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Perhaps he's trying to decide whether it's worth the time. Video is not a good format for skimming around to get a quick overall impression.
I agree entirely. I would applaud a ban on video posts for HN.
I think all the focus on PIE derivatives is boring and we should get Europeans some better languages without pointless features like noun genders.
PIE is fascinating. I desperately wish we knew more about that culture
one, eins, ek
two, zwei, do
three, drei, teen
four, vier, chaar
five, funf, paanch
six, sechs, chhah
seven, sieben, saat
eight, acht, aaath
nine, neun, nou
ten, zehn, das
Seems related to me! Source:
https://l-lingo.com/free-lessons/en/learn-german/numbers-1-1...
https://www.mindurhindi.com/basic-words-and-phrases-in-hindi...
New insights into the origin of the Indo-European languages - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36930321 - July 2023 (148 comments)
I think all the focus on PIE derivatives is boring and we should get Europeans some better languages without pointless features like noun genders.
If you don't like noun genders, you should check out Finnish
English, German, and Hindi counting from 1 to 10. one, eins, ek two, zwei, do three, drei, teen four, vier, chaar five, funf, paanch six, sechs, chhah seven, sieben, saat eight, acht, aaath nine, neun, nou ten, zehn, das Seems related to me! Source: https://l-lingo.com/free-lessons/en/learn-german/numbers-1-1... https://www.mindurhindi.com/basic-words-and-phrases-in-hindi...
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If you don't like noun genders, you should check out Finnish
English is already a good progress in that direction, in many (most?) European languages we have gendered nouns for everything, no matter how nonsensical it is. ( la baguette / le pain).
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IMO we know too much (though obviously still too little) about PIE and not enough about non-PIE languages, and I find those much more interesting.
Yes, though it makes sense as majority of Europe and Europe-descended cultures are Indo-Europeans, with Indians and Iranians as the other major cultures. We know much about Proto-Semitic AND Proto-Afro-Asiatic, thankfully, due to the antiquity of recorded Semitic languages in the Near East. Proto-Austronesian seems to be clear too with the 600+ languages we have access to. Unfortunately the languages between the thre…
This is a bit controversial, though. I haven’t read through the original papers, but one person who did so informed me that they found this relationship not very convincing at all. Still, it’s fascinating stuff!
I think all the focus on PIE derivatives is boring and we should get Europeans some better languages without pointless features like noun genders.
If you don't like noun genders, you should check out Finnish