What does your language sounds like?

[linkus]

Oh please... I have wrote that already many times not once.. and I replied you about my sources.

Um.. no, you wrote that only once and you only first mentioned any sources when Arturs chimed in.

It just again proves that Latvian and Lithuanian languages have different influences.

Yeah, it really does prove the exact same words being counted as Slavic loanwords in Lithuanian language but as German loanwords in Latvian language. All down to perception, eh?

She uses google translate to compare languages...

Google translate is just one of the sources I use when I need a quick comparison. But it is surprisingly accurate. Or have you forgotten? This time I will put the relevant part in bold in case you will fail to notice it again

You use google translator to show linguistic similarities???

Um.. I use google translator when I need to translate something from one language to another. Why?

In case you didn't know yet, I am not fluent in Latvian. Are you fluent in Lithuanian?

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But it seems to be working rather well, if out of 12 words there was only 1 minor mistake - and even that only related to noun cases ("rozu" instead of "roze").

http://pirmojiknyga.mch.mii.lt/Leidiniai/History.en.htm

Words of non-Lithuanian origin (and their derivatives) make up about 20% of the lexicon used in the first Lithuanian book. The largest number of loanwords are Slavicisms (not only of Slavic origin, but also words received via the Slavs). There are a few Germanisms and a some bookish Latinisms. Roughly only 30% of the Slavicisms were words which had become firmly established in Lithuanian at that time and were used or at least understood by all classes of people. Some of those words were: aliejus 'oil', altorius 'altar', angelas 'angel', apaštalas 'disciple', asilas 'donkey', bažnyčia 'church', karalius 'king', krikštas 'baptism', muitas '(customs) duty', rožė 'rose', vynas 'wine'. All other Slavicisms (about 70%) were at that time most likely used only by the upper class and, of course, by priests.

For the sake of curiosity:


Lithuanian - Latvian
aliejus - eļļa
altorius - altāris
angelas - eņģelis
apaštalas - apustulis
asilas - ēzelis
bažnyčia - baznīca
karalius - karalis
krikštas - kristības
muitas - nodoklis
rožė - roze
vynas - vīns

Other sources for Baltic etymologies I use are:

• Frederik Kortlandt "Balto-Slavic Phonological Developments"
• Harold H Bender "A Lithuanian Etymological Index"
• http://dnghu.org/indoeuropean.html
• http://indo-european.info/pokorny-et...nary/index.htm
• as well as the afore mentioned official dictionary of Lithuanian language with etymologies

[Artūrs]

muitas - nodoklis

I see there is another slight error with the google translator thing.
http://translate.google.com/#lt|lv|muitas

Muitas (Lithuanian)= muita (Latvian)
http://translate.google.com/#en|lv|customs

Nodoklis, this means tax.

[linkus]

I see there is another slight error with the google translator thing.
http://translate.google.com/#lt|lv|muitas

Muitas (Lithuanian)= muita (Latvian)
http://translate.google.com/#en|lv|customs

Nodoklis, this means tax.

Thanks! Interestingly enough, Una failed to mention that this Slavic loanword existed in Latvian too when I posted the comparison, a sneaky weasel that she is...

[Una]

Thanks! Interestingly enough, Una failed to mention that this Slavic loanword existed in Latvian too when I posted the comparison, a sneaky weasel that she is...

And you fail all the time when you think that you know Latvian better than I do.

[linkus]

I never thought that I know Latvian better than you do. Any more strawmen you'd like to try and make out've what I say?


But, as we can now see, I was right when I thought that you're prone to being dishonest and holding back facts which don't suit your agenda

[Una]

I never thought that I know Latvian better than you do. Any more strawmen you'd like to try and make out've what I say?


But, as we can now see, I was right when I thought you're prone to being dishonest.

Yeah, I am a sneaky weasel, dishonest and what else not... if you say so...

[linkus]

Yeah, I am a sneaky weasel, dishonest and what else not... if you say so...

Admittance is the first step to recovery

[Una]

Admittance is the first step to recovery

Do you know the saying - the smartest one keeps his mouth shut? I think you should try to keep your mouth shut for once, that would be something really awesome.

[Põhjamaalane]

Oh come on Balts, you shouldn't be hating each other. Don't you remember, you should be hating on me instead!

Where's that Baltic unity and Estonian-hating now? Make up and both say how the Estonians suck.

[simple]

I speak 2 dialect aside from our national language in Philippines.
Malayo-Polynesian language family, subgroup of Austronesian.

Tagalog (national language)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEAYpIPL6FQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouh8AG0IgRE

Pangasinense Dialect (song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89yydfGVQmM

Ilocano Dialect (song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O17If6hCmdw