The Script Explorer on lab.aidanem can now generate Letter Family graphs!
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So explore the script explorer! Let me know
if something isn't displaying right
when you hit a gap you'd like me to work on next
if find a cool fact you're particularly excited about!
Word Family Friday
Word Family Friday
The Script Explorer on lab.aidanem can now generate Letter Family graphs!
lab.aidanem.com/explorer/cha...
Word Family Friday
I also restructured how transliteration information is stored, so I can start working on bring the transliterator back bigger and better!
The Japanese word for walrus is "seiuchi", which is borrowed from Russian "sivuč". But "sivuč" has gotta be a borrowing from something else. Looks ... Evenki or something?
Does anyone know?
Hawaiʻian kai: "sea" and Japanese 海/かい/kai: "ocean, sea", definitely no relation. They come from *tasik and something like *m̥ˤəʔ, respectively
On the other hand, Hawaiʻian ʻīlio: "dog" and Japanese 犬/いぬ/inu: "dog" are plausibly (but not certainly) related, from something like *(ŋ)kuɣ(kuɣ)
