Langfocus
Chinese - The Sinitic Languages
This video is all about the Sinitic language family, also known as Chinese! Special thanks to Bing Chao and Liyang Ye for providing the Mandarin, Shanghainese, and Cantonese audio samples! Support Langfocus on Patreon...
NativLang
What "Ancient" Chinese Sounded Like - and how we know
How China's scholars uncovered its ancient imperial language and founded a linguistic tradition that's uniquely separate from the West. Subscribe for language: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Become my...
ARTiculations
What is Chinese Calligraphy? Pt 1: History | ARTiculations
Watch part 2 here: https://youtu.be/AGye84QySY0 Ever wondering how Chinese Calligraphy works? I tell you about it while discussing the intersection between visual arts and linguistics. Special thanks to Master Chen and Master Liu (AKA my...
ARTiculations
What is Chinese Calligraphy? Pt. 2: Materials | ARTiculations
Watch part 1 here: https://youtu.be/Ydp-Tm0N_e4 Ever wondering how Chinese Calligraphy works? In this episode I talk about traditional Calligraphy materials and the history behind them. Special thanks to Master Chen and Master Liu (AKA...
NativLang
Khitan: deciphering China's forgotten Para-Mongolic language
A steppe empire's undeciphered glyphs are at the verge of recovery. Meet the Khitan language! Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Become my patron: https://www.patreon.com/NativLang ~...
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Kanji Story - How Japan Overloaded Chinese Characters
4 out of 5 students agree: Kanji = Evil. But learning Chinese characters was worse than I expected. It's systems within systems! Subscribe for language! https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang ~ Corrections /...
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Clocks around the world: how other languages tell time
How many hours are in a day? Which direction is clockwise? Can hours shrink? Depends on your language! Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Become my patron: https://www.patreon.com/NativLang...
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Stroke Order - there's a wrong way to write Chinese characters
There's a stroke-by-stroke way to write every Chinese character. Here's how I got used to hànzì and kanji stroke orders, and why even then they still threw a few punches. Subscribe for language!...
Langfocus
How Similar Are Chinese and Japanese?
This video looks at the similarities (and differences!) between Chinese (Mandarin) and Japanese, two unrelated languages that have mutually influenced each other. Thanks to Eric Yang and Hao Yi for their Mandarin audio voice samples!...
NativLang
What Genghis Khan's Mongolian Sounded Like - and how we know
Genghis Khan? Or Chinggis Khaan? Maybe Khagan? History's most famous conqueror kept many secrets. Yet with some clever linguistic investigation, we can reanimate the sounds of his language. Become my patron:...
Crash Course
The Dark(er) Side of Media: Crash Course Media Literacy #10
Has the media really turned to the dark side? Explore the magic of misinformation through a video from a media literacy series. Content includes wartime propaganda, political ads, and the entertainment industry.