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PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:01 am    Post subject: A language made for us Reply with quote

Hi!

I read an article in the science section of the german news site "www.spiegel.de". They are reporting about a language where "Ni" is an actual word:
Example question:
"Ninthu warra kaurna payanthi?"
("Do you understand Kaurna?")

Answer:
"Nii" ("yes")

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaurna_language
So what's where the original Knights ended up...


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah, but in Hungarian, it is an Interjection!

An example given was "Lo! (Or perhaps, 'Look!') Here it is!",
paraphrased as "Itt van ni!"

I think it springs from the Old Latin myself...

Supporting that was "Etymology

From Old Latin nei, from Proto-Indo-European *néy (“not”). Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹 (nei), Lithuanian nei, Old Church Slavonic ни (ni) and Old Irish ní."

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NAAAA!
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