Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

110: Diego's Dossier (with Diego Diaz)

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What's in the linguistic news? Diego knows. He's been tracking down stories and words for us all year long, and now he's curated an entire show for us. It's the latest in the Diego series.

  • How do you write laughter in Spanish? Or other languages?
  • Why do islands have so many languages?
  • Why are speakers of an Indonesian language using Korean Hangul as their writing system?

Plus Words of the Week and Related or Not!

Timestamps

  • Start: 0:00
  • News: 5:07
  • Related or Not: 34:14
  • Words of the Week: 46:40
  • The Reads: 59:30
  • Outtakes: 1:03:18
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