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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (𐐝𐐰𐑌𐐼𐐲𐑉)
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Vice President, Western Institute for Endangered Language Documentation (California, USA); Adjunct Research Fellow, College of Arts Society & Education, James Cook University (Queensland, Australia) www.wieldoc.org

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Neil Craig Walker is a Scottish lawyer who is currently the Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh. in 2009 he completed a review for the Scottish Government into the final appellate jurisdiction of the Scottish legal system. .. more

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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (𐐝𐐰𐑌𐐼𐐲𐑉) @nawalker.bsky.social · Mar 12
#langsky #deseretalphabet

Complete Twitter thread for Deseret Alphabet letters:

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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (𐐙𐑏𐐽𐐲𐑉 𐐝𐐹𐐨𐐽𐐨) on X: "I thought it might be fun to teach the world one Deseret Alphabet letter each day. The first letter of the alphabet is 𐐀 /i/. https://t.co/xZQpE6VmIN" / X
I thought it might be fun to teach the world one Deseret Alphabet letter each day. The first letter of the alphabet is 𐐀 /i/. https://t.co/xZQpE6VmIN
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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (𐐝𐐰𐑌𐐼𐐲𐑉) @nawalker.bsky.social · Aug 30
ɑem θæŋkfʊl tə biː ɪn əstɹæɪljə
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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (𐐝𐐰𐑌𐐼𐐲𐑉) @nawalker.bsky.social · Jul 25
I don’t use this site much. Hope they cite something more useful!

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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (𐐝𐐰𐑌𐐼𐐲𐑉) @nawalker.bsky.social · Jul 25
#ថៃជាអ្នកផ្ដេីមសង្គ្រាម
/tʰaj ciə nĕək pɗaəm sɒŋkriəm/
[t̪ʰaj t͡ɕiə̯ n̪ĕə̯ʔ b̊ɗaə̯̃m sɒ̃ŋˈɡ̊ɾiə̯̃m]
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De Gruyter Brill Linguistics @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social · Feb 25
After many years in the making, we are proud to publish A GRAMMAR OF EYAK by the late great Michael Krauss, edited by Kevin Baetscher and Gary Holton. Krauss worked closely with the last remaining fluent speakers to comprehensively document the language.

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mheij.bsky.social @mheij.bsky.social · Mar 1
Everyone in Japanese is familiar with different readings for the same characters "depending on the context." But what context makes clear how to read this place name 和坂, read Kanigasaka if it is the left ward, but Wasaka if it is the adjacent (!) right ward....
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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (𐐝𐐰𐑌𐐼𐐲𐑉) @nawalker.bsky.social · Jul 11
/kʰɤːɲ pŭənlɯː plɤːŋ plɯp plɛːt nɯʋ ciəj plɤʋ teː/
[kʰɤ̃ːɲ b̥ŭə̯̃n̪.ˈlɯː pʰlɤ̃ːŋ pʰlɯp̚ pʰlɛ̝ːt̪̚ nɯʊ̯ t͡ɕiə̯j pʰlɤʊ̯ t̪eː]
see light(s) blinking LOC edge road PARTICLE
'(When/if there are) flashing lights on the side of the road...'

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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (𐐝𐐰𐑌𐐼𐐲𐑉) @nawalker.bsky.social · Jul 11
Example of the Khmer love of alliteration in an injunction to slow to 40 when emergency lights are flashing on the side of the road: ឃើញពន្លឺភ្លើងភ្លឹបភ្លែតនៅជាយផ្លូវទេ [kʰɤ̃ːɲ b̥ŭə̯̃n̪.ˈlɯː pʰlɤ̃ːŋ pʰlɯp̚ pʰlɛ̝ːt̪̚ nɯʊ̯ t͡ɕiə̯j pʰlɤʊ̯ t̪eː]
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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (𐐝𐐰𐑌𐐼𐐲𐑉) @nawalker.bsky.social · Jul 5
The above blazon and its origin and meaning are available here: www.heraldry-wiki.com/wiki/Launces...
Arms (crest) of Launceston (Tasmania)
www.heraldry-wiki.com

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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (𐐝𐐰𐑌𐐼𐐲𐑉) @nawalker.bsky.social · Jul 5
Crest: On a Wreath of the Colours, a branch of Gum Tree leaved proper, thereon a Yellow Wattle Bird holding in the beak a sprig of the same also proper.

Supporters: Two Tasmanian Tigers [Thylacines] proper, gorged and chained Azure.

Motto: 'Progress with Prudence'
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