23 episodes
A Language I Love Is... Danny Bate
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A show about language, linguistics and people who love both!
A Language I Love Is... (ALILI) broadcasts linguistic joy and shares expert insights into the languages of the world. It's a simple formula: one host, one guest, one language, and three key questions:
1) What is your story and connection to this language?
2) What do you love about this language?
3) What is something you want the audience to know about this language?
Through informative interviews and casual conversations, ALILI fulfills its mission: to share the linguistic love with all.
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Romansh and Emma Gledhill
For episode 22, we're travelling high into the Alps, to join linguist and translator Emma Gledhill in the Graubünden/Grisons canton of Switzerland. Emma's chosen language is Romansh, the distinct Romance language of the region that, despite its endangered and disunited state, nonetheless holds the status of one of Switzerland's four official languages. Emma leads us through the origins, history and social standing of Romansh, as well as some delightful bits of vocabulary.
Emma's Twitter: https://twitter.com/linguistforsail?lang=en
Emma's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-gledhill-0608425/
For more about the Chartered Institute of Linguists: https://www.ciol.org.uk/
Sample of spoken Romansh by native speaker Daniel from here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Romansh_(Wikitongues).ogg
Host: Danny Bate
Guest: Emma Gledhill
Music: Bossa Nova by William_King
Artwork: William Marler
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Catalan and Alba Clopés and Joey Barber
For episode 21, ALILI becomes A Language We Love Is, as two guests, Alba Clopés and Joey Barber, join me to chat Catalan. Our conversation ranges from its Latin origins to ongoing efforts to build up popular usage of the language. Through the phonology, orthography, morphology, history and sociolinguistics of Catalan, you can see why Alba and Joey share a passion for this Romance language.
Sample of spoken Catalan by Ona, from here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WIKITONGUES-_Ona_speaking_Catalan.webm
Host: Danny Bate
Guest: Alba Clopés, Joey Barber
Music: Bossa Nova by William_King
Artwork: William Marler
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P'urhepecha and Kate Bellamy
ALILI has reached 20 episodes! The twentieth beloved language is P'urhepecha, a language of Mexico introduced by Dr. Kate Bellamy. Kate enthusiastically takes us through the geography, history, morphology and lonely genealogy of P'urhepecha, as well as the reasons why it deserves to be better known outside Mexico.
Kate's Leiden page: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/kate-bellamy#tab-1
Kate's Academia.edu page: https://leidenuni.academia.edu/KateBellamy
Spoken example of P'urhepecha taken from the textbook Ju je uantani, section 3.1, p. 50: https://lanmo.unam.mx/jujeuantani/
Host: Danny Bate
Guest: Dr. Kate Bellamy
Music: Bossa Nova by William_King
Artwork: William Marle
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Kashmiri and Sāmapriẏa Basu
Episode 19 sees the show's first returning guest, as the maestro of Indo-Iranian languages, Dr. Sāmapriẏa Basu, joins me again, this time to introduce Kashmiri. Beginning with its geographical and political situation, our conversation explores the many distinct features of Kashmiri that, for Sāmapriẏa, make it a 'linguist's language'.
Sample of spoken Kashmiri by Aakriti Khaibri, available here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WIKITONGUES-_Aakriti_speaking_Kashmiri.webm
Sāmapriẏa's wonderful Twitter site: https://twitter.com/avzaagzonunaada
Host: Danny Bate
Guest: Dr. Sāmapriẏa Basu
Music: Bossa Nova by William_King
Artwork: William Marler
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Biblical Hebrew and Benjamin Suchard
The third episode of this second series is a Biblical bonanza, as Dr Benjamin Suchard comes on the show to introduce the linguistic world of Biblical Hebrew. We discuss the language's history, its family tree, its layer of loanwords and external influences, and how human this holy language can be.
Benjamin's website: https://bnuyaminim.wordpress.com/
Benjamin's Academia page: https://kuleuven.academia.edu/BenjaminSuchard
Host: Danny Bate
Guest: Dr Benjamin Suchard
Music: Bossa Nova by William_King
Artwork: William Marler
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Bulgarian and Leonid Motz
Episode 17 of ALILI is a linguistic and historical voyage into the Bulgarian language, as Vienna's Leonid Motz guides us through the language's many ingredients, far-reaching connections, and membership of the Balkan Sprachbund.
To hear more from Leonid:
His Twitter: https://twitter.com/ulaantenger
His podcasting performance with Jeremy Bradley: https://www.recet.at/podcast/detail/episode-37-minority-languages-in-russia
Host: Danny Bate
Guest: Leonid Motz
Music: Bossa Nova by William_King
Artwork: William Marler
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Customer Reviews
Excellent food for the lingophile soul
This show literally personified my own live & fascination with languages. Thank you for your efforts! Maraming salamat!!
Addictive
Addictive and engaging show for language nerds and for those that like to know, why?
For all lovers of language
For those interested in language and specific languages, this is a great resource for learning and fun.