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December 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 1

  1. Classification of Ryukyuan loans
  2. English word order

December 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 3

  1. Loanwords in Khalkha Mongolian

December 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 4

  1. Final a pronounced /iː/
  2. Study of archaea

December 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 5

  1. Vietnamese lyrics transcription
  2. Marnie's accent

December 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 6

  1. Most plausible reconstruction of Proto-Sino-Tibetan

December 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 8

  1. "Let me just put my teeth back in"

December 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 11

  1. Ambiguity?
  2. Sinitic rhotics

December 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 12

  1. "momentary lapse in judgment" vs "momentary lapse of judgment"

December 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 13

  1. Is Erciyes a Turkish (or some other language spoken in Anatolia) word for shimmering?
  2. Etymology and usage of "pop" in the context of art and design
  3. Pronunciation of (Donald) Tusk

December 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 14

  1. Ancient Greek Translation Help

December 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 15

  1. N followed by Consonant - Why stereotypically(?) Sub-Saharan Africa?
  2. :Holger Czukay - "Czukay, an approximation of the Polish word for 'search' " according to his NYT obituary - what exact form? Case? Verb? Adjective?

December 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 16

  1. Name of a name
  2. What the frog?
  3. Courses or books on pragmatics for enthusiasts
  4. Was or were?

December 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 17

  1. Cantonese transliteration
  2. Names on -yatt

December 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 18

  1. phrasing: is "researching on a biography" correct?
  2. Ashterix and the Chieftain'sh Shield

December 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 21

  1. Rouxs and jus

December 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 24

  1. How to call a bunch of buildings in a village?

December 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 27

  1. Separable verbs
  2. The person of whose son I'm afraid, VS. The person whose son I'm afraid of.

December 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 28

  1. Decadência

December 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 30

  1. Kurdish speaking editor needed
  2. Why is it "houses" and not "hice"?

December 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 December 31

  1. New year in Chinese