Unlocking the Universe of Languages
Unlike English, which relies on suffixes to denote plurality, Arabic utilizes "Broken Plurals"—a system where words are shattered and rearranged internally to change their meaning (e.g., *kitab* becomes *kutub*). This…
Explore the linguistic anomaly of Adyghe, a Northwest Caucasian language that challenges phonological norms with over 50 distinctive consonants and only two phonemic vowels. We dive into the "Vertical Vowel…
Meet the schwa [ə], the most common yet most invisible vowel in the English language. This humble sound lives in our unstressed syllables, shaping the very rhythm of our speech…