The most important language you will EVER learn | Poet Ali | TEDxOrangeCoast

2014 ж. 22 Қаз.
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Do you speak this language? Do you share the experience? These are questions that Poet Ali masterfully tries to answer in an original narrative. This talk explains why we should all learn the most important language that unites us all.
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Poet Ali is a Motivational Speaker, Actor, Writer, and Hip Hop Troubadour. He has used his voice and talents to be an advocate for many causes. He has toured global stages in Italy, Spain, the U.K., the Middle East, the Caribbean, and the U.S. As a Motivational Speaker he has been invited to share his talents at multiple national and international conferences and the TED talk stage. He has had many careers: Dancer/Choreographer, Editorial Writer, DJ, Percussionist, Hip Hop Artist, Actor, Teacher, Entrepreneur, Performer, and Speaker. Poet is currently on tour reaching out to the youth through his music, empowerment, and activism and owns a Production Studio in Long Beach, California where he works with Artists, Producers, and Writers from all over the world. Find out much more and join him at: www.PoetAli.com
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  • How does this not have more views?!?! This is one of the best ted talks I've seen.

    @floridmonkey2723@floridmonkey27237 жыл бұрын
    • Because it's not titled "Mathematics and sex | Clio Cresswell | TEDxSydney"

      @Ken.-@Ken.-7 жыл бұрын
    • +Kira hahahha

      @hans2695@hans26957 жыл бұрын
    • Kira Meh, that was was OK, I did watch it before this one though.

      @floridmonkey2723@floridmonkey27237 жыл бұрын
    • Probably because it's larger than 3 minutes and people online have a reaaaally short attention span :/

      @marielchen@marielchen7 жыл бұрын
    • agree, it took me until 28 years old when i realize i am not speaking the same language with people around me

      @Keeratipong@Keeratipong6 жыл бұрын
  • Top 10 TED talk of all time hands down

    @sebastianelytron8450@sebastianelytron84506 жыл бұрын
    • He could mold the crowd in his hands like it was putty, this guy is sensational

      @kidkangaroo5213@kidkangaroo52136 жыл бұрын
    • Sebastian Elytron Important and useless languages: 1- ENGLISH 2- CHINESE 3- SPANISH- FRENCH 4- RUSSIAN- JAPANESSE- ARABIC 5- GERMAN - PORTUGUESE 6- HINDI 7- others

      @carloszann779@carloszann7796 жыл бұрын
    • Sebastian Elytron mahanati

      @indiramajji875@indiramajji8756 жыл бұрын
    • Sebastian Elytron

      @eugenesiegel872@eugenesiegel8726 жыл бұрын
    • tómi dan French is in the “others” section imo. Useless unless you go to France.

      @xijinping1099@xijinping10995 жыл бұрын
  • “Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world.” “Speak any language, Turkish, Greek, Persian, Arabic, but always speak with love.” “Heart is a sea, Language is the shore. Whatever is in the sea hits the shore.” “Not the ones speaking the same language, but the ones sharing the same feeling understand each other.” -Jalal ad-Dinn Muhammad “Maulana” Rumi

    @kiryu2000@kiryu20005 жыл бұрын
    • An Iranian poet!

      @Hellooooo378@Hellooooo378 Жыл бұрын
  • I've seen a lot of Ted talks but this was the best...

    @229axb7@229axb79 жыл бұрын
    • why?

      @HuaJarry@HuaJarry9 жыл бұрын
    • +Hua Jarry maybe she saw really crappy Ted talks

      @Teen-Conor@Teen-Conor8 жыл бұрын
    • The most touching

      @anselmodeoliveira8659@anselmodeoliveira86594 жыл бұрын
  • The part about loved ones dying of cancer brought me to tears, because I speak that language.

    @OperationXX1@OperationXX17 жыл бұрын
    • iced cap so do I. Hope everything is ok now with you though, I know how much it hurts 💜

      @vee9784@vee97846 жыл бұрын
    • I didn’t have the strength to make my own comment about this language. So I’ll thumbs up yours. I just started learning this language recently. I had been able to hold my composure lately but it was instant tears the moment he started talking about appetite.

      @MunthApollo@MunthApollo5 жыл бұрын
    • Same. It's been 7 years and the language is dormant, but hearing about it almost instantly brought me to tears.

      @jasonhugo1936@jasonhugo19365 жыл бұрын
    • Which language was it?

      @carolinaherrera8030@carolinaherrera80305 жыл бұрын
    • Well I cried too cuz i thought it was about fighting cancer, so I felt kinda weird when he said it wall all about someone else doing it.

      @grzegorznonszalancki7604@grzegorznonszalancki76045 жыл бұрын
  • My mother language is Russian. I then learned French and then English. Then Spanish. Then German... and now I am learning Chinese. And this... learning, this entire new experience made my life fantastic. To anyone trying to learn a new language, don't give up. You will open your mind to a new culture, to new people... and this is by far, the greatest gift in this world.

    @chadcybercock3915@chadcybercock39155 жыл бұрын
    • Gamer's International Agency (G.I.A) Круто и молодец ты! Я сам американский китаец и я вырос на китайском и английском. В моей жизни я изучал более 10-и языков но теперь я сосредоточусь на арабском, русском, турецком, и китайском (я не умею писать к сожалению). Я уже 2,5 года учу русский язык. Желаю тебе удачи и всего лучшего!

      @kiryu2000@kiryu20005 жыл бұрын
    • @@kiryu2000 Спасибо! Я лично вырос на русском языке, но переехав в Америку к пяти лeт, мне нужно было выучить французский и английский. Потом взылся за испанский и немецкий. И сейчас начал китайский... это как будто испытание поcле пяти языков. Желаю удачи с арабским и турецким. Это не просто но может открыть безумное количество возможностей!

      @chadcybercock3915@chadcybercock39155 жыл бұрын
    • @@chadcybercock3915 how you learnt that languages? Can you talk about your plan to learn it?

      @balenhaidar4071@balenhaidar4071 Жыл бұрын
  • It was a privilege to see Poet Ali share this at last month's TEDxOC. Unfortunately, the 2-minute standing ovation at the end got edited down to a few seconds...

    @lcgaitan@lcgaitan9 жыл бұрын
    • Luis Gaitan Did he come back onto the stage?

      @user-no2vw8tm2s@user-no2vw8tm2s6 жыл бұрын
    • @@ResistantLaw 🤣🤣

      @mari02492@mari024923 жыл бұрын
    • @@user-no2vw8tm2s p

      @goodkbh2@goodkbh22 жыл бұрын
  • Most the girls in the world are complaining about it, Most the poems in the world have been written about it, Most the music on the radio is hitting about it, or kicking about it, or ripping about it, Most the verses in the game people are spitting about it, Most the songs in the world people are talking about it, Most the broken hearts I know are walking without it, started to doubt it, lost without it, Most the shadows in the dark have forgotten about it, Everybody in the world would be tripping without it, Every boy and every girl would be dead without it, struggle without it, nothing without it, Most the fingers that are drunk are dialling about it, Most the people that are in it are smiling about it, Most the people who have lost it are crying about it, trying to get it back, or lying about it, Most the pages that are filled are filled about it, The tears that are spilled are spilled about it, The people that have felt it are real about it, A life without it would be lost without it, When I'm in it and I feel it I am shouting about it, Everybody in the whole world knowing about it, When I’m hurt and broke down I be flowing about it, going about it wrong, because I didn’t allow it, Can’t a wound or scar heal without it, Can’t the way that you feel be concealed about it, Everybody has their own ideal about it, dream about it, appeal about it, So what’s the deal about it? Are you about it? To know that life is a trip and unreal without it? Everything that you feel is surreal about it, But I’m just a writer, what can I reveal about it?” - Poet Ali

    @justjhakkas@justjhakkas8 жыл бұрын
    • just jhakkas What's the meaning of this poem?

      @hongbao1524@hongbao15246 жыл бұрын
    • Love...

      @kaad7@kaad76 жыл бұрын
    • after the first line i thoght PERIODCRAMPS

      @JayBird0@JayBird06 жыл бұрын
    • the rhymes are on point

      @Saludin2@Saludin26 жыл бұрын
    • Grateful for posting😍 The moment he started the poem, I decided to search about it 😂 PEACE ❤️

      @MetaPhysical369@MetaPhysical3696 жыл бұрын
  • I "it" every single words came out of this man mouth

    @fiqrizain3525@fiqrizain35257 жыл бұрын
    • I "it" the guy 😂

      @iamURHO@iamURHO5 жыл бұрын
    • ?

      @ytytyyu@ytytyyu3 жыл бұрын
    • @@ytytyyu watch the video man

      @default632@default6323 жыл бұрын
    • @@default632 IT is the demon clown movie

      @dinozaurpickupline4221@dinozaurpickupline42213 жыл бұрын
    • @@dinozaurpickupline4221 In this context, it means love.

      @default632@default6323 жыл бұрын
  • Never have I seen someone putting out to words so good what I feel or have felt. Never have I seen someone put it to words of what I've experienced.

    @rattiofficial@rattiofficial8 жыл бұрын
    • Never have you seen someone putting to words so *well*

      @Jerald_Fitzjerald@Jerald_Fitzjerald6 жыл бұрын
  • 8 years later and still this ted talk and this guy give me inspitation Thank you❤

    @user-tk1sv1gq4u@user-tk1sv1gq4u7 ай бұрын
  • 12:23 Bravo! Beautiful description of the benefits of emotional intelligence as it relates to leadership: “You probably know what it’s like to be left out. You know what it’s like that everyone is a part of something, and you’re not. You know what it’s like to be the outsider, and in fact you know what it’s like being the minority. Because I believe that this language of being a minority is one of the most important languages you can ever learn. Because at some point in our life we will all be in that position of compromise, and at some point we’ll all be in that position of power. And if you can tap into what you felt when you were that minority, how you handle that power will be an immense, immense gift that you can give to the world.”

    @rickbond79@rickbond796 жыл бұрын
  • one of the best teds i've heard

    @Kamil-B@Kamil-B9 жыл бұрын
    • Kamil B. اس ا

      @user-ez4bi1km2o@user-ez4bi1km2o6 жыл бұрын
  • Although it basically became a game of riddles from the middle onwards, it still feels very powerful for some reason.

    @israellai@israellai8 жыл бұрын
    • His acting while speaking was on point.

      @castro4694@castro46948 жыл бұрын
  • This man is one of the most intelligent people I have seen, the way he conveyed his way of visualizing and portraying thought into such a way of understanding. And the way he bends language.

    @haileylineham6787@haileylineham6787 Жыл бұрын
  • the learning language is giving a lot of different experience that seeing many circumstances. I was born in Seoul, Korea, I only spoke my mother tongue as a Korean, but since I learn English and any languages, it makes that possible to opening to different future to me. Currently, I'm meeting a lot of multi-ethnic people and making a lot of miracle situation with my friends. this is astonishing.

    @jntim19@jntim197 жыл бұрын
  • You had me in the first half when you spoke Farsi, and speaking about "ta'arof", but then you had me again in the 2nd half. Thanks for this amazing performance. Thank you Poet Ali.

    @threefour1598@threefour15982 жыл бұрын
  • I got shocked when he started speaking Persian, his talk was awesome :-) Mokhlesetam

    @yaghoubiansepehrad@yaghoubiansepehrad5 жыл бұрын
  • It's rarely that a Ted talk makes me tear up. These are profound thoughts, thank you

    @karolinaciucias664@karolinaciucias6644 ай бұрын
  • I think it’s amazing how many different languages there are in the world & how each one has it’s own “World” for those who speak it.

    @leehyun-jae8427@leehyun-jae84274 жыл бұрын
  • So much heart in the man's voice, that's what I enjoyed most about this. Passion and anger forms love.

    @chanmyaekoko2659@chanmyaekoko26595 жыл бұрын
  • It was magical to see him live! and it was heart-warming meeting you in person, Ali! You are world-class!

    @FayeKitarievauthor@FayeKitarievauthor9 жыл бұрын
  • this is an incredible talk. language of experience is amazing.

    @syahdin5613@syahdin56137 жыл бұрын
  • I was so entranced by this entire speech that I couldn't look away. Absolutely magnificent. This is going to be a speech that won't leave my mind for weeks.

    @sofeashabani@sofeashabani5 жыл бұрын
  • Best thing I saw and heard today ...The Language ....Thank You TEDx Talks for getting this magical being ~Poet Ali and all other experts on the platform. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

    @zucaymon@zucaymon5 жыл бұрын
  • he is good at getting the audience to laugh nice job

    @hezekiahbenisrael8320@hezekiahbenisrael83209 жыл бұрын
  • I have watched this video tens of times. It gives me a special feeling of widening my heart and mind. I have been working on how I can use his idea (language) to learn anything in life. Think about it! The language of business, musical notes, coding, and etc. I’m on the way to utilize his idea in my plans.

    @chawankawa4506@chawankawa45065 жыл бұрын
  • Rhetorically, this speech is wonderful.

    @JM-sx1rp@JM-sx1rp9 жыл бұрын
    • you are right but at the same time he lacks in value. i have hardly ever seen someone using so much words to say nearly nothing valuable.

      @ShadowMcSneaky@ShadowMcSneaky4 жыл бұрын
    • @@ShadowMcSneaky If you got nothing from this TEDxTalk, I would suggest listening to it a few more times, slowly, or just broadening your mind and your heart. No offense intended, but I just can't see how you get "nearly nothing" out of such a poetic and important talk, especially nowadays, in an era of such division and small-mindedness.

      @thesaltedlamp3444@thesaltedlamp34443 жыл бұрын
    • @@thesaltedlamp3444 dont get me wrong...its rhetorically very good...but it lacks content. if you compare it to other tedx talks or other "shows" like this. he just trys to adress your feelings instead of giving you new information or new concepts. he trys to sell it like its something totally new and never heared that he is talking about. boaster like...

      @ShadowMcSneaky@ShadowMcSneaky3 жыл бұрын
    • @@ShadowMcSneaky Ahh, yeah, I see what you're saying. That's a fair criticism. I suppose the charm of this talk lies not in its bringing something brand new to the table, but in how he framed an old and well-known concept in a new, and newly convincing manner.

      @thesaltedlamp3444@thesaltedlamp34443 жыл бұрын
    • @@ShadowMcSneaky In rhetoric we call that substantiation. He certainly took his time fleshing out certain arguments, but the methodical structure and tagging he used, balanced with keeping the audience in the dark while building them up shows it was intentional for the speech. His message is also very meta, so it makes sense that he would substantiate so much, proving larger idea based on a consistent phenomenon. Rhetorically air tight.

      @adambensaid9990@adambensaid99902 жыл бұрын
  • My Thoughts wile he was speaking the last "language": "Most of the girls in the world are complaining about" Me: Why is he talking about periods XD? "Most of the poems inthe world have been written about it" Me: Ooooh thats what you´re talking about upps XD.

    @languagenerd477@languagenerd4778 жыл бұрын
    • LanguageNerd I thought he meant gaining unwanted weight hahaha

      @LL-in5sp@LL-in5sp6 жыл бұрын
    • i thought the same dude like "huh didn't think he'd mention periods lmao"

      @kloud8447@kloud84476 жыл бұрын
    • I was blowing my sweaty hands when I saw this now I have to sanitize after reading this 😂

      @iamURHO@iamURHO5 жыл бұрын
    • LanguageNerd SAME THO

      @YourRyeBread@YourRyeBread5 жыл бұрын
    • I thought the same thing 😂😂

      @schiannagranger3718@schiannagranger37184 жыл бұрын
  • I cried. Before he spoke of buildings falling to the ground. My body spoke to me in shivers , skin displayed tiny goosebumps as i quiver like text to empathise with his poetic sounds. I spoke in tears; reflecting the most effective connected ectiv communication by a facilitator Most profound. He was engaging and comforting through real consideration;& shifted my isolation loneliness over to having some company ,by being so broad in his inclusivity, i felt part of all crowds. Man you even say the right things silently unspoken,oozing positivity. You deserve to be rewarded yet it's fund is internally self approval hopefully reverberating a deserved entitlement to be extremely proud.

    @ZootZinBootZ@ZootZinBootZ4 жыл бұрын
  • Well now we know why he said he spoke 83 languages.

    @patrickjohansson2800@patrickjohansson28007 жыл бұрын
    • damn you are a smart guy

      @fantastic_joe@fantastic_joe4 жыл бұрын
    • You do speak a lot of languages too... everyone does.

      @RuLeZ1988@RuLeZ19883 жыл бұрын
  • I knew from the beginning that your speech would lead to the language of love. Thanks alot from my viewpoint as a writer. One of the best speeches, perhaps even the best speech ever.

    @patricksandrononn8309@patricksandrononn83094 жыл бұрын
  • Absolutely amazing Poet, so happy that your brilliance is spreading and being heard!!!!

    @fjos88@fjos889 жыл бұрын
  • This is brilliant (and he's hilarious). I loved the part about remembering what it feels like to be a minority in those situations in which you're part of the majority. And it's so true that no matter who's standing in front of you, there's some language that you share, even if it's just laughter.

    @MarelisaFabrega@MarelisaFabrega7 жыл бұрын
  • That was so beautifully said. Not just the subject of the talk, but the speaker himself. Man you're made for this, keep being on stage. You enlighten it. Much love.

    @lydiahanni4508@lydiahanni45086 жыл бұрын
  • I listen to a lot of ted talks and this might be the BEST

    @YaThat.@YaThat. Жыл бұрын
  • Bravo!

    @FolklorGuitar@FolklorGuitar7 жыл бұрын
  • Hands down one of the most eclectic and moving yet informing and educating speeches on TT. Poet Ali is amazing.

    @King-ij8ee@King-ij8ee3 жыл бұрын
  • What about sign language? It would be transformational to start including people who are deaf & hard of hearing.

    @LeChalet360@LeChalet3607 жыл бұрын
    • Le Chalet hey do you sign? :)

      @somemusician3832@somemusician38326 жыл бұрын
    • I'm learning it along will morse, and I don't really have any use for it with anyone I know, but if I ever meet someone who has to use sign language, I want to be that person who can understand and communicate with them 🤷‍♀️

      @inkbery4473@inkbery44736 жыл бұрын
    • Agreed, I used to volunteer with a deaf, disabled man who used to dishwash with me. Nobody could communicate with him, so at first I learned the alphabet and then a little more advanced smaller things of ASL. You quickly realize what it means to a deaf person when they have someone they can truly communicate with. Just imagine going to work everyday, and not being able to express a real story or give depth to any conversation. Instead just being asked how are you today, and answering with a good or bad with your hands. You form a completely different relationship with those suffering, and learn more about yourself when you learn something new like that.....and do something for others benefit. It's like volunteering in general...

      @duke7424@duke74245 жыл бұрын
    • I don't wanna be 'that person' but I have a handicap in my left arm so I would never be able to speak it. I just wanna say that there isn't any language we can all speak I think.

      @JustKaylee@JustKaylee5 жыл бұрын
    • @@JustKaylee There are totally modifications to signs that can be done one handed! How do you think deaf parents communicate with their kids while driving the car? Or holding onto something they can't put down? Of course, it can't be used if you don't have hands but we can communicate with other methods thanks to technology, we just need to make that technology more accessible so people don't have to be separated by their different languages!

      @LeifSchmit@LeifSchmit5 жыл бұрын
  • One of the best Ted talks ever. Love his enthusiasm

    @enkelenahaxhiu3705@enkelenahaxhiu37056 жыл бұрын
  • Very well spoken. This talk was one of the best I have ever seen and heard on TED TALK.

    @oetemadian@oetemadian9 жыл бұрын
  • One of the best things I have witnessed about life, and how we all are so connected if we just take that time to see it... Love is a universal language

    @DigitalUniverseReviews@DigitalUniverseReviews6 жыл бұрын
  • I'm in tears idk why exactly, but I love this TedTalk so much. I hope more people can discover this one and share it >

    @savaseoul@savaseoul2 жыл бұрын
  • Amazing talk! So powerful, so talented. Thank you Poet Ali joon!!!

    @parvanehbasirmand4868@parvanehbasirmand48689 жыл бұрын
  • Was I the only sixteen year old that saw the "textspeak," and thought "what the hell is this?"

    @caceyvargas9685@caceyvargas96857 жыл бұрын
    • no, you're not

      @keegster7167@keegster71676 жыл бұрын
    • No, definitely not... but I think that we might be too young to understand that, because with WhatsApp and Facebook messenger we don't need that many abbreviations

      @eleanorrigby7914@eleanorrigby79146 жыл бұрын
    • Nope.

      @unclepodger@unclepodger6 жыл бұрын
    • I'm only 23 and i felt so old for not understanding the language

      @MAY7317@MAY73176 жыл бұрын
    • All that was derived from when you were limited to a charachter limit for texts on mobile phones - it's probably a whole other demographic in itself. People aged over 25 and under 35?

      @alintarobinson-herbert259@alintarobinson-herbert2596 жыл бұрын
  • This was just.... beautiful. The poetic vibe of it, the theme of it, the concept of it. I can't think of that many words to accurately describe it besides that. Poetic, beautiful, awesome. One of the best Ted Talks I've seen. Wow.

    @blazewood3758@blazewood37586 жыл бұрын
  • Poet Ali is amazing with words and he's also an extremely cool person to hang with. This was an amazing talk, keep up the good work man!

    @therhythmatic@therhythmatic9 жыл бұрын
  • One of the best Ted Talks...Good job Poet !

    @mustafarahimi@mustafarahimi9 жыл бұрын
  • This speech is in my top of the best speeches ever!

    @katyaspark@katyaspark5 жыл бұрын
  • The best of the best TED talk i’ve ever seen and listened. Salute to you Poet Ali.

    @joyoustv5998@joyoustv59984 жыл бұрын
  • That's one of the most amazing talks I've listened to... no wonder his name is Poet Ali... the whole talk went like a poem

    @latote1917@latote19174 жыл бұрын
  • 14:14 "When I'm in it and I feel it, I'd be shoutin' about it! "

    @mous92sa@mous92sa9 жыл бұрын
  • 5:32 I know some people thank the modern abbreviation text is lazy, but it is actually more practical in some ways then conventional writing it you can understand it. First of all, it's compressed, without any loss of meaning. Yet the implications of this writing style are significant; it could evolve into an extremely fast, complex dialect. Something like abbreviated speech.

    @alecrisser12@alecrisser129 жыл бұрын
    • Alan Cleary It might be John McWhorter or David Crystal. Probably Crystal.

      @boabysands123@boabysands1239 жыл бұрын
    • I did not understand the abbreviated text until some weeks ago; now more and more abbreviations make sense to me, even though I do not use it. Well, I do not even write using contractions like 'don't' and alike stuff, just for aesthetical effect.

      @abielticas1693@abielticas16936 жыл бұрын
  • This is one of the most inspiring, entertaining, and uplifting talks I ever heard. Please share it with others!

    @georgegonzalez4020@georgegonzalez40202 жыл бұрын
  • This might be the best ted talk I’ve seen so far.

    @brycetomecek5065@brycetomecek50656 жыл бұрын
  • That was beautiful. Thank you. I dig that rap at the end.

    @awiennn@awiennn7 жыл бұрын
    • ME TOO!! :)

      @g-raffasaurus2350@g-raffasaurus23507 жыл бұрын
    • Fara Yaman poem*

      @Jomijo@Jomijo6 жыл бұрын
  • I cried on the cancer language. My grandma died of cancer and I went through all of that.

    @MRZPRODGITY@MRZPRODGITY8 жыл бұрын
  • This is a genius TEDx. RIP Yvette. Love ya for life. Cancer didn't kill our love for each other. #Geniusiscommon

    @GeniusisCommon@GeniusisCommon7 жыл бұрын
  • One of the best of the best TED talks I've ever listened to! Thank you Poet Ali

    @Tatianaavn@Tatianaavn4 жыл бұрын
  • humble man, impressive talk. If I wasn't that lazy I would've been standing throughout the whole thing

    @PiaRxxxx@PiaRxxxx7 жыл бұрын
  • Very touching, especially to the end of the video. I lack of words.

    @DerRobert82@DerRobert826 жыл бұрын
  • Arguably one of the best Ted talks I have seen. Excellent talk, absolutely brilliant topic.

    @gking1990@gking19907 жыл бұрын
  • What you said at 12:48 is very impressive. Thanks, Poet Ali, for saying those words in probably the most wonderful way possible. --- I believe, this language, of being the minority, is one of the most important languages you can ever learn. At some point in our life, we'll all be in that position of compromise, and at some point, we'll all be in that position of power. And if you can tap into what you felt when you were that minority, how you handled that power, it will be an immense gift that you can give to the world.

    @Tama-mx6ux@Tama-mx6ux4 жыл бұрын
  • Such an amazing talk Poet Ali! :) I loved your rhyme at the end too!!!! I really felt that brother :);)

    @g-raffasaurus2350@g-raffasaurus23507 жыл бұрын
  • He show us the values of learning new cultures and experience. Excellently 👌

    @clobsonsantos2022@clobsonsantos20227 жыл бұрын
    • is that a new concept for you? i am kind of shocked that everyone praises him. i have never seen someone using that much words for saying nearly nothing. he is just trying to evoke emotions over and over again. you can summerize his speach in one sentence.

      @ShadowMcSneaky@ShadowMcSneaky4 жыл бұрын
    • @@ShadowMcSneaky I praise nobody, seems like you do not like him. Chill out man, we're just passengers in life. Since we all are going to die someday I choose to see the good. The speaker is someone like you, me or anyone who knows that we'll never be able to fully understand "something"

      @clobsonsantos2022@clobsonsantos20224 жыл бұрын
  • Now I am enlightened how I can communicate with a lot of people, connecting with them so easily the first time. The language.

    @theinnuminati@theinnuminati4 жыл бұрын
  • Not only USA, dude. I am from Brazil, 24, and I remember the day 9/11, as it was yesterday. Still, I have no words to explain the feeling that I felt watching this video. So powerful. Thank you.

    @carlosfeliper.carvalho4528@carlosfeliper.carvalho45287 жыл бұрын
    • Infinite Resilience yeah 9/11 was a lot worse than everything happened in afghanistan , Vietnam, Heroshima, Iraq.... etc

      @Alswat100@Alswat1006 жыл бұрын
    • AA A and still happening in Palestine under the blessings of "GREAT" America

      @MAY7317@MAY73176 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you. You are an amazing and affectionate speaker.

    @honantong@honantong5 жыл бұрын
  • The last part touched me. It made me think a lot and relate a lot. Thank you Poet Ali.

    @brianamancuso9889@brianamancuso98896 жыл бұрын
  • The best TED talk ever which taught us the most precious universal language!!! ❤

    @radharao1711@radharao171110 ай бұрын
  • are facial expressions, languages?

    @Ashl3ylopez@Ashl3ylopez8 жыл бұрын
    • +Ashley lopez. Language, from the Latin - lingua - means tongue. We presume then, that the word refers to verbal communication ... wait! ... to poke your tongue out is a facial expression which also uses the tongue ... wooh there I didn't say I was an expert. Good luck.

      @ameagher2@ameagher28 жыл бұрын
    • ohh yes, definitely.

      @ehsancharolia3297@ehsancharolia32978 жыл бұрын
    • One of the most important of all languages since there are some that are universal. It's when there is brain damage such as some autism where facial expressions are just impossible and don't know even by tone of voice when someone is sarcastic or sad. I think of Sheldon Cooper. It's just too complicated.

      @myinboxes@myinboxes7 жыл бұрын
    • Ashl3y lopez they're qualifiers for language. And we share many of them universally. But, for instance, in deaf culture, facial expression is extremely important bc it conveys your intent. Same with communicating with someone who doesn't speak your language. We use gestures, facial expressions, etc, to convey our intentions. We know, when we see someone cry, they are either incredibly sad, hurt, or crying from happiness. And we don't have to speak the same language to know what they're expressing. Sometimes our expressions say more than our words can really convey.

      @MedusaOblongata@MedusaOblongata6 жыл бұрын
    • there were actually studies about that. certain facial expressions are universal no matter where you go in the world. which helped me learn to read humans better since i have aspergers and a hard time reading people. im still not good at it and often misjudge situations but certain facial expressions dont lie

      @Krizefugl@Krizefugl6 жыл бұрын
  • This was absolutely amazing.

    @followingsophie9955@followingsophie99558 жыл бұрын
    • why? did he present a new idear? something you didnt know?

      @ShadowMcSneaky@ShadowMcSneaky4 жыл бұрын
  • When I met my wife for the first time in Crete, Greece, we weren´t able to speak each others language. She´s Czech, I´m Austrian, but unfortunately she even don´t speak english. Comunication were by hand and feet, and sometimes by a friend of her, who´s speaking english. Somehow we managed it, and now were about eight years together and married...

    @davidzirg7080@davidzirg70802 жыл бұрын
  • Absolutely amazing speech!!! Thank you!! I don't know how anyone can give that a thumbs down.

    @AT-xv6wm@AT-xv6wm8 жыл бұрын
  • best talk ever

    @lundanation6770@lundanation67709 жыл бұрын
  • Great Talk! Poet (Nomad) Ali. You the man!

    @pcantellmusic@pcantellmusic9 жыл бұрын
  • Absolutely Amazing... Lost for words and I speak multiple languages...

    @declanwoods1650@declanwoods16504 жыл бұрын
  • When you toss and turn what he discusses in your mind, it becomes really impactful

    @sarahraza7935@sarahraza79356 жыл бұрын
  • I am learning Spanish now via my 2nd language: English. My native language is Danish. Duolingo is really good. Use it! The above text in Danish is: Jeg er ved at lære Spansk nu via mit 2. sprog: Engelsk. Mit modersmål er Dansk. Duolingo er rigtig godt. Brug det! Teksten herover er på Dansk:: FYI, "2." in Danish is pronounced using the Danish word "andet". The number "2" is "to". Fun fact. In Danish we have 2 kinds of "d". The 1st is know by English speakers: It is the hard "d". The soft "d" used in Denmark,,Norway, Sweden, and Icelandic is a soft "d", which is pronounced, by saying "th" from the word "the". English speakers will always get it right, when they pronounce "d" using the "th" phoneme. A phoneme is the sound used to say a letter in some language. Odense, the Danish city I was born in, has the soft "d", so pronounce it: "Othense" Another fun fact about Scandinavian (North European) languages: If you had learned Norwegian, you can understand Danish and vice versa. Swedish will be much more difficult to understand. They are singing, and a lot of words are different form Norwegian and Danish. Icelandic is a completely different language, and it is the language which is closest to the language the vikings was speaking.

    @charonstyxferryman@charonstyxferryman7 жыл бұрын
    • Hey, if you want i can help you with your spanish , i am a native speaker and i can say Duolingo is really good for learning vocavulary but not the same for pronunciation, One day i was really bored and I tried the spanish course for english speakers and I actually can't understand a the pronunciations because duoligo uses google translator voice and at least in spanish that voice sonds funny and weird. In conclusion if you want improve your spanish i can help you just leave here your skype and I contant you.

      @SergyGamerMC@SergyGamerMC7 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks! Very kind of your.:) I want to get a larger vocabulary first, and later get a correct pronunciation. Currently i am listening to short videos about pronunciation, slow Spanish new, Spanish / Latin Spanish music, Los 40 - Madrid - Anda Ya!, etc. I am user LarsTrnesH on the Duolingo community

      @charonstyxferryman@charonstyxferryman7 жыл бұрын
  • saying 9/11 is "Americas language" left kind of a bitter taste for me, I'm a simple german dude born in 1995 and 9/11 was like the first "bad" thing the oung me was exposed to. I got what he was talking about when he said "when the buildiings fell" imediately aswell I too was left in tears , because even though I was only a small child it left a very big mark on me and I too do think about what happened every time when September hits I'm not comfortable celebrating my very own birthday which is 9/6 fyi because it just feels like a bad move to be happy around this time of the year So I too think I do speak that language even though I'm not Amerikan, thank you!

    @imp3703@imp37036 жыл бұрын
    • Kage Yul, yea you're actually right. Him saying that brought unity into those who are 'American'. But it created such strong diversity to those who are 'minority's'.

      @ridarza@ridarza5 жыл бұрын
    • schon witzig , ich habe am selben tag Geburtstag dem 06.09.1994 , bin lediglich ein Jahr älter , und doch habe ich keine probleme zu dieser Zeit glücklich zu sein , warum sollte ich auch ? Natürlich fühlt man mit diesen Menschen gerade zu dieser Zeit , das ändert aber nichts daran das man dankbar dafür ist das man am leben ist und so sein kann wie man sein will , denn man selbst kann diese entscheidung jeden Augenblick aufs neue treffen , solange bis man zufrieden ist.

      @volkerschmitz6623@volkerschmitz66235 жыл бұрын
    • I am from Chile and September 11 st has another different meaning to me. In fact it is related to USA but because they helped my country immerse in a horrible dictatorship full of blood.

      @magdalenacorrea5812@magdalenacorrea58125 жыл бұрын
    • I am Irish and was born AFTER 9/11 yet still I also managed to instantly click with that language too. Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch auch.

      @jasonmurray4034@jasonmurray40345 жыл бұрын
    • @@jasonmurray4034 Not to offend ya or anything really. " Ich spreche auch ein bisschen Deutsch" I also speak a little german ^^ my language is complicated , even for ppl that are born in germany , so respect to you if you are actually trying to learn it ^^

      @volkerschmitz6623@volkerschmitz66235 жыл бұрын
  • it's really impressive eventhough I don't speak most of your language. This is one of the best tedtalk I have ever pay my fully attention for.

    @eaglescenes@eaglescenes6 жыл бұрын
  • Everyone needs to see this. Inspired. In awe. This is just amazing.

    @kristinajourney692@kristinajourney6927 жыл бұрын
  • Amazing talk. You get right to the point of why I love to learn languages and why I can’t get enough of learning them. At the moment I can speak Portuguese, Spanish, English and Italian, and I’m studying French, German and Japanese, and sign language. But besides those “languages” I also speak the Au Pair language, the living abroad language, the divorced parents language, the depression and anxiety language, the living on my own language, the investor language, and so many others. Amazing talk, that’s all I gotta say.

    @theblondieone@theblondieone4 жыл бұрын
  • I was on the other side of that "loved one had cancer" language

    @isaacriggs4656@isaacriggs46567 жыл бұрын
  • my most fav TED talk. listened to this over n over

    @tamrujad.5591@tamrujad.55917 жыл бұрын
  • I hope that if I ever get to give a Ted Talk (which is a personal dream for me tbh), I hope to give one as moving and powerful as this one was. Amazingly done, Poet Ali!!!

    @angstyintellectual4960@angstyintellectual49606 жыл бұрын
  • One of the best!! Well done Ali joon :) your words are exceptionally powerful.

    @chawankawa4506@chawankawa45067 жыл бұрын
    • Mercy :)

      @PoetAli@PoetAli4 жыл бұрын
    • PoetAliOfficial mokhlesetam 😂😂😂😂

      @chawankawa4506@chawankawa45064 жыл бұрын
  • I'm studying a foreign language. I take Sarcasm.

    @aeralv8649@aeralv86496 жыл бұрын
    • I'm fluent in that, I tooooootally want to help.

      @salaltschul3604@salaltschul36043 жыл бұрын
    • @@salaltschul3604 really

      @karan-xx3oc@karan-xx3oc3 жыл бұрын
  • God damn! He made me cry... This is just beautiful.

    @TAZttDevil@TAZttDevil4 жыл бұрын
  • Best conversation I have had in a long long long time. Even though he couldn't see or hear me.

    @vking5665@vking56656 жыл бұрын
  • I cried when he was speaking the language of watching a loved one battle cancer

    @alexmga9303@alexmga93037 жыл бұрын
  • Most of the girls in the world are complaining about it. Most of the poems in the world have been written about it. Most of the music on the radio is kicking about it, ripping about it, or spitting about it. Most of the verses in the game people are talking about it. Most of the broken hearts I know are walking without it, started to doubt it, or lost without it. Most of the shadows in the dark have forgotten about it. Everybody in the world will be tripping without it. Every body and every girl will be dead without it, struggle without it, nothing without it. Most of the fingers that are drunk are dialing about it. Most of the people that are in it are smiling about. Most of the people that have felt it are crying about it, Or trying to get it back , or lying about it. Most of the pages that are filled are filled about it. The tears that are spilled are spilled about it. The people that have felt it are real about it. A life without it. you'd be lost without it. when I am in it, and feel it, I'd be shouting about it. Everybody in the whole world knowing about it. I am hurt and broke down, I'd be flowing about it, going about it wrong, because I didn't allow it. You see, cannot a wound or a scar heal without it, can't the way that you feel be concealed about it. Everybody has their own ideal about it,dream about it, appeal about it. so what's deal about it? Are you bound about it to know that life is a trip and unreal without it? Everything that you feel is surreal about it. But I am just a writer, so what can I reveal about it?

    @AliRaza-tx9jo@AliRaza-tx9jo6 жыл бұрын
  • I am here because I´m trying to improve my english, but this guy really make me apreciate the lenguage as more than words. I love It ♥

    @ruthcastanbarra8081@ruthcastanbarra80816 жыл бұрын
  • Mind blowing. I never thougt about the language of experience, it make me think about a lot, I'm glad I saw this TED talk. Beautiful.

    @arielperez2134@arielperez21346 жыл бұрын
  • Brilliant. Profound. Simple. Truth.

    @littlegypsysoul@littlegypsysoul9 жыл бұрын
  • this needs more views

    @JasmineAtlas@JasmineAtlas9 жыл бұрын
    • why? did he present a new idear? something you didnt know?

      @ShadowMcSneaky@ShadowMcSneaky4 жыл бұрын
    • @@ShadowMcSneaky How should I know? I wrote that comment 5 years ago.

      @JasmineAtlas@JasmineAtlas4 жыл бұрын
  • Without hesitation this TED talk is one I will recommend and spread!!!!

    @globofamily159@globofamily1596 жыл бұрын
  • Love is the universal language, thanks for entertaining us with it!

    @WeRotaryeClub@WeRotaryeClub9 жыл бұрын
  • Does he have a book that discuss this subject in greater detail? I would love to read it!

    @javieromar2984@javieromar29849 жыл бұрын
  • Great Job Poet!!!

    @senecahester@senecahester9 жыл бұрын
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