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Subhashish Panigrahi<p>Text can't express the nuances of a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> compared to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/multimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>multimedia</span></a>, and most of the world's languages are oral (and not written). We’re launching OpenSpeaks Archives, an open (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@creativecommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>creativecommons</span></a></span> licensed) and public digital language multimedia archive optimised for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikimedia</span></a> projects, focusing on lesser-resourced languages.</p><p>More from the first pilot with five native tongues (Baleswari <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Odia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Odia</span></a>, my native tongue, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bonda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bonda</span></a>, Ho, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kusunda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kusunda</span></a> and Van <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gujjari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gujjari</span></a>): <a href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/02/18/openspeaks-archives-a-language-archive-for-wikimedia-projects/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">diff.wikimedia.org/2025/02/18/</span><span class="invisible">openspeaks-archives-a-language-archive-for-wikimedia-projects/</span></a></p>
𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉<p>Audio Etymologies of the Day</p><p>“Worm” comes from Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥mis. Ignoring the final -is, like this (listen):<br>🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/worm-from-PIE-kwrm.wav" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig</span><span class="invisible">ins/worm-from-PIE-kwrm.wav</span></a></p><p>*kʷr̥m- also developed into Odia କୃମି kurumi:<br>🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-kwrm-to-Odia-kurumI.wav" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig</span><span class="invisible">ins/PIE-kwrm-to-Odia-kurumI.wav</span></a></p><p>Urdu کِرم kirm:<br>🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-kwrm-to-Urdu-kirm.wav" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig</span><span class="invisible">ins/PIE-kwrm-to-Urdu-kirm.wav</span></a></p><p>Latvian ķirmis:<br>🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-kwrm-to-Latvian-kirmis.wav" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig</span><span class="invisible">ins/PIE-kwrm-to-Latvian-kirmis.wav</span></a></p><p>Polish czerw:<br>🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-kwrm-to-Polish-czerw.wav" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig</span><span class="invisible">ins/PIE-kwrm-to-Polish-czerw.wav</span></a></p><p>and Bosnian crv:<br>🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-kwrm-to-BCMS-crv.wav" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig</span><span class="invisible">ins/PIE-kwrm-to-BCMS-crv.wav</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phonetics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtoIndoEuropean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Odia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Odia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urdu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Latvian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latvian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Polish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Bosnian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bosnian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Dune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dune</span></a></p>
Hitech Guru<p>UK-based <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Odia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Odia</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>woman</span></a> who ran 42.5 km marathon wearing <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Sambalpurisa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sambalpurisa</span></a>... <a href="https://youtu.be/IyeZjbTeZO4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/IyeZjbTeZO4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Marathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Marathon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/viralvideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>viralvideo</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/goneviral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>goneviral</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/goesviral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>goesviral</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/viral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>viral</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ManchesterMarathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ManchesterMarathon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ManchesterCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ManchesterCity</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Sari" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sari</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/saree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>saree</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/sareelover" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sareelover</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/runningmotivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>runningmotivation</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>running</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Motivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Motivation</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/sareeblouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sareeblouse</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/UKnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UKnews</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Culutre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Culutre</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cultural</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/clothing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>clothing</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/outfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>outfit</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/runner" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>runner</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MarathonRunner" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MarathonRunner</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/dress" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dress</span></a></p>