lingo.lol is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A place for linguists, philologists, and other lovers of languages.

Server stats:

70
active users

#faroese

1 post1 participant0 posts today
Thomas Dugaro<p>I lost counting and keeping track but there's<br><a href="https://dju.social/tags/danish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>danish</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/swedish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swedish</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/norwegian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norwegian</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/finnish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finnish</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russian</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/polish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polish</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/slovak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slovak</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/basque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>basque</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/catalan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>catalan</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/bulgarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bulgarian</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/hungarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hungarian</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/estonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>estonian</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/lithuanian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lithuanian</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/latvian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latvian</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/czech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>czech</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/turkish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>turkish</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/swiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swiss</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/viennese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viennese</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/slowanian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slowanian</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/romanian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romanian</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/welsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>welsh</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>celtic</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/icelandic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icelandic</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>irish</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/croatian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>croatian</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/greek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greek</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/albanian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>albanian</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/serbocroatian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serbocroatian</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/ukranian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukranian</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/belarussian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>belarussian</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/portugese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portugese</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/galic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galic</span></a> and <a href="https://dju.social/tags/faroese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faroese</span></a></p>
Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.community/@yvanspijk" class="u-url mention">@<span>yvanspijk</span></a></span></p><p>The <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Faroese" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Faroese</span></a> ‘níggju’ is the opposite. It developed its -ggj- separately through a regular sound change.</p>
Moebeus<p>Week 43, 2024: What <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wikis.world/@wikidata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikidata@wikis.world</span></a></span> album languages grew the most this week?</p><p>"Like Iceland, if 93% less hipsters" The Faroe Islands land an impressive victory. 🥇🇫🇴🎉</p><p>📊 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wikidata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikidata</span></a> 🎶🎵 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ExMusica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExMusica</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/wikidata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikidata@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Faroese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faroese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/F%C3%B8roysktM%C3%A1l" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FøroysktMál</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>🚨This is happening right now in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Klaksv%C3%ADk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Klaksvík</span></a>. 🚨</p><p>Why do the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Faroese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faroese</span></a> feel the need to interfere with every single <a href="https://mas.to/tags/pod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pod</span></a> of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PilotWhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PilotWhales</span></a> that pass by, even when their freezers are already full, according to their own reports? It seems like they have an obsession with <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dolphins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dolphins</span></a>. No other country monitors and tags every pod like this—it’s unnecessary.</p><p>While we support scientific research and the pursuit of knowledge, we cannot endorse this <a href="https://mas.to/tags/brutal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brutal</span></a> and invasive method of handling pilot whales.</p><p>1/2</p>
Óli Gneisti (English)<p>There is a connection between this song by the <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Faroese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faroese</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metal</span></a> band <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/T%C3%BDr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Týr</span></a> and <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/WesCraven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesCraven</span></a>. The most important link is <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/IngmarBergman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IngmarBergman</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/TorkilsD%C3%B8tur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorkilsDøtur</span></a><br><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/TyrBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TyrBand</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Ballads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ballads</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bn4NG9mvEI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=4bn4NG9mvE</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a></p>
Aqi Drago<p>My <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/TheSundayStarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSundayStarter</span></a> is the new single by Eivør‘ Jarðartrá’. </p><p><a href="https://songwhip.com/eivor/jardartra" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">songwhip.com/eivor/jardartra</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/AqiIsNowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AqiIsNowPlaying</span></a><br><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/DracoTreasures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DracoTreasures</span></a> <br><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Faroese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faroese</span></a><br><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/ElektroFolk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElektroFolk</span></a></p>
Óli Gneisti (English)<p>The words seem to have flipped at some point in <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Icelandic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Icelandic</span></a> and <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Faroese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faroese</span></a>.</p><p>The Icelandic word "þrúga" can also mean to "oppress" which is (I guess) linked to pressing grapes.<br>Þrúga is also the word for snow shoe, something that presses down on snow.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mapologies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mapologies</span></a></span></p>
Glyn Moody<p>Cruise line apologies after dozens of whales slaughtered in front of passengers - <a href="https://boingboing.net/2023/07/16/cruise-line-apologies-after-dozens-of-whales-slaughtered-in-front-of-passengers.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">boingboing.net/2023/07/16/crui</span><span class="invisible">se-line-apologies-after-dozens-of-whales-slaughtered-in-front-of-passengers.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Faroese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faroese</span></a> barbarians are not part of the civilised world...</p>
Johan Schalin, PhD<p>There was more elaborate discussion, behind the link below, on the subject of þ- turning into t- in ”small (commonly unstressed) <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/FennoSwedish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FennoSwedish</span></a> lexemes (rather than d- as in mainstream <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Scandinavian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Scandinavian</span></a>). </p><p>This development is known from some other periferal dialect areas as well, and from the <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Faroese" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Faroese</span></a> language:<br /><a href="https://mastodon.world/@simonwilliamson/109416718445355270" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.world/@simonwilliamso</span><span class="invisible">n/109416718445355270</span></a></p>