language. Recently I fo... https://lughat.blogspot.com/2019/09/c-s-lewis-criterion-for-prescriptivism.html?showComment=1567975697721 Jabal al-Lughat: C. S. Lewis' criterion for prescriptivism Prescriptivism - it's what linguists love to hate, and not without reason. So much of it is just a thin veil stretched over social prejudic... c s lewisallughatcriterionprescriptivism https://lughat.blogspot.com/2014/06/ Jabal al-Lughat: June 2014 Climbing the Mountain of Languages allughatjune https://lughat.blogspot.com/2017/09/ Jabal al-Lughat: September 2017 Climbing the Mountain of Languages allughatseptember https://lughat.blogspot.com/2009/10/arabic-loanwords-in-proto-nilo-saharan.html Jabal al-Lughat: Arabic loanwords in "proto-Nilo-Saharan" Ehret 2001 (or see Nostratic.ru ) looks at first sight like an astonishingly detailed reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan, with nice binary spli... allughatarabicloanwordsproto https://lughat.blogspot.com/2016/06/language-contact-in-sahara-overview.html?showComment=1466193661083 Jabal al-Lughat: Language Contact in the Sahara: An overview I am very happy to announce the publication of my freely accessible overview of Language Contact in the Sahara , written for the Oxford Rese... language contactin theallughatsahara https://lughat.blogspot.com/2007/01/in-arabic.html?showComment=1460872623327 Jabal al-Lughat: g in Arabic A belated Eid Mubarak and Happy New Year to all my readers! This post is brought to you by the letter G - a sound all too common in many lan... allughatarabic