Questions tagged [language]
A puzzle that heavily depends on linguistic features; for instance it may concern foreign languages, or only work in some particular language, or be built around a peculiarity of the English language.
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What did the Iranian commander order?
It's the fictional Iran-Turkey war.
The Iranian commander is ordering his troops. He encodes his order in their own language:
۶۶۰ ۶ ۲۰۱ ۲۳۳
What did he order?
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19-year old me was into geography
My mother recently found an old puzzle I made over 20 years ago. It's a Finnish-language word search with a geography theme. (Note that we have a precedent for allowing non-English puzzles here.) ...
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Dessert at Vowelburgers™
Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle
Vowelburgers™ has just announced a new dessert menu, with 12 different varieties of sandwich cookie. Can you figure out the desserts, and what they have in common?...
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Translation from Tangkhul to English - Linguistics problem
Background:
Tangkhul is a language spoken in the northernmost district of the Indian state of Manipur. Like Manipuri (or Meitei) and many other languages of Northeast India, Tangkhul is related to ...
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This bird is so popular, many countries around the world share a name with it
There's a bird, it's very popular.
Several IRL Earth countries (more than 2) around the world share a name with the same bird, although the relation between the country name and the bird is not ...
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Write a sentence that is true in one language and false in another
This "puzzle" is open-ended and I don't have an answer in mind. But it's not a good fit for any other StackExchange, and I bet puzzlers will enjoy it, so here it is.
Reading about nominalism,...
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Emoticon text code
I found this text on my phone.
Is there a genius out there that is able to tell me what this means?
Edit:
I received a similar message again:
Edit II:
A new message... it's all Greek to me:
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Anyone Seen My Snorkel?
This is part 54 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
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Her upper body is his lower body
He and she are the opposite.
But her upper body is his lower body.
If the upper body is him, the lower body is her.
When they cross the sea, the two become humans with the same tail.
Who are they?
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What are Relational, Naming and Petite words?
This puzzle is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
Relational, Naming and Petite Words™ satisfy some properties that ...
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curious inflection of English words
The agent-noun form of lingerie is frank.
The present-participle form of military actions is lying.
The past-tense form of sheep is permanent.
The past-participle form of six-pack is urn.
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Symmetries – a Quadritaisho puzzle
This is part 43 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This is a Quadritaisho puzzle. Divide the grid into rooms by drawing borders along ...
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A hive buzzing with words
A turtle that goes into battle on a cart. (16)
That which is overshadowed by the front. (10)
A vital component of gaining speed. (12)
A time measuring device that has gained wisdom through the ages....
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Golden Ape Peculiarity
In the wild he reigns, a colossal beast,
From Skull Island, his power unleashed.
Climbing skyscrapers, a towering sight,
This mighty ape, a legendary might.
What is very similar between the ape from ...
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Futuristic navigation
This is a 3-part puzzle. Parts can be solved out of order, but, in the end, parts must be put together in order they appear (1, 2, 3) to solve the whole puzzle.
Parts are independent from each other. ...
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