what a soft-spoken lovely chap

As an autistic person who also loves Icelandic, this man is my hero. He’s far from the only reason I love it but his dedication is part of what inspires me and I envy his progress. I’ve never met anyone from there in real life but I’d love to and maybe it would be easier.

How wonderful! As a polyglot, Icelandic is on my list of desired languages to learn so it has been very fascinating to see kind-of what I'm in for. Haha. Great video, can't wait to start on the beautiful Icelandic language!

@PURPLEONIOND

4 жыл бұрын

What languages can you speak? I’m trying to manage German and Icelandic

@salome_psychostudy_asd

3 жыл бұрын

@@PURPLEONIOND Are German and Icelandic similar in some ways?

@karisteinn5647

2 жыл бұрын

@@salome_psychostudy_asd Hi, I speak both and I wouldn't say they're very similar, at least to the point where speaking one would significantly aid you in the learning the other. They are of course both Germanic languages (just like English) but have split so long ago it would be just as easy to learn Icelandic as a German speaker as it would for an English speaker, in fact I think it would kind of be easier for the English speaker since the Viking invasions inserted some old norse into the English lexicon. Those are just my personal inputs though, feel free to ignore.

@salome_psychostudy_asd

2 жыл бұрын

@@karisteinn5647 Thank you for this explanation!!

I wonder if the turning point for Daniel might have been that he gained confidence because he had unique abilities that were appreciated by others. In my case I have aspergers and didn't self diagnose until late in life but I never found my niche. I have always known I had unique abilities in different ways but I have always has just as many kinds of limitations too. It seemed like any career I wanted to pursue there was always an immense road block preventing me from being successful in it even though I had abilities in a many different areas. But maybe this is the key to helping people with autism spectrum disorders - finding something that allows them to fit in and that in turn will give them the confidence they need to develop and grow as a person.

His accent is different. How interesting. What development.

I would be intersted in knowing whether new alphabet letters also are associated with colors and shapes. For example if he were to learn chinese, or even russian.

Very interesting views by Daniel. I have an interest in neural computing and AI and have done since I left University. I believe that the brain is a computer however it’s code is molded by emotions. In essence the neural chemistry changes the essence of what is thought or computed. Would love to talk to Daniel about this hypothesis since his synesthesia may expose some of the inner workings. Great discussion and a place for us all to learn about language, linguistics and communication between humans and animals. Has Daniel tried understand how some animals communicate ? That would be fascinating too.

I enjoyed the first video of learning Icelandic...is it true that the producers of that had made certain deletions, etc whatever, I still like it and this polyglot video is great. Friends in Swedish-Finland said they had trouble understanding Swedish in the next village about 20 km down the road.

Icelandic people speaking English sounds quite similar to how Finnish people speak English.

@eddykohlmann471

3 жыл бұрын

It's been said before. why do you think that is? I have my own thoughts about that.

I think there were lots of Esperanto speakers at the conference. It is a pity that Daniel didn't take that opportunity to try to speak Esperanto and to listen to Esperanto speakers in person. Esperanto is not at all just a written language.

I have learned a little of Icelandic language. It has some similarities to English :0

@agnesmaria6468

6 жыл бұрын

Hoàng Kim Việt it does but very few

@severinbrunges-turl1301

5 жыл бұрын

It’s in the same family as English: Germanic

@MisterFuturtastic

4 жыл бұрын

@@severinbrunges-turl1301 Is it related to other Scandinavian languages at all?

@karisteinn5647

2 жыл бұрын

@@MisterFuturtastic yes, old norse used to be spoken around the entire scandinavian culture-zone including Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and so on (not Finland though). However, they have diverged and evolved from the old norse base that they all came from to the point of becoming entirely separated but vaguely similar languages. Icelandic is simply the one that has changed the least and is the closest of them to the original old norse to the point where even I, a modern Icelandic speaker can read texts written in old norse thousands of years old.

Is the stussy cold in iceland?

Now if he coulld add the different Sign Languages.

What an amazing guy. Wow.

For me, Icelandic is the strangest member of Germanic language family. Forr example, why doesn't it have the "c" letter? :0

@agnesmaria6468

6 жыл бұрын

Hoàng Kim Việt we also don’t use the letter “w”

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He can't pronounce the letter "R"?

@silver6380

4 жыл бұрын

It's a feature of some British accents. He's actually pronouncing it as a labiodental approximant - a sound between v and w.

@robertstein7211

2 жыл бұрын

Yep..but I still like listening to him hevis very interesting..I am 84..I will follow his journey..

I appreciate the video. However, it would have been nice if she let him speak more, let us get into his mind more. He is the guest of honor, and the savant. She took over so much of the talk! I give him a thumbs up, but the video a thumbs down because of her. Thanks again.

The most difficult language in the world

Does not say a single word in icelandic ...

@jeylful

4 жыл бұрын

Yes he did

genius but cant use a microphone