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Q&A What causes people to write compound words as distinct words?

In many Germanic and Finno-ugric languages there are many compound words. One does not write "yhdys sana", but rather "yhdyssana". Learning to write these correctly is notoriously hard for people, ...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by tommi‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Is it true to say that Lao script is a simplified version of the Thai script?

Is it true to say that Lao script is a simplified version of the Thai script? A criteria might be: Less letters Less diacritics Less Tone markers More reforms over the years (possibly due to...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 2y ago by deleted user

Question orthography Thai Lao
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Q&A Why do certain Hebrew letters have alternate final forms?

Five Hebrew letters -- כ‎, מ‎, נ‎, צ‎, and פ‎ -- have different forms when at the end of a word. I have heard that this is true for certain letters in Arabic too, though I don't know if they're th...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Moshi‭

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

The noun ar-Rahmaan and its adjective rahmaan are pronounced with a prolongation of the letter alif between the last two letters meem and noon, nevertheless it is common that people with the name '...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Medi1saif‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by nobodyImportant‭

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