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  1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

    Most world languages use their same word for tongue to refer to language. My language creation project has a seperate word. Why? Because I'm starting to reslise that it isn't just 'talking words'. It can be art in and of itself.

    Monday, 08-Feb-16 00:29:13 UTC from web
    1. monsutaa kaado! monsutaa kaado!

      @awl japanese uses 語 (go) for language 舌 for tongue. But japanese is weird

      Monday, 08-Feb-16 00:36:25 UTC from web
      1. monsutaa kaado! monsutaa kaado!

        @mushi and 語 seems to be made of 言う(speak), 口 (mouth) and 五 ( five)

        Monday, 08-Feb-16 00:42:39 UTC from web
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          mcscx mcscx

          @mushi @awl …and no-one knows where the 五 (five) comes from?

          Monday, 08-Feb-16 01:04:56 UTC from quitter.se
          1. monsutaa kaado! monsutaa kaado!

            @mcscx not that i know

            Monday, 08-Feb-16 01:08:05 UTC from web
          2. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

            @mcscx probably has some significance but can't say what. If i knew more japanese culture maybe.

            Monday, 08-Feb-16 01:10:17 UTC from web
            1. monsutaa kaado! monsutaa kaado!

              @awl japanese borrowed the kanjis from chinese, so you'd have to dig a lot deeper to find the reason

              Monday, 08-Feb-16 01:11:32 UTC from web
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          kzimmermann kzimmermann

          @mushi but the kanji for hanasu (to talk) has the tongue radical in it :) I can't type it here now to demonstrate, though #

          Tuesday, 09-Feb-16 13:08:52 UTC from quitter.se
          1. monsutaa kaado! monsutaa kaado!

            @kzimmermann oh yes, 話す is the "to say" kanjo with the "tongue" kanji.

            Tuesday, 09-Feb-16 23:44:46 UTC from web