QnA - your questions about me answered
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2021
- Since the beginning of this channel a lot of people wanted to know where I was from, what my native language was and so on. I asked you guys to give me your questions, and here I am, finally answering them! Sorry it took so long (and also sorry for the noise in the beginning, forgot I was wearing a microphone) 😅
Link to my Patreon account: / julingo
Music used: Splish Splash by Molife
Your spoken cat is flawless! 😸
Not only you remember the names of Greek singers, you also have the correct accent.
My first wife was from the Bohemia region of the Czech Republic. She had the unusual skills to be near native in four languages and able to translate for a corporation in about 20 more, if given a few days to study up on them.
It amused her when I came across a Czech folk saying she had not yet heard:
"Learn a new language, gain a new soul."
If one thinks of languages, as you do, as subtly encoded repositories for what we humans have learned about this world and how to understand it, then the loss of any language is the tragic loss of our common, shared, and hard-earned human inheritance, would you agree?
Julia's Languages:
•Native: Russian
•Native Level: Latvian, English, French
•C1: Italian
•B2: Spanish
•Learning: Japanese, Persian
Her English is not on a native level and she didn't claim it was.
@@amjan That depends on natives of which country you are counting on...To me her English level is no less than most of Chukchi's, and she's Russian...So, I think the claim is valid.
@@njuvanrui2951 To speak a language at a "native level" means to speak it as well as the people who grew up immersed in the language from birth. Native speakers of English would include most people from the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, for example. Comparison with the Chukchi people would not be relevant, because the Chukchi people are not native speakers of English.
Tom Peled, I have two corrections for your comment. Firstly, the presenter calls herself Julie, not Julia. And secondly, she describes Latvian, English, and French as languages that she speaks "more or less fluently" (from 1:53), not "at a native level".
@@omp199 Yessss, but...depends on education of person. Many non-educated people who don't read much can speak worse than Julia or other non-native speakers because of they poor vocabulary and use case.
I'm a Mexican and traveling to Latvia has been one of my biggest dreams (along with traveling to Japan and China). Latvia seems soooo beautiful! 💖💖💖 Saludos desde acá! 😊
saludos paisana , ya veras que cuando termine esta situacion mundial veras que visitaras esos paises
혹시 우리 대한민국?!?!?!
Cualli Tanecic!
Me too, but now I would be a bit worried about Russia.
You want to travel too? Do you need anyone to carry your bags for you?
When you learn foreign languages, very often you get to know better your native one. That was in my case. I couldn't believe how many words in Polish and English have Greek origin.
Когда посмотрел первый ролик, подумал: "и почему я так хорошо понимаю ее английский?". Теперь вопросы отпадают! Юлия, прекрасный голос и интересные рассказы об языках!
Вообще класс! Мне только сейчас Ютуб порекомендовал. Я сижу смотрю взахлёб.
То есть, ты сразу не врубился, что у нее русский акцент?
@@nexusi6867 у прибалтов акцент похожий
@@nexusi6867 I didn’t, but someone in one of her early videos, said she had a slavic accent and pinpointed Latvia in particular. Interesting she considers herself a native Russian speaker from Latvia, but he could tell the subtitles of the accent. Must’ve been a linguist. 😅
We call your country Letoni in Iran
Good to know you're learning Persian
Good luck and best wishes 🇮🇷🇱🇻
We say Litvani, don't we?
@@calculator-sd5370 Isn’t _Litvani_ the Persian for Lithuania, the next country to the south?
@@calculator-sd5370 Alex is right. Litvani stands for Lithuania 🇱🇹 and Letoni is Latvia 🇱🇻
@@iranmaster Yes, thanks
@@calculator-sd5370 - DON'T THANK - just return to your books & movies ... for mastering & practice
Hi, Julie. We are very similar because I also share an interest in a wide variety of world languages such as Arabic, Finnish, Lithuanian, Polish, Igbo, Temne, Mende, Zulu, Luo, Nama, Fijian, Melpa, Warlpiri, Navaho, Hopi, Sioux, Ojibwe, Mohawk, Salish, and Japanese.
Yayyyy! Thanks so much for doing this video :) I was so curious always about these questions. Love your channel, Julie!
awesome video as usual!!! You look so radiant Julie!
Your channel is a real gem! Thank you for the awesome content you provide!
I KNEW IT ! Latvian was my guess ! A couple years ago, I met a girl from Latvia, and she had a similar accent in English.
But she spoke Russian as her native language...
@@DWHarper62 I would imagine a Latvian native Russian speaker probably has a slightly different accent than a Russian speaker from Russia. Just like an Australian has a different accent from an Englishman.
@@katnerd6712 I guess so. I know both and her accent is so mild either way. Could still be more slavic than Latvian.
This is a russian accent. So sweet and native to hear
@@Basyka She doesn't palatalize her consonants as is typical in Russian accents.
Girl, you are such a wonderful motivation for learning new language. Thanks for creating such amazing contents.
Riga is a beautiful city.
Thank you Julie! You bring so much to society. By giving us a little insight into language and culture, you help reduce the things that divide us. I can identify with what you said about being inquisitive about things as I'm an electrical engineer - with an eclectic array of interests. Keep up the great work!
Hey Julie! I wanted to say hello and tell you that I love your videos! I found the Basque one recently and it interested me, as I have a grandfather from the Basque country, but do not know much about it myself. Then I realized you have more videos and stared watching them with my husband, he likes them too! Just wanted to drop by and let you know that we appreciate how smart you are! Keep doing what you do, beautiful! XO
Fascinating. You provide a great educational service. I especially enjoy seeing you in the native dress of the peoples whose languages you are demonstrating.
Thanks for another great video. I always learn something when I watch them.
Pleased to get to hear about you! You are very interesting Julie! Thanks for sharing!
You have a great blessing of language, and ability to describe it and make it inspiring!⭐️⭐️⭐️
Russian and Latvian both beautiful languages. Do a video on Sicilian, please! King Frederick II, Stupor Mundi, formalized it in the 13th century, one of very first Romance languages to be written, and Sicilian poetry eventually inspired Dante’s Florentine Italian which formed basis for modern Italian as well. Lord Byron wrote a lot about how indispensable Sicilian language and culture was to Mediterranean and Italian culture...All around interesting language with rich history. Your channel is cool keep it up!
Always so awesome to hear your voice 😺
Cool! I spent a week in Latvia in November 2018, just in time for the 100-year anniversary! Love your exploration of languages!
I'm not actually a Gabriel García Marquez's fan, but he was one of the first writers that got me engaged with Latin American literature and you just pronounced his name so nicely. Your videos constantly give me inspiration to keep on being a hobby linguist.
Saludos desde México.
I'm bilingual in German and English, but I've always been jealous of the local kids that got to learn Yurok in school. Been really wanting to learn a native language since I have the ancestry, but I'm probably going to pick up Japanese or Polish instead. Glad I discovered this channel, I look forward to seeing more from you.
I like how u explain a language in ur videos. Keep on the good job!
Julie/Yuliya, big big applause. With this video, as well as your others on various languages, we get to hear how careful you are, how considerate. While you are courageous , to speak to the whole world as you learn something new, you are also genuinely humble, respectful, and sweet in your style. To me, your attitude of curiosity and respect for others is the most important lesson. This can bring about a much better world, if all people have such attitudes, even if we not know each other's tongues. Brava!
Julie, thank you for this bit of your biography. You are a wonderful person and are filling the gap of many people's interest in a very simple nd reliable manner. Best wishes!
Thank you very much for answering all those questions! :) I already wondered if you are from one of the Baltic states.
I love your videos since I am also very interested in languages in learning them. I speak English, German, French, Latin (does that count?), a bit Italian, Spanish and Japanese. Last year I started learning Welsh.
And yes, you are absolutely right: for some languages, you have to take the sources of other languages since they can provide much more information e.g. if you are looking for information on Catalan, the best sources are in Spanish.
Love your channel, thanks for such interesting posts!
I moved to an area of the Philippines where my wife is from. Her native language is Waray Waray. It is the 5th most spoken language in the Philippines. It is not a literary language. No books are written in Waray Waray and it is not taught in school, but there are Waray Waray songs. There are no language-learning texts and I have found very little in the way of tutorials. Everyone here seems to be able to read and write it, but apparently they often make up the spelling. I've seen various spelling of the same words. They like to abbreviate as much as possible. Dropping verbs and tenses is ok and I've seen sentences with strings of single-letter "words" that apparently are acronyms for commonly understood phrases. The language has some Tagalog words, English words, and Spanish words, but sometimes these have a different meaning and spelling and pronunciation from the originals. I'm usually lost since few people speak English when they are around me, even though most people know it quite well. They use a mixture of metric and English standards. I just thought you might find it interesting.
It was very interesting. Thank you a lot!
Very interesting. The Phillippines is a fascinating country for language nerds. Thanks for sharing this, I will try to look it up on that language, although I'll probably find less than even you have about it. There is a youtube channel called ILoveLanguages whose owner is a filipina maybe if you get in contact with here you might find more about that language or you could help her make a video on it too.
"There are no language-learning texts..." Hmm. That gives you the opportunity to be the first to write one. :)
@@RenegadeShepard69 Italki has one teacher who teaches the standard dialect of Waray Waray but she doesn't live here so I'm not sure if she is fluent. They have 3 others who teach a more local dialect on the island of Samar.
I think you complement your dedication to study languages and get a P.H.D in linguistics, and become a proesor in the field. My utmost appreciation for what you are doing.
It was interesting to watch this video, because I share pretty much the same motivators and methods for learning languages that you do. I was born in Japan, to American parents; so I always looked outwards from the nation I grew up in. I always would put a finger on a map and wonder what it was like there, and study up on the culture and history. As soon as I was old enough to take off travelling, I did! After 75 countries and learning the better part of 6 languages and bits of many others; I now live in New Zealand...but my heart always wants to travel and experiences new cultures and languages. Thank you for sharing!
How did you get to New Zealand? I have dreams of visiting or living there one day. I have heard such wonderful things and the Maori culture is very interesting to me.
@@greenjellybean326 I came here about 20 years ago and found a job and applied for residency. At the time it was not that hard. It all depends on your skill set.
I know this is a late reply. But you went to 75 countries and ended living in New zealand. A copy and pasted version of england. Right.......
@@user-vd9pf6pu3o i am not from England and i wouldn't say it is copy and paste England. I am not here for the culture either. I am here for the nature and the fact that it is far away from the rest of the crazy world!
@@sambaaxe ok that is a fair reason. I understand that. There is no culture there but nature for sure.
Just seen you on the video from Ecolinguistic and you really amazed me with your language recognising skills. A big satisfaction how much I have guessed right with ya as well 😅 A sub and big respect for you ✌
Pls keep going. Your channel is *AMAZING*
I am very happy that you are working hard and I hope you are successful 🥰
I've enjoyed all your videos Juilja! Since I moved to the Philippines in 2017 to live with my wife who is a native of Mindanao I've learned Cebuano and Tagalog to conversational level, and a little of her native tribal language, Higaonon Binukid. As well as loving my wife and family here, I have loved learning the languages. I learned French and Latin and a little Sanskrit as a young man. My late wife in Australia was from a Latvian family, so I understand a little bit of Latvian. I can understand but not really speak Spanish and Italian. I also understand a bit of Chavacano, which is the Spanish and Cebuano creole spoken in some parts of Mindanao and Visayas. As well as learning the language structures, I find learning how to sing in a new language is very helpful. I guess that combines two of my great loves! Paldies Julija!
Smart, talented and beautiful.
The perfect woman doesn't exi...never mind.
And she can do good make up. Not so many women can.
@@mikloscsuvar6097 In her country there are beautiful women everywhere you turn. ;)
@@aTrulyPowerfulSpirit she is the most beautiful of all of them! Her soothing voice and beautiful eyes are absolutely serene! God bless you Julie
Yes she is pretty ,but her mind is more interesting.And she is beautifying language learning.
I cannot praise your Brilliance and Beauty appropriately. I watch the videos over and over, learning more each time I view them. I would appreciate a video comparing and contrasting Modern and Ancient Greek that includes the latest information concerning the decipherment of Linear B and Linear A.
Hiii. I love your work. Super excited for more content. Please make a video on pashto, it is an ignored language and is a beautiful addition to your channel. Much love Julie ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Time stood still...
Fantastic video....
I have years to catch up on..Yay 😁
I’m excited that you’re learning Persian, I can’t wait to see what you do with this language, I am of Persian decent and love the heritage there I feel like it’s a very important part of our human history, ancient Persians invented the time card for employees and they also are the first to pay workers according to their skill set. They also welcomed all levels of society to dine with the upper elites and were very open to whatever the people wanted. It was considered the “free world” of the past kinda like what America used to be, before the deterioration of our society. Western civilization is definitely not what it used to be. I am mostly Persian and Italian, but unfortunately I live in America but I would love to travel and see the world and I really do feel drawn to other languages also, I hope that someday I can find time in my busy life to study more of them like you!
Hi Julie, I've loved language since childhood. Today I have books to self learn 21 languages, but only speak 5, and can work my way through another handful. I use to exhaust my language teacher trying to get to the roots of words and their meanings lol. I love what you do. Cheers.
Oh dear. I knew you must be from the Baltics or from Eastern Europe by the way you speak English. Could it be because of Russian being your native language? I do also speak Russian, I'm a professional linguist myself. I just loved your videos about Latvian and Estonian. I was to all of these countries and I enjoyed them a lot. Riga has a special place in my heart.
Cheers from Poland!
Then you must know of Bronislav Pildzuski He became Ainu ( devoted his life to peoples of Sakhalin and he married Ainu and so he is Ainu even now in the hearts of people.you can find material on Google.
@@oqqaynewaddingxtwjy7072 His orginal name was Bronisław Piłsudski.
His Brother Juzef Piłsudski is very well known in Poland. As a very popular politician and Marshall of polish army.
But during the years 1945 to 1989 he was completly forgotten, For the reason, he was fighting with Soviet Russia in the 20's of XX century.
So for the same reason, we couden't learn anything about Bronisław.
I have heard about Bronisław few years ago. Just because I've been interesting about Ainu culture.
As a native speaker of English, I feel I should tell you that starting a comment with, "Oh dear," suggests disapproval or concern. I don't think you meant that. I just thought I should warn you, so that you know how your use of language comes across to native speakers of English.
You raise a fascinating point that had never occurred to me. "I *have been* to all of these countries" is standard English, but your "I *was* to all of these countries" is ungrammatical. This really weird, because they are just different tenses of the same verb. I can't explain it.
You’re a very similar type of language learner to me, love the more academic approach! Awesome to see some more personal stuff, but love all your content much the same 💜💚
Without the rules(grammar), each vocab is too individual and you don't know if it fits into a pattern or not. Then you're always second guessing and it's hard to memorize a whole bunch of details. It's much easier to memorize rules to guide you to the details.
Like how in math and physics you only memorize the first principles and derive details from those first principles.
Keep up the good work, Julie.
Loved you so much!!
This is a unique channel and a godsend for language lovers and linguists - perfect for the lockdown and quarantine culture, and Third Culture kids like me and my own brood! Her research approach combines a language's historical, political and socio-cultural roots and context with ease. While somewhat touched upon in the Maori installment, as an Indonesian I'd love to hear more about polyglot (syncretic and eclectic) languages, such as Malay (Melayu, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia and other variants). A Q&A feature on the concept of how language uses borrowed or loan words and which languages have been most influenced by human migration and trade routes. And the inevitable question: What's the future of Esperanto, the so-called international auxiliary language?
I'm glad that you are all language freaks, and I'm not alone!
Minute 06:02
Preserving a language also requires what we call in linguistics "Coding": The language needs to be written down in the form of dictionaries, written fiction, tales and even jokes. Written material always help preserve a language better than just speaking it.
Your channel is great and gives great insights about languages that I don't even speak or hope to speak!
Keep those videos coming.
Thank you
You are an impressive person. I'm a German native learned English and French in school and Japanese in university. Because I studied linguistics, I'm always interested in languages and their structure and I sometimes find similarities. But you are on another level and you even speak a bit cat. Thanky for sharing your researches.
What a treasure thank you for sharing your knowledge
I enjoyed everything you have said. My offerings:
* learning songs are the best way to begin learning a new language. For Russian it was 'Korobushka' and "Kalinka'
* I'm originally bilingual in English at home and Spanish from my community in New Mexico and Arizona (and possibly Puebloan Tewa when I was little)
* I studied Latin in high school and Russian at University
* I was a high school exchange student in Greece
* I lived for a year in Florence in Italy and after that traveled to the former Soviet Union visiting Russia, Georgia and Ukraine. (For historical reasons, my time visiting Stalingrad was the most interesting and the people there gave me the most practice speaking Russian with their questions and hospitality.
Likewise in Kiev, where I developed an ear for Ukrainian speech.)
* the US Army put my Russian to good use and taught me Portuguese and Vietnamese.(The Army Language School total immersion method is excellent and I never forget what they taught me years ago.)
* On my own I study Anglo Saxon and Japanese. I have tried to learn some Navajo from my Dine" neighbors and traveling on the huge Navajo Nation).
* Thank you for tour good work!
Ochen' Spasibo!
Really cool, thank you for sharing!
You got what all news reporters DONT have, your not fake and make the prejob on what u talk about. THAT IS GOLD....
Wow! You still remember the Greek singers from back then? That's so cool!
I really enjoy you channel and find your videos very interesting! Please could you do a video on the language they spoke in ancient rome?
Amazing young lady
Please keep teaching
I've been watching yuor videos a while so it was good to get to know more about you
I really glad that youtube algorithms recommended your channel
im your biggest fan from brazil! you re awesoooe, i always wanted to know many languages. if you made some videos about eastern europe history i definitely would watch
I like how you speak every language I recognize. It is like you have a very keen ear for sounds. That is also what differentiates younger people and those 40 and older. Most young people first learn by ear. I have some Iranian friends I made recently. Would be cool to learn some basic Persian. I will look into if they will be able to understand me when I speak Tajik b/c new alphabets are scary but Cyrillic is familiar to me.
You are always with our family here in Myrtle Beach 🏖, South Carolina! Jose and Sasha. Hope to see you soon!
Thank you!
Just subscribed; really find Ainu, Sanskrit and Sumerian the most fascinating on your channel.
Have you ever listened to *The Epic of Gilgamesh* here on UA-cam? It's in Sumerian.
Also like rarer languages, as well as native ones such as Ainu or Navajo.
(Taught myself a little Russian, and am a native German speaker, on a side note; really like especially Asian languages, such as Khmer and Japanese)
7:47 I could watch your cute conversation with the cat all day long!
As a former travel agent I have to say: Riga is one of the most charming places I've been to (several times but only in summer 😉). Your videos are so interesting!
I speak some languages already on a basic level, 5 fluently. I have recently started learning Italian because of the band Måneskin ✨🏆 Winners of the Eurovision, which I normally never watch. This year I did watch some of it, and WAUW, gotta learn Italian 😆
Hi ,I love listening to Hebrew songs to learn Hebrew on MJAI channel videos . They have translations into English.
My last name is Armenian but is a Persian word as it spelled now after ian removed at Ellis Island in pre WW1.
Love your videos!
Ok ,Que Paso!
@Noe Labra l, do have one Hispanic relative but even with 2 years of Spanish in college and some medical terms : I have lost most speaking ability : but I can read 90% of what you wrote.
Via con Deos !
Many Hebrew songs from the earlier period (say, 30s-70s) have more style and melody in arrangement, better training in vocals and much superior verse + richer vocab in lyrics). I know the language but do not listen to such music enough to be more specific, yet radio hits or even kids songs from the 50s & 60s are invariably way classier than most modern Hebrew songs.
Oh Interesting! Jānbāz in Persian means someone who sacrifices his life for people or family (but a person who risks his life but survives is called Jānbāz). It has always been interesting to me that Armenian families (even in Iran) have the last iān.
Yes shat yem sirum hay zhoghovrdin🇮🇷♥️🇦🇲
Hi I speak Hebrew
Go ahead!! I am from Ethiopia following you!!
Ah! Languages…I had benefit to work in psychiatric hospital with some international standing. We had treaters who came from across world including Latvia, to train. And patients from all continents except Antarctica.
As well as Nursing training I had significant training in multiple including Slavic languages.
I found frequently, regardless of my limited language training, I had a very good sense of what a psychiatric patient was experiencing in spite of limited exposure to particular language. This occurred specifically with clients whose native language was middle eastern and Chinese dialects.
The life long question question I have is wether or not a l language effects neurological development or Vis-a- versa.
The understanding of word roots has been most helpful for me. When I here a foreign language spoken I may not understand specifically but I know generally what is being communicated. Fortunately I have sufficient command of Cyrillic alphabet that I am to quickly provide basic translation of medical information.
I am interested in observations.
Riga is a beautiful city. Latvia is a great country. Maybe too cold in winter. I too learned French, Italian and Japanese by living in these countries - best way! Super channel!
Hi Julie. Your videos are very interesting. If you have the time and interest for a real challenge, you might want to look into one of the indigenous languages of Australia. Kaurna is the language of the traditional people in the area of South Australia where I grew up and Bungandidj is the language of the Buandik people of the area I have lived in for the past 37 years. Ngarrindjeri is another South Australian language of the area between the two previously mentioned and has some interesting resources online. These languages were of course not written until Europeans began trying to record them in the early 19thC. They are some of the oldest human languages still spoken on our planet. Keep up your interesting hobby, your videos are much appreciated (I particularly liked the one on the Welsh language as I have Welsh blood through my maternal grandfather).
your pronunciation in the languages I understand is very nice. Also, nice style of presentation.
you're amazing, felicidades
Your thirst for history is beautiful.
I recently dicovered your channel and I'm so motivated into learning languages whenever I watch anyone of your videos, they're so great! By the way, what would you recommend me to do if I wanted to learn Russian as a Basque native speaker like me? Love your content!
Nice to meet you! Baltic languages and culture are fascinating as they seem to preserve something really ancient in the development of IE culture. Perhaps I can wish you с днём рождения! or maybe Apsveicu dzimšanas dienā! sometime around now then
Great. I feel very akin to you. Linguistics was the field of study in which I seemed to find myself. I wrote my MA thesis on Language Diversity. My daughter is an Urban Planner.
Oh, I've been to Latvia last September - and in particular to Riga (an impressive place, but very bad for parking the car). We managed to get understood everywhere using English and Russian. We drove there by car from France (2.5 days driving to Vilnius, Lithuania, through Germany and Poland...)The place in Latvia we liked most was Liepaja, on the Baltic sea. Needless to say that Latvian language, just like Lithuanian (let's not talk about Estonian) is nearly like Hebrew to us, except for a few words. Greetings from France!
Apart from being an enthusiastic linguistic learner, I am a big fan of your channel. If you have a chance, I would like you to explore Korean language. I have heard that once it was considered as a part of the big Altaic family. However, as far as I know, it is now considered as a language isolate. I watched the episode about Thai language. I love it very much. I come from Thailand. :)
An interesting language that might be worth studying is Mitchif. (The name comes from French Metis or "mixed.") It is a creole from the Great Plains area spanning the United States and Canada. The fascinating thing is the people who evolved it were apparently fully proficient in both French and Cree. It has the complexities of both languages, which is unusual for creoles. Nouns are French and have masculine and feminine gender. Verbs are Cree and have animate-inanimate gender.
We love youuu
Nice video! I am glad to know your nationality, I thought you were Italian before.
I enjoy your videos very much, thumbs up and thank you for your efforts 👍!
What about Burushaski, Finnish or some of the Paleosibirian languages? These would be great to see in a video.
It's interesting that you're from Riga. My teacher, who died recently, was also from Riga. He taught Yiddish, which was spoken in Riga until the German invasion during World War II.
Hi Julie. I love your videos. I'm brazilian. I'd love to see a video about Portuguese and the diference between brazilian and other variations such as portuguese, angolan, mozambique, etc.
Excellent self introductory video ,keep it up ! Wish you all the best ! 👍👍👍🇮🇳
You have a beautiful voice and I love your videos. Linguistics is very interesting.
I think the best way to deal with cities though, is to eliminate them and have people live in the countryside.
I find all your videos extremely fascinating becuase of all that I learning from you. I am going to watch your Latvian video in a a day or two. I am trying to find videos describing my Polish and Hungarian ancestry, their origin, their language, their customs and history. I always thought that Hungary got its name from their Hunnic association since many of the Huns settled in the region now known as Hungary. And I also thought the Huns to be a descendant branch of the Xiongnu.
Thank you for your Channel. Like you I am intensely interested in languages, particularly the obscure ones; and, like you, I love to start with the grammar. I love the structure. I don't always agree with him , but Winston Churchill was right when he emphasised grammar as the "nuts and bolts" of the language.
Normally, invented languages irritate me, but there is a glorious exception. Professor Tolkien - a major linguist himself - devised two Elvish languages, Quenya and Sindarin. He then put them in stories, most famously in his trilogy The Lord of the Rings. They are beautiful and really work as languages; the film version of The Lord of the Rings uses them, and the very beautiful song 'May it be" has Elvish phrases.
I wish your videos had been around 25 years ago, when I studied languages. The Internet is amazing!
I like watching cooking videos in foreign languages. The context is there to build around.
Hello from Australia! I have just discovered your channel and was pleasantly surprised to hear Gabriel Garcia Marquez at the top of your list of authors! He is magical - may I recommend Haruki Murakami to you? If you haven't already read any of his work, I suggest "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" is a great place to start. If you enjoy Garcia Marquez, you will almost certainly like Murakami-san. Paldies for sharing your knowledge with us! 😊
I am very impressed. And share Julie's curiosity about languages, I just don't have her persistence or talent. I would love to hear her on the Guarani language, which I once reached a useful level of competence in. It is an indigenous language still spoken (including Tupi variations) by over ten million people in South America, and a surprising number in the United States.
I enjoyed listening to your language history. :)
This was an interesting video! Thanks. Have you ever done a video reviewing Pennsylvania German?
I really like your videos. Clearly there a lot of reasurce and effort. Your videos shed light on lesser known languages. Please make a video about mansi language. Its a little minority nation and language in Siberia, in the verge of extinsion. I am hungarian find them facinating because I can undersratand some word, and it completly sounds like old hungarian. Its crazy how we are related a continet away. Theres little information about them and no good cvality video explaining their language. You would make huge survice to the mansi and hungarian nations. Please make video about them before they die out.
Thank you 🙂
What a sympathic person! Yes, we share the same hobby. Which kind of turkish music did u listen too.
Thank you.