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The Longest Word in Any Language
Which language has the longest single natural word ever penned? Not English. ("What about Titin?" "Welsh??" * ) Subscribe for language: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Follow my progress or become my...
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Without a compass: giving directions the Hawaiian way - Eavesdropping Traveler #4
Without a compass: giving directions the Hawaiian way - Eavesdropping Traveler I went looking for good shave ice on O'ahu. When I asked for directions, I didn't get the normal East-West or right-left kind of answers. I got a very...
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A New Year for Language - thanks for 2014, happy 2015!
Look back, look ahead. We visited languages and pondered linguistics in 2014. We even wandered off into animvloggy creativeness. Thanks to your help, here’s what’s up in 2015: - answering interesting, general questions about language -...
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Old Tongues, New Techs: Latin jets, Hawaiian computers and other surprising neologisms!
Traditional languages come up with strange, cool, even hilarious words for new technology. Computers, cars and smartphones may spread from culture to culture, but not everyone’s happy to borrow your words for these innovations. Take this...
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How do you say Hawai'i? - Eavesdropping Traveler #1
You know Hawaii as a vacation mecca and the last state in the US. But how do you pronounce it? Take a virtual flight to this beautiful island chain and listen in on the Hawaiian language. Along the way, we'll meet the Hawaiian alphabet...