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Episode 162
On French, Spanish, Italian, etc. — otherwise known as the Romances.
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6 years, 10 months ago
Why Do Some Americans Say Warshed?
Episode 161
The letter R has a habit of intruding on spoken English. How come?
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6 years, 10 months ago
Why Do Some Americans Say Warshed?
Episode 161
Why do people often pronounce an R sound where it doesn't belong?
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6 years, 10 months ago
Flores Man vs. Sulawesi
Episode 160
A linguistic mystery on an island archipeligo of Indonesia.
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6 years, 11 months ago
Flores Man vs. Sulawesi
Episode 160
A linguistic mystery in the Lesser Sunda Islands.
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6 years, 11 months ago
The Lingua Francas
Episode 159
You could speak fluently with half the world's population if you knew these 20 or so languages.
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6 years, 11 months ago
The Lingua Francas
Episode 159
A conversation with Gaston Dorren, author of Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages.
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6 years, 11 months ago
Can Climate Influence Language?
Episode 158
Tonal languages evolved mostly in hot and humid places. What would explain that?
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7 years ago
Can Climate Influence Language?
Episode 158
As many as half the world's languages are tonal, but a tiny fraction are spoken in arid climates.
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7 years ago
When Ain't Was All Right
Episode 157
What we can learn about English from am, the seemingly simplest verb.
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7 years ago