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Season 2019
2019x1
Aizuchi: Why it's impolite not to "chime in" in Japanese
Episode overview
In Japan, you don't wait quietly for a conversation to finish. Be polite - chime in! This is the story behind aizuchi, why Japanese speakers talk back so much more often.
In Japan, you don't wait quietly for a conversation to finish. Be polite - chime in! This is the story behind aizuchi, why Japanese speakers talk back so much more often.
2019x2
Maya Before, Maya After: How a Tenseless Language Talks Past and Future
Episode overview
The Maya language has no past, present or future tense, and no word for "before" or "after"... yet the Maya still talk time as well as you! How?
The Maya language has no past, present or future tense, and no word for "before" or "after"... yet the Maya still talk time as well as you! How?
2019x3
The complicated linguistics behind how the Maya talk about the past
Episode overview
The Maya language has no past tense, so how do they tell stories? I'll explain the complex way this tenseless language talks about events in the past.
The Maya language has no past tense, so how do they tell stories? I'll explain the complex way this tenseless language talks about events in the past.
The Georgian language has some highly unusual syllables. Here's the linguistics behind its complex consonant clusters.
The Georgian language has some highly unusual syllables. Here's the linguistics behind its complex consonant clusters.
Languages throughout Asia are startlingly similar, but are they all part of one huge family? Thus began the biggest fight in the history of historical linguistics.
Languages throughout Asia are startlingly similar, but are they all part of one huge family? Thus began the biggest fight in the history of historical linguistics.
2019x6
Features English is missing - but most other languages have
Episode overview
Other languages have unique features that English just doesn't have access to. So, English, why don't you level up your skills with these linguistic tricks from around the world?
Other languages have unique features that English just doesn't have access to. So, English, why don't you level up your skills with these linguistic tricks from around the world?
English has unusual linguistic features most other languages don't! These skills really make English unique compared to other languages around the world.
English has unusual linguistic features most other languages don't! These skills really make English unique compared to other languages around the world.
2019x8
Season finale
African Romance: searching for traces of a lost Latin language
Episode overview
Did a Romance language survive in North Africa? What was it like? The story of a late Latin language, people who spoke it and a tour of its possible features.
Did a Romance language survive in North Africa? What was it like? The story of a late Latin language, people who spoke it and a tour of its possible features.
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