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Dialect coach Erik Singer analyzes some of the most famous "constructed languages" in movie and television history. Which real-life languages inspired "conlangs" like Klingon and Dothraki?
Select video samples used courtesy of wikitongues.org/
Check out more from Erik here: www.eriksinger.com/
Languages Covered: Na’vi, Dothraki, Klingon, Sindarin, Parseltongue, Ewokese, Shyriiwook, Divine Language, Mork Speak, Groot Speak, Malkovich, Furbish, Heptapod.
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Accent Expert Breaks Down 6 Fictional Languages From Film & TV | WIRED
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  • This dude has a better understanding of fictional languages than I have of English.

    @Little_Lotta@Little_Lotta4 жыл бұрын

    • Hey, you nailed both punctuation and capitalization, two things that 90% of the YT audience is completely unaware of....

      @teamredshirt@teamredshirt4 жыл бұрын

    • @@teamredshirt Near-flawless execution, but an ellipsis typically contains only three periods, not four, and there really should be an em dash in place of the second comma, e.g. "you nailed both punctuation and capitalization-two things that..." Otherwise, amazing performance.

      @candidatezero4703@candidatezero47034 жыл бұрын

    • CandidateZero, The dash is one I struggle with, if only because is been a decade since high school. The ellipsis I’m blaming on my cracked screen, which causes an occasional double button press that autocorrect usually deals with for me. Until I started double tapping space to end a sentence, it often caused sentences to end with “..” which correction software doesn’t care about one bit.

      @teamredshirt@teamredshirt4 жыл бұрын

    • @@candidatezero4703 An ellipsis at the end of a sentence should still have a period after it, for four total. Or, if you use the ellipsis character (glyph), it would be "…."

      @Melds@Melds4 жыл бұрын

    • @@Melds What? No. There is no such rule.

      @jendorei@jendorei4 жыл бұрын

  • When you casually crack a pitch perfect yoda just to make a point.

    @plusRpm@plusRpm4 жыл бұрын

    • Yup

      @stanbabyphotostheslither-p8815@stanbabyphotostheslither-p88153 жыл бұрын

    • we just going to ignore the spot on Yoda he pulled while talking about Star Trek...

      @huynhanh1269@huynhanh12693 жыл бұрын

    • every time eric would be like "hear that sound?" i'd be like "uh huh definitely" while in reality i heard basically none of it and only followed like 5% of the conversation

      @christopheralex4768@christopheralex47683 жыл бұрын

    • am I supposed to reply with a copy&paste as well?

      @brendonhavener@brendonhavener3 жыл бұрын

    • It's easy.

      @Nekotaku_TV@Nekotaku_TV2 жыл бұрын

  • "american has a really weird 'r' sound" It feels so cathartic to hear someone address it

    @SpiritOnAdventure@SpiritOnAdventure4 жыл бұрын

    • Also I'm so goddamned thrilled that my obscure language got a mention in this video (minangkabau) I kept replaying that part

      @SpiritOnAdventure@SpiritOnAdventure4 жыл бұрын

    • Yeah as a Russuan I feel like r basically doesn't exist in English

      @steelbear2063@steelbear20633 жыл бұрын

    • @Stevie P eA

      @joshuamaze4210@joshuamaze42103 жыл бұрын

    • @@joshuamaze4210 games

      @-ana_banana-2098@-ana_banana-20983 жыл бұрын

    • Whenever I speak in English, I inevitably "trip" over the r sound at some point. It's really difficult to locate it, almost feels like a vowel at times. Though the French r is even worse.

      @nigdyezemska2827@nigdyezemska28273 жыл бұрын

  • Imagine meeting this guy and you sneeze and hes just like "ooh thats one of my favourite sounds the atycillal sutrux"

    @yp2kk@yp2kk3 жыл бұрын

    • It’s amazing

      @pinkajou656@pinkajou6563 жыл бұрын

    • I thought it was a velo-pharyngeal affricate? But seriously, good job on the pseudo-phonetic words. They sound really genuine! 😁

      @qwxzy1265@qwxzy12653 жыл бұрын

    • 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

      @particularlytrue@particularlytrue3 жыл бұрын

    • @@augustguerra2550 eyy memento mori

      @CatchThesePaws@CatchThesePaws2 жыл бұрын

    • clearly it's an alveo-nasal plosive

      @snorf525@snorf5252 жыл бұрын

  • "I can't comment 'cause I am not a heptapod" EXACTLY what a heptapod would say.

    @DavveyL@DavveyL4 жыл бұрын

    • Ladies and gentleman.. we got him..

      @amiakeli2682@amiakeli26824 жыл бұрын

    • lol you made me snort laugh

      @melissashields6893@melissashields68933 жыл бұрын

    • sus indeed

      @KikiT92@KikiT923 жыл бұрын

    • Um actually it should be pronounced Ì̴͍͈ ̷̢̍̔̈́̽̂͝ĉ̸̨̛̥̬̣͕̤̻̉͠á̵̠̱̇̓͆n̸͉̠̙͙̥͇̰͌͂̿͊̏̂͒'̶̣̝́̑͝t̴͎̟̣̮͐͋̒͘͝ ̶͎̮̜̥̩̬̠̳͋̂̄c̶̻͐͜ǫ̸̟̬̟̫̙̬̉̓̈́̾̈́͋m̶̛̟̳̖̳͌͐͗̋̈́͝m̵̧̛̛͔̼̬͉͗̈́͛͂̉̂ę̵̣͍͖̲͚̻̅͜n̴̖͕̠̊͛̉̎̊͘͠t̷͇̹̫̙͚͚̬̹̊͗̒͐̿ ̵̲̳̼̌̐͑̓b̷͕͍̟̄͒̈́̽́͛͝e̸̥͎̮̖͈͓͇̓̒̕͝c̴̯̣͐ā̴͚͝ư̶̫̰̺͉̻̮͉͋̃̆̆̋̆s̵̡̳̭̋ȩ̵̠̯̬̥̀̈́̈́̄͋̌ ̴͎͕̪̰͎̆̌́̉̈́̌̕̚Į̸͓̪̠̖͐͑̿̿̏̔͝'̸͎̎̓̃m̴̥̠͋̍͐̅͆͆̎͋ ̵̣͓̯̞̭̟̯̋͒̈ṇ̶̝͈̦͔̰̞̫͆̈́̊̑͋o̷͉̿͆̈́̀̾̄̓̒t̸̩̰͈̤̰̟̄ ̸̛͓̂͊͘a̶̛͎̜̭̰͈͌̽́̌ͅ ̵̲̼̒̾͒̕͘͘͝ḩ̶͕̘̦̼̝̳̄ͅe̷̛̛̥̻̱̳̔̎̄̌͆̄ͅp̵̡͈͇͈̟̉̀̚t̶̘͔̼̊͗͋̎̚ä̷̱́̽̑̏͒̎͑̓p̸̱̗̹̫̹̪̚ȱ̵̲͗͛d̵̰̲̞̪̟͚͇̓

      @matthewtaylor6829@matthewtaylor68292 жыл бұрын

    • @@matthewtaylor6829 did you mean “i diemn jodpoe93ld xjeofd i hsmrx jsoekd s jhepetod”

      @Tzshchsjsjxijyo@Tzshchsjsjxijyo2 жыл бұрын

  • Can we trust this guy? He speaks parseltounge.

    @konnerdent4835@konnerdent48355 жыл бұрын

    • He doesn't "speak" Parseltounge, he "understands" Parseltounge, like Dumbledore.

      @Mr.Heller@Mr.Heller4 жыл бұрын

    • Mr.Heller r/whooosh

      @izaiahramos9675@izaiahramos96754 жыл бұрын

    • Konner Dent gotta be able to understand the snakes to stop them

      @dagatsby8918@dagatsby89184 жыл бұрын

    • @@Mr.Heller wait wait wait..did Dumbledore understand the language? It's been so long since I read the books..

      @alvinlepik5265@alvinlepik52653 жыл бұрын

    • @@alvinlepik5265 yeh, he can understand it but not speak it lol

      @kazudolly@kazudolly3 жыл бұрын

  • Nothing makes me more happy that hearing someone call it "Sindarin" instead of elvish

    @Mica_T@Mica_T3 жыл бұрын

    • The Ewoks also say some phrases in Tagalog. I remember watching Star Wars as a kid with my family. It surprised the heck out of us Filipinos. (In a good way.)

      @sopihagrace7964@sopihagrace79643 жыл бұрын

    • there are several "elvish dialects" and only Tolkienheads know it! XD

      @RafaelaMartinelli@RafaelaMartinelli3 жыл бұрын

    • @@RafaelaMartinelli Well, yeah. Quenya is a strong contender here ;)

      @ImYourOverlord@ImYourOverlord3 жыл бұрын

    • There are three Elvish languages in LoTR/Silmarilion lore right? (At least three) Calling any of them just Elviah would be like saying, "Oh do you speak Indo-European?"

      @zoltanszaszi2264@zoltanszaszi22643 жыл бұрын

    • Same, im learning it and everyones like: So hows youR ELVISH going

      @prefersilence1742@prefersilence17422 жыл бұрын

  • Let’s appreciate Emilia Clarke. She surely nailed a fictional language perfectly

    @ferastg6652@ferastg66522 жыл бұрын

    • Can we also appreciate Zoe Saldaña that she nailed at least two fictional languages, in Avatar and Star Trek

      @johat1219@johat12192 жыл бұрын

    • It's kinda crazy that she was able to show a progression in her speaking ability. I also love the clear distinction between Drogo as a native speaker and Dany as a non native speaker in season 1. Big credit to his friend Jan for that.

      @ericbrown1101@ericbrown1101 Жыл бұрын

    • @@johat1219 We can and we should.

      @CeruleanRex@CeruleanRex Жыл бұрын

    • Dothraki AND High Valerian!

      @CeruleanRex@CeruleanRex Жыл бұрын

    • She even makes an unintentional mistake in the sale of the Unsullied that makes her pronunciation sound even more Astapori, where she says “iskos” instead of “iksos” as it would be in what Eric calls proper Valyrian. Over time ps and ks sounds switched to sp and sk

      @ikebeckman1074@ikebeckman1074 Жыл бұрын

  • every time eric would be like "hear that sound?" i'd be like "uh huh definitely" while in reality i heard basically none of it and only followed like 5% of the conversation

    @sophiapiper4978@sophiapiper49784 жыл бұрын

    • Me when dating 😅

      @wegigprasasti1425@wegigprasasti14254 жыл бұрын

    • Me and my brother are language nerds so I was able to hear them pretty well. Once you study the sound system of two or three languages it's easier to pick up on those kinds of things.

      @guythedude6293@guythedude62934 жыл бұрын

    • It goes sooo fast but I’ve watched all of these videos in a row and it’s getting a bit easier. I know I’ll forget all of it by tomorrow

      @celinavivian1162@celinavivian11623 жыл бұрын

    • Listening takes practice and being multi-lingual helps a lot.

      @arturama8581@arturama85813 жыл бұрын

  • does this man just know every language?

    @saygerholcomb8050@saygerholcomb80504 жыл бұрын

    • Well... That's his job as a linguist

      @BlkSDX@BlkSDX4 жыл бұрын

    • @@BlkSDX A lot of people really suck at their job. This guy is just good at it.

      @OoogaBoog@OoogaBoog4 жыл бұрын

    • Or he researched for 4 weeks before doing this video.

      @flee4342@flee43424 жыл бұрын

    • @@flee4342 He likely does speak most of the languages that aren't a minority language though. Enough that a casual conversation would never be an issue anyways.

      @dwalters98@dwalters984 жыл бұрын

    • ​@@dwalters98 What do you consider a minority language? Cause there are hundreds of widespread languages that millions of people can speak. He can be educated on languages without actually being able to speak them, definitely not in a "casual conversation" type of way. I'd place my bets that he knows up to ten.

      @Evelina_412@Evelina_4124 жыл бұрын

  • 0:55 Parseltongue (Harry Potter) 2:20 Klingon (Star Trek) 6:40 High Valyrian (Game of Thrones) 8:11 Dothraki (Game of Thrones) 11:36 Na'vi (Avatar) 12:58 Sindarin (J.R.R. Tolkien's works) 15:17 honorable mentions

    @K.Adler1120@K.Adler11203 жыл бұрын

    • I came here for Tolkien

      @juliaj7939@juliaj79392 жыл бұрын

    • Who else came here for Tolkien?

      @destbar6610@destbar66102 жыл бұрын

    • @@destbar6610 Me

      @patrickhildebrandt9328@patrickhildebrandt93282 жыл бұрын

    • I came here for Tolkien too!

      @konohashinobi71037@konohashinobi71037 Жыл бұрын

  • in case anyone was curious, High Valyrian and Klingon are both on Duolingo. ((Im silently hoping they add Sindarin but i kinda doubt it))

    @gray4449@gray44493 жыл бұрын

    • Kinda strange when you think about it 🤔

      @siggilinde5623@siggilinde56233 жыл бұрын

    • They also have Navajo??! What. That's kind of upsetting for me ngl

      @fierysunset3261@fierysunset32613 жыл бұрын

    • @@fierysunset3261 navajo is a real language tho what are you upset abt lol

      @rageagainstthemicrowave1313@rageagainstthemicrowave13132 жыл бұрын

    • Haha I didn’t know! I have a lifetime membership to do a lingo for the pandemic.

      @evelynvongizycki1017@evelynvongizycki10172 жыл бұрын

    • @@devanbrowne8706 because it’s a language only for us.

      @kjeezy2990@kjeezy29902 жыл бұрын

  • There are more fluent speakers of Klingon than some native American languages. Which is both impressive and depressing.

    @lincolnsand5127@lincolnsand51275 жыл бұрын

    • Still doing better than some. Cornish is dead.

      @GriffinPilgrim@GriffinPilgrim5 жыл бұрын

    • Kinda upset he didn’t mention that the Tl sound is also in Nahuatl (Aztec language) and has 1.8m speakers, making it the largest spoken Native American language

      @yo18momas@yo18momas5 жыл бұрын

    • How is that depressing? You unintelligent to enjoy Star Trek hmm? I understand. Most people are.

      @nexxusty@nexxusty5 жыл бұрын

    • @@nexxusty I'm saying it's impressive how developed star trek has become. I like star trek. I'm saying how it's depressing how many of the native American cultures and languages have faded and been lost. I'm not insulting star trek.

      @lincolnsand5127@lincolnsand51275 жыл бұрын

    • @@nexxusty You insult someone's intelligence while simultaneously butchering the language. Do you have any idea about the real languages and histories and peoples who've been lost? I love Star Trek, but honestly as someone who's at least in some part Seminole, I have to say I agree with Lincoln. It's sad indeed.

      @alyssarosenberger4332@alyssarosenberger43325 жыл бұрын

  • I'm personally offended that Simlish wasn't included in this

    @Septecimia@Septecimia5 жыл бұрын

    • I was thinking that too, but the title of the video does specify film and TV. That being said, I'd love to hear his take on it. Maybe he can do another video on video game languages.

      @Trekkie_Gal@Trekkie_Gal5 жыл бұрын

    • Jabu jimi hish jabu

      @christianedwinwalter4531@christianedwinwalter45315 жыл бұрын

    • Septecimia simlish isn't a real conlang, it's more like that Star Wars language with the little bear things because it's a haphazard arrangement of a number of different languages

      @zazzy6758@zazzy67585 жыл бұрын

    • oh feebee lay!

      @PapagenoDispo@PapagenoDispo5 жыл бұрын

    • Lol yea!

      @anoja31@anoja315 жыл бұрын

  • I speak Tibetan, and I watched The Return of the Jedi with a native Tibetan speaker -- and she was floored, because they actually borrowed individual Tibetan words and phrases for the Ewoks (and used them correctly!). She started listening very carefully, but it was just here and there.

    @icarusancalion3523@icarusancalion35233 жыл бұрын

  • I love how Mr. Singer finds something intelligent to say about everything they throw at him. A true professional.

    @nikisouza841@nikisouza8413 жыл бұрын

  • Impressive that Zoe Saldana speaks Klingon, Na'avi, English, and Spanish

    @isabellesacks3055@isabellesacks30557 жыл бұрын

    • Isabelle Sacks But not Viggo Mortensen who speaks 7?

      @b-m9480@b-m94807 жыл бұрын

    • I wasn't saying that to detract from the impressiveness of how many Viggo Mortenson speaks, but rather to highlight that I thought it was outstanding that Zoe Saldana speaks TWO fictionalised languages.

      @isabellesacks3055@isabellesacks30557 жыл бұрын

    • She should join Game of Thrones.

      @MagentaLooks@MagentaLooks7 жыл бұрын

    • So true

      @isabellesacks3055@isabellesacks30557 жыл бұрын

    • *Na'vi

      @jzaar7483@jzaar74837 жыл бұрын

  • "I can't comment, I'm not a heptapod" hmm. sounds like something a heptapod would say

    @bongwaterfrank@bongwaterfrank5 жыл бұрын

    • Matthew Calder what the... I read that RIGHT as he said it!! *Twilight Zone music*

      @oopie2006@oopie20064 жыл бұрын

  • all of us at midnight choking on our tongue to make a d sound

    @maggimcmahon3890@maggimcmahon38903 жыл бұрын

    • Not me though. I am Indian😆

      @nimratmand3318@nimratmand33183 жыл бұрын

    • Hahahahaha or as we laugh in spanish: Jajajajajajaja

      @perrodetokio@perrodetokio3 жыл бұрын

  • I've been working for over two years on a conlang called Eka'ane. It's so time consuming, but so worth it when I can step back and say a paragraph or two in my language! I hope to eventually get to use it in a novel :)

    @CJhasgoneidle@CJhasgoneidle3 жыл бұрын

  • Did u know Klingon is on Duolingo but they refuse to put Latin on

    @evepolvay401@evepolvay4015 жыл бұрын

    • E P my best guess to why that is is that Latin is so widely argued on the pronunciation that Duolingo didn’t want bad reviews for the speaking part of learning your language. Klingon on the other hand is short, and pronunciation is considerably easy

      @JeremiahWatkins-zv8bn@JeremiahWatkins-zv8bn5 жыл бұрын

    • @@JeremiahWatkins-zv8bn Huh that's a good point. I never thought of it like that. There are two latin teachers at my school and even they pronounce words differently.

      @evepolvay401@evepolvay4015 жыл бұрын

    • E P yes, since Latin wasn’t preserved well over the centuries, the pronunciation is widely varied, and hotly debated amongst experts. I think it’s a really interesting topic to dive into. My native language is French and even inside our own language, there is so much variation. Sometimes to the point you can barely understand one another. I guess this is the same with English, but I don’t feel it’s as extreme.

      @JeremiahWatkins-zv8bn@JeremiahWatkins-zv8bn5 жыл бұрын

    • I don't know what's the issue with the Latin. I mean, yeah, there are two types of pronunciation, a classical and an ecclesiastical pronunciation. Just choose the classic one and it's done. Latin is a very beautiful language, the father of most occidental language, except english and german, dutch and some others.

      @galiusargentum9048@galiusargentum90485 жыл бұрын

    • Tu trouves qu’en France on peut avoir du mal à se comprendre ? À part au Québec je trouve qu’on n’a vraiment pas d’accents si différents que ça

      @laurastoria7880@laurastoria78805 жыл бұрын

  • we just going to ignore the spot on Yoda he pulled while talking about Star Trek...

    @zagman9572@zagman95724 жыл бұрын

    • Nick Zagas THANK YOU!!!! I was stuck like, did he really just put that out there perfectly like that and NOBODY said anything???!!!

      @cuoredolce29@cuoredolce294 жыл бұрын

    • @@cuoredolce29 It's too perfect! Maybe it was a voice over??

      @Sileithel@Sileithel4 жыл бұрын

    • Ikr? Dude is true to his career lol

      @dehdarkz1191@dehdarkz11914 жыл бұрын

    • Thats his profession...

      @ncescher1@ncescher14 жыл бұрын

    • Best part

      @HotShotR92J@HotShotR92J4 жыл бұрын

  • Tolkien is a freakin genius. Im always surprised at how detailed he made his world. Its a linguistics goldmine.

    @stuffthings9618@stuffthings96183 жыл бұрын

  • I love him I love his seriousness I love his humor I love his knowledge I love his enthusiasm I love his hand gestures The guy is just great

    @miguelvaleroarcia7931@miguelvaleroarcia79314 жыл бұрын

    • someone fell in love

      @yyaaa3434@yyaaa3434 Жыл бұрын

    • @@yyaaa3434 Lmao

      @Words-of-encouragement.-.@Words-of-encouragement.-. Жыл бұрын

  • I could listen to this guy all day. Please give him his own show

    @giraffewithtattoos2770@giraffewithtattoos27705 жыл бұрын

    • I would watch way too much of that

      @magnum_cx8805@magnum_cx88055 жыл бұрын

    • I third this

      @jessestefan6177@jessestefan61775 жыл бұрын

    • I agree he’s awesome, very knowledgeable

      @Hats502@Hats5024 жыл бұрын

    • I think that is a dwarvish alphabet, not Sindarin at 13:12

      @itsmyroadbiatch1884@itsmyroadbiatch18844 жыл бұрын

    • @@itsmyroadbiatch1884 why?

      @oksanaulula@oksanaulula4 жыл бұрын

  • Erik Singer: "... a very enthusiastic uvulur affricate" Me: *blushes*

    @MsCunningLinguistic@MsCunningLinguistic5 жыл бұрын

    • 😂😂

      @veritypursuit9752@veritypursuit97525 жыл бұрын

    • It sounds a bit forward but feels so right ^^ Out in a minute, honeeey

      @bazingaburg8264@bazingaburg82645 жыл бұрын

    • I love your screen name😂😂

      @Words-of-encouragement.-.@Words-of-encouragement.-.5 жыл бұрын

    • Marquise West thanks boo 😘😉

      @MsCunningLinguistic@MsCunningLinguistic5 жыл бұрын

    • *uvular

      @mareksicinski3726@mareksicinski37264 жыл бұрын

  • Should have covered the Black speech of Mordor. One of the coolest sounding languages ever

    @imperatorglaber1752@imperatorglaber17523 жыл бұрын

    • agreed wish he'd also cover quenya, since that's much more developed than sindarin even though there's more sindarin in the book and out of curiosity, do u know the ring verse in black specs by heart?

      @nighthaunter5615@nighthaunter56152 жыл бұрын

  • "I can't comment... I'm not a Heptapod." ICONIC

    @ryukryukryukryuk7294@ryukryukryukryuk72944 жыл бұрын

  • Does anyone realize that they find people who speak too many languages hot or is it just this guy being hot with all his knowledge of languages?

    @silvermoonshineX3@silvermoonshineX34 жыл бұрын

    • Just a guy who's passionate about and knows a ton about a topic. Idk that so attractive to me

      @Black_pearl_adrift@Black_pearl_adrift3 жыл бұрын

    • I don't think so, otherwise I'd be get a lot more action, then what I am rn

      @roaklarson9699@roaklarson96993 жыл бұрын

    • Yes. Yes he is.

      @katy4639@katy46393 жыл бұрын

    • *coughs* lookin’ at you, Viggo

      @lieselbrehmer@lieselbrehmer3 жыл бұрын

    • Looks before books. He's hot, which is obviously the first thing people notice. And THEN he's interesting. Maybe. Still better be hot and dull than ugly and dull

      @steelbear2063@steelbear20633 жыл бұрын

  • I could listen to this guy speaking for 12 hours straight and I wouldn't complain at all

    @MarNieves@MarNieves5 жыл бұрын

    • @@svenlimaLima lol! profound!!!

      @minhcatelyn4882@minhcatelyn48824 жыл бұрын

    • I want him to read me a bedtime story 😂

      @MsButtercup3000@MsButtercup30004 жыл бұрын

    • I agree and wanted to help you reach 1K likes :)

      @elizabethc.z@elizabethc.z4 жыл бұрын

    • Big Bodda BOOM! Orange haired girl in fifth element!

      @Graham-gt4gr@Graham-gt4gr4 жыл бұрын

  • For those curious about the English R bit - there are only a few other languages with a similar sound. They include Faroese, Albanian, Mandarin, and (southern) Vietnamese, as well as Dutch but in Dutch it's only pronounced that way when it is before a consonant or at the end of a word. However, none of these are exactly the same. In Faroese and Mandarin it approaches a fricative, in Albanian and Vietnamese it's inconsistent and there are several pronunciations (even though the Englishlike one is the most common), and the Dutch one is almost "more American than American English" in a way I can't describe - they pronounce it so intensely that it feels like it almost becomes its own syllable.

    @silver6380@silver63802 жыл бұрын

  • Fun fact, the "American R " sound that he mentioned was really wierd is a sound frequently used in Tamil, one of the most ancient languages of the world. In fact, even the word 'Tamil' is actually supposed to be pronounced with that american R at the end but since most native English speakers don't get it, they often just pronounce as 'l'

    @himamouli5047@himamouli50474 жыл бұрын

    • Huh....interesting 🤔

      @teddynkwabi4502@teddynkwabi45023 жыл бұрын

    • American English for the win!

      @BigBoss-sm9xj@BigBoss-sm9xj3 жыл бұрын

    • @@BigBoss-sm9xj actually the sentiment was more "Tamil for the win!" But whatever floats your boat 😂👍

      @himamouli5047@himamouli50473 жыл бұрын

    • @@himamouli5047American english and Tamirrr for the win!! Lol tamil can also be a winner

      @BigBoss-sm9xj@BigBoss-sm9xj3 жыл бұрын

    • @@BigBoss-sm9xj True ❤️😀

      @himamouli5047@himamouli50473 жыл бұрын

  • This guy does for linguistics, what Vsauce did for science.

    @Kokiri601@Kokiri6017 жыл бұрын

    • you should watch tom scott

      @giantmetaldog9153@giantmetaldog91536 жыл бұрын

    • You are to grammar what Albert Einstein was to grammar

      @md.niamulahadchowdhury7403@md.niamulahadchowdhury74036 жыл бұрын

    • And far less pandering and intellectually insulting then Vsause too! Bonus!

      @PSYLP@PSYLP6 жыл бұрын

    • Vsauce ain't shit! More like Dsauce.

      @FrankLoon@FrankLoon6 жыл бұрын

    • Infinite Loop indeed

      @RadShiba@RadShiba6 жыл бұрын

  • Who else doesn’t understand anything but thinks it’s really interesting.

    @taklampa6197@taklampa61975 жыл бұрын

    • Same, lol

      @chrstnptt3398@chrstnptt33985 жыл бұрын

    • Haha. Thanks for putting my thoughts into words. I'm captivated

      @MiMi-qb6tk@MiMi-qb6tk5 жыл бұрын

    • Me here :)

      @deckzid@deckzid5 жыл бұрын

    • ✋

      @PishTosh83@PishTosh835 жыл бұрын

    • I do. Its cool to realize how if even small changes in the things weve always done unconciously could totally change how we sound.. That's pretty neat.

      @reddparadox4141@reddparadox41415 жыл бұрын

  • This was such a pleasure to get into! For the first time in my 51 years, I’ve discovered a group of people with the same fascination for language and language sounds, structure and content that I’ve had all my life, seemingly alone! Even to the interest in the makeup of constructed languages! God I wish I had known this was an area of study that was practical and not just academic-I think I would have been profoundly happy to have devoted my professional life to this. Thank you.

    @burntumbrage6868@burntumbrage68682 жыл бұрын

  • The rewatchability of Erik's videos is insane. I would watch this man talk for hours about languages.

    @librarianlysia4709@librarianlysia47093 жыл бұрын

  • The way he got all excited everytime he was about to tell a fun fact made my day

    @roseanne4710@roseanne47104 жыл бұрын

    • Just about to say that 🤣🤣🤣

      @Wingardium.LeviOsa@Wingardium.LeviOsa Жыл бұрын

    • especially 12:42

      @Monieverytime@Monieverytime Жыл бұрын

  • I didn't know I was hot for linguistics

    @kimchiravioli@kimchiravioli5 жыл бұрын

    • *tl*

      @MsCunningLinguistic@MsCunningLinguistic5 жыл бұрын

    • lingustics is wicked

      @guul66@guul665 жыл бұрын

    • Try out books like "Learning russian for travel purposes in 4 weeks" and alike without any listening comprehension whatsoever, i dare you :D Not wanting to unlearn learned mistakes, we wouldn't just settle for a gutfeeling of how the pronunciation has to sound like. I am so glad i came upon this chanel ^^

      @bazingaburg8264@bazingaburg82645 жыл бұрын

    • @@bazingaburg8264 ты странный сударь

      @johndesohn7973@johndesohn79735 жыл бұрын

    • me neither!!!

      @jdw0909@jdw09095 жыл бұрын

  • The "Divine Language" was created out of Ancient Egyptian and a Polynesian dialect, and had about 400 words at the time of filming; it now has over 900 words. Part of Mila's job was spending days speaking only DL while doing ordinary daily tasks, and she and the director would have full conversations on set, as well as with Ian Holm. So... not actually gibberish, Eric.

    @SeraphusInferis@SeraphusInferis2 жыл бұрын

    • Fascinating.

      @lulumoon6942@lulumoon69422 жыл бұрын

  • Fun fact: J.R.R Tolkien actually made many languages other than Sindarin in the world of middle-earth/Arda. Like Quenya, Dwarvish, Entish, Black Speech etc. And unlike many other languages here, he made these by his own accord or by himself. Yes, he was a legend.

    @justaguyyy@justaguyyy7 жыл бұрын

    • JustAGuy Well black speech was never fully done, since it was barely used in the books and that Tolkien himself said that he kinda hated it since he felt it made him uneasy. Which kinda fit when you make a language that the enemy should speak

      @animegandalf8690@animegandalf86907 жыл бұрын

    • JustAGuy thank you, i was hoping there would be a comment paying J.R.R. Tolkien the fuckton of respect he deserves

      @chrissiec5541@chrissiec55417 жыл бұрын

    • Anime Gandalf true; Tolkien's languages are of various states of completion. Fun fact: Black speech is related to Valarin, the language spoke by the sort of gods. Another fun fact: Sindarin is considered weird by many, perhaps because it was subject to time more than the "proper" Elvish Quenya.

      @huahualipo@huahualipo7 жыл бұрын

    • Fun fact: hot pockets are almost impossible to cook correctly.

      @CalebMcFarland@CalebMcFarland7 жыл бұрын

    • Well it makes sense that Black Speech and Valarin are similar since the "magic" of middle earth is just that speech and song twisting the fabric of reality.

      @Caedus696@Caedus6967 жыл бұрын

  • That Yoda impression was unexpected and brilliant.

    @michaelt.5672@michaelt.56726 жыл бұрын

    • I love how they show Yoda shaking his head "no" after he said it

      @jasonalen7459@jasonalen74596 жыл бұрын

    • where was it again? (can you give me the time)

      @anneclarence1704@anneclarence17046 жыл бұрын

    • Anne 2:39

      @noahp.8301@noahp.83016 жыл бұрын

    • sorry it's not there...?

      @anneclarence1704@anneclarence17045 жыл бұрын

    • Anne try 3:02

      @dreamchasingcat@dreamchasingcat5 жыл бұрын

  • I think there’s enough conlangs to warrant a Part 2. Point is I’m on a big kick as to why Marvel/Disney didn’t invest in creating a Sokovian language, it would added a lot to Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver’s relationship, or Zemo’s... just putting this into the aether

    @FabulousKilljoy917@FabulousKilljoy9174 жыл бұрын

  • The editing on this video is on point lmao

    @kaleighcleveland7897@kaleighcleveland78974 жыл бұрын

  • Is this the professor that y/n always falls in love with? 😂

    @rozach9504@rozach95045 жыл бұрын

    • yep absolutely

      @redfrenchfries9263@redfrenchfries92635 жыл бұрын

    • I think so😂😂 cause he is cute asf

      @NO-bl4gm@NO-bl4gm4 жыл бұрын

    • who is y/n

      @ghadaalkhalidi9733@ghadaalkhalidi97334 жыл бұрын

    • @@ghadaalkhalidi9733 Y/N is often known as "your name" in fanfics and self inserts on Tumblr and such

      @NO-bl4gm@NO-bl4gm4 жыл бұрын

    • @@NO-bl4gm oh thanks:)

      @ghadaalkhalidi9733@ghadaalkhalidi97334 жыл бұрын

  • He’s right. Viggo Mortensen really sounds like he’s been speaking Sindarin his whole life. I didn’t know he spoke six languages. That man is just impressive.

    @EFlatPC@EFlatPC5 жыл бұрын

    • giving me a small heartattack with "he spoke"

      @sarahgappmaier3574@sarahgappmaier35745 жыл бұрын

    • I wish that I could speak Spanish

      @elkaydoug8863@elkaydoug88635 жыл бұрын

    • it sounds like he speaks Sinderion better than most of the elves...

      @soulmediabo@soulmediabo5 жыл бұрын

    • and there was poor Figwit (aka Lindir) having helluva time tryna memorize one single sentence in sindarin... :D or two. Taenen bar-en-abed athar glaind, nevui penim miruvor. Manann ingadh namen i-darthatar? kzhead.info/sun/ZtqoYLRrjnlqrYU/bejne.html around 5:00 -ish :)

      @p1rgit@p1rgit5 жыл бұрын

    • @@dxce_ meh, who cares... grow up ;) btw in oldest manuscripts it's 616, if you love number of the beast :p

      @p1rgit@p1rgit5 жыл бұрын

  • As someone who LOVES languages, THIS is absolutely AMAZING!!! And am I the only one who did not know that Viggo spoke 6 languages?!!

    @sopihagrace7964@sopihagrace79643 жыл бұрын

    • Many don't, it would be surprising if he didn't though. His name is completely Danish, as his father is Danish, and his mother is American. He have lived a lot of places, they did forget to include that he also can speak a bit Arabic and Russian.

      @GoldenSpaceDoll@GoldenSpaceDoll3 жыл бұрын

    • Yeah.....Stolen Comment

      @suzanagjoni5767@suzanagjoni57673 жыл бұрын

  • "Thu'um", the Language of the Dragons and the Dovahkiin is clearly missing here.

    @KuebelHund@KuebelHund4 жыл бұрын

    • its called dovahzul. thu'um is a word in dovahzul

      @jljljl1820@jljljl18203 жыл бұрын

    • It's just an English relex, not really a proper conlang

      @girv98@girv983 жыл бұрын

    • @@girv98 actually, there is a dovahzul course.

      @alvindzaki6085@alvindzaki60853 жыл бұрын

    • @@alvindzaki6085 I didn't say there wasn't. The point is that it's a relex - a word for word copy of English grammar just with different words

      @girv98@girv983 жыл бұрын

    • @@girv98 Ah, I see your point.

      @alvindzaki6085@alvindzaki60853 жыл бұрын

  • Would love to see a breakdown of the Minion language

    @DrRiq@DrRiq5 жыл бұрын

    • Yes me too! I think minion language uses a lot of malay words. I recognized one or two malay words like "terimah kasih" but i don't speak malay so I wouldn't know.

      @chongyunsimp2088@chongyunsimp20885 жыл бұрын

    • @@chongyunsimp2088 haha yeah, it definitely sounds like a mix of Austronesian + Greek + others

      @DrRiq@DrRiq5 жыл бұрын

    • @@DrRiq It also sounded slightly Latin to me

      @newtonthenewt1400@newtonthenewt14005 жыл бұрын

    • @@newtonthenewt1400 yep, agree

      @DrRiq@DrRiq5 жыл бұрын

    • Most of it is gibberish

      @ShirubaGin@ShirubaGin5 жыл бұрын

  • i'm just realizing all the weird sounds i can do all have names

    @jogiesler5872@jogiesler58727 жыл бұрын

    • Jo Giesler I studied English at Uni for a little time and had linguistics in it and had to learn most of these words. Best part is mumbling things to yourself when taking the exam.

      @SmilyLily1996@SmilyLily19966 жыл бұрын

    • I know, right :D "Is this fortis or lenis? t ... d ... t ... d ... t ... d"

      @HMcore@HMcore6 жыл бұрын

  • Awesome video!! It's amazing to see all this analysed in depth. So interesting, thank youu!

    @AllytheGumby@AllytheGumby6 ай бұрын

  • Please do another one of these, and include the dialects/accents in "The Expanse"! Thanks so much.

    @courtneyknight2407@courtneyknight24073 жыл бұрын

  • He missed the opportunity to describe how R2-D2 has 26 electronic sounds. One for each letter in the English alphabet. The noises actually spell out his dialogue.

    @DrNothing23@DrNothing235 жыл бұрын

    • Whaaaaat??? For real?

      @RicardoMorenoAlmeida@RicardoMorenoAlmeida5 жыл бұрын

    • Wtttt so its just english?

      @qs987@qs9875 жыл бұрын

    • very interesting. i've seen those movies a thousand times each and i never knew that.

      @NoirL.A.@NoirL.A.5 жыл бұрын

    • Then that language would just be English no?

      @alisa2628@alisa26285 жыл бұрын

    • Did you know that Deadmau5 actually has *the* synthesiser board that was used to create R2-D2's "Language"? Source: kzhead.info/sun/l6aioaqGhZirl3k/bejne.html Timestamp: 5:25

      @Helloitzkenny@Helloitzkenny5 жыл бұрын

  • Some guys be afraid to moan in their girls ear... Erik Singer: Voiceless Alveolar Lateral Affricate

    @travis33425@travis334254 жыл бұрын

    • This man is the dream of heterosexual female linguists everywhere.

      @MartianInDisguise@MartianInDisguise2 жыл бұрын

  • Beautyful, well explained! Thank you!

    @gena8080@gena8080 Жыл бұрын

  • If you've never heard a Finnish speaker get excited, I highly recommend it. All those double k's and t's that interrupt the flow give the language a really interesting rhythm.

    @peterwyetzner5276@peterwyetzner52763 жыл бұрын

  • I seriously want to see a 30 minute video oh this guy doing his version of all the accents

    @LifeLoveBeauty32@LifeLoveBeauty325 жыл бұрын

    • HAHA my ocd is having a field day this comment has 666 likes

      @pandatobi5897@pandatobi58975 жыл бұрын

    • He literally teach you how to spell it right everytime he correcting

      @ahmadreiza2827@ahmadreiza28275 жыл бұрын

    • Easy, just take a hammer to your left temple

      @Anita_Bath@Anita_Bath5 жыл бұрын

  • are we NOT talking about his amazing Yoda impersonation!?

    @Bigotedechivo@Bigotedechivo5 жыл бұрын

    • Right he is! Yessss!

      @HeyCrabman14@HeyCrabman145 жыл бұрын

    • Book to him gave I

      @GewelReal@GewelReal5 жыл бұрын

    • I feel like he could do a perfect impression of just about anyone or anything.

      @chimpinaneckbrace@chimpinaneckbrace5 жыл бұрын

    • Comment Yoda did. His head he shook.

      @georgf9279@georgf92795 жыл бұрын

    • anyone can do a good yoda impression

      @jonnomate4085@jonnomate40855 жыл бұрын

  • I keep coming back to this video pls give us a part two

    @ghazalekiakojori1215@ghazalekiakojori12152 жыл бұрын

  • I love that at 13:31 JFK's "ich bin ein Berliner" get its end cut so German speakers won't be able to talk joke that JFK literally said "I'm a donut".

    @ThatSilentGuy@ThatSilentGuy3 жыл бұрын

    • How does one say “ I am a Berliner” in German?

      @seyhalater8336@seyhalater83362 жыл бұрын

    • omg es un berlín JAJAJJAHHAHAJ

      @maybepolly_@maybepolly_2 жыл бұрын

  • Dothraki sounds so badass, and Momoa pulls it off brilliantly.

    @bryntendo@bryntendo5 жыл бұрын

    • Bryn Jackson he’s the human representation of badass

      @deulily@deulily5 жыл бұрын

    • Then you have Emilia Clarke who does nail it, but not without messing up. It's hilarious. Even when she speaks Valyrian.

      @rangerslayer2260@rangerslayer22605 жыл бұрын

    • looks like spanish to me

      @braziliangopnik3040@braziliangopnik30405 жыл бұрын

    • Supergirl Gamer I think she does it really well too, but she does it with her Valyrian/Westerosi accent since she's all high born and stuff, which definitely makes it sound less badass, but hey, Dany is pretty badass as it is so I give her a pass there lol

      @bryntendo@bryntendo5 жыл бұрын

    • Maybe Khal Drogo just kills off anyone that speaks it better than him lol

      @SmoothDogGaming@SmoothDogGaming5 жыл бұрын

  • "There is no word for thank you in Dothraki." - Jorah Mormont

    @kristenhouseholder@kristenhouseholder7 жыл бұрын

    • "You know, that wasn't in the original script. They added that based on something I said in the original press release. ... I remembered the first time I saw that [Jorah says it] thinking, 'Wait a minute, I don't remember that...' Then it hit me, and I realized, 'Oh, hey. They picked that up from me!' Then I forgot it and created a word for "thank you,' anyway." -David Peterson, Dothraki language designer

      @TreetopCanopy@TreetopCanopy7 жыл бұрын

    • I thought he rephrased it with something like "I appreciate your work" or similar. Would have worked, too.

      @GreenMareep@GreenMareep7 жыл бұрын

    • I had to scroll too far down for this!

      @Giulsgiuls93@Giulsgiuls937 жыл бұрын

  • That was excellent, Erik. Thanks!

    @mikelistman5263@mikelistman52632 жыл бұрын

  • He is right about the 'r' sound. I'm Spanish and learnt English in school. When we are speaking English we usually have to combine English and Castellano because some words do not have a translation or we say someone's name. This is kind of weird because of the different pronunciation and accent.

    @weirdo_with_an_umbrella@weirdo_with_an_umbrella2 жыл бұрын

  • Viggo makes Elvish sound so natural, you could really believe he grew up with it.

    @flootzavut30daychallenge@flootzavut30daychallenge6 жыл бұрын

    • Sarah Warren *because he is danish, which elvish was derived from*

      @s.g.3042@s.g.30426 жыл бұрын

    • SNEAKY BLISSKIN Old Norse is quite a different language than Danish, it's close to Icelandic, and closer to Norwegian than Danish - which has changed a lot, since those times. Danish sounds closer English than Old Norse, though of course it sounds quite different than English. So Old Norse is the great grandmother of those 3, there a couple of others as well, mainly Swedish. Icelandic sounds the closest to it, because it 'inherited the house where Old Norse used to live'. Elvish is a whole language group, not 1 language. Here the language in question is Sindarin. There is also an Elvish language called Quenya in the movies and books. Those are the 2 most important Elvish languages, but there are many more Tolkien made. Quenya is mostly Latin and Finnish, Old Norse only giving some spice to it here and there. Sindarin - which they speak here - is mostly like Welsh and Irish, spiced with something else, like Old Norse. I'm not sure, but sounds like Old Norse was more used in making of Sindarin, but it wasn't the major component in neither of those 2, that much I know. And I'm linguist myself. Well, not a teacher, but studied it in the university.

      @timomastosalo@timomastosalo6 жыл бұрын

  • i could honestly listen to him break down languages forever.

    @Lambpika@Lambpika6 жыл бұрын

  • This was fascinating-thanks!

    @maryrosekent8223@maryrosekent82233 жыл бұрын

  • I love listening to him put together all the sounds that make up a language... it's almost therapeutic to make the sound after he explains what it is

    @tobyconstantine7232@tobyconstantine72323 жыл бұрын

  • Okay but the editors were really nice for pausing his speech at fairly flattering points lol

    @madajafarmer5414@madajafarmer54144 жыл бұрын

  • I was surprised not to see Sim language.

    @fullmetalfunk@fullmetalfunk7 жыл бұрын

    • fullmetalfunk why would it be? This was languages from film and tv, which Sim speak is from neither.

      @unicornburger16@unicornburger167 жыл бұрын

    • True but they had the Furby at the end. That's not from a film or movie.

      @fullmetalfunk@fullmetalfunk7 жыл бұрын

    • fullmetalfunk cause it was part of the random stuff section. And yes, while they could've had Sims there, all the other randoms were from tv or movies also, including the Furby because it's a tv commercial.

      @unicornburger16@unicornburger167 жыл бұрын

    • You're incredibly pedantic, but ok. I just figured it was one of the more well known made up languages in our culture and since it's just gibberish and not a real conlang it would have been funny to hear what he had to say about it in the random section is all.

      @fullmetalfunk@fullmetalfunk7 жыл бұрын

    • fullmetalfunk I'm sorry I came off that way, maybe it'll come up in a future episode, I just wanted to be clear why it wasn't in this one.

      @unicornburger16@unicornburger167 жыл бұрын

  • When he was addressing the voiceless alveolar lateral affricate, I’m surprised he used Tlingit and not Nahuatl as an example. Most people don’t even have Tlingit on their radars, lol *edit*: corrected “they’re” to “their,” that was embarrassing

    @trentedan@trentedan3 жыл бұрын

    • I immediately thought of Nahuatl

      @kellyzavandro456@kellyzavandro4563 жыл бұрын

  • Thank you for this video, I would appreciate a separate video about the high Valyrian ❤

    @michakoodziej5741@michakoodziej57418 ай бұрын

  • These are ridiculously, addictively good.

    @supermansdoctor@supermansdoctor7 жыл бұрын

  • Wow. This man is stupid intelligent.

    @lookoutpiano8877@lookoutpiano88775 жыл бұрын

    • kenza abdi I don't know what you mean. I was giving him a compliment. It's a phrase used in America. Think of it like, "I got a new Ferarri. It's stupid fast."

      @lookoutpiano8877@lookoutpiano88775 жыл бұрын

    • kenza abdi “stupid” in this context is synonymous to “crazy” or “very”

      @Kindroth110@Kindroth1105 жыл бұрын

    • Loving the oxymoron :)

      @Arthur-yf9yv@Arthur-yf9yv5 жыл бұрын

    • 'Stupid' here is an intensifier adverb. A typical Americanism. Kinda funny too, its intended comedic effect. Nothing to be bothered about.

      @musical_lolu4811@musical_lolu48115 жыл бұрын

    • Pp and poopoo

      @djsickbeatz4005@djsickbeatz40055 жыл бұрын

  • This helped me understand Parseltongue better. I need to learn it to be able to communicate with my friends.

    @najwa7491@najwa74913 жыл бұрын

  • I'm curious what he thinks of the 72+ ways that Hodor says "Hodor" on Game of Thrones.

    @rikijones7825@rikijones78254 жыл бұрын

    • I was waiting for Hodor too since he discussed GOT conlang already.

      @jorellelouis1551@jorellelouis15514 жыл бұрын

    • Hodor is perfectly cromulent.

      @chrismanuel9768@chrismanuel97682 жыл бұрын

  • The Ewoks also say some phrases in Tagalog. I remember watching Star Wars as a kid with my family. It surprised the heck out of us Filipinos. (In a good way.)

    @SuVar6as@SuVar6as4 жыл бұрын

    • that’s so cool

      @panda-gj2ml@panda-gj2ml3 жыл бұрын

    • Can we trust this guy? He speaks parseltounge.

      @greglialios7430@greglialios74303 жыл бұрын

  • I love these videos by Erik 👍 super interesting.

    @kimberlyaikens7642@kimberlyaikens76423 жыл бұрын

  • This is so helpful for my novel writing. Thanks!!

    @pnjodaro@pnjodaro2 жыл бұрын

  • Is anyone else laying in bed at night wondering why you just watched a 20 minute video about a guy who listens to people talk?

    @robertolastra9975@robertolastra99754 жыл бұрын

    • only 20 minutes?

      @BlueyMcPhluey@BlueyMcPhluey4 жыл бұрын

    • Nope. I watch over & over and share with friends. He's brilliant.

      @smakhanian@smakhanian4 жыл бұрын

    • No, because he also did aliens.

      @michaelchallis4129@michaelchallis41293 жыл бұрын

    • Because it's super interesting

      @leibun@leibun3 жыл бұрын

    • Cause he's fuckin hot

      @hadeermu3315@hadeermu33153 жыл бұрын

  • That Yoda impression was awesome

    @googlespieonsomeoneelse4898@googlespieonsomeoneelse48987 жыл бұрын

    • Though wrong sentencing :P Yoda would never say "book to him gave I", but would say "book to him I gave", as if he pasted the beginning at the end. "Patience you must have" "Ready are you" "consume you it will", stuff like that. I'm not even into star wars, but I recall that easily as I found it hilarious ^^

      @Tikayy@Tikayy6 жыл бұрын

    • 13:32 JFK is a jelly donut confirmed

      @jacobdamour8926@jacobdamour89266 жыл бұрын

    • actually funny thing about Yoda's speech pattern is that it is IDENTICAL to Korean grammar, so when star wars was translated for a Korean audience Yoda sounded like your typical old dude

      @brettdibble2763@brettdibble27636 жыл бұрын

    • @Brett Dibble: That was a stupid mistake on the translator's part then, he should've translated it so it would have a different grammar so his speech would stick out just as it does in English. I guess the translator was not imaginative enough.

      @caaaatchup@caaaatchup6 жыл бұрын

    • well, compared to everyone else (remember, yoda is the ONLY one with that specific speech pattern in the movies) yoda's speech would STILL stick out since i'm assumeing everyone else would sound....wonky. that is unless the translators REALLY got into the nitty gritty of things

      @brettdibble2763@brettdibble27636 жыл бұрын

  • After watching a few of these, it must be nice to know your passion and being able to create a lifetime career of it.

    @hbhtcr5707@hbhtcr57073 жыл бұрын

  • Shoutout to Tolkien the king of fictional languages that deserves his own video

    @melwherry4957@melwherry49573 жыл бұрын

  • wow you just told all americans who struggle with the german "ch" how to easily pronounce it. props

    @8ay8ee@8ay8ee6 жыл бұрын

    • 8ay8ee Aawww now I can't correct a "ck" to a "ch" anymore :(

      @lucadreier22@lucadreier226 жыл бұрын

    • Yeeeeah it's close but not exactly the same. When saying "cute" I'm using a part of my tounge that's a teeny tiny bit further back when saying "Ich". Source: am german. (Although the possibility stands that I'm pronouncing "cute" wrong, obviously.)

      @Pierrot110194@Pierrot1101946 жыл бұрын

    • @Peter Pepper - From a native English speaker, you're correct. I know how to ( properly ) pronounce "Ich", and I think it has more to do with the vowel sound immediately next to the "ch". Your mouth is more open when you are saying "Ich" and the tongue is slightly more forward - open more because of how "i" is pronounced. In "cute", the vowel u requires your lips to be a different shape, and the tongue is juuuuuust slightly further back. You're probably just fine pronouncing "cute", so don't worry about it!

      @Kahli21@Kahli216 жыл бұрын

    • like we care

      @madczech9568@madczech95686 жыл бұрын

    • czech's say it right

      @madczech9568@madczech95686 жыл бұрын

  • Yooo it’s not often that I hear my tribe mentioned in a video (that isn’t about Alaska). Łingits have only about 1,000 fluent speakers, and enough sounds to make our language difficult

    @cheecksXx@cheecksXx4 жыл бұрын

    • Wa sah iyatehte

      @Idiomatick@Idiomatick4 жыл бұрын

    • Quite cool tho, make sure you keep your language alive! I know I would watch some beginners guides

      @jelleschelfthout3636@jelleschelfthout36364 жыл бұрын

  • I just adore this man. ;-; I love linguistics and culture studies. I keep rewatching all of the videos he's in. He’s so excited to teach people about what he knows and it’s just so wonderful to see. PLEASE KEEP BRINGING HIM ON!! (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)

    @moomoominou@moomoominou3 жыл бұрын

  • 10/10 loved this, just a bit confused about the last few seconds, I haven't finished Game of Thrones so maybe Denaris created one, but in season 1, they said there was no word for "thank you" in Dothraki.

    @aliciawilliams6518@aliciawilliams65184 жыл бұрын

  • I was expecting Simlish.

    @gpeddino@gpeddino7 жыл бұрын

    • sims are a game, not TV or movie. So he could get away with not including it lol.

      @andrewnagengast2349@andrewnagengast23496 жыл бұрын

    • and Furby is a TV or a movie?

      @matejanj.h.3668@matejanj.h.36686 жыл бұрын

    • YES

      @theghostofkinglear@theghostofkinglear6 жыл бұрын

    • I was looking for Simlish too! Degdeg...

      @asherraar.2906@asherraar.29066 жыл бұрын

    • Oh no, I was going to make this comment, but you made it one year ago, so now I can't :(

      @kjanikova6731@kjanikova67316 жыл бұрын

  • I kinda have a crush on this guy.

    @bugdrawsportraits@bugdrawsportraits7 жыл бұрын

    • who's not :D

      @Nhaunderstood@Nhaunderstood7 жыл бұрын

    • If we're being honest, this seems like a really well put together guy. I bet he lives in a really fucking awesome loft and buys quality goods.

      @sawyerblack4688@sawyerblack46887 жыл бұрын

    • LOL Sawyer. Too true

      @Uhohlisa@Uhohlisa7 жыл бұрын

    • Same, a smart man talking about something he's passionate about makes my ovaries implode!

      @justdecember@justdecember7 жыл бұрын

    • of course! he is five a star man!

      @kgcko@kgcko7 жыл бұрын

  • Thanks. I was hoping you'd discuss 'I am Groot.' And you did. I love your analysis of all these languages.

    @janetkizer5956@janetkizer59565 ай бұрын

  • Singer analysis is really amazing in every video

    @timclarklive@timclarklive2 жыл бұрын

  • I wish this guy would teach a course on how to speak Parseltongue. It'd be cool to scare people with.

    @kevinmencer3782@kevinmencer37824 жыл бұрын

    • Yup

      @stanbabyphotostheslither-p8815@stanbabyphotostheslither-p88153 жыл бұрын

  • Incredible video!

    @cometgirl217@cometgirl2172 жыл бұрын

  • A couple of weeks ago I had a Linguistics exam at my university, this is so fascinating

    @Alinda1308@Alinda13083 жыл бұрын

  • The 'how did I even get here?' look on his face after breaking down the syllable structure of Furbish is just my favourite thing.

    @jellybeanslash@jellybeanslash4 жыл бұрын

    • Timestamp ?

      @dollykumo2959@dollykumo29593 жыл бұрын

    • @@dollykumo2959 About 18:54.

      @jellybeanslash@jellybeanslash3 жыл бұрын

    • @@jellybeanslash thx ✨

      @dollykumo2959@dollykumo29593 жыл бұрын

  • There is no word for, "thank you," in Dothraki.

    @twstf8905@twstf89055 жыл бұрын

    • what about "cheers mate"?

      @cluckendip@cluckendip5 жыл бұрын

    • @@cluckendip Ba dum dum PSSSH 👍

      @twstf8905@twstf89055 жыл бұрын

    • TWSTF 8 What about "creep"

      @therealjumin1941@therealjumin19415 жыл бұрын

    • Originally there was, but there wasn't a word for "please", according to the notes David Peterson provided to the showrunners. They liked the idea so they added it to the script but made Peterson remove the word for "thank you" instead.

      @kadigan1979@kadigan19795 жыл бұрын

    • @@kadigan1979 OMG lol whatever 😂 (Nobody likes the "actually...." guy)

      @twstf8905@twstf89055 жыл бұрын

  • This is genuinely so interesting

    @cocobeebunnied7371@cocobeebunnied7371 Жыл бұрын

  • This is so impresive.

    @ashmarana6413@ashmarana64133 ай бұрын

  • YES! Love these language/accent videos

    @MinaF99@MinaF997 жыл бұрын

    • Also the sims language next pls

      @MinaF99@MinaF997 жыл бұрын

    • Mina F Step one: Put marbles in mouth. Step two: Pretend to speak French

      @Halinspark@Halinspark7 жыл бұрын

    • Mina F Finally! Official name (Technique Critique)

      @factsverse9957@factsverse99577 жыл бұрын

    • what is your native language, guys?

      @anandadaquino3604@anandadaquino36047 жыл бұрын

    • Native Language is Dutch, but i also speak Englisch, French, German and a little bit of Spanish

      @nicorans5369@nicorans53697 жыл бұрын

  • I hope there isn’t a test after this video because I am going to fail miserably.

    @chrissede2270@chrissede22704 жыл бұрын

    • Chris Sede hahahaha

      @banished4eva@banished4eva4 жыл бұрын
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