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Why does Sicilian sound more like Latin than Italian does?
PATREON: patreon.com/JackofallLanguages INSTAGRAM: @jack_of_all_languages BUY ME A COFFEE: buymeacoffee.com/languageswithjack *** This week, we take a look at how we got from Classical Latin's ten-vowel system to Sicilian's system with just five vowels. Grazii pi taliari! *** Sources: - Bonner…
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How Hittite proved the existence of these “lost consonants” in Proto-Indo-European
PATREON: patreon.com/JackofallLanguages INSTAGRAM: @jack_of_all_languages BUY ME A COFFEE: buymeacoffee.com/languageswithjack This week, we hear the fascinating story of how linguist Ferdinand de Saussure "predicted" the existence Proto-Indo-European's laryngeal consonants – a prediction that was...
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How did nouns work in Hittite?
In this third video in our Hittite series, we take a look at a very exciting topic... nominal morphology! I.e., how nouns change form when they are used as different parts of speech. PATREON: patreon.com/JackofallLanguages INSTAGRAM: @jack_of_all_languages BUY ME A COFFEE:...
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How did verbs work in Hittite?
PATREON: patreon.com/JackofallLanguages INSTAGRAM: @jack_of_all_languages BUY ME A COFFEE: buymeacoffee.com/languageswithjack Sources: - Lehmann, W. P., & Slocum, J. (n.d.). Hittite online: Series introduction. Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas at Austin. - van den Hout, T. (2011)....
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What did the Hittite language sound like?
PATREON: patreon.com/JackofallLanguages INSTAGRAM: @jack_of_all_languages BUY ME A COFFEE: buymeacoffee.com/languageswithjack This week, we begin a mini-series on the ancient Hittite language -- beginning with its phonology and writing system. Sources: * Lehmann, W. P., & Slocum, J. (n.d.).…
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On the alphabet, history, and loving languages - with Dr. Danny Bate
Join on Patreon to watch the full interview: patreon.com/JackofallLanguages Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jack_of_all_languages/ Danny Bate's website: https://dannybate.com/ Purchase Why Q Needs U: https://geni.us/WhyQNeedsU A Language I Love Is... (podcast):...
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The Gothic language: A glimpse into Germanic past
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@languageswithjack PATREON: patreon.com/JackofallLanguages INSTAGRAM: @jackofalllanguages BUY ME A COFFEE: buymeacoffee.com/languageswithjack IPA chart with audio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet_chart Sources: William H. Bennett, An...
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Lithuanian: The most conservative Indo-European language?
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@languageswithjack PATREON: patreon.com/JackofallLanguages INSTAGRAM: @jackofalllanguages BUY ME A COFFEE: buymeacoffee.com/languageswithjack This week we take a look at a language that has been called the most conservative of the Indo-European languages. Link to...
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Croatia's little-known Romance language
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@languageswithjack Join my Patreon page to get access to weekly bonus content related to my videos: https://www.patreon.com/JackofallLanguages Buy me a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/languageswithjack Sources: Antonio Ive, I dialetti ladino-veneti dell’Istria, 1900....
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Who was the last native speaker of Latin?
Who was the last ever native speaker of Latin? Is it possible to know? Join my Patreon page to get access to weekly bonus content related to my videos: https://www.patreon.com/JackofallLanguages Buy me a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/languageswithjack YouTube…
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