Linguistics

Welcome to the Linguistics section of Safalra’s Website. The pages in this section are intended for a non-technical audience; references are made to websites or books that explain technical concepts in more detail. This section contains the following pages:

• Any-, Every-, No-, and Some-

  English words beginning with any-, every-, no-, and some-

• CJK Radicals In Unicode

  A list of the radicals for the unified CJK ideographs in Unicode

• Finnish Pronunciation

  A phonetic guide to the pronunciation of Finnish letters

• Cyrillic Pronunciation

  A phonetic guide to the pronunciation of Cyrillic letters

• Pinyin Pronunciation

  A phonetic guide to the pronunciation of Pinyin initials and finals

• His Dark Materials Etymologies

  The origins of words in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials

• Pronunciation Of ‘Linux’

  How to pronounce ‘Linux’

• Pronunciation Of ‘Safalra’

  How to pronounce ‘Safalra’

• A Brief History Of ‘W’

  Changes in the writing and pronunciation of the letter ‘w’