I don't speak nor understand Spanish but I know a ton of loanwords in Tagalog. This video by #Langfocus is very interesting and I learned several new things. Like the fact that the Tagalog word for peanut 🥜 (“manî”) comes from Taíno and not Spanish or Nahuatl, and that “barkada” (group of friends) comes from the Spanish for “boatload”.

https://youtu.be/_sgjgFno4xY

#linguistics #languages #Spanish #Tagalog #etymology

One thing that immediately came to my mind when I saw #LangFocus' video on #TokiPona is that it can be an option not as a unoversal languague but as an option when regular languagues are may not be feasible.

• For example for people with severe learning disabilities that may otherwise have no ability to learn a more complex language.

Granted, I'm neither one of those nor am I having any experience re: caring for and communicating with people actually affected, so please don't take my word for it...

• It's just my theory and I acknowledge that such a strategy may flie in the face if #inclusion and inclusionary goals, which is likely the reason why it's not done...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PgytSj-YVE

Can I fool Brits with a fake British accent?
#Langfocus

https://youtu.be/iZguqSC0v1E?si=QWL6j7wcqhGh3o46

Irish English and What Makes It Different

#Langfocus

https://youtu.be/u9Gp3beVDvU?si=rCzJSEb6VmTnwmsX

Langfocus: Is This the EASIEST Language in the World? (ESPERANTO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK6FCzqAiwI

#Esperanto #langfocus #jutubo #sentempa #language #learning