mostaleoht · @mostaleoht
203 followers · 671 posts · Server zirk.usRe-listening this beautiful #Ossetian album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Suycnf49w
I'm especially in love (always in love) with equidistant #scales this region uses (that have 7 almost-equal steps per octave instead of 8 unequal steps). Listen carefully to the 1st track, for example.
mostaleoht · @mostaleoht
200 followers · 658 posts · Server zirk.us
A #schematic of regional #Khachapuri varieties in #Georgia
(Except that the last line of this picture is apparently controversial, as it shows an #Ossetian #pie, which Ossetians don't consider to be a type of a Khachapuri; it being the staple of local #culture, and traditional (Pagan) #religion. Source: https://twitter.com/koctylaeppu/status/1630660789399855121 )
#schematic #khachapuri #georgia #map #food #ossetian #pie #culture #religion
Φίλιππος Retsinokinitoc · @Kalogi
13 followers · 685 posts · Server masto.ai
Μυρμιδόνες του Αχιλλέα
RT @PIE_Animals@twitter.com
#ANT in #IndoEuropean: #Vedic vamrá- m., vamrī́- f., #Prasun womī, #Avestan maoirī̌- m., #Persian mōr, mur, #Baluchi mor, #Ossetian mælʒyg, #NorthernKurdish mûrî, #Greek μύρμηξ /múrmēks/, #Latin formīca, #OldIrish moirb, #Welsh mŷr, #Cornish pl. mwrrian, #Breton pl. merien…
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🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PIE_Animals/status/1431248208664141825
#ant #indoeuropean #vedic #prasun #avestan #persian #baluchi #ossetian #northernkurdish #greek #latin #oldirish #welsh #cornish #breton
Ancient Sounds · @ancientsounds
277 followers · 713 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukAudio Etymology of the Day
English "I" comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵh₂ [heɟɐ̥], something like this (ignoring the final [ɐ̥]):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/I-from-PIE-h2eg.wav
The same root developed into Ossetian æз [az], something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2eg-to-Ossetian-az.wav
(Compare Pashto زه za [zə] 🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/Pashto-za-M1.wav)
@linguistics #audio #etymology #phonetics #EnglishLanguage #ProtoIndoEuropean #Ossetian #Pashto
#audio #etymology #phonetics #englishlanguage #ProtoIndoEuropean #ossetian #pashto
Ancient Sounds · @ancientsounds
276 followers · 696 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukAudio Etymology of the Day
English "I", comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵh₂ [heɟɐ̥], something like this (ignoring the final [ɐ̥]):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/I-from-PIE-h2eg.wav
The same root developed into Ossetian æз [az], something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2eg-to-Ossetian-az.wav
Compare Pashto زه za [zə] 🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/Pashto-za-M1.wav
@linguistics #acoustic #phonetics #etymology #ProtoIndoEuropean #EnglishLanguage #Ossetian #Pashto
#acoustic #phonetics #etymology #ProtoIndoEuropean #englishlanguage #ossetian #pashto