This dude has a better understanding of fictional languages than I have of English.

@teamredshirt

4 жыл бұрын

Hey, you nailed both punctuation and capitalization, two things that 90% of the YT audience is completely unaware of....

@candidatezero4703

4 жыл бұрын

@@teamredshirt Near-flawless execution, but an ellipsis typically contains only three periods, not four, and there really should be an em dash in place of the second comma, e.g. "you nailed both punctuation and capitalization-two things that..." Otherwise, amazing performance.

@teamredshirt

4 жыл бұрын

CandidateZero, The dash is one I struggle with, if only because is been a decade since high school. The ellipsis I’m blaming on my cracked screen, which causes an occasional double button press that autocorrect usually deals with for me. Until I started double tapping space to end a sentence, it often caused sentences to end with “..” which correction software doesn’t care about one bit.

@Melds

4 жыл бұрын

@@candidatezero4703 An ellipsis at the end of a sentence should still have a period after it, for four total. Or, if you use the ellipsis character (glyph), it would be "…."

@jendorei

4 жыл бұрын

@@Melds What? No. There is no such rule.

"american has a really weird 'r' sound" It feels so cathartic to hear someone address it

@SpiritOnAdventure

4 жыл бұрын

Also I'm so goddamned thrilled that my obscure language got a mention in this video (minangkabau) I kept replaying that part

@steelbear2063

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah as a Russuan I feel like r basically doesn't exist in English

@joshuamaze4210

3 жыл бұрын

@Stevie P eA

@-ana_banana-2098

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuamaze4210 games

@nigdyezemska2827

3 жыл бұрын

Whenever I speak in English, I inevitably "trip" over the r sound at some point. It's really difficult to locate it, almost feels like a vowel at times. Though the French r is even worse.

Imagine meeting this guy and you sneeze and hes just like "ooh thats one of my favourite sounds the atycillal sutrux"

@pinkajou656

3 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing

@qwxzy1265

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a velo-pharyngeal affricate? But seriously, good job on the pseudo-phonetic words. They sound really genuine! 😁

@particularlytrue

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@CatchThesePaws

2 жыл бұрын

@@augustguerra2550 eyy memento mori

@snorf525

2 жыл бұрын

clearly it's an alveo-nasal plosive

Nothing makes me more happy that hearing someone call it "Sindarin" instead of elvish

@sopihagrace7964

3 жыл бұрын

The Ewoks also say some phrases in Tagalog. I remember watching Star Wars as a kid with my family. It surprised the heck out of us Filipinos. (In a good way.)

@RafaelaMartinelli

3 жыл бұрын

there are several "elvish dialects" and only Tolkienheads know it! XD

@ImYourOverlord

3 жыл бұрын

@@RafaelaMartinelli Well, yeah. Quenya is a strong contender here ;)

@zoltanszaszi2264

3 жыл бұрын

There are three Elvish languages in LoTR/Silmarilion lore right? (At least three) Calling any of them just Elviah would be like saying, "Oh do you speak Indo-European?"

@prefersilence1742

2 жыл бұрын

Same, im learning it and everyones like: So hows youR ELVISH going

Can we trust this guy? He speaks parseltounge.

@Mr.Heller

4 жыл бұрын

He doesn't "speak" Parseltounge, he "understands" Parseltounge, like Dumbledore.

@izaiahramos9675

4 жыл бұрын

Mr.Heller r/whooosh

@dagatsby8918

4 жыл бұрын

Konner Dent gotta be able to understand the snakes to stop them

@alvinlepik5265

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Heller wait wait wait..did Dumbledore understand the language? It's been so long since I read the books..

@kazudolly

3 жыл бұрын

@@alvinlepik5265 yeh, he can understand it but not speak it lol

When you casually crack a pitch perfect yoda just to make a point.

@stanbabyphotostheslither-p8815

3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@huynhanh1269

3 жыл бұрын

we just going to ignore the spot on Yoda he pulled while talking about Star Trek...

@christopheralex4768

3 жыл бұрын

every time eric would be like "hear that sound?" i'd be like "uh huh definitely" while in reality i heard basically none of it and only followed like 5% of the conversation

@brendonhavener

3 жыл бұрын

am I supposed to reply with a copy&paste as well?

@Nekotaku_TV

2 жыл бұрын

It's easy.

Let’s appreciate Emilia Clarke. She surely nailed a fictional language perfectly

@johat1219

2 жыл бұрын

Can we also appreciate Zoe Saldaña that she nailed at least two fictional languages, in Avatar and Star Trek

@ericbrown1101

Жыл бұрын

It's kinda crazy that she was able to show a progression in her speaking ability. I also love the clear distinction between Drogo as a native speaker and Dany as a non native speaker in season 1. Big credit to his friend Jan for that.

@CeruleanRex

Жыл бұрын

@@johat1219 We can and we should.

@CeruleanRex

Жыл бұрын

Dothraki AND High Valerian!

@ikebeckman1074

Жыл бұрын

She even makes an unintentional mistake in the sale of the Unsullied that makes her pronunciation sound even more Astapori, where she says “iskos” instead of “iksos” as it would be in what Eric calls proper Valyrian. Over time ps and ks sounds switched to sp and sk

0:55 Parseltongue (Harry Potter) 2:20 Klingon (Star Trek) 6:40 High Valyrian (Game of Thrones) 8:11 Dothraki (Game of Thrones) 11:36 Na'vi (Avatar) 12:58 Sindarin (J.R.R. Tolkien's works) 15:17 honorable mentions

@juliaj7939

2 жыл бұрын

I came here for Tolkien

@destbar6610

2 жыл бұрын

Who else came here for Tolkien?

@patrickhildebrandt9328

2 жыл бұрын

@@destbar6610 Me

@konohashinobi71037

Жыл бұрын

I came here for Tolkien too!

"I can't comment 'cause I am not a heptapod" EXACTLY what a heptapod would say.

@amiakeli2682

4 жыл бұрын

Ladies and gentleman.. we got him..

@melissashields6893

3 жыл бұрын

lol you made me snort laugh

@KikiT92

3 жыл бұрын

sus indeed

@matthewtaylor6829

2 жыл бұрын

Um actually it should be pronounced Ì̴͍͈ ̷̢̍̔̈́̽̂͝ĉ̸̨̛̥̬̣͕̤̻̉͠á̵̠̱̇̓͆n̸͉̠̙͙̥͇̰͌͂̿͊̏̂͒'̶̣̝́̑͝t̴͎̟̣̮͐͋̒͘͝ ̶͎̮̜̥̩̬̠̳͋̂̄c̶̻͐͜ǫ̸̟̬̟̫̙̬̉̓̈́̾̈́͋m̶̛̟̳̖̳͌͐͗̋̈́͝m̵̧̛̛͔̼̬͉͗̈́͛͂̉̂ę̵̣͍͖̲͚̻̅͜n̴̖͕̠̊͛̉̎̊͘͠t̷͇̹̫̙͚͚̬̹̊͗̒͐̿ ̵̲̳̼̌̐͑̓b̷͕͍̟̄͒̈́̽́͛͝e̸̥͎̮̖͈͓͇̓̒̕͝c̴̯̣͐ā̴͚͝ư̶̫̰̺͉̻̮͉͋̃̆̆̋̆s̵̡̳̭̋ȩ̵̠̯̬̥̀̈́̈́̄͋̌ ̴͎͕̪̰͎̆̌́̉̈́̌̕̚Į̸͓̪̠̖͐͑̿̿̏̔͝'̸͎̎̓̃m̴̥̠͋̍͐̅͆͆̎͋ ̵̣͓̯̞̭̟̯̋͒̈ṇ̶̝͈̦͔̰̞̫͆̈́̊̑͋o̷͉̿͆̈́̀̾̄̓̒t̸̩̰͈̤̰̟̄ ̸̛͓̂͊͘a̶̛͎̜̭̰͈͌̽́̌ͅ ̵̲̼̒̾͒̕͘͘͝ḩ̶͕̘̦̼̝̳̄ͅe̷̛̛̥̻̱̳̔̎̄̌͆̄ͅp̵̡͈͇͈̟̉̀̚t̶̘͔̼̊͗͋̎̚ä̷̱́̽̑̏͒̎͑̓p̸̱̗̹̫̹̪̚ȱ̵̲͗͛d̵̰̲̞̪̟͚͇̓

@Tzshchsjsjxijyo

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewtaylor6829 did you mean “i diemn jodpoe93ld xjeofd i hsmrx jsoekd s jhepetod”

does this man just know every language?

@BlkSDX

4 жыл бұрын

Well... That's his job as a linguist

@OoogaBoog

4 жыл бұрын

@@BlkSDX A lot of people really suck at their job. This guy is just good at it.

@flee4342

4 жыл бұрын

Or he researched for 4 weeks before doing this video.

@dwalters98

4 жыл бұрын

@@flee4342 He likely does speak most of the languages that aren't a minority language though. Enough that a casual conversation would never be an issue anyways.

@Evelina_412

4 жыл бұрын

​@@dwalters98 What do you consider a minority language? Cause there are hundreds of widespread languages that millions of people can speak. He can be educated on languages without actually being able to speak them, definitely not in a "casual conversation" type of way. I'd place my bets that he knows up to ten.

in case anyone was curious, High Valyrian and Klingon are both on Duolingo. ((Im silently hoping they add Sindarin but i kinda doubt it))

@siggilinde5623

3 жыл бұрын

Kinda strange when you think about it 🤔

@fierysunset3261

3 жыл бұрын

They also have Navajo??! What. That's kind of upsetting for me ngl

@rageagainstthemicrowave1313

2 жыл бұрын

@@fierysunset3261 navajo is a real language tho what are you upset abt lol

@evelynvongizycki1017

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I didn’t know! I have a lifetime membership to do a lingo for the pandemic.

@kjeezy2990

2 жыл бұрын

@@devanbrowne8706 because it’s a language only for us.

all of us at midnight choking on our tongue to make a d sound

@nimratmand3318

3 жыл бұрын

Not me though. I am Indian😆

@perrodetokio

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha or as we laugh in spanish: Jajajajajajaja

I'm personally offended that Simlish wasn't included in this

@Trekkie_Gal

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that too, but the title of the video does specify film and TV. That being said, I'd love to hear his take on it. Maybe he can do another video on video game languages.

@christianedwinwalter4531

5 жыл бұрын

Jabu jimi hish jabu

@zazzy6758

5 жыл бұрын

Septecimia simlish isn't a real conlang, it's more like that Star Wars language with the little bear things because it's a haphazard arrangement of a number of different languages

@PapagenoDispo

5 жыл бұрын

oh feebee lay!

@anoja31

5 жыл бұрын

Lol yea!

Did u know Klingon is on Duolingo but they refuse to put Latin on

@JeremiahWatkins-zv8bn

5 жыл бұрын

E P my best guess to why that is is that Latin is so widely argued on the pronunciation that Duolingo didn’t want bad reviews for the speaking part of learning your language. Klingon on the other hand is short, and pronunciation is considerably easy

@evepolvay401

5 жыл бұрын

@@JeremiahWatkins-zv8bn Huh that's a good point. I never thought of it like that. There are two latin teachers at my school and even they pronounce words differently.

@JeremiahWatkins-zv8bn

5 жыл бұрын

E P yes, since Latin wasn’t preserved well over the centuries, the pronunciation is widely varied, and hotly debated amongst experts. I think it’s a really interesting topic to dive into. My native language is French and even inside our own language, there is so much variation. Sometimes to the point you can barely understand one another. I guess this is the same with English, but I don’t feel it’s as extreme.

@galiusargentum9048

5 жыл бұрын

I don't know what's the issue with the Latin. I mean, yeah, there are two types of pronunciation, a classical and an ecclesiastical pronunciation. Just choose the classic one and it's done. Latin is a very beautiful language, the father of most occidental language, except english and german, dutch and some others.

@laurastoria7880

5 жыл бұрын

Tu trouves qu’en France on peut avoir du mal à se comprendre ? À part au Québec je trouve qu’on n’a vraiment pas d’accents si différents que ça

I speak Tibetan, and I watched The Return of the Jedi with a native Tibetan speaker -- and she was floored, because they actually borrowed individual Tibetan words and phrases for the Ewoks (and used them correctly!). She started listening very carefully, but it was just here and there.

I love how Mr. Singer finds something intelligent to say about everything they throw at him. A true professional.

Impressive that Zoe Saldana speaks Klingon, Na'avi, English, and Spanish

@b-m9480

7 жыл бұрын

Isabelle Sacks But not Viggo Mortensen who speaks 7?

@isabellesacks3055

7 жыл бұрын

I wasn't saying that to detract from the impressiveness of how many Viggo Mortenson speaks, but rather to highlight that I thought it was outstanding that Zoe Saldana speaks TWO fictionalised languages.

@MagentaLooks

7 жыл бұрын

She should join Game of Thrones.

@isabellesacks3055

7 жыл бұрын

So true

@jzaar7483

7 жыл бұрын

*Na'vi

every time eric would be like "hear that sound?" i'd be like "uh huh definitely" while in reality i heard basically none of it and only followed like 5% of the conversation

@wegigprasasti1425

4 жыл бұрын

Me when dating 😅

@guythedude6293

4 жыл бұрын

Me and my brother are language nerds so I was able to hear them pretty well. Once you study the sound system of two or three languages it's easier to pick up on those kinds of things.

@celinavivian1162

3 жыл бұрын

It goes sooo fast but I’ve watched all of these videos in a row and it’s getting a bit easier. I know I’ll forget all of it by tomorrow

@arturama8581

3 жыл бұрын

Listening takes practice and being multi-lingual helps a lot.

Tolkien is a freakin genius. Im always surprised at how detailed he made his world. Its a linguistics goldmine.

Fun fact, the "American R " sound that he mentioned was really wierd is a sound frequently used in Tamil, one of the most ancient languages of the world. In fact, even the word 'Tamil' is actually supposed to be pronounced with that american R at the end but since most native English speakers don't get it, they often just pronounce as 'l'

@teddynkwabi4502

3 жыл бұрын

Huh....interesting 🤔

@BigBoss-sm9xj

3 жыл бұрын

American English for the win!

@himamouli5047

3 жыл бұрын

@@BigBoss-sm9xj actually the sentiment was more "Tamil for the win!" But whatever floats your boat 😂👍

@BigBoss-sm9xj

3 жыл бұрын

@@himamouli5047American english and Tamirrr for the win!! Lol tamil can also be a winner

@himamouli5047

3 жыл бұрын

@@BigBoss-sm9xj True ❤️😀

There are more fluent speakers of Klingon than some native American languages. Which is both impressive and depressing.

@GriffinPilgrim

5 жыл бұрын

Still doing better than some. Cornish is dead.

@yo18momas

5 жыл бұрын

Kinda upset he didn’t mention that the Tl sound is also in Nahuatl (Aztec language) and has 1.8m speakers, making it the largest spoken Native American language

@nexxusty

5 жыл бұрын

How is that depressing? You unintelligent to enjoy Star Trek hmm? I understand. Most people are.

@lincolnsand5127

5 жыл бұрын

@@nexxusty I'm saying it's impressive how developed star trek has become. I like star trek. I'm saying how it's depressing how many of the native American cultures and languages have faded and been lost. I'm not insulting star trek.

@alyssarosenberger4332

5 жыл бұрын

@@nexxusty You insult someone's intelligence while simultaneously butchering the language. Do you have any idea about the real languages and histories and peoples who've been lost? I love Star Trek, but honestly as someone who's at least in some part Seminole, I have to say I agree with Lincoln. It's sad indeed.

we just going to ignore the spot on Yoda he pulled while talking about Star Trek...

@cuoredolce29

4 жыл бұрын

Nick Zagas THANK YOU!!!! I was stuck like, did he really just put that out there perfectly like that and NOBODY said anything???!!!

@Sileithel

4 жыл бұрын

@@cuoredolce29 It's too perfect! Maybe it was a voice over??

@dehdarkz1191

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr? Dude is true to his career lol

@ncescher1

4 жыл бұрын

Thats his profession...

@HotShotR92J

4 жыл бұрын

Best part

Should have covered the Black speech of Mordor. One of the coolest sounding languages ever

@nighthaunter5615

2 жыл бұрын

agreed wish he'd also cover quenya, since that's much more developed than sindarin even though there's more sindarin in the book and out of curiosity, do u know the ring verse in black specs by heart?

I love him I love his seriousness I love his humor I love his knowledge I love his enthusiasm I love his hand gestures The guy is just great

@yyaaa3434

Жыл бұрын

someone fell in love

@Words-of-encouragement.-.

Жыл бұрын

@@yyaaa3434 Lmao

"I can't comment, I'm not a heptapod" hmm. sounds like something a heptapod would say

@oopie2006

4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Calder what the... I read that RIGHT as he said it!! *Twilight Zone music*

I could listen to this guy all day. Please give him his own show

@magnum_cx8805

5 жыл бұрын

I would watch way too much of that

@jessestefan6177

5 жыл бұрын

I third this

@Hats502

5 жыл бұрын

I agree he’s awesome, very knowledgeable

@itsmyroadbiatch1884

5 жыл бұрын

I think that is a dwarvish alphabet, not Sindarin at 13:12

@oksanaulula

4 жыл бұрын

@@itsmyroadbiatch1884 why?

For those curious about the English R bit - there are only a few other languages with a similar sound. They include Faroese, Albanian, Mandarin, and (southern) Vietnamese, as well as Dutch but in Dutch it's only pronounced that way when it is before a consonant or at the end of a word. However, none of these are exactly the same. In Faroese and Mandarin it approaches a fricative, in Albanian and Vietnamese it's inconsistent and there are several pronunciations (even though the Englishlike one is the most common), and the Dutch one is almost "more American than American English" in a way I can't describe - they pronounce it so intensely that it feels like it almost becomes its own syllable.

I've been working for over two years on a conlang called Eka'ane. It's so time consuming, but so worth it when I can step back and say a paragraph or two in my language! I hope to eventually get to use it in a novel :)

Would love to see a breakdown of the Minion language

@chongyunsimp2088

5 жыл бұрын

Yes me too! I think minion language uses a lot of malay words. I recognized one or two malay words like "terimah kasih" but i don't speak malay so I wouldn't know.

@DrRiq

5 жыл бұрын

@@chongyunsimp2088 haha yeah, it definitely sounds like a mix of Austronesian + Greek + others

@newtonthenewt1400

5 жыл бұрын

@@DrRiq It also sounded slightly Latin to me

@DrRiq

5 жыл бұрын

@@newtonthenewt1400 yep, agree

@ShirubaGin

5 жыл бұрын

Most of it is gibberish

This guy does for linguistics, what Vsauce did for science.

@giantmetaldog9153

7 жыл бұрын

you should watch tom scott

@md.niamulahadchowdhury7403

6 жыл бұрын

You are to grammar what Albert Einstein was to grammar

@PSYLP

6 жыл бұрын

And far less pandering and intellectually insulting then Vsause too! Bonus!

@FrankLoon

6 жыл бұрын

Vsauce ain't shit! More like Dsauce.

@RadShiba

6 жыл бұрын

Infinite Loop indeed

"I can't comment... I'm not a Heptapod." ICONIC

The "Divine Language" was created out of Ancient Egyptian and a Polynesian dialect, and had about 400 words at the time of filming; it now has over 900 words. Part of Mila's job was spending days speaking only DL while doing ordinary daily tasks, and she and the director would have full conversations on set, as well as with Ian Holm. So... not actually gibberish, Eric.

@lulumoon6942

2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating.

I could listen to this guy speaking for 12 hours straight and I wouldn't complain at all

@minhcatelyn4882

4 жыл бұрын

@@svenlimaLima lol! profound!!!

@MsButtercup3000

4 жыл бұрын

I want him to read me a bedtime story 😂

@elizabethc.z

4 жыл бұрын

I agree and wanted to help you reach 1K likes :)

@Graham-gt4gr

4 жыл бұрын

Big Bodda BOOM! Orange haired girl in fifth element!

Erik Singer: "... a very enthusiastic uvulur affricate" Me: *blushes*

@veritypursuit9752

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@bazingaburg8264

5 жыл бұрын

It sounds a bit forward but feels so right ^^ Out in a minute, honeeey

@Words-of-encouragement.-.

5 жыл бұрын

I love your screen name😂😂

@MsCunningLinguistic

5 жыл бұрын

Marquise West thanks boo 😘😉

@mareksicinski3726

4 жыл бұрын

*uvular

This was such a pleasure to get into! For the first time in my 51 years, I’ve discovered a group of people with the same fascination for language and language sounds, structure and content that I’ve had all my life, seemingly alone! Even to the interest in the makeup of constructed languages! God I wish I had known this was an area of study that was practical and not just academic-I think I would have been profoundly happy to have devoted my professional life to this. Thank you.

The rewatchability of Erik's videos is insane. I would watch this man talk for hours about languages.

Who else doesn’t understand anything but thinks it’s really interesting.

@chrstnptt3398

5 жыл бұрын

Same, lol

@MiMi-qb6tk

5 жыл бұрын

Haha. Thanks for putting my thoughts into words. I'm captivated

@deckzid

5 жыл бұрын

Me here :)

@PishTosh83

5 жыл бұрын

✋

@reddparadox4141

5 жыл бұрын

I do. Its cool to realize how if even small changes in the things weve always done unconciously could totally change how we sound.. That's pretty neat.

I didn't know I was hot for linguistics

@MsCunningLinguistic

5 жыл бұрын

*tl*

@guul66

5 жыл бұрын

lingustics is wicked

@bazingaburg8264

5 жыл бұрын

Try out books like "Learning russian for travel purposes in 4 weeks" and alike without any listening comprehension whatsoever, i dare you :D Not wanting to unlearn learned mistakes, we wouldn't just settle for a gutfeeling of how the pronunciation has to sound like. I am so glad i came upon this chanel ^^

@johndesohn7973

5 жыл бұрын

@@bazingaburg8264 ты странный сударь

@jdw0909

5 жыл бұрын

me neither!!!

"Thu'um", the Language of the Dragons and the Dovahkiin is clearly missing here.

@jljljl1820

4 жыл бұрын

its called dovahzul. thu'um is a word in dovahzul

@girv98

3 жыл бұрын

It's just an English relex, not really a proper conlang

@alvindzaki6085

3 жыл бұрын

@@girv98 actually, there is a dovahzul course.

@girv98

3 жыл бұрын

@@alvindzaki6085 I didn't say there wasn't. The point is that it's a relex - a word for word copy of English grammar just with different words

@alvindzaki6085

3 жыл бұрын

@@girv98 Ah, I see your point.

Does anyone realize that they find people who speak too many languages hot or is it just this guy being hot with all his knowledge of languages?

@Black_pearl_adrift

3 жыл бұрын

Just a guy who's passionate about and knows a ton about a topic. Idk that so attractive to me

@roaklarson9699

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think so, otherwise I'd be get a lot more action, then what I am rn

@katy4639

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Yes he is.

@lieselbrehmer

3 жыл бұрын

*coughs* lookin’ at you, Viggo

@steelbear2063

3 жыл бұрын

Looks before books. He's hot, which is obviously the first thing people notice. And THEN he's interesting. Maybe. Still better be hot and dull than ugly and dull

The way he got all excited everytime he was about to tell a fun fact made my day

@Wingardium.LeviOsa

Жыл бұрын

Just about to say that 🤣🤣🤣

@Monieverytime

Жыл бұрын

especially 12:42

Awesome video!! It's amazing to see all this analysed in depth. So interesting, thank youu!

As someone who LOVES languages, THIS is absolutely AMAZING!!! And am I the only one who did not know that Viggo spoke 6 languages?!!

@GoldenSpaceDoll

3 жыл бұрын

Many don't, it would be surprising if he didn't though. His name is completely Danish, as his father is Danish, and his mother is American. He have lived a lot of places, they did forget to include that he also can speak a bit Arabic and Russian.

@suzanagjoni5767

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah.....Stolen Comment

i'm just realizing all the weird sounds i can do all have names

@SmilyLily1996

6 жыл бұрын

Jo Giesler I studied English at Uni for a little time and had linguistics in it and had to learn most of these words. Best part is mumbling things to yourself when taking the exam.

@HMcore

6 жыл бұрын

I know, right :D "Is this fortis or lenis? t ... d ... t ... d ... t ... d"

Is this the professor that y/n always falls in love with? 😂

@redfrenchfries9263

5 жыл бұрын

yep absolutely

@NO-bl4gm

4 жыл бұрын

I think so😂😂 cause he is cute asf

@ghadaalkhalidi9733

4 жыл бұрын

who is y/n

@NO-bl4gm

4 жыл бұрын

@@ghadaalkhalidi9733 Y/N is often known as "your name" in fanfics and self inserts on Tumblr and such

@ghadaalkhalidi9733

4 жыл бұрын

@@NO-bl4gm oh thanks:)

The editing on this video is on point lmao

I think there’s enough conlangs to warrant a Part 2. Point is I’m on a big kick as to why Marvel/Disney didn’t invest in creating a Sokovian language, it would added a lot to Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver’s relationship, or Zemo’s... just putting this into the aether

Fun fact: J.R.R Tolkien actually made many languages other than Sindarin in the world of middle-earth/Arda. Like Quenya, Dwarvish, Entish, Black Speech etc. And unlike many other languages here, he made these by his own accord or by himself. Yes, he was a legend.

@animegandalf8690

7 жыл бұрын

JustAGuy Well black speech was never fully done, since it was barely used in the books and that Tolkien himself said that he kinda hated it since he felt it made him uneasy. Which kinda fit when you make a language that the enemy should speak

@chrissiec5541

7 жыл бұрын

JustAGuy thank you, i was hoping there would be a comment paying J.R.R. Tolkien the fuckton of respect he deserves

@huahualipo

7 жыл бұрын

Anime Gandalf true; Tolkien's languages are of various states of completion. Fun fact: Black speech is related to Valarin, the language spoke by the sort of gods. Another fun fact: Sindarin is considered weird by many, perhaps because it was subject to time more than the "proper" Elvish Quenya.

@CalebMcFarland

7 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: hot pockets are almost impossible to cook correctly.

@Caedus696

7 жыл бұрын

Well it makes sense that Black Speech and Valarin are similar since the "magic" of middle earth is just that speech and song twisting the fabric of reality.

That Yoda impression was unexpected and brilliant.

@jasonalen7459

6 жыл бұрын

I love how they show Yoda shaking his head "no" after he said it

@anneclarence1704

6 жыл бұрын

where was it again? (can you give me the time)

@noahp.8301

6 жыл бұрын

Anne 2:39

@anneclarence1704

6 жыл бұрын

sorry it's not there...?

@dreamchasingcat

6 жыл бұрын

Anne try 3:02

Beautyful, well explained! Thank you!

I keep coming back to this video pls give us a part two

I seriously want to see a 30 minute video oh this guy doing his version of all the accents

@pandatobi5897

5 жыл бұрын

HAHA my ocd is having a field day this comment has 666 likes

@ahmadreiza2827

5 жыл бұрын

He literally teach you how to spell it right everytime he correcting

@Anita_Bath

5 жыл бұрын

Easy, just take a hammer to your left temple

Wow. This man is stupid intelligent.

@lookoutpiano8877

5 жыл бұрын

kenza abdi I don't know what you mean. I was giving him a compliment. It's a phrase used in America. Think of it like, "I got a new Ferarri. It's stupid fast."

@Kindroth110

5 жыл бұрын

kenza abdi “stupid” in this context is synonymous to “crazy” or “very”

@Arthur-yf9yv

5 жыл бұрын

Loving the oxymoron :)

@musical_lolu4811

5 жыл бұрын

'Stupid' here is an intensifier adverb. A typical Americanism. Kinda funny too, its intended comedic effect. Nothing to be bothered about.

@djsickbeatz4005

5 жыл бұрын

Pp and poopoo

Please do another one of these, and include the dialects/accents in "The Expanse"! Thanks so much.

I love that at 13:31 JFK's "ich bin ein Berliner" get its end cut so German speakers won't be able to talk joke that JFK literally said "I'm a donut".

@seyhalater8336

2 жыл бұрын

How does one say “ I am a Berliner” in German?

@maybepolly_

2 жыл бұрын

omg es un berlín JAJAJJAHHAHAJ

"There is no word for thank you in Dothraki." - Jorah Mormont

@TreetopCanopy

7 жыл бұрын

"You know, that wasn't in the original script. They added that based on something I said in the original press release. ... I remembered the first time I saw that [Jorah says it] thinking, 'Wait a minute, I don't remember that...' Then it hit me, and I realized, 'Oh, hey. They picked that up from me!' Then I forgot it and created a word for "thank you,' anyway." -David Peterson, Dothraki language designer

@GreenMareep

7 жыл бұрын

I thought he rephrased it with something like "I appreciate your work" or similar. Would have worked, too.

@Giulsgiuls93

7 жыл бұрын

I had to scroll too far down for this!

I was surprised not to see Sim language.

@unicornburger16

7 жыл бұрын

fullmetalfunk why would it be? This was languages from film and tv, which Sim speak is from neither.

@fullmetalfunk

7 жыл бұрын

True but they had the Furby at the end. That's not from a film or movie.

@unicornburger16

7 жыл бұрын

fullmetalfunk cause it was part of the random stuff section. And yes, while they could've had Sims there, all the other randoms were from tv or movies also, including the Furby because it's a tv commercial.

@fullmetalfunk

7 жыл бұрын

You're incredibly pedantic, but ok. I just figured it was one of the more well known made up languages in our culture and since it's just gibberish and not a real conlang it would have been funny to hear what he had to say about it in the random section is all.

@unicornburger16

7 жыл бұрын

fullmetalfunk I'm sorry I came off that way, maybe it'll come up in a future episode, I just wanted to be clear why it wasn't in this one.

Thank you for this video, I would appreciate a separate video about the high Valyrian ❤

That was excellent, Erik. Thanks!

Some guys be afraid to moan in their girls ear... Erik Singer: Voiceless Alveolar Lateral Affricate

@MartianInDisguise

2 жыл бұрын

This man is the dream of heterosexual female linguists everywhere.

are we NOT talking about his amazing Yoda impersonation!?

@HeyCrabman14

5 жыл бұрын

Right he is! Yessss!

@GewelReal

5 жыл бұрын

Book to him gave I

@chimpinaneckbrace

5 жыл бұрын

I feel like he could do a perfect impression of just about anyone or anything.

@georgf9279

5 жыл бұрын

Comment Yoda did. His head he shook.

@jonnomate4085

5 жыл бұрын

anyone can do a good yoda impression

This helped me understand Parseltongue better. I need to learn it to be able to communicate with my friends.

If you've never heard a Finnish speaker get excited, I highly recommend it. All those double k's and t's that interrupt the flow give the language a really interesting rhythm.

Viggo makes Elvish sound so natural, you could really believe he grew up with it.

@s.g.3042

6 жыл бұрын

Sarah Warren *because he is danish, which elvish was derived from*

@timomastosalo

6 жыл бұрын

SNEAKY BLISSKIN Old Norse is quite a different language than Danish, it's close to Icelandic, and closer to Norwegian than Danish - which has changed a lot, since those times. Danish sounds closer English than Old Norse, though of course it sounds quite different than English. So Old Norse is the great grandmother of those 3, there a couple of others as well, mainly Swedish. Icelandic sounds the closest to it, because it 'inherited the house where Old Norse used to live'. Elvish is a whole language group, not 1 language. Here the language in question is Sindarin. There is also an Elvish language called Quenya in the movies and books. Those are the 2 most important Elvish languages, but there are many more Tolkien made. Quenya is mostly Latin and Finnish, Old Norse only giving some spice to it here and there. Sindarin - which they speak here - is mostly like Welsh and Irish, spiced with something else, like Old Norse. I'm not sure, but sounds like Old Norse was more used in making of Sindarin, but it wasn't the major component in neither of those 2, that much I know. And I'm linguist myself. Well, not a teacher, but studied it in the university.

That Yoda impression was awesome

@Tikayy

7 жыл бұрын

Though wrong sentencing :P Yoda would never say "book to him gave I", but would say "book to him I gave", as if he pasted the beginning at the end. "Patience you must have" "Ready are you" "consume you it will", stuff like that. I'm not even into star wars, but I recall that easily as I found it hilarious ^^

@jacobdamour8926

6 жыл бұрын

13:32 JFK is a jelly donut confirmed

@brettdibble2763

6 жыл бұрын

actually funny thing about Yoda's speech pattern is that it is IDENTICAL to Korean grammar, so when star wars was translated for a Korean audience Yoda sounded like your typical old dude

@caaaatchup

6 жыл бұрын

@Brett Dibble: That was a stupid mistake on the translator's part then, he should've translated it so it would have a different grammar so his speech would stick out just as it does in English. I guess the translator was not imaginative enough.

@brettdibble2763

6 жыл бұрын

well, compared to everyone else (remember, yoda is the ONLY one with that specific speech pattern in the movies) yoda's speech would STILL stick out since i'm assumeing everyone else would sound....wonky. that is unless the translators REALLY got into the nitty gritty of things

This is so helpful for my novel writing. Thanks!!

I love these videos by Erik 👍 super interesting.

He’s right. Viggo Mortensen really sounds like he’s been speaking Sindarin his whole life. I didn’t know he spoke six languages. That man is just impressive.

@sarahgappmaier3574

5 жыл бұрын

giving me a small heartattack with "he spoke"

@elkaydoug8863

5 жыл бұрын

I wish that I could speak Spanish

@soulmediabo

5 жыл бұрын

it sounds like he speaks Sinderion better than most of the elves...

@p1rgit

5 жыл бұрын

and there was poor Figwit (aka Lindir) having helluva time tryna memorize one single sentence in sindarin... :D or two. Taenen bar-en-abed athar glaind, nevui penim miruvor. Manann ingadh namen i-darthatar? kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZaqjkrJsh6qaqrA.html around 5:00 -ish :)

@p1rgit

5 жыл бұрын

@@dxce_ meh, who cares... grow up ;) btw in oldest manuscripts it's 616, if you love number of the beast :p

He's so good at knowing exactly where the tongue goes. Can we date?

@zeddy2284

4 жыл бұрын

lol

@Sporkmaker5150

4 жыл бұрын

You better paint all your fingernails different colors and have a prosthetic limb.

@Sileithel

4 жыл бұрын

My heart broke at the end of the vid, when I first noticed he has a ring lol. I was like "awwww, he's sooo married" * dissappointed voice* lol

@Porbei

3 жыл бұрын

It’s because he probably has been provided the ipa and gloss for the languages.

@gjcb8248

3 жыл бұрын

LMFAO He's a snack

After watching a few of these, it must be nice to know your passion and being able to create a lifetime career of it.

This was fascinating-thanks!

I kinda have a crush on this guy.

@Nhaunderstood

7 жыл бұрын

who's not :D

@sawyerblack4688

7 жыл бұрын

If we're being honest, this seems like a really well put together guy. I bet he lives in a really fucking awesome loft and buys quality goods.

@Uhohlisa

7 жыл бұрын

LOL Sawyer. Too true

@justdecember

7 жыл бұрын

Same, a smart man talking about something he's passionate about makes my ovaries implode!

@kgcko

7 жыл бұрын

of course! he is five a star man!

He missed the opportunity to describe how R2-D2 has 26 electronic sounds. One for each letter in the English alphabet. The noises actually spell out his dialogue.

@RicardoMorenoAlmeida

5 жыл бұрын

Whaaaaat??? For real?

@qs987

5 жыл бұрын

Wtttt so its just english?

@NoirL.A.

5 жыл бұрын

very interesting. i've seen those movies a thousand times each and i never knew that.

@alisa2628

5 жыл бұрын

Then that language would just be English no?

@Helloitzkenny

5 жыл бұрын

Did you know that Deadmau5 actually has *the* synthesiser board that was used to create R2-D2's "Language"? Source: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lnad06iHfsnblKQ.html Timestamp: 5:25

I love listening to him put together all the sounds that make up a language... it's almost therapeutic to make the sound after he explains what it is

10/10 loved this, just a bit confused about the last few seconds, I haven't finished Game of Thrones so maybe Denaris created one, but in season 1, they said there was no word for "thank you" in Dothraki.

i could honestly listen to him break down languages forever.

Dothraki sounds so badass, and Momoa pulls it off brilliantly.

@deulily

5 жыл бұрын

Bryn Jackson he’s the human representation of badass

@rangerslayer2260

5 жыл бұрын

Then you have Emilia Clarke who does nail it, but not without messing up. It's hilarious. Even when she speaks Valyrian.

@braziliangopnik3040

5 жыл бұрын

looks like spanish to me

@bryntendo

5 жыл бұрын

Supergirl Gamer I think she does it really well too, but she does it with her Valyrian/Westerosi accent since she's all high born and stuff, which definitely makes it sound less badass, but hey, Dany is pretty badass as it is so I give her a pass there lol

@SmoothDogGaming

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe Khal Drogo just kills off anyone that speaks it better than him lol

I just adore this man. ;-; I love linguistics and culture studies. I keep rewatching all of the videos he's in. He’s so excited to teach people about what he knows and it’s just so wonderful to see. PLEASE KEEP BRINGING HIM ON!! (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)

wow you just told all americans who struggle with the german "ch" how to easily pronounce it. props

@lucadreier22

6 жыл бұрын

8ay8ee Aawww now I can't correct a "ck" to a "ch" anymore :(

@Pierrot110194

6 жыл бұрын

Yeeeeah it's close but not exactly the same. When saying "cute" I'm using a part of my tounge that's a teeny tiny bit further back when saying "Ich". Source: am german. (Although the possibility stands that I'm pronouncing "cute" wrong, obviously.)

@Kahli21

6 жыл бұрын

@Peter Pepper - From a native English speaker, you're correct. I know how to ( properly ) pronounce "Ich", and I think it has more to do with the vowel sound immediately next to the "ch". Your mouth is more open when you are saying "Ich" and the tongue is slightly more forward - open more because of how "i" is pronounced. In "cute", the vowel u requires your lips to be a different shape, and the tongue is juuuuuust slightly further back. You're probably just fine pronouncing "cute", so don't worry about it!

@madczech9568

6 жыл бұрын

like we care

@madczech9568

6 жыл бұрын

czech's say it right

Is anyone else laying in bed at night wondering why you just watched a 20 minute video about a guy who listens to people talk?

@BlueyMcPhluey

4 жыл бұрын

only 20 minutes?

@smakhanian

4 жыл бұрын

Nope. I watch over & over and share with friends. He's brilliant.

@michaelchallis4129

3 жыл бұрын

No, because he also did aliens.

@leibun

3 жыл бұрын

Because it's super interesting

@hadeermu3315

3 жыл бұрын

Cause he's fuckin hot

He is right about the 'r' sound. I'm Spanish and learnt English in school. When we are speaking English we usually have to combine English and Castellano because some words do not have a translation or we say someone's name. This is kind of weird because of the different pronunciation and accent.

Thanks. I was hoping you'd discuss 'I am Groot.' And you did. I love your analysis of all these languages.

YES! Love these language/accent videos

@MinaF99

7 жыл бұрын

Also the sims language next pls

@Halinspark

7 жыл бұрын

Mina F Step one: Put marbles in mouth. Step two: Pretend to speak French

@factsverse9957

7 жыл бұрын

Mina F Finally! Official name (Technique Critique)

@anandadaquino3604

7 жыл бұрын

what is your native language, guys?

@nicorans5369

7 жыл бұрын

Native Language is Dutch, but i also speak Englisch, French, German and a little bit of Spanish

I hope there isn’t a test after this video because I am going to fail miserably.

@banished4eva

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Sede hahahaha

Incredible video!

A couple of weeks ago I had a Linguistics exam at my university, this is so fascinating

I'm curious what he thinks of the 72+ ways that Hodor says "Hodor" on Game of Thrones.

@jorellelouis1551

4 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for Hodor too since he discussed GOT conlang already.

@chrismanuel9768

2 жыл бұрын

Hodor is perfectly cromulent.

I was expecting Simlish.

@andrewnagengast2349

6 жыл бұрын

sims are a game, not TV or movie. So he could get away with not including it lol.

@matejanj.h.3668

6 жыл бұрын

and Furby is a TV or a movie?

@theghostofkinglear

6 жыл бұрын

YES

@asherraar.2906

6 жыл бұрын

I was looking for Simlish too! Degdeg...

@kjanikova6731

6 жыл бұрын

Oh no, I was going to make this comment, but you made it one year ago, so now I can't :(

I have watched no less than 6 of your videos over the past 18 hours. I am transfixed, and I hope, absorbing everything you are saying like a sponge. I wish I had the money to study with your for about 6 months! I'm kinda fan-boying over here. Thanks for these pieces you have done. I am so grateful.

Singer analysis is really amazing in every video

Okay but the editors were really nice for pausing his speech at fairly flattering points lol

These are ridiculously, addictively good.

This is genuinely so interesting

This is so impresive.

There is no word for, "thank you," in Dothraki.

@cluckendip

5 жыл бұрын

what about "cheers mate"?

@twstf8905

5 жыл бұрын

@@cluckendip Ba dum dum PSSSH 👍

@therealjumin1941

5 жыл бұрын

TWSTF 8 What about "creep"

@kadigan1979

5 жыл бұрын

Originally there was, but there wasn't a word for "please", according to the notes David Peterson provided to the showrunners. They liked the idea so they added it to the script but made Peterson remove the word for "thank you" instead.

@twstf8905

5 жыл бұрын

@@kadigan1979 OMG lol whatever 😂 (Nobody likes the "actually...." guy)

Yooo it’s not often that I hear my tribe mentioned in a video (that isn’t about Alaska). Łingits have only about 1,000 fluent speakers, and enough sounds to make our language difficult

@Idiomatick

4 жыл бұрын

Wa sah iyatehte

@jelleschelfthout3636

4 жыл бұрын

Quite cool tho, make sure you keep your language alive! I know I would watch some beginners guides

As a foreigner who has been studying English for years this is a cool English lesson :) I love the English language and all the English accents. Now I am studying French, Italian, Spanish and I started studying Arabic as I am very interested in the Persian culture as well. I hope I can become fluent in 6 languages by the age of 60

@valinorean4816

2 жыл бұрын

"I started studying Arabic as I am very interested in the Persian culture as well" - wait a sec, then why aren't you studying Persian? These are completely unrelated languages, save for some loanwords?

@lulumoon6942

2 жыл бұрын

Keep at it, and enjoy the people you meet along the way, what it's all about! 👍

When he was addressing the voiceless alveolar lateral affricate, I’m surprised he used Tlingit and not Nahuatl as an example. Most people don’t even have Tlingit on their radars, lol *edit*: corrected “they’re” to “their,” that was embarrassing

@kellyzavandro456

3 жыл бұрын

I immediately thought of Nahuatl

Please do the Sim language, Simlish. There are a couple of songs that have been translated to it, but I don't think anyone has figure out how it works. Even talking about it linguistically would be amazing!

@Gongasoso

6 жыл бұрын

Zoe Lang That's because it doesn't. They made a language of agreed-upon gibberish, there is no real grammatical basis to it, I think. They focused on the emotional impact every word had, but didn't worry about consistency. At least, it's what I heard.

@judeballado

6 жыл бұрын

^^^ This. Also, check mate in Simlish is literally "meck chate"

@pearum2881

6 жыл бұрын

"yibz!"

@mrwinborne15

6 жыл бұрын

Lmao I always thought it was in another language I didn't know but I never knew it wasn't any language at all... geez I feel dumb... I always wondered why they never spoke english im going to kill myself.

@leleedler

6 жыл бұрын

There is not no structure to Simlish, my friend and I met Portugal the Man after a concert of theirs and they have a song or tow in TS3, I asked about it and it is almost certainly just jibberish with some words that go together a bit.