Cara, Drew, and Ed are back to do a deep dive into the the Native American language of Cree. They explore the rich linguistic heritage, cultural significance, and fascinating nuances of Cree, shedding light on a vital part of Indigenous culture.

@LinguisticsEver @carabrarian @edwardgiordano [email protected]

The Papers Discussed Proto-Algonquian Stop Clusters in Cree-Montagnais by David H. Pentland On the Animate-Inanimate Distinction in Cree by Brian D. Joseph Interactive Word Completion for Plains Cree by William Lane, Atticus Harrigan, and Antti Arppe Plains Cree pêyâhtikowêwin: The Ethic of Talking Softly by Jeffrey Muehlbauer

On this episode of Linguistics Everyday, Ed, Cara, and Drew discuss the Manchu language, the Jurchen people, and a little bit about the History of China. Contact us at @LinguisticsEver or email us at [email protected]

Some papers:

• Language death and language revivalism The case of Manchu by Daniel Kane

• The Manchu Academy of Beijing by Laura E. Hess

• Manchu-Chinese Bilingual Compositions and Their Verse-Technique by Giovanni Stary

• Some Observations on a Rubbing of a 17th—Century Inscription in Uighur-Mongolian Script with Elements of Manchu Script and Orthography by Hsiao Su-yin

• The Legitimization of the Qing Dynasty by Piero Corradini

My friend Drew Vendrell comes to share some of his research on human migration in the past and how it affected spoken language patterns, with a huge breadth and scope from sea to shining yangtze.

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@linguisticsever @edwardgiordano @carabrarian

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36788165.amp

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34832781.amp

https://eurogenes.blogspot.com/2018/12/europes-ancient-proto-cities-may-have.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=JTY9K1Q_Sbg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=XqweWFRCleY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=LRBwWZs3W0Q

Cara and Ed are back to discuss the tumultuous history of the Ukrainian Language!

Some sources:

• The Ukrainian Language under Totalitarianism and Total War
• Language Attitudes in Independent Ukraine: Differentiation and Evolution
• The Ukrainian Language in Education and Mass Media

This week we are joined by Kristen, from Wikitongues, and Jon, from Wikimedia Norway, to discuss the upcoming Arctic Knot Conference, taking place from June 24th to 25th, 2021. They discuss the ongoing preservation efforts they are taking with the Sámi languages at the conference.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Knot_Conference_2021

Thank you to Kristen and Jon for filling us in on all the details of the conference and what both organizations are up to!

The History of Ideas with Astrid Carlsen

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0sp9KQXu3RQeSpVZyWAyRg?si=KHAx_071Q72Ux1RZKomh_A

@LinguisticsEver [email protected]

Cara and Ed come back from a brief hiatus and tackle Scandinavian Languages! Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Oh My! This episode is Bokmål of Nynorsk stories! A super fun episode, lots of laughs and a bit of language knowledge!

https://termcoord.eu/2014/05/scandinavian-languages-mutually-understandable/ https://wordminds.com/blog/difference-nordic-languages/ https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/the-scandinavian-languages-three-for-the-price-of-one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onduQjgAj8Y https://ww.youtube.com/watch?v=oOjv1nMXCmw

The two Norwegian official written standards, Bokmål and Nynorsk. Linguistic and ideological implications of national bilingualism and biliteracy By Tove Bull

Icelanders' Opinions on the Role of the State in Teaching Icelandic to Foreigners by Pamela Innes

@LinguisticsEver @Carabrarian @EdwardGiordano

This week, Cara and Ed discuss all about the languages of Pakistan! We discuss the languages of Punjabi and Urdu in detail, as well as the script of Nastaʿlīq. The paper of the episode is Language Ideology, Identity and the Commodification of Language in the Call Centers of Pakistan by Tariq Rahman.

[email protected] @LinguisticsEver @Carabrarian @EdwardGiordano

Sources:

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-pakistan.html https://www.dailysabah.com/travel/2018/03/10/pakistan-a-land-of-many-languages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxSd7p1i_TA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98snj9lUXMQ

Cara and Ed focus on South America this episode! We discuss the major languages of South America, but then shift our focus on to the indigenous language of Quechua, with its approximately 8.5 million speakers, it is a major language in its own right. Enjoy and PLEASE VOTE!

@LinguisticsEver

@Carabrarian

@EdwardGiordano

[email protected]

Sources:

https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/indigenous-languages-of-south-america/

https://www.gviusa.com/blog/quechua-the-surviving-language-of-the-inca-empire/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vXqw24wQHo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlXj28dXPAU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quechuan_languages

Spanish as a Second Language when L1 is Quechua: Endangered languages and the SLA Research by Susan E. Kalt

Today, we interview Wikitongues (https://wikitongues.org/) Director Daniel Bögre Udell! He talks about the origin of Wikitongues and its mission as well as discussing language rights all over the world and some upcoming projects for Wikitongues! A super great jam-packed episode!

Daniel's Ted Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXB3-yVGHcI Wikitongues Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/WikiTongues

@wikitongues @bogreudell @linguisticsever @carabrarian @edwardgiordano

Cara and Ed tackle the Slavic Language Family with an emphasis on the Russian Language, from its Old Church Slavonic roots to the modern languages of Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Serbo-croatian, Slovak and more!

@LinguisticsEver

@Carabrarian

@EdwardGiordano

[email protected]

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_languages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Slavic_languages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfpEPjfB12g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4cXIyyc-L0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQLM62r5nLI

https://blog.thelinguist.com/similarities-differences-slavic-languages/