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what language is this? what does it say?

i inherited this album from my grandmother and apparently she made everything herself. i'm just wondering what language it is (if it is one) and what it says. my russian friend said its not russian.

background: she used to be a german living in the sovietunion

8 Comments
2025/02/03
19:24 UTC

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They are from Sri Lanka so might be Sinhala or Tamil but google translate is giving me rubbish, any idea what they say ?

0 Comments
2025/02/03
19:05 UTC

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Can anyone tell me what language this is.. If so, what does it say?

So apparently this says 3 different names of my girlfriend’s children… but google translate is telling us something different. Would like to know more info on it if someone can help, thanks

33 Comments
2025/02/03
13:25 UTC

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I am male in my mid 20s. I can write and read English and i can even talk in english but I am not able to speak without hesitation or speak fluently. I am looking for someone with whom i can practice English. Any gender from anywhere is good for me.

Remember I wanna build my fluency so I am interested to talk in call or in voice message, not interested in chat and i really don't like to type because it takes long time, and obviously everyone's ultimate aim is to build fluency so let's just speak instead of typing. I am really interested in high level grammar and I am open to learn more about it.

1 Comment
2025/02/03
12:13 UTC

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Can you help me ID two languages?

Hello Humans!

I'm hoping you can help me figure out what language vocals are being sung in these two songs. I'm playing these in a video set I'm playing in 2 weeks, and I thought it'd be cool to add the lyrics. I don't know either language, but it's beautiful.

I have a couple programs that auto-transcribe, but I need to know the language for it to have a chance at succeeding. I messaged the artists hoping to hey the lyrics, but I didn't get a response.

Maarten de Jong - Kanua https://youtu.be/QcLE-G6Ro5A?si=PbNHJXQtt21EI1vW

Gabry Ponte & Le Shuuk - Psychotek https://youtu.be/4EOT28TG1II?si=Qrl8ZJg9_tQTBlnA

One sounds like it could be a native American tribe, and the other possibly Indian? I could be way wrong.

Thanks for any help! Brando

0 Comments
2025/02/03
02:31 UTC

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Is there anyone from Africa or Mainland of China, Japanese, Korea or Russia, Kazakhstan who can tell me how English evolved in their countries? I really want to interview one of you for my Linguist Degree Assignments.

0 Comments
2025/02/03
02:06 UTC

55

Does anyone know what language this is?

Someone wrote this in a checkbook at the restaurant I work at. At first I thought it was a fantasy language like Chakobsa or Elvish but it doesn’t seem to match from what I saw online. Google Translate didn’t detect what it was when I tried their OCR translation.

57 Comments
2025/02/03
00:35 UTC

11

What's the language?

11 Comments
2025/02/02
22:35 UTC

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How do sign languages describe concepts like tomorrow to people who can’t hear ?

I mean how do people who can’t hear understand the concept of tomorrow , the meaning of guessing , the meaning of sounds ?

Interesting

7 Comments
2025/02/02
14:38 UTC

1

Questions of English

The different meaning between AND and or

This Or that -it means only one possible could happen?

Something and something- it means both could happen ?

1 Comment
2025/02/02
14:37 UTC

16

What word is this?

The sentence goes "разкрива ____стта на България" but I can't decipher that one word. It's supposed to be Church Bulgarian or something.

9 Comments
2025/02/02
12:55 UTC

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What language is this?

Many years ago I had some neighbours who I believe were Vietnamese (but I may be wrong, I was just a kid at the time). They left unexpectedly one day, many of their belongings were left behind and this note was left in our mailbox. I have always wondered what it says. Is it just a shopping list? Are they asking me to feed their cat? Is it the reason they left? Google lens can’t seem to pick up the language. Does anyone recognise it? Or have any idea how I could find out?

23 Comments
2025/02/02
11:46 UTC

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Any ideas on what this booklet may contain?

Not sure what it says or what language it is. I think it looks cool tho and would love to learn what it’s about. Guessing it’s pretty old from how worn it is?

9 Comments
2025/02/02
09:10 UTC

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Why is it not normal in English to say “I’ll” or “We’ll” or “it’ll” at the end of a phrase?

For example, it’s perfectly normal to contract these things at the start, by saying ex. “I’ll eat later” but why does it sound weird to answer the question “are you going to eat now?” With “later I’ll.” It sounds weird, but is it wrong? Or something like “thats just the type of person I’m.”

40 Comments
2025/02/01
21:26 UTC

3

What character is this?

8 Comments
2025/02/01
21:05 UTC

1

Do you know what language that is and what it means?

Hello!

There is this tattoo design I really like, however I can’t seem to find the la guage in which it is written nor what it means.

Any of you have the answer?

5 Comments
2025/02/01
20:46 UTC

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If barbarians were so called because of the phoenetics of ancient German then what would we call modern language speakers using the same model?

13 Comments
2025/02/01
16:17 UTC

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I found church slavonic in my second mother's old phone.

24 Comments
2025/02/01
16:05 UTC

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Guess those Languages

1: kfaeqqXein damgb llouhp suf jteuQxkpamdl piilknrups jloap xxqquixxqqjxAUGHcg hfam ugh very cringe bbendhbuulx, gkanym mauvngebh tawkg lwiidtpAUGHzgh schfhozgh zzAUGHbv zziacc prieq zullfheetl bhiadv

2: draxhsahfe ñxhi zano mg ða śakhobomo xaźaŷeš llo treǐ źake, i ß þiňoşu xwera þe bvotrpha vothwiźața naqchu źezul þuņutse

3: cipfu nyulandi yunyndzi chrigi pfe nla dosidobvo wesendzbgo nknga vumbnjih.

4: HRÉŤÄHƎ ḤÄ ĶABÉK’NƎ MIBƎ ŽO ŽƎLƎŤO TNAYIZÉBI XXU ČŲXELI ČOLUĊÉŇÉ,

5: baɻ qeʒ nʒ xʛ ʘad nʘ ǃoʎ ʃō mox ɓit.

6: ϭᴇꜰa ߦɯ ʀᴜ ⲣo߹ƨϐᴜ ߹ᴜðψ мᴇaᓀᴜ ʜᴜ ➰ᴇƞı◎ᴇ ᜣᴜ4ƨ 4м

1 Comment
2025/02/01
14:01 UTC

19

What's this language?

Tried asking gpt but to no avail.. google's autodetect won't work as well.

22 Comments
2025/02/01
09:00 UTC

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"I’ve always struggled with sticking to language learning, so I built something to fix that—would love your feedback!"

I’ve been learning Italian for my study abroad for a while, but I always felt like I was jumping between different resources with no real plan. Sometimes I’d focus too much on reading, other times on vocab, but my speaking never improved.

So I decided to create a system that automatically plans and balances all the skills (speaking, listening, reading, writing, pronunciation) without the overwhelm. You just tell it your goal, and it adjusts the learning schedule for you.

I’d love to get feedback from other learners—what’s been your biggest challenge with staying consistent? If anyone’s interested, I can share early access!"

3 Comments
2025/02/01
08:29 UTC

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What Languages are Those, And How Does It Look Like to Real Life Languages Names instead of Conlangs Names

1: kfaeqqXein damgb llouhp suf jteuQxkpamdl piilknrups jloap xxqquixxqqjxAUGHcg hfam ugh very cringe bbendhbuulx, gkanym mauvngebh tawkg lwiidtpAUGHzgh schfhozgh zzAUGHbv zziacc prieq zullfheetl bhiadv

2: draxhsahfe ñxhi zano mg ða śakhobomo xaźaŷeš llo treǐ źake, i ß þiňoşu xwera þe bvotrpha vothwiźața naqchu źezul þuņutse

3: cipfu nyulandi yunyndzi chrigi pfe nla dosidobvo wesendzbgo nknga vumbnjih.

4: HRÉŤÄHƎ ḤÄ ĶABÉK’NƎ MIBƎ ŽO ŽƎLƎŤO TNAYIZÉBI XXU ČŲXELI ČOLUĊÉŇÉ,

5: baɻ qeʒ nʒ xʛ ʘad nʘ ǃoʎ ʃō mox ɓit.

6: ϭᴇꜰa ߦɯ ʀᴜ ⲣo߹ƨϐᴜ ߹ᴜðψ мᴇaᓀᴜ ʜᴜ ➰ᴇƞı◎ᴇ ᜣᴜ4ƨ 4м

1 Comment
2025/02/01
07:07 UTC

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I'm not sure what the abbreviations could be

Google gave no results, and friends aren't sure too. Context: Stock template for a strawpage (First shown in Everything section) and I'm trying to replace info with my own

2 Comments
2025/02/01
03:25 UTC

9

Do you know what this says?

I've never seen these lyrics and I'm a little curious 😅

4 Comments
2025/01/31
21:13 UTC

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