Phonetic generalization of Asian languages

Interesting https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y4jBY45IHG0     Phonetic generalization in the context of Asian languages refers to the process by which speakers of one Asian language may generalize or approximate the pronunciation of words or sounds from another Asian language due to similarities or shared phonetic features. This phenomenon can occur for various reasons, including linguistic influence, historical … Read more

FREQUENCIES (2013) movie premieres memes of sing-song sounds, lyrical control words, and ancient aural technologies

Far more deeply interesting than the shallow, mindless write-ups and reviews would indicate. This movie touches on themes of mind, body, and soul as relating to resonance, vibration, speech and lyrical control. Dissonance between two erstwhile kindred spirits is finally overcome with old technology (made new again) that applies trigger words, sounds, and two-syllable phonemes … Read more

Language universals at birth

The evolution of human languages is driven both by primitive biases present in the human sensorimotor systems and by cultural transmission among speakers. However, whether the design of the language faculty is further shaped by linguistic biological biases remains controversial. To address this question, we used near-infrared spectroscopy to examine whether the brain activity of … Read more

Magic Square of the Sun

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkkKRhv4itU       The Magic Square of the Sun is a type of mathematical puzzle or grid known as a magic square. It is a square grid containing numbers arranged in such a way that the sum of the numbers in each row, column, and diagonal is the same. The Magic Square of … Read more

The sound of ancient Languages

Old Norse – Old Nordic, Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.  Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age. Mayan – Once the main language of the Mayan empire, it was … Read more