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If you like languages and linguistics, you’re in the right place. Here, you can dive deep into one language, learn how languages and families evolved, gain i...

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Language Overview Romanian

How do we know English is West Germanic

Languages aren't constantly getting softer! Here's how fortition happens

Language Overview Icelandic

I give diacritics the love they deserve Their history, explained

Why I hate these standard linguistic conventions

Language Overview Amharic

How to properly use Google Translate for language learning

Linguistic Glossary Verbs

Language Overview Serbian

Stuff I'm mad at myself for not including in previous videos

Grammatical shifts of the Romance languages

Turns of phrase to make sure you know in your target language

Language Overview Italian

Predictions about the future of several languages I've studied

How to predict the future of a language

Language Overview Dutch

Linguistic Glossary Nouns and Pronouns

Summarizing Romance sound shifts

Language Overview Telugu

How to read IPA REMAKE

Explaining polyglots What we mean when we say we speak X languages

Proto-Indo-European Ablaut explained

Language Overview Polish

One word, two concepts Vocab that may be more specific in your target language

Summarizing Germanic grammatical shifts

Language Overview Portuguese

How to start arguments between linguists The most contentious topics in the field explained

Super challenging Proto-Indo-European concepts explained S in parentheses and Hs with numbers

Language Overview Swedish