Languages & Linguistics

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Which spelling -if any- of ar-Rahmaan is more correct "الرحمن" or "الرحمان"?

1 answer · last activity 4 months ago by DecapitatedSoul‭

Arabic orthography

57%

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Why "sommaren är kommen" rather than "sommaren har kommit"?

2 answers · last activity 5 months ago by Lundin‭

Swedish

78%

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Does English support three-word contractions?

2 answers · last activity 5 months ago by shpielmeister‭

English contractions

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Does al-Asma'i's poem "صوت صفير البلبل" (the sound of the whistle of the bulbul) has a story to tell?

0 answers · last activity 5 months ago by Medi1saif‭

Arabic poetry

66%

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How do I pronounce historical French correctly from times when the language was in transition?

1 answer · last activity 5 months ago by user8078‭

historical-linguistics pronunciation French

77%

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What is the Arabic "praise/censure grammar" (e.g. ！ياله من رجل رائع) called in Arabic?

2 answers · last activity 5 months ago by Medi1saif‭

Arabic grammar

71%

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Is it really true that all Chinese words have one syllable?

1 answer · last activity 5 months ago by Sigma‭

Chinese

62%

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When do you use 'whom'?

1 answer · last activity 5 months ago by msh210‭

English

72%

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Why is it "pronunciation" and not "pronounciation"?

2 answers · last activity 5 months ago by DecapitatedSoul‭

English conjugation

77%

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Is there a difference between when I should use "אוטו" vs "רכב"?

2 answers · last activity 5 months ago by JohnDoea‭

Hebrew vocabulary

71%

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How were ת & ט pronounced historically?

1 answer · last activity 5 months ago by msh210‭

Hebrew historical-linguistics pronunciation

60%

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What determines the present-tense form of a kal verb?

0 answers · last activity 5 months ago by Monica Cellio‭

Hebrew conjugation

87%

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Whence אֶת between partners' names?

1 answer · last activity 5 months ago by David‭

Hebrew etymology

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