Cara, Drew, and Ed are back to do a deep dive into the the Native American language of Cree. They explore the rich linguistic heritage, cultural significance, and fascinating nuances of Cree, shedding light on a vital part of Indigenous culture

The Manchu Candidate

Feb 7th, 2023 1h 10m

On this episode of Linguistics Everyday, Ed, Cara, and Drew discuss the Manchu language, the Jurchen people, and a little bit about the History of China. Contact us at @LinguisticsEver or email us at [email protected] Some papers

Human and Language Migration in the Past

Aug 3rd, 2022 57m 25s

My friend Drew Vendrell comes to share some of his research on human migration in the past and how it affected spoken language patterns, with a huge breadth and scope from sea to shining yangtze. [email protected] @linguisticsever

Ukraine on the Membrane

Apr 10th, 2022 1h 1m

Cara and Ed are back to discuss the tumultuous history of the Ukrainian Language! Some sources: The Ukrainian Language under Totalitarianism and Total War Language Attitudes in Independent Ukraine: Differentiation and Evolution The Ukrainian L

Arctic Knot Conference w/ Wikitongues and Wikimedia Norway

May 19th, 2021 31m 23s

This week we are joined by Kristen, from Wikitongues, and Jon, from Wikimedia Norway, to discuss the upcoming Arctic Knot Conference, taking place from June 24th to 25th, 2021. They discuss the ongoing preservation efforts they are taking with

Scandinavian Rune Sisters

Mar 2nd, 2021 1h 9m

Cara and Ed come back from a brief hiatus and tackle Scandinavian Languages! Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Oh My! This episode is Bokmål of Nynorsk stories! A super fun episode, lots of laughs and a bit of language knowledge!

Lingua Pakistani

Nov 30th, 2020 50m 51s

This week, Cara and Ed discuss all about the languages of Pakistan! We discuss the languages of Punjabi and Urdu in detail, as well as the script of Nastaʿlīq. The paper of the episode is Language Ideology, Identity and the Commodification of L

Quechua Catch Up

Oct 29th, 2020 39m 29s

Cara and Ed focus on South America this episode! We discuss the major languages of South America, but then shift our focus on to the indigenous language of Quechua, with its approximately 8.5 million speakers, it is a major language in its own

Interview with Wikitongues Director Daniel Bögre Udell

Sep 21st, 2020 1h 3m

Today, we interview Wikitongues (https://wikitongues.org/) Director Daniel Bögre Udell! He talks about the origin of Wikitongues and its mission as well as discussing language rights all over the world and some upcoming projects for Wikitongues

Slavic Language Cousins

Aug 18th, 2020 1h 3m

Cara and Ed tackle the Slavic Language Family with an emphasis on the Russian Language, from its Old Church Slavonic roots to the modern languages of Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Serbo-croatian, Slovak and more! @LinguisticsEver @Carabrarian

New Kings of the World Book Discussion - Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop

Jul 25th, 2020 1h 18m

Cara and Ed along with special guest, Emily Wheeler of Film Inquiry, discuss New Kings of the World by Fatima Bhutto to talk about Bollywood, Dizi, K-Pop, and the shifting of soft power from America to the rest of the world. We also discuss the

Language and Identity in South Sudan

Jul 10th, 2020 49m 13s

In episode 7, Cara and Ed discuss the value of an official language in the modern nation state, how language influences identity and what the language situation is in South Sudan, from Juba Arabic to English and a bit of Swahili. @LinguisticsEv

Emoji as Lingua Franca

Jun 18th, 2020 23m 22s

Cara and Ed gather on this minisode to celebrate a huge milestone for the podcast: 500 downloads! We discuss the research of Gretchen McCulloch about emojis as language and a little bit about the experiment that was Emoji Dick (an Emoji transla

A Death in the Rainforest Book Discussion

Jun 11th, 2020 1h 8m

In Episode 5, Cara and Ed, along with guest Jen, discuss A Death in the Rainforest: How a Language and a Way of Life Came to an End in Papua New Guinea by Don Kulick. We discuss the death of the Tayap language as well as the people of the villa

Hebrew Language Revitalization

May 22nd, 2020 39m 45s

Cara and Ed gather to discuss the only truly revitalized language, Hebrew. From its 3000 BC roots to modern day, the language had been on a rollercoaster. We discuss how it’s been influenced by Arabic throughout its history and how Biblical Heb

Language Death and Destruction

May 6th, 2020 40m 28s

Ed and Cara discuss what is Language Death. With a language dying about every two weeks, preserving and recording these languages is of the utmost importance. We discuss different ways languages die (Gradual Language Death, Bottom-to-Top Langua

English Any Way You Want It

Apr 26th, 2020 1h 30m

Ed and Cara take a deep dive into the world of English Based Creoles from the Carribean, Africa and the Pacific like: Hawaiian Pidgin to Kreyol to Jamaican Patois to Singlish to Manglish and many more! How an accent transforms over time in an i

Creoles a Beginner's Guide

Apr 26th, 2020 22m 24s

Ed and Cara introduce you to the exciting world of creole languages! We discuss how a pidgin becomes a creoles, what makes a creole a creole to begin with as well as touching on the world's many creoles like Haitian Creole, Louisiana Creole, M