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A place to discuss linguistics with or without Marxist context, this includes discussion of Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics.
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No oppressive language-

No using slurs for any oppressed group. They (them/theirs) is (are) a perfectly fine gender neutral pronoun(s) of which is not always plural.

No reactionary political opinions-

This applies to all Lemmygrad communities and it applies here.

Euro-centrism-

European languages are completely fine here though try not to in anyway point to non-European languages as "odd" or "foreign." As well don't push colonial theories about language.

Last point: all those who speak out against the voiceless uvular plosive will be sent the gulag.

(keep in mind you may be banned for other inappropriate behavior not listed in the rules)

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Have you ever quit learning a language? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml to c/leftlang@lemmygrad.ml

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I have quit learning hindi in the past, but had started learning it sometimes. But now I don't think I will ever try to learn it again. I don't think it's useful for me, even if I watch a moderate amount of Bollywood movies.

I also tried to learn Greenlandic once, but since it has so few speakers, it wouldn't be useful. It's a shame because I would love to speak a native American language but due to colonialism there's not one that I could learn that has enough speakers to be useful to me.

I'm currently debating myself for dropping German and Portuguese. Technically I'm still learning these languages but I haven't actually learned them in a long time, except for some flashcards. Since I already know three other Germanic languages, Dutch, English and Danish, I feel my level of German wouldn't drop that much if I decide to stop learning. And since I'm in Germany at least a couple times of the year, I have some natural practice moments.

Portuguese used to be very useful for me since I was in Portugal a lot, but now I don't think that Portugal interests me more than other romance countries. Brazil interests me more, so I've switched to Brazilian Portuguese, but I'm also learning Arabic and Chinese and a little Russian so it's hard to combine. And I get less exposure to Brazil and I still am more interested in the Middle East, former Soviet Union and China.

And what about you guys?

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[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

French...kind of. My father speaks French as well as English, so I had exposure to it growing up. I took it in high school as I wanted to improve on that, but eventually dropped it. I can sorta get by conversationally, but I wouldn't be able to work in a French speaking country. I would honestly like to get back to learning it more again someday. I usually speak to my father in French still.

I studied Korean for a couple years, but it has gotten really rusty too. In grad school I spent a while in ROK and DPRK and was pretty good at Korean then. It's actually one of the easiest languages I have studied, but through sheer neglect I have gotten way worse at it. I should probably brush this up too.

Most of my language learning time has been focused on Chinese these days.

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