While I was browsing through Wiktionary, I came across the word eeee, which is Manx for "will eat".
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eeee#Manx
There is also ee, which means "she", "her", or "it" (feminine). So:
Eeee ee ee = She will eat it.
An interesting piece of trivia.
Manx oddity
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Talk about an irregular verb! Derives from "ithidh," with no E at all! Also the word order. Why not "ee eee ee"? And the nominative the same as objective. Fascinating language. Of course, English "to be" is pretty wild also. Consider: is, are, were, was...not a B til you get to been.
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Cute sentence. Wonder how it would sound?
According to my chart of Indo-European languages, Manx is leaf on the Gaelic twig on the Celtic branch of the Indo-European tree. According to Wikipedia, and like other Celtic languages, its normal word order is VSO.
The last native speaker died in 1974. Although it is extinct, there is a revival attempt on, and there are currently about 100 speakers.
According to my chart of Indo-European languages, Manx is leaf on the Gaelic twig on the Celtic branch of the Indo-European tree. According to Wikipedia, and like other Celtic languages, its normal word order is VSO.
The last native speaker died in 1974. Although it is extinct, there is a revival attempt on, and there are currently about 100 speakers.
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I feel such a great loss with extinction of these languages,
even tho' I cannot speak them. I receive two newspapers
online from Wales, and there is a revival there. I was talking
with three boys on lunch break the last time I visited. They
were in what is our 6th grade (ll-l2 years), and were
required to take five languages, Welsh being one of them.
So many Indian (Native Am) languages at death's doorstep.
I had an Indian grandmother, and she preferred the term
Indian, so I feel PC or not, I can use it.
even tho' I cannot speak them. I receive two newspapers
online from Wales, and there is a revival there. I was talking
with three boys on lunch break the last time I visited. They
were in what is our 6th grade (ll-l2 years), and were
required to take five languages, Welsh being one of them.
So many Indian (Native Am) languages at death's doorstep.
I had an Indian grandmother, and she preferred the term
Indian, so I feel PC or not, I can use it.
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I grieve the passing of languages, especially the Celtic languages from whence I sprung. The passing seems inevitable. I visited with a Kenyan lady today who is a fluent speaker of Swahili. Here is a vibrant language with a growing number of users. It is a relatively new language. If I weren't older than dirt I would try to learn it.
It is dark at night, but the Sun will come up and then we can see.
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I think I'd try Arabic, the script is so beautiful,
but yes, older than dirt. Like I mentioned in some
thread, I was hiding in the cave when the asteroid
hit destroying the dinosaurs.
but yes, older than dirt. Like I mentioned in some
thread, I was hiding in the cave when the asteroid
hit destroying the dinosaurs.
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I tried Arabic twice. The first time, I tried to memorize the alphabet, which quickly frustrated me because there are multiple symbols for the same letter. Then I tried the oral route with cd's from the library. That was better, and I may go back to it, but I really need to read it. Then I could read signs in the protest parades, khayam in the original, etc.
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I understand, and can see it would be quite difficult.
I'd have to take classes, could not do it on my own.
I'd have to take classes, could not do it on my own.
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