Do whales and humans speak the same language?

 

Are the sounds and acoustic signals whales make similar to human language? Biologists agree the animals communicate with one another. This film takes a journey into the depths of the oceans to decipher the language of the orcas using AI.

The Fastest Way to Learn a New Language: The Video Game Map Theory

 

If Children Grew up Isolated from Adults, Would they Create Their Own Language?

 

Why I Still Suck at Japanese After Living in Japan for 5 Years

In this episode why Japanese I consider Japanese to super super hard to learn for me. Thanks to Audible for sponsoring the video. I'm really happy to be able to recommend a service I've been using for years.

How Similar are Japanese and Korean?

Two of the most popular Asian languages are Japanese and Korean, and there are millions of fans of Japanese and Korean pop culture around the world. How similar are Korean and Japanese?

William Shakespeare's IMPACT on the English Language

HAWAIIAN: The Endangered Language of Hawai'i

How Similar are Japanese and Korean?

Two of the most popular Asian languages are Japanese and Korean, and there are millions of fans of Japanese and Korean pop culture around the world. How similar are Korean and Japanese? If you learn one, will you be able to communicate with people who speak the other language?

Why some Asian accents swap Ls and Rs in English

It’s so well-known that American soldiers in World War II reportedly used codewords like “lallapalooza” to distinguish Japanese spies from Chinese allies. But American movies and TV shows have applied this linguistic stereotype to Korean and Chinese characters too, like Kim Jong Il in Team America: World Police, or Chinese restaurant employees singing “fa ra ra ra ra” in A Christmas Story.

Why we say “OK”

OK is thought to be the most widely recognized word on the planet. We use it to communicate with each other, as well as our technology. But it actually started out as a language fad in the 1830’s of abbreviating words incorrectly. Young intellectuals in Boston came up with several of these abbreviations, including “KC” for “knuff ced,” “OW” for “oll wright,” and KY for “know yuse.” But thanks to its appearance in Martin Van Buren’s 1840 presidential re-election campaign as the incumbents new nickname, Old Kinderhook, OK outlived its abbreviated comrades.