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Proto-Indo-European and Laura Spinney
Season 3 Episode 37
Episode 37's star language is another 'proto'-tongue, arguably the most famous of all reconstructed prehistoric languages: Proto-Indo-European. This …
1 year, 3 months ago
Jèrriais and Geraint Jennings
Season 3 Episode 36
Bouônjour! Join me on a journey to Jersey, an island off the coast of France, where for centuries the local language of Jèrriais has kept up its role…
1 year, 4 months ago
Dza and Peace Benson
Season 3 Episode 35
Episode 35 of ALILI is a new part of the world and a new language family: West Africa, and Niger-Congo! Our way into this corner of the linguistic wo…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ternate and Maria Zielenbach
Season 3 Episode 34
Episode 34 is a trip to Indonesia, specifically to the small island of Ternate. Don't let the island's size fool you though – it has a rich and compl…
1 year, 6 months ago
Na'vi and Stefan Mir-Mackiewicz
Season 3 Episode 33
Now here's a first for the podcast: its first conlang! Na'vi, the language created for the Avatar films, was the choice of Stefan Mir-Mackiewicz, a l…
1 year, 6 months ago
Classical Latin and Luke Ranieri
Season 3 Episode 32
Series 3 continues with another prominent public-facing linguist, only this time we're travelling back in time, to Ancient Rome! My guest is Luke Ran…
1 year, 7 months ago
Montreal French and Gretchen McCulloch
Season 3 Episode 31
We're back! The first episode of an all-new series of the language-loving podcast is here at last.
Since one of the co-stars of the hit podcast Lingth…
1 year, 7 months ago
Series 3 Teaser!
Hello there, dear language lovers! After a couple of months, I'm pleased to say that I'm getting back into the swing of linguistic podcasting, and th…
1 year, 8 months ago
Yolmo and Lauren Gawne
Season 2 Episode 30
ALILI has reached episode 30 and the end of two whole series! To mark the occasion, the show has the privilege to host a star of public linguistics, …
1 year, 10 months ago
Old English and Colin Gorrie
Season 2 Episode 29
Episode 29 is here at last, and a certain language is making a repeat appearance, but introduced by a new linguistic lover – what does Colin Gorrie h…
2 years ago