NativLang

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This is where I share animated stories as I learn from & about people living on a planet full of languages and cultures.

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Does Aztec writing work like Cuneiform while Maya works like Japanese? An epigraphy quiz show!

Does Aztec writing work like Cuneiform while Maya works like Japanese? An epigraphy quiz show! NativLang

24K views - 1 week ago

Proving Äiwoo is Oceanic was hard: why it took linguists decades to recognize a non-Papuan language

Proving Äiwoo is Oceanic was hard: why it took linguists decades to recognize a non-Papuan language NativLang

64K views - 1 month ago

Uppercases: Capital Letters Across the World Get Messy, and Not Just in Book Titles

Uppercases: Capital Letters Across the World Get Messy, and Not Just in Book Titles NativLang

38K views - 2 months ago

How to Hide a Vowel in Southeast Asia: antivowels, why many scripts have them, why some ditched them

How to Hide a Vowel in Southeast Asia: antivowels, why many scripts have them, why some ditched them NativLang

69K views - 3 months ago

Why colonizing Southern Africa didn't break its linguistic diversity; did it just add to it?

Why colonizing Southern Africa didn't break its linguistic diversity; did it just add to it? NativLang

39K views - 4 months ago

This language shifted from most common to rarest word order

This language shifted from most common to rarest word order NativLang

42K views - 5 months ago

How the Han dynasty changed Chinese pronunciation

How the Han dynasty changed Chinese pronunciation NativLang

75K views - 6 months ago

The history of looking up Chinese characters in dictionaries

The history of looking up Chinese characters in dictionaries NativLang

41K views - 7 months ago

Chinese in two timelines: linguistic vs dynastic

Chinese in two timelines: linguistic vs dynastic NativLang

62K views - 8 months ago

Folk Grammar: Theories of Language from the Inside

Folk Grammar: Theories of Language from the Inside NativLang

38K views - 10 months ago

Parts of speech English doesn't have, but these languages do!

Parts of speech English doesn't have, but these languages do! NativLang

68K views - 11 months ago

Bird and cetacean grammar, and series conclusion – Can Animals Grammar? #8

Bird and cetacean grammar, and series conclusion – Can Animals Grammar? #8 NativLang

19K views - 1 year ago

Human language as animal communication – Can Animals Grammar? #7

Human language as animal communication – Can Animals Grammar? #7 NativLang

27K views - 1 year ago

Dear past NativLang ~ your 15 years of animating languages and cultures

Dear past NativLang ~ your 15 years of animating languages and cultures NativLang

26K views - 1 year ago

Pictorial books from Mexico defy our definition of writing – Ñuu Dzaui pictography

Pictorial books from Mexico defy our definition of writing – Ñuu Dzaui pictography NativLang

211K views - 1 year ago

World's Hardest Spelling Bee... is a writing systems bee! But what even is writing?

World's Hardest Spelling Bee... is a writing systems bee! But what even is writing? NativLang

58K views - 1 year ago

Do these animals form grammatical sequences? – Can Animals Grammar? #6

Do these animals form grammatical sequences? – Can Animals Grammar? #6 NativLang

25K views - 2 years ago

Are animal signals ever like words? – Can Animals Grammar? #5

Are animal signals ever like words? – Can Animals Grammar? #5 NativLang

28K views - 2 years ago

Animals make "wild" syllables – Can Animals Grammar? #4

Animals make "wild" syllables – Can Animals Grammar? #4 NativLang

31K views - 2 years ago

Why talking animals disappointed most everyone – Can Animals Grammar? #3

Why talking animals disappointed most everyone – Can Animals Grammar? #3 NativLang

38K views - 2 years ago

Teaching animals to be grammatical – Can Animals Grammar? #2

Teaching animals to be grammatical – Can Animals Grammar? #2 NativLang

41K views - 2 years ago

Can animals grammar? – introduction to my animated series

Can animals grammar? – introduction to my animated series NativLang

56K views - 2 years ago

SOV: Why is this the most popular word order across languages?

SOV: Why is this the most popular word order across languages? NativLang

150K views - 3 years ago

OSV: Why is this word order so rare in languages?

OSV: Why is this word order so rare in languages? NativLang

836K views - 3 years ago

What are (linguistic) nothings? ~ Reading comments and studying Saussure together

What are (linguistic) nothings? ~ Reading comments and studying Saussure together NativLang

56K views - 3 years ago

Why linguists believe in invisible words - the story of zeros

Why linguists believe in invisible words - the story of zeros NativLang

288K views - 3 years ago

What makes Papuan languages so unique? - features from the area with the most languages

What makes Papuan languages so unique? - features from the area with the most languages NativLang

191K views - 3 years ago

New Guinea - lessons from a cradle of agriculture and languages

New Guinea - lessons from a cradle of agriculture and languages NativLang

129K views - 4 years ago

Why French sounds so unlike other Romance languages

Why French sounds so unlike other Romance languages NativLang

3.3M views - 4 years ago

Why West Africa keeps inventing writing systems

Why West Africa keeps inventing writing systems NativLang

922K views - 5 years ago

The Languages of Africa

The Languages of Africa NativLang

791K views - 5 years ago

Writing doesn't always end in alphabets - the enigmatic Egyptian counterexample

Writing doesn't always end in alphabets - the enigmatic Egyptian counterexample NativLang

386K views - 5 years ago

What Ancient Egyptian Sounded Like - and how we know

What Ancient Egyptian Sounded Like - and how we know NativLang

17M views - 5 years ago

Clocks around the world: how other languages tell time

Clocks around the world: how other languages tell time NativLang

920K views - 5 years ago

But are Mesoamerican glyphs still used today?

But are Mesoamerican glyphs still used today? NativLang

170K views - 5 years ago

Is this the earliest writing in Mesoamerica?

Is this the earliest writing in Mesoamerica? NativLang

246K views - 5 years ago

First Contact Survival Kit - learn an undocumented language from scratch

First Contact Survival Kit - learn an undocumented language from scratch NativLang

251K views - 6 years ago

The Languages of Siberia

The Languages of Siberia NativLang

463K views - 6 years ago

The Languages of Siberia - OLD (bad audio)

The Languages of Siberia - OLD (bad audio) NativLang

52K views - 6 years ago

The Ainu language - short history, plus a note about last speakers and pandemics

The Ainu language - short history, plus a note about last speakers and pandemics NativLang

325K views - 6 years ago

Mongolic: meet a language family, including Para-Mongolic

Mongolic: meet a language family, including Para-Mongolic NativLang

289K views - 6 years ago

Khitan: deciphering China's forgotten Para-Mongolic language

Khitan: deciphering China's forgotten Para-Mongolic language NativLang

392K views - 6 years ago

Language nods - meaningful messages from native speakers

Language nods - meaningful messages from native speakers NativLang

195K views - 6 years ago

African Romance: searching for traces of a lost Latin language

African Romance: searching for traces of a lost Latin language NativLang

878K views - 6 years ago

What English does - but most languages can't

What English does - but most languages can't NativLang

3.1M views - 6 years ago

Features English is missing - but most other languages have

Features English is missing - but most other languages have NativLang

2.4M views - 6 years ago

Altaic: Rise and Fall of a Linguistic Hypothesis

Altaic: Rise and Fall of a Linguistic Hypothesis NativLang

527K views - 6 years ago

Gvprtskvni - how is this even a word, Georgian!?

Gvprtskvni - how is this even a word, Georgian!? NativLang

1.1M views - 6 years ago

The complicated linguistics behind how the Maya talk about the past

The complicated linguistics behind how the Maya talk about the past NativLang

153K views - 6 years ago

Maya Before, Maya After: How a Tenseless Language Talks Past and Future

Maya Before, Maya After: How a Tenseless Language Talks Past and Future NativLang

319K views - 7 years ago

Aizuchi: Why it's impolite not to "chime in" in Japanese

Aizuchi: Why it's impolite not to "chime in" in Japanese NativLang

407K views - 7 years ago

What Genghis Khan's Mongolian Sounded Like - and how we know

What Genghis Khan's Mongolian Sounded Like - and how we know NativLang

2.6M views - 7 years ago

Why Danish sounds funny to Scandinavians

Why Danish sounds funny to Scandinavians NativLang

3.4M views - 7 years ago

Why some speakers can't understand speakers who understand them - Asymmetric Intelligibility

Why some speakers can't understand speakers who understand them - Asymmetric Intelligibility NativLang

1.3M views - 8 years ago

Family Trees in Other Languages: our world's 7 kinship systems

Family Trees in Other Languages: our world's 7 kinship systems NativLang

701K views - 8 years ago

What "Ancient" Chinese Sounded Like - and how we know

What "Ancient" Chinese Sounded Like - and how we know NativLang

2.8M views - 8 years ago

What Etruscan Sounded Like - and how we know

What Etruscan Sounded Like - and how we know NativLang

4.5M views - 8 years ago

How long can a language last before it's unrecognizable? - Dyirbal Glottochronology 2 of 2

How long can a language last before it's unrecognizable? - Dyirbal Glottochronology 2 of 2 NativLang

659K views - 8 years ago

How Fast Do Languages Evolve? - Dyirbal glottochronology 1 of 2

How Fast Do Languages Evolve? - Dyirbal glottochronology 1 of 2 NativLang

212K views - 8 years ago

Does time work differently in different languages? - Hopi Time

Does time work differently in different languages? - Hopi Time NativLang

565K views - 8 years ago