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URALIC PARODY

This video is a linguistic parody about Uralic studies, more precisely about the Finno-Ugric branch. It is a short story about how the Hungarian and Finno-Ugric relatedness was established.

If you want to watch the WHOLE STORY, you can find the 1ST PART here: https://www.glotters-linguistics.com/2018/10/31/the-adamic-language-and-a-desperate-little-girl/ It’s a parody about the Adamic language. The 2ND PART is here: https://www.glotters-linguistics.com/2018/12/10/the-enochian-language-and-the-desperate-little-girl/ which is a parody about the Enochian and Angelic language. The 3RD PART here https://www.glotters-linguistics.com/2018/12/18/the-historical-linguist-and-the-desperate-little-girl/ which is a parody about historical linguistics.

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Proto-Angelic and the desperate little girl

Using comparative method

Prof. Budez was determined to solve the problem of the little girl, but especially of the Sireni language by means of the comparative method.

He unfortunately didn’t understand the girl’s speech who supposedly spoke Angelic. And the Sirenis neither. But because he was very determined he was observing the girl for long time searching for any evidence. And he found it! Finally!

It was very cold outside. The girl indicated a sty which surely meant that she wanted to enter. She said ‘rei’. Aha! The girl said something! Now, the only thing Budez had to do was find a similar word with a similar form. But what does ‘rei’ mean?

It was very cold outside but some Sirenis were dancing and singing in the snow. Budez noticed that one of them was shouting. He seemed to be out of his mind. Budez asked the Sirenis what that guy was doing. They said ‘revul’. Well, Budez understood that he was in delirium because he was a shaman and ‘revul’ must mean something related to his action. And at that moment he had a genius idea! The words ‘rei’ and ‘revul’ must have a connection.

Making etymology

Let’s investigate that connection. First, the meaning of ‘rei’ must be something related to sty because the girl indicated the sty when she pronounced it. But what is the connection between sty and being in delirium? Hmm… simple people using their common sense would say: ‘nothing’. But Budez wasn’t a simple human. He was a linguist. He didn’t use his common sense. He used fancy comparative methods. He reasoned in this way: ‘It was cold outside and the little girl showed the sty because it was warm inside. The shaman felt hot in delirium. This is how these two words are related.’

However, someone interrupted: ‘No. She meant pig mating by ‘rei’, not warm.’ Pig mating? Budez was white with fear. How are these connected? Hmm… simple people using their common sense would say: ‘in no way’. But Budez wasn’t a simple human. He was a linguist. He could even connect pieces that are not connected really. Budez said: ‘It’s simple. While pigs mate, they feel hot. ‘Rei’ and ‘revul are related because both shaman and the pig feel hot.’

Making cognate list

And this is how the cognate list was made. Prof. Budez found many other cognates , reasoning in a similar way. But he discovered something very interesting.

He realized that it wasn’t necessary finding look-alike words with similar meaning, because even different looking words with different meanings could be cognates. To complete his work, he had to set up the regular sound-correspondences between Sireni and Angelic. It was given that initial r- in Sireni corresponds with initial r- in Angelic. But he went even further. There are also non-regular sound correspondences which usually occur in words that have different meanings with a different sound shape. For example, the word Sireni ‘sato’ meaning horse and the Angelic word ‘pisu’ meaning candle, have the same origin because both consist of four sounds, in addition two consonants and two vowels. The connection between the meanings doesn’t matter. If he worked hard, he surely would find one.

It’s so fantastic! It means all words potentially can be cognate to all words. Of course! Words are all brothers!

Establishing a proto-language

After the cognate list and the correspondences, he established the proto-Angelic language which is the ancestor of Sireni and Angelic. He established the Angesiren language family and he became wor l d famous. He wrote dictionaries, grammar descriptions and other important works. The only down side was that he couldn’t decipher the little girl’s language. The language which the whole Angesiren language family was established on.

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