Phonemic tones of Ket, language learning advice, and Professor Vajda's answer to the question of who he'd invite to a dinner party if he could pick anyone — this episode's got it all!

Other presentations from Edward Vajda:

WWU CHSS Dean's Lecture Series: The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

WWU CHSS Dean's Lecture Series: Firelight on the River: Siberia’s Ket People and Ancient North America

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Tlingit and the Dene-Yeniseian Hypothesis

J.R.R. Tolkien's Imaginary Languages

Episode transcript by Graham Blair

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