Emoji and ideographs
Ideographics scripts, such as hieroglyphics, use complex characters to represent ideas. Another well known ideographic script is Chinese, which uses thousands upon thousands of characters to represent all the different ideas and concepts in the Chinese languages. Emoji aren’t an ideographic script. While they contain some information of their own, they are not systematic, which means […]
“Adele – Skyfall” in Atlaans
Atlaans is a constructed language I made a while ago that mixes various Germanic languages together. I love constructed languages because they allow you to play with language and to see what a language would look like if history was different. What would English look like if it weren’t for the Norman invasion? What would […]
Mama Mia in Ancient Greek
Language can be intimidating sometimes. You look at all the weird words and symbols, and you think you will never be able to learn it. I love videos like this because it shows you can have fun with language and still learn something. Also, but translating a modern song into Ancient Greek it makes the […]
A fun song in Danish
Oh boy, a video about a grandmother drinking beer 😀 And in Danish too, the language of the Vikings! What’s not to like! 😀 I have always liked Danish. It has such an interesting sound to it. I know some people make fun of it though. Some have called it “Norwegian spoken with a potato in […]
An overview of languages that have at one time or another served as a lingua franca
A lingua franca is a language that may not be someone’s native language, but it is a language that they know well enough to get by in. A language becomes a lingua franca due to economic and political forces, and has nothing to do with how good the language sounds to someone or the grammar […]
If you ever wanted to learn the quirks of South African English, now you can :D
All languages have dialects. And English is no exception. I live in South Africa, and as such, I speak South African English. It is not wildly divergent from other types of English but some of the differences can be a bit confusing for some visitors. For instance “just now” means “later” (sometimes “much later”), but […]
