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Os there a modern sub-Saharan African language in which the word "tea" is not simply borrowed from English? Please? Help?
#languages
#Africa
#Yoruba
#Bantu
#Swahili
#Chewa
#etymology
#translation
#tea
#etymology
#Fur
(I didn't realise that #Lingala is a dead language?)
Remoteoscope and equigamic are both wonderful words and I envy our alternate-universe buddies. Concavenator has some more.
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/10/15/alternate-timeline-in-which-all-greek-and-latin-roots-are-swapped/
#repost #anguishLanguish #etymology #greek #language #languages #latin
@taoish Fascinating article indeed! & demonstrating the ongoing value of a classical education...
Adding a few more hashtags for reach:
#classics #etymology #WashingtonDC #Roman #arch #WordPlay