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Scriveremo Publishing

Parrot Time

Parrot Time is a magazine covering language,
linguistics and culture of the world around us.


Parrot Time is no longer being produced regularly. When it was, it was published every two months. It has had such diverse feature articles as:

Sample issues
  • Are You Wasting Your Money on Language Classes?
  • Chatting in Languages Online
  • Why English Is Different Than Any Other Language
  • Why Do People Learn Languages?
  • The Ultimate Fate of Language Learning
  • Coming Home to Faroese - The Why and How of Learning a Small Language
  • Religion in Culture
  • Constructed Languages - Making It All Up
  • Rohonc Codex, Linear A & B, the Rosetta Stone, the Voynich Manuscript
  • Speaking with Aliens
  • When Languages Meet and Conflict

Sample page

As well as standard columns dealing with:

  • News and Events
  • Language artefacts
  • Linguist and author biographies
  • Film and book reviews
  • Languages in peril
  • Celebrations from around the world
  • Etymologies of foods
  • "Where are you?" monthly contest

Parrot Time exists in two formats for your reading pleasure.

Current issue of Parrot Time
  • The digital version is great for reading online, commenting on, and sharing with your friends. You can read the current version here.

  • The printable PDF version can also be read online as well as downloaded for free for your personal usage. Archives of it are available at Issuu and Scribd.

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