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If you'd like to see a few of the lesser-known Romance languages in action (especially from Italy, because that's apparently a strength of this company -- I thi
by schoen 10y ago
If you'd like to see a few of the lesser-known Romance languages in action (especially from Italy, because that's apparently a strength of this company -- I think they're based there, judging by their motto Non solo parole 'not just words'), take a look around Logos Quotes, where they used to translate a different quotation every day into as many languages as they could manage. There are a LOT of Romance languages out there!
http://www.logosquotes.org/ http://www.logosquotes.org/
- JoeDaDude 10y agoItalian itself has an interesting spectrum of shades seeing as how it was "standardized" a relatively short time ago (mid 19th century), at the same time there was massive emigration from the country, with the result that the Italian spoken by the expats is quite different from the standard Italian. [0] http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-capicola-became-gabagool-the-italian-new-jersey-accent-explained http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-capicola-became-gab... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10523661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10523661
- toyg 10y agoAnd because of its geographical position and history, indigenous languages show influences coming from worlds as geographically distant as Arabia and China.