Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/December 2023

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 * 1) Classification of Ryukyuan loans
 * 2) English word order

= December 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 3


 * 1) Loanwords in Khalkha Mongolian

= December 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 4


 * 1) Final a pronounced /iː/
 * 2) Study of archaea

= December 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 5


 * 1) Vietnamese lyrics transcription
 * 2) Marnie's accent

= December 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 6


 * 1) Most plausible reconstruction of Proto-Sino-Tibetan

= December 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 8


 * 1) "Let me just put my teeth back in"

= December 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 11


 * 1) Ambiguity?
 * 2) Sinitic rhotics

= December 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 12


 * 1) "momentary lapse in judgment" vs "momentary lapse of judgment"

= December 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 13


 * 1) Is Erciyes a Turkish (or some other language spoken in Anatolia) word for shimmering?
 * 2) Etymology and usage of "pop" in the context of art and design
 * 3) Pronunciation of (Donald) Tusk

= December 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 14


 * 1) Ancient Greek Translation Help

= December 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 15


 * 1) N followed by Consonant - Why stereotypically(?) Sub-Saharan Africa?
 * 2) Holger Czukay -  "Czukay, an approximation of the Polish word for 'search' " according to his NYT obituary - what exact form? Case? Verb? Adjective?

= December 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 16


 * 1) Name of a name
 * 2) What the frog?
 * 3) Courses or books on pragmatics for enthusiasts
 * 4) Was or were?

= December 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 17


 * 1) Cantonese transliteration
 * 2) Names on -yatt

= December 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 18


 * 1) phrasing: is "researching on a biography" correct?
 * 2) Ashterix and the Chieftain'sh Shield

= December 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 21


 * 1) Rouxs and jus

= December 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 24


 * 1) How to call a bunch of buildings in a village?

= December 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 27


 * 1) Separable verbs
 * 2) The person of whose son I'm afraid, VS. The person whose son I'm afraid of.

= December 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 28


 * 1) Decadência

= December 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 30


 * 1) Kurdish speaking editor needed
 * 2) Why is it "houses" and not "hice"?

= December 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 31


 * 1) New year in Chinese