What Language is That?

By Irin

A podcast about languages, their history, bilingual experience, and self-expression.... more

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The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.

What Language is That? episodes:

January 01, 2020 It’s Constructed Languages! A Bonus Episode
Esperanto. Sindarin. Láadan. How were they invented? Why they were invented? Are there any native speakers I could actually invite for a full detailed conversation? What are constructed/artificial/planned/invented languages to begin with? Can you create one all by yourself? And more in this special bonus episode.
Extra links:
For Láadan
More about Láadan here and here
Story in Láadan
Phonetics taken from here
For Sindarin
Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (ELF)
Take a look at Tengwar
“In dreams” by Howard Shore
Sindarian poem
Namárië read by J.R.R. Tolkien
Phonetics taken from here
For Esperanto
Esperanto Association
Esperanto poem
Esperanto Anthem (final sound)
Phonetics taken from here
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Original artwork by Cahyani
Music by Lee Rosevere
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30min
December 25, 2019 It’s French! with Nathan
Is French a Romance language or a romance language? How did it form and transform? What business does “beaucoup” have being spelled like this? What makes a swear word? Is French really that beautiful? Why then? Also how languages influence the way we think, Canadian French, accents, the th-sounds and more.
Extra links:
“La chanson de Prévert” by Serge Gainsbourg
“Le dormeur du Val” by Arthur Rimbaud
Alice on the Roof Interview and ZAZ Interview
“Les Tontons Flingueurs” scene
Dante and the Occitan language
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Original artwork by Cahyani
Music by Lee Rosevere
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1h 12min
December 18, 2019 It’s Russian! with Kate Kamenskaya
Is Russian grammar the literal worst? Are Russian and Ukrainian the same? Where those bear stereotypes came from? How to proclaim your love for life in Spanish? Is there an alternative to patronyms? What are they even are anyways? Also being joyous, a *lot* of poetry, a tip to improve you Russian spelling and more.
Extra links:
"For the insight of Russia you should not use your brain" by Fyodor Tutchev
"Eugene Onegin" by Alexander Pushkin read by Stephen Fry
"The Lost Tram" by Nikolay Gumilev
Ukrainian social ad
You can find Kate here and here
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Original artwork by Cahyani
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55min
December 11, 2019 It’s Arabic! with Salima Nabulsi
How did Arabic come about? How many dialects are out there? Which should one to pick? Why did Spanish steal so many words from Arabic? Why we started writing from left to right? Which German words can communicate more than a paragraph in English? Also cultural serendipities, stereotypes about Arabic language, poetry and more.
Extra links:
Al-Mutanabbi's poem
Lebanese podcast "7 minute motivation"
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Original artwork by Cahyani
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49min
December 04, 2019 It's Episode Zero!
Hi there! Hello! I’m Irin and I am fascinated by the way we evolved to form sounds and then also point at things and say it’s a dog or un chien or собака. There is no actual reason for those words to be so different, but they just…are. It blows my mind every time! There are so many languages, and there are even people who know a bunch of them (and this blows my mind approximately 7 times as hard). And so I decided to try to find some of those humans and ask them all about their bilingual or multilingual experience, how they manage to live with this blessing/curse, if there are any words missing in either of the languages and what’s their relationship with their native ones (also what in the hell they are doing in St. Petersburg, where the podcast is created).
So welcome to the episode zero! Listen to find out more about the show (and possibly yourself).
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Original artwork by Cahyani
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4min
December 04, 2019 Episode Zero
Hi there! Hello!
I’m Irin and I am fascinated by the way we evolved to form sounds and then also point at things and say it’s a dog or un chien or собака. There is no actual reason for those words to be so different, but they just…are. It blows my mind every time! There are so many languages, and there are even people who know a bunch of them (and this blows my mind approximately 7 times as hard). And so I decided to try to find some of those humans and ask them all about their bilingual or multilingual experience, how they manage to live with this blessing/curse, if there are any words missing in either of the languages and what’s their relationship with their native ones (also what in the hell they are doing in St. Petersburg, where the podcast is created).
So welcome to the episode zero! Listen to find out more about the show (and possibly yourself).
Support the podcast:
on Patreon
via Donations
with Merch
Follow on Instagram and Twitter
Original artwork by Cahyani
Music by Lee Rosevere

...more
4min

FAQs about What Language is That?:

How many episodes does What Language is That? have?

The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.