Arno, élève adorable de 6e et allophone :
« Monsieur ça veut dire quoi les grecs se branlent ?
— Kouaaaaaa ? 😨😱😱
— Là dans le livre. »
Dans le livre où la colonne des grecs s’ébranle.
« Monsieur ça veut dire quoi les grecs se branlent ?
— Kouaaaaaa ? 😨😱😱
— Là dans le livre. »
Dans le livre où la colonne des grecs s’ébranle.
November 20, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Arno, élève adorable de 6e et allophone :
« Monsieur ça veut dire quoi les grecs se branlent ?
— Kouaaaaaa ? 😨😱😱
— Là dans le livre. »
Dans le livre où la colonne des grecs s’ébranle.
« Monsieur ça veut dire quoi les grecs se branlent ?
— Kouaaaaaa ? 😨😱😱
— Là dans le livre. »
Dans le livre où la colonne des grecs s’ébranle.
📌 Ressources numériques pour accueillir au mieux un enfant allophone
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✅ Des outils à destination de l'enseignant
✅ Des applications à destination des élèves
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Ressources pour accueillir au mieux un enfant allophone – Primàbord
Une compilation non exhaustive de sites, d'outils ou de ressources utiles pour accueillir dans nos écoles des élèves ne parlant pas français
primabord.eduscol.education.fr
January 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
📌 Ressources numériques pour accueillir au mieux un enfant allophone
▶️ primabord.eduscol.education.fr/ressources-p...
✅ Des outils à destination de l'enseignant
✅ Des applications à destination des élèves
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✅ Des outils à destination de l'enseignant
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maybe this one is an unusual allophone of "horny". much to consider
November 19, 2024 at 11:44 PM
maybe this one is an unusual allophone of "horny". much to consider
In linguistics, a “flap” is where your tongue bounces back after making the sound. The classic example is a Spanish R sound, which is rolled at least momentarily, making Spanish Rs and Ls very similar. My guess: this lady heard a linguist talking about “vocal flaps” and got VERY confused.
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In phonetics, a flap or tap is a type of consonantal sound, which is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that one articulator (such as the tongue) is thrown against another.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:leysmyft7ckos2sdkmstapw6/bafkreidp37yxcepm5vv4wqfpr3jlbcol3otr4vkxnncojbkfbw5ciialha)
July 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In linguistics, a “flap” is where your tongue bounces back after making the sound. The classic example is a Spanish R sound, which is rolled at least momentarily, making Spanish Rs and Ls very similar. My guess: this lady heard a linguist talking about “vocal flaps” and got VERY confused.
Historical linguists, do you have a preferred notation for phonologically conditioned allophones of proto-phonemes? 🤗
For example, whenever I refer to a palatalized allophone of *t and its reflexes I have to write "palatalized allophone of *t". I would like to introduce a short form
#linguistics 🐦🐦
For example, whenever I refer to a palatalized allophone of *t and its reflexes I have to write "palatalized allophone of *t". I would like to introduce a short form
#linguistics 🐦🐦
January 26, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Historical linguists, do you have a preferred notation for phonologically conditioned allophones of proto-phonemes? 🤗
For example, whenever I refer to a palatalized allophone of *t and its reflexes I have to write "palatalized allophone of *t". I would like to introduce a short form
#linguistics 🐦🐦
For example, whenever I refer to a palatalized allophone of *t and its reflexes I have to write "palatalized allophone of *t". I would like to introduce a short form
#linguistics 🐦🐦
Linguists! Is someone here aware of a documented/proposed change retroflex stop (phonemic or allophone) > implosive? (Not the other way round!)
thank you! 🤗
#linguistics #phonetics #historicalphonology
thank you! 🤗
#linguistics #phonetics #historicalphonology
August 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Linguists! Is someone here aware of a documented/proposed change retroflex stop (phonemic or allophone) > implosive? (Not the other way round!)
thank you! 🤗
#linguistics #phonetics #historicalphonology
thank you! 🤗
#linguistics #phonetics #historicalphonology
I’m glad the Gazette is covering this. I also wrote about Guy’s research for @thewalrus.ca a few months ago, but French media needs to also cover it. Because this is common knowledge among many allophone communities but the francophone response is routinely surprise & disbelief when it’s mentioned.
Did immigrants choose English — or were they pushed out of Quebec's French schools? montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
March 9, 2026 at 12:21 PM
I’m glad the Gazette is covering this. I also wrote about Guy’s research for @thewalrus.ca a few months ago, but French media needs to also cover it. Because this is common knowledge among many allophone communities but the francophone response is routinely surprise & disbelief when it’s mentioned.
#J'aiVoté against the anglophone, allophone, immigrant scapegoating
#Terrebonne 🙂
#Quebec ⚜️🇨🇦
#Vote ☑️
#Terrebonne 🙂
#Quebec ⚜️🇨🇦
#Vote ☑️
September 28, 2026 at 8:48 PM
#J'aiVoté against the anglophone, allophone, immigrant scapegoating
#Terrebonne 🙂
#Quebec ⚜️🇨🇦
#Vote ☑️
#Terrebonne 🙂
#Quebec ⚜️🇨🇦
#Vote ☑️
Pour retrouver les profs en UPE2A, CASNAV et toutes celles et ceux intéressés par l'enseignement du francais à un public allophone et à la valorisation du plurilinguisme, j'ai testé mon 1er kit de démarrage.
go.bsky.app/DnbjSta
go.bsky.app/DnbjSta
November 23, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Pour retrouver les profs en UPE2A, CASNAV et toutes celles et ceux intéressés par l'enseignement du francais à un public allophone et à la valorisation du plurilinguisme, j'ai testé mon 1er kit de démarrage.
go.bsky.app/DnbjSta
go.bsky.app/DnbjSta
"at best, it tells you the 'elsewhere' allophone" is so good
January 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"at best, it tells you the 'elsewhere' allophone" is so good
Palauan word of the day
dengua
[dəŋwa]
‘telephone’
from Japanese でんわ (denwa) (?), a Wasei-kango word.
Palauan does not have coronal /n/ (except as an assimilated allophone) because Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *n has become /l/ in Palauan.
dengua
[dəŋwa]
‘telephone’
from Japanese でんわ (denwa) (?), a Wasei-kango word.
Palauan does not have coronal /n/ (except as an assimilated allophone) because Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *n has become /l/ in Palauan.
March 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Palauan word of the day
dengua
[dəŋwa]
‘telephone’
from Japanese でんわ (denwa) (?), a Wasei-kango word.
Palauan does not have coronal /n/ (except as an assimilated allophone) because Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *n has become /l/ in Palauan.
dengua
[dəŋwa]
‘telephone’
from Japanese でんわ (denwa) (?), a Wasei-kango word.
Palauan does not have coronal /n/ (except as an assimilated allophone) because Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *n has become /l/ in Palauan.
Vowel allophony in Omani Mehri is often determined by consonant environment, most typically glottals, pharyngeals, uvulars, and emphatics.
front/high allophone : back/low allophone
iː : ɑj
e: : ɑ:
æ: : ɑ:
o: : o:
uː : ɑw
ε : a
i : u (with labials)
front/high allophone : back/low allophone
iː : ɑj
e: : ɑ:
æ: : ɑ:
o: : o:
uː : ɑw
ε : a
i : u (with labials)
December 24, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Vowel allophony in Omani Mehri is often determined by consonant environment, most typically glottals, pharyngeals, uvulars, and emphatics.
front/high allophone : back/low allophone
iː : ɑj
e: : ɑ:
æ: : ɑ:
o: : o:
uː : ɑw
ε : a
i : u (with labials)
front/high allophone : back/low allophone
iː : ɑj
e: : ɑ:
æ: : ɑ:
o: : o:
uː : ɑw
ε : a
i : u (with labials)
Anglophone = men
Francophone = women
Allophone = nonbinary
Just makes sense in a Canadian context if you think about it
Francophone = women
Allophone = nonbinary
Just makes sense in a Canadian context if you think about it
March 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Anglophone = men
Francophone = women
Allophone = nonbinary
Just makes sense in a Canadian context if you think about it
Francophone = women
Allophone = nonbinary
Just makes sense in a Canadian context if you think about it
#OTD 129 years ago, Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1941) was born 🎉 After developing an interest in languages, he abandoned his career as a fire prevention engineer and worked in linguistics on concepts such as linguistic relativity, cryptotype, allophone, and Whorf’s law.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
April 24, 2026 at 7:46 AM
#OTD 129 years ago, Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1941) was born 🎉 After developing an interest in languages, he abandoned his career as a fire prevention engineer and worked in linguistics on concepts such as linguistic relativity, cryptotype, allophone, and Whorf’s law.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
Yes, of course there is a genuine consistency for it.
There are imo some legitimate grievances among Anglo Quebecers, but I agree that Indigenous peoples (and allophone immigrants) have the most cause for complaint.
There are imo some legitimate grievances among Anglo Quebecers, but I agree that Indigenous peoples (and allophone immigrants) have the most cause for complaint.
August 25, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Yes, of course there is a genuine consistency for it.
There are imo some legitimate grievances among Anglo Quebecers, but I agree that Indigenous peoples (and allophone immigrants) have the most cause for complaint.
There are imo some legitimate grievances among Anglo Quebecers, but I agree that Indigenous peoples (and allophone immigrants) have the most cause for complaint.
Do we yet understand why the anglo/allophone vote seems to have disproportionately turned against Projet?
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Do we yet understand why the anglo/allophone vote seems to have disproportionately turned against Projet?
Also, I’m an Allophone, not an Anglophone.
March 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Also, I’m an Allophone, not an Anglophone.
In the Spanish variety the Cochabamban Highlands of Bolivia, /r/ has [ʐ] as the main allophone, but before front vowels some speakers have [z] as a possible allophone. Do you want to know more? Check out this article by Boula de Moureïl et al.:
revistes.ub.edu/index.php/ex...
revistes.ub.edu/index.php/ex...
An acoustic study of /r/ front fricatives in Bolivian Highland Spanish
| Journal of Experimental Phonetics
revistes.ub.edu
March 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
In the Spanish variety the Cochabamban Highlands of Bolivia, /r/ has [ʐ] as the main allophone, but before front vowels some speakers have [z] as a possible allophone. Do you want to know more? Check out this article by Boula de Moureïl et al.:
revistes.ub.edu/index.php/ex...
revistes.ub.edu/index.php/ex...
Nieuw onderzoek toont belang van kleuteronderwijs voor kinderen die meertalig opgroeien. theeconomyofmeaning.com/2024/12/02/w...
Why preschool education key is to supporting allophone children
In sociolinguistics, an allophone is a person whose mother tongue is a foreign language in the community where he or she lives. A Canadian study reveals now that these allophone children often face…
theeconomyofmeaning.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Nieuw onderzoek toont belang van kleuteronderwijs voor kinderen die meertalig opgroeien. theeconomyofmeaning.com/2024/12/02/w...
La France n'est pas un pays historiquement francophone, mais un pays qui a été francisé. Au moins la moitié de la population jusqu'au Second Empire était allophone. Le français s'est généralisé à partir de la fin du 19e siècle par l'enseignement et l'éradication des autres langues de France.
June 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
La France n'est pas un pays historiquement francophone, mais un pays qui a été francisé. Au moins la moitié de la population jusqu'au Second Empire était allophone. Le français s'est généralisé à partir de la fin du 19e siècle par l'enseignement et l'éradication des autres langues de France.
The frequency of each consonant sound in Old English versus Modern English words.
Old English had 3 consonants that Modern English doesn’t: /ç, ɣ, x/ (although /ç/ was probably just an allophone)
Old English had 3 consonants that Modern English doesn’t: /ç, ɣ, x/ (although /ç/ was probably just an allophone)
October 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The frequency of each consonant sound in Old English versus Modern English words.
Old English had 3 consonants that Modern English doesn’t: /ç, ɣ, x/ (although /ç/ was probably just an allophone)
Old English had 3 consonants that Modern English doesn’t: /ç, ɣ, x/ (although /ç/ was probably just an allophone)
I'm going to write a cyberpunk story where there's a new synthetic drug called "pure linguistics."
"Hey man, I got that pure, uncut linguistics here. None of that watered-down sociopolitical theory bullshit. Just take one snort of this and ride the semantics wave all the way to allophone nirvana."
"Hey man, I got that pure, uncut linguistics here. None of that watered-down sociopolitical theory bullshit. Just take one snort of this and ride the semantics wave all the way to allophone nirvana."
In Opinion
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Opinion | I Now Mispronounce You the Likely Next Mayor of New York City
A lot of people seem to trip over Zohran Mamdani’s name. The reason may not be as simple as it seems.
nyti.ms
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'm going to write a cyberpunk story where there's a new synthetic drug called "pure linguistics."
"Hey man, I got that pure, uncut linguistics here. None of that watered-down sociopolitical theory bullshit. Just take one snort of this and ride the semantics wave all the way to allophone nirvana."
"Hey man, I got that pure, uncut linguistics here. None of that watered-down sociopolitical theory bullshit. Just take one snort of this and ride the semantics wave all the way to allophone nirvana."
Allophone from Québec and proud to be Canadian.
February 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Allophone from Québec and proud to be Canadian.
Pardon mais je sais pas ce que ca veut dire allophone et j'aimerais bien que tu m'expliques brièvement!
May 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Pardon mais je sais pas ce que ca veut dire allophone et j'aimerais bien que tu m'expliques brièvement!