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Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz•Map of Yeísmo in the Spanish speaking world. Blue areas have the same sound for y and ll [IPA:/ʝ/; ENG:"y"], areas in pink maintain a distinction between the two sounds [IPA:/ʝ/+/ʎ/; ENG:"y"+"ly"]
0·3 years agoWhat I find interesting about this is that this transition also happened in highly unrelated languages such as Hungarian, Greek and Swedish, not only in related Portuguese and French.
- In Hungarian, /ʎ/ in most dialects turned into /j/, but the spelling ⟨ly⟩ was preserved, hence lyuk [juk].
- In Swedish, /lj/ turned into /j/ in word-initial positions, but the spelling ⟨lj⟩ was preserved, hence ljus [ˈjʉːs].
- In Cypriot Greek, /lj/ is often pronounced as [ʝː], especially by younger speakers. In Standard Modern Greek, it always surfaces as [ʎ].
I guess people find it hard to pronounce /ʎ/ but are too inert to change the spelling.
zksmk@sopuli.xyzOPMto
Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz•Map of about 0.001 percent of the observable universe
1·3 years agoThe radius of the currently observable universe is about 50 billion light-years and this map depicts a sphere with a radius of about 1 billion light-years, so if my calculamalations are correct, following through with sphere volume V being V=4/3πr³ this map depicts about 0.001 percent of the observable universe.
zksmk@sopuli.xyzOPto
Memes@sopuli.xyz•This dog is simultaneously sitting, standing and lying.
1·3 years agoIt’s a bug related to the influx of new users and the hosting changes, it will get fixed.
Antineutrinos don’t interact with almost anything. They’re just a bunch of wimps. They’re harmless. Neat for mapping nuclear reactors tho.