I am so sick of seeing those videos titled "how I learned x amount of languages" and its just the romance languages, English, and German. This was such a good refresher! You have such a wonderful story and the languages that you speak are a mixture of practical, unique, and fascinating. Definitely deserves a subscribe

@andreabrs0931

7 ай бұрын

What's wrong with Romance languages ? What is your native language ?

@bemple6344

7 ай бұрын

nothing is wrong with romance languages, I speak english, spanish, and latin, Its just the fact that they are so commonly learned (especially with youtube polyglots) that its cool to see someone going against the grain and learning other cool languages@@andreabrs0931

@1viniciuspessoa

6 ай бұрын

The problem is other languages are nearly impossible to learn, for there's so little material online, and generally courses of languages which are not from rich countries are so damn expensive.. It's not by chance that so little foreign people speak them..

@johnkennethcastardomillan4537

5 ай бұрын

​@@andreabrs0931the problem with these so called polyglot youtubers is that they mainly focus on Romance Languages which are related to each other so learning it will not be that hard and challenging unlike the other languages. Romance Languages are also overrated 😜

@Nach956

3 ай бұрын

​@@andreabrs0931 I share his feeling. Although in my case its because romance languages aren't a big challange when your native language is one of theme. Mine is spanish. Not saying its easy, but its also not a huge thing.

Seeing the isle of man's flag made me almost fall over. Oh my goodness i love this.

@Transgenderism_must_be_stopped

8 ай бұрын

Magic.

@Kurdedunaysiri

8 ай бұрын

Are you Manx

@that1niceguy246

8 ай бұрын

Oh god i sure hope those two comments that i can't see weren't being rude to someone. (although i would wanna know whatthey said.)

@Transgenderism_must_be_stopped

8 ай бұрын

@@that1niceguy246 Yeah, I didn’t see anything.

@demos113

8 ай бұрын

It's a bit of a shock for sure but nice to see it nevertheless. 🙂

You are not just learning languages, you are literally a conservationist. Thank you!

At last! A polyglot that respects the languages he speaks, understands you need to appreciate the culture, geography and history associated with them too and has an awareness about endangered languages. You can't imagine how painful diglossia can be with minoritized languages, even if they're not as endangered as Manx Gaelic. I saw my Catalan-speaking grandparents struggle with it all throughout their life. That can lead to rejection and marginalization, so it's very important that there's an effort to appraise, protect and transmit them. Thank you so much!

You’re such a refreshing voice for language KZread, we really need people championing the forgotten languages of the world

@FrozenMermaid666

8 ай бұрын

I highly recommend learning Dutch / Old Norse / Norwegian / Icelandic / Gothic, they are one of the prettiest languages ever, too pretty not to now, and also Welsh / Gallo / Breton / Galician / Hungarian / Slovenian etc, and I am learning all Germanic languages and the 6 Celtic languages and all other pretty languages that exist, so I have over 50 languages on my list on languages I want to learn and improve, and I am so obsessed with learning Nordic languages, and I am beginner level in most pretty languages, and I am advanced level in Dutch and writer level in English and intermediate level in Norwegian / German / Swedish and Portuguese and native speaker level in Spanish and upper beginner level in Old Norse and Icelandic and Welsh and Italian and French - most ‘popular’ foreign languages aren’t pretty, but German is gorgeous tho, the words are so pretty, so it deserves to be a popular language!

@FrozenMermaid666

8 ай бұрын

Old Norse is one of the prettiest languages I’ve ever seen, it has real gorgeous words like erfiði / yfir / haf / vindr / dyn / skegg / dróttinn / veit / drengr / fjall / hǫnd / fisksins / lengr / hvassir / rauðr / hvarr / grænn / hvat / líkligr / hǫss / afi / frændi / heitir / veð / hráka / þó / kvern / mælti / hét / setja / hinn / kveða / sinn / leið / brott / knerri / við / dýr / með / heyra / eða etc, and the word endings (like nir and inn and sins etc) and the letter combinations are so pretty, just like the word endings and letter combinations in English and Dutch and Norwegian - I can’t stop learning new pretty words in Old Norse and Icelandic (and the other pretty languages) and they are really áddìctive to look at and read and hear in lyrics etc, I’ve been listening to Skáld songs in Old Norse and Icelandic since I found the first song in Old Norse (Troll Kalla Mik) and I’ve memorized most of those lyrics!

@FrozenMermaid666

8 ай бұрын

Dutch words are just too pretty not to know, and 83 of the prettiest words in Dutch are - ver, vlinder, verloren, feest, adem, vaste, veel, verdween, heel, het, heen, voorbij, vandaan, verven, domein, verwaald, drijfzand, lief, leegte, liefde, heerst, einde, zonder, weet, avond, vult, gekomen, centrum, moment, pad, loop, overheerst, vallen, twijfel, vinden, kelde, wald, ter, geweest, vrees, grenzen, verleg, rein, van, stellen, wilde, steeds, verstreken, evenbeeld, bleef, steile, vrede, stem, wens, net, tijd, stille, verwenst, zalig, ochtend, zilverreiger, weer, overwint, heerlijk, zin, hart, beweert, vanaf, kwijt, wolken, mes, verliezen, dwaling, verlaten, rede, trek, tuinhek, brand, verdien, blikje, vertellen, verder, vertrek...

The most interesting is Manx, because it is quite impossible to find web pages, courses online or even pdfs teaching the language. And yes, as Irish and Scotish, Max is a Celtic difficult language. Thanks to show Manx pronounciation.

@FrozenMermaid666

8 ай бұрын

Celtic languages are very easy to learn / read / write etc, actually, 4 of them being category one languages like most Germanic languages, and Irish & Scottish Gaelic are a bit harder as they are category 3 languages due to the spelling, but the words are still easy to learn and understand - I am learning Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic, and I know a lot of words in Welsh and all the pronunciation rules etc, the words are very easy to remember because most modern Celtic words are real pretty, and one tends to remember prettier and more distinctive words faster, and the pronunciation is also super easy, but yea, it’s not easy to find videos and other resources teaching Manx and Breton and Cornish, I cannot believe they aren’t even on Google translate, ugh, same as Faroese and Old Norse and Limburgish and Gothic and Norn and Old English and North Frisian + East Frisian, and also Gallo and Occitan and Aranese etc, none of these pretty languages are on Google translate, and very few videos teach words in these languages, but I started learning the words that I could find, and I am beginner level in most pretty languages, and I am advanced level in Dutch and writer level in English and intermediate level in Norwegian / German / Swedish and Portuguese and native speaker level in Spanish and upper beginner level in Old Norse and Icelandic and Welsh and Italian and French!

@FrozenMermaid666

8 ай бұрын

Old Norse is one of the prettiest languages I’ve ever seen, it has real gorgeous words like erfiði / yfir / haf / vindr / dyn / skegg / dróttinn / veit / drengr / fjall / hǫnd / fisksins / lengr / hvassir / rauðr / hvarr / grænn / hvat / líkligr / hǫss / afi / frændi / heitir / veð / hráka / þó / kvern / mælti / hét / setja / hinn / kveða / sinn / leið / brott / knerri / við / dýr / með / heyra / eða etc, and the word endings (like nir and inn and sins etc) and the letter combinations are so pretty, just like the word endings and letter combinations in English and Dutch and Norwegian - I can’t stop learning new pretty words in Old Norse and Icelandic (and the other pretty languages) and they are really áddìctive to look at and read and hear in lyrics etc, I’ve been listening to Skáld songs in Old Norse and Icelandic since I found the first song in Old Norse (Troll Kalla Mik) and I’ve memorized most of those lyrics!

@FrozenMermaid666

8 ай бұрын

Dutch words are just too pretty not to know, and 83 of the prettiest words in Dutch are - ver, vlinder, verloren, feest, adem, vaste, veel, verdween, heel, het, heen, voorbij, vandaan, verven, domein, verwaald, drijfzand, lief, leegte, liefde, heerst, einde, zonder, weet, avond, vult, gekomen, centrum, moment, pad, loop, overheerst, vallen, twijfel, vinden, kelde, wald, ter, geweest, vrees, grenzen, verleg, rein, van, stellen, wilde, steeds, verstreken, evenbeeld, bleef, steile, vrede, stem, wens, net, tijd, stille, verwenst, zalig, ochtend, zilverreiger, weer, overwint, heerlijk, zin, hart, beweert, vanaf, kwijt, wolken, mes, verliezen, dwaling, verlaten, rede, trek, tuinhek, brand, verdien, blikje, vertellen, verder, vertrek...

@ofaoilleachain

6 ай бұрын

There are courses, you just have to know where to look. If you're interested I can link you resources.

@illumanati_01

5 ай бұрын

www.gov.im/categories/home-and-neighbourhood/manx-gaelic/ is good place to look and start for learning Manx. Theres lots of resources to refer from

By far the most based KZread polyglot I've seen so far. Someone with real appreciation and awareness of the languages he speaks. Big props to you and your adventures, and I hope you keep it up!

Рад, что ты на самом деле русскоязычный. Всегда считал что ты американец с невероятным уровнем русского

@vitroznovsky9482

7 ай бұрын

Já myslel,že nějaký Faeřan nebo Islanďan

@nejkajaryba1710

7 ай бұрын

Смотрела старые ролики и гадала, какой у него полной язык, в итоге остановилась на еврее из русскоязычной семьи и таки попала

@jackfordon7735

6 ай бұрын

У него очень хороший английский, но я как носитель английского все же слышу у него мелкий иностранный акцент.

@justaman1090

6 ай бұрын

Да, русский акцент у него чувствуется.

@WasFakestCenturyAesthetics

3 ай бұрын

In Dostoevsky there are all those Russians who can't speak Russian properly. Is that still a thing?

I wasn't expecting to see Manx here, but a joyful surprise nonetheless! It kinda seemed like some parts of Manx grammar and pronunciation were more akin to Scottish Gaelic to me. As an Irish Gaelic speaker, I could understand approximately 30-40% of what you were saying without the subtitles because of the different words and sounds changes from Irish to Manx. However, while listening and simultaneously reading the subtitltes I could fill in the blanks and recognize the equivalent phrases in Irish. Fair play to you! Ní raibh mé ag súil leis an Mhanainnis a fheiceáil an seo, ach bhí sé sin an-suimiúil ar fad! Is Gaeilgeoir mé gan mórán aithne ar na teangacha Gaelach eile, ach shil mé go raibh cuideanna áirithe de ghramadach Mhanainnis níos cosúla le Gáidhlig na hAlban ná leis an nGaeilge. Bhí mé in ann 30 nó 40% de do chuid cainte a thuiscint gan na fotheidil mar gheall air cúpla focail/frasaí nár aithin mé agus cúpla athrú fuaime idir an Ghaeilge agus an Mhanainnis. Ach thuigeas gach rud a bhí tú a rá agus mé ag léamh na fotheidil is tú aga caint. Go n-éirí an bóthar leat agus tú ag foghlaim na teangacha is aoibhinn leat!

@kokoshneta

8 ай бұрын

Precisely what I felt - without subtitles, I could glean just about enough to catch the drift, but with the subtitles, I could understand maybe 85% of the words. Did not know that the Manx word for ‘language’ is different, though (seemingly something akin to Irish _glórach_?)! - - - An rud ceannann cearna liomsa! Gan na fotheidil, b’ar éigean gur leor é mo thuigbheáil chun an bhunbhrí a bhaint amach, ach leis na fotheidil, d’éirigh sin suas go dtí 85% de na focla. Agus ní raibh a fhios agam go bhfuil an focal Mhanannach ar ‘theanga’ chom difriúil sin (cosúil le ‘glórach’ na Gaeilge, is dóigh?)!

@lothariobazaroff3333

8 ай бұрын

What does the phrase "fair play" mean in this context? Something like "good job"? I'm learning Welsh and the expression "chwarae teg" ("fair play") is used quite often. I'm Polish and the only meaning I know pertains to sport.

@leviathan5377

8 ай бұрын

@@lothariobazaroff3333 Yep, that's pretty much what it means. It's used mostly in Ireland, and to a lesser extent in the U.K. as far as I know. Hefyd, sut mae dy ddysgu Cymraeg yn mynd?

@lothariobazaroff3333

8 ай бұрын

@@leviathan5377 Da iawn. Dw i'n darllen rŵan "Blodwen Jones a'r Aderyn Prin" gan Bethan Gwanas a dw i'n gwylio rhaglenni teledu ar y wefan S4C.

@imshawngetoffmylawn

8 ай бұрын

Go raibh míle maith agat! (Gura mie mooar ayd) in Manx.

I’m a polyglot and I don’t speak manx but my family’s Manx I’m so impressed by your skills

Вы - Человек мира! Удачи Вам и спасибо за отличное видео!

I'll be totally honest, I only clicked on this because of the Manx flag! It's good to hear your encouragement for those learning obscure languages. I started learning Welsh simply because Welsh poetry is the most heavenly sound that exists in this world, and I felt an intense desire to understand how those sounds could be used as communication. Will it ever be useful for me? No, definitely not. But I enjoy the time I spend learning it, so don't really need any further reward.

@tetrovius

8 ай бұрын

Fi hefyd! In high school I fell in love with Welsh music and poetry, and learning the language made more sense than trying to memorize things phonetically. It’s kind of a joke to people who know I’m learning it, but the more “useful” languages never spoke to me in the same way.

Manx went hard as fuck, good on you lad

You know, sometimes I feel dumb and incapable of truly grasping the vocabulary needed to truly be fluent in Spanish. But the fact that I was able to understand 85% of the Spanish section of this video using my 4 years of classes in high school, also a little practice with videos and texting people, really helps encourage me. That being said, your story was really cool! Plenty of things to see in Spain itself and also in the Canary Islands. I just might see these places for myself someday. Thank you for making this video. It was enjoyable to watch and also see the stories behind what got you to your present-day language fluencies. Te deseo mucho éxito con cualquier lengua quieras estudiar, y también con cualquier cosa en la vida que quieras hacer. 🙌🏼

@adrianmoreno8816

6 ай бұрын

Si quieres podemos practicar juntos, no me importa si solo hablamos español

Очередной приветик из Риги. 🙃 В какой-то степени я с тобой похожа. Семья не из Латвии, но русская. Те же английские мультики. Подготовительная начальная английская школа. А потом родная школа с 5 языками (английский, латышский, русский, немецкий(Старшая школа), французский (Факультатив.)). Сейчас же за Латвию немного обидно, в плане языков. Из-за не знании всех учителей латышского до уровня С1, они должны будут уволиться. Русские школ больше нет и сам язык сделали факультативным. А большинство учеников сдают английский (60% средний балл среди всех школ) лучше чем латышский (50%). Но при этом врагом латышского считают русский, хотя моя школа и многие другие сдавали латышский лучше. Сама молодёжь (латыши) общаются на английском, а на вопрос "Почему?" приходит ответ "Нам так проще и лучше.". Я бы сама не хотела чтобы латышский в родной Латвии забывался, но с учетом новых законов и условии, уже многие молодые коренные жители от него отказываются. А то что было раньше богатством изучать столько языков в обычной, НЕ языковой школе, уже утрачено. Увы. Если бы выбирала сама свое обучение, то выбрала билингвальное образование. Это было самым нормальным и хорошим вариантом для решения многих проблем, в котором училась я. Все предметы сразу на 2ух языках. И для себя понятно, и не учишь латышский насильно.

@imshawngetoffmylawn

8 ай бұрын

Спасибо за комментарий, очень интересно! Про школы в Латвии, Я об этом тоже много слышу, понятно, с этим конечно всё не очень хорошо. Надеюсь в будущем будет лучше

@mikeeforma2281

7 ай бұрын

Эх, я вот жалею, что у нас в школе отдельные предметы так и не перевели на преподавание на двух языках. Были попытки, но быстро всё сошло на нет. Привет из СПб 😉!

@selladore4911

6 сағат бұрын

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I somehow agree with you regarding to the reasons one can have to decide what languages to learn. In my case being a Mexican, after learning English, some Italian and French, I decided to kick off learning something new and original. That's why I learned Tzotzil, an indigenous Mayan language spoken here in Mexico. I'm already fluent in it and I'm feel confident to speak on a variety of topics in this language. Greetings from Latin America

Baltic languages are fascinating to me. These litle bits that are so close to Slavic languages make me want to deep dive into at least one of them. Save for Celtic and Romani languages, Baltic just seem the coolest out of all Indo-European languages. It was nice to hear a good amount of Latvian that isn't coming from a language learning video, or a potato microphone, or "blindfold flirting". Your stories and insight really made this the only good polyglot video on KZread. Truly doing the gods work with this one O7

@excho

7 ай бұрын

If the Slavic elements is what makes you like Baltic languages, then I'd recommend my native tongue of Lithuanian. It's definitely the more Slavic-influenced of the two. Latvian, on the other hand, has more Germanic and Uralic influences. Additionally, I'd just like to note how you and I are completely opposite. I like Baltic languages overall, but I hate the Slavic-esque bits the most. Which is why, to me, Lithuanian is a 5/10 language, while Latvian is a solid 7.5/10. I don't speak it, but the first syllable stress and the reduced prevalence of fricatives makes me love the sound of it. So I just find it interesting how people can like languages for totally opposite reasons. 😅

@borealmarinda4337

7 ай бұрын

​@@excho See, my interest isn't in similarity, but actually in contrast in the Balto-Slavic group. What I find fascinating is how close they are yet how much different they ended up being. Being a Slavic speaker, it's neat how close each Slavic language is to each other, but that similarity becomes mundane. Comparing Czech to Croatian is like comparing oranges to tangerines. I can already understand half of it and I don't know anything about the language. While languages like French and Spanish are fascinating in how related they are because of their differences. The only Slavic languages I want to know all about is Sorbian, Macedonian, Rusyn, and to a lesser extent Polish. Baltic languages are like a window to an alternate reality. Their aesthetics are only hints towards other European languages, hints of Slavic and Romance and Germanic, but also entirely its own and uniquely beautiful. Listening to them fills me with the same wonder I get when learning about Gothic and Proto-Germanic, and Proto-Celtic. It's like something ancient is unlocked when in contact with Baltic languages. I find Prussian the most tantalizing, though it is a revived dead language. But now that I know that Latvian has Germanic and Uralic influences (both language families I adore), I am definitely way more intrigued in Latvian. One other thing I wanted to mention: it's funny you mentioned first syllable stress. I am Czech, and we have absolutely consistent first syllable stress. It's impossible to have iambic poetry in Czech without an introduction of a dactyl. It's probably why I find Latvian sound more interesting, because it has ingrained familiarity, yet it's so, so different.

Omg! I’m originally from Granada 🤠🇪🇸 I also have a bit of a record moving across different countries, studying a bachelor abroad and learning several languages! So far 🇪🇸🇳🇴🇬🇧, although I also speak fluent 🇮🇹 and 🇩🇪 at a B1 lvl. I really wanna learn hebrew next to break with the western european pattern, but I am struggling to find a nice learning book with audios

I am so glad the KZread algorithm recommended your video this morning. I'm happy to see a young man such as yourself pursue the very studies I was interested in. As a young man, I received a scholarship to the University of Helsinki and my goal was to specialize in historical Finno-Ugrian and Altaic linguistics. After some, time I returned home to take care of my ailing mother who passed away a couple years later. Long story short, my life path took a detour and I regret not being able to pick up where I left off. I absolutely understand your fascination with smaller and endangered languages. It would appear we share a lot in common. I was absolutely taken aback to see you speak fluent Manx! That is awesome! I am definitely subscribing to your channel so that I can live vicariously through your studies. I wish you the very best as you continue your linguistic journey!

I've never watched a more entertaining and inspiring language video -- and I've seen a lot!

В плане выводов об изучении языков и выбора, с каким из них связать часть своей жизни, абсолютно согласен! 👍 Мне часто даже про китайский говорят: «зачем?», «почему?». Так что представляю, каких вещей наслушался ты! (Обращаюсь на ты, потому что воспринимаю your mindset casi similar al mío!)

¡Me gustó mucho tu vídeo! Tu español es muy bueno. Yo estoy en camino de aprender ruso y me gusta mucho tu contenido. ¡Saludos desde la costa mediterránea!

Ура, новое видео! У тебя очень интересная и разнообразная жизнь. У меня, конечно, такого не было и я чувствую себя немного глупой из-за этого, но ты так вдохновляешь на изучение языков, да и в принципе на какое-либо саморазвитие. Правда, сейчас я не могу много времени уделять им, ибо учусь в другом городе, но стараюсь. Увлекаюсь английским, испанским и французским. Люблю все это, потому что когда во что-то погружен, абсолютно не замечаешь внешний мир. Еще круто, что такие каналы объединяют людей из разных стран и культур. Я из Крыма, Симферополь. Спасибо за видео! Лайк.

@imshawngetoffmylawn

8 ай бұрын

Спасибо за комментарий! Всего вам доброго!

@ernestparalam2041

8 ай бұрын

Было интересно читать твой комментарий, особенно концовку, когда я прочитал, что ты тоже из Симферополя. К сожалению мне тоже пришлось покинуть свой родной Крым в прошлом году и сейчас я живу в Германии. Говорю на: украинском, русском, английском и сейчас уже немецком, хотя чувствую, что немецкий как-бы перезаписывает многие английские слова, что меня весьма огорчает. Надеюсь, что английский я не забуду. Но больше всего меня расстраивает, что я очень плохо знаю свой родной язык - крымскотатарский. Так как уже много десятилетий в Крыму, как на официальном так и нет уровнях запрещается преподавание моего родного языка в школах и скоро он может вообще исчезнуть, так как люди (которые и так плохо знали свой язык) вынуждены покидать свою родину и учить другие языки, при этом "забрасывая" изучение своего. Я стараюсь общаться с бабушкой и мамой на родном языке, чтобы полностью его никогда не забыть и очень хочу в будущем выучить его идеально. Так как сейчас могу только понимать многое, но сказать что-то очень сложно. Также знаю некоторые фразы и слова, как классического арабского, так и Иракского диалекта, так как соседи у меня арабы. Хоть мы и общались сперва на английском, а сейчас уже на немецком, иногда они меня учат своим словам. Кстати, парень из Ирака 2 года назад жил в Испании в Гранаде и немного говорит на испанском.

איזה יופי! אתה בן אדם מאוד מעניין!

привет! когда впервые смотрела и услышала русскую речь, сразу поняла, что говоришь с детства - как бы ни был хорош полиглот, ну не смог бы таким молодым так чисто произнести! но твои знания и других языков впечатляют ❤ было б интересно узнать, как ты изучаешь редкие языки, особенно когда по ним мало документации. самой очень интересны некоторые финно-угорские языки, но информации мало

I relate so much to not feeling super interested in ‘traditional polyglot languages’ I love languages like Pashto Swedish Basque Estonian Georgian Armenian Greek Karelian Kalmyk Manchu Breton Irish Alsatian (Though I am learning German rn and I do have plans to learn Indonesian, Portuguese as a few other common languages)

@smileyface3956

8 ай бұрын

I also love languages and basque is my favourite one I learnt it do you speak it

@matthewsiregar

8 ай бұрын

go for it, standard indonesian is quite easy for an austronesian language.

@itsPonkulz

8 ай бұрын

there are Karelian learning materials in Finnish and probably in Russian, so you should learn those languages first to make it easier for you :)

@FrozenMermaid666

8 ай бұрын

German is gorgeous tho, the words are so pretty, so it deserves to be a popular language - I highly recommend learning Dutch / Old Norse / Norwegian / Icelandic / Gothic, they are one of the prettiest languages ever, too pretty not to now, and also Welsh / Gallo / Breton / Galician / Hungarian / Slovenian etc, and I am learning all Germanic languages and the 6 Celtic languages and all other pretty languages that exist, so I have over 50 languages on my list on languages I want to learn and improve, and I am so obsessed with learning Nordic languages, and I am beginner level in most pretty languages, and I am advanced level in Dutch and writer level in English and intermediate level in Norwegian / German / Swedish and Portuguese and native speaker level in Spanish and upper beginner level in Old Norse and Icelandic and Welsh and Italian and French!

@FrozenMermaid666

8 ай бұрын

Old Norse is one of the prettiest languages I’ve ever seen, it has real gorgeous words like erfiði / yfir / haf / vindr / dyn / skegg / dróttinn / veit / drengr / fjall / hǫnd / fisksins / lengr / hvassir / rauðr / hvarr / grænn / hvat / líkligr / hǫss / afi / frændi / heitir / veð / hráka / þó / kvern / mælti / hét / setja / hinn / kveða / sinn / leið / brott / knerri / við / dýr / með / heyra / eða etc, and the word endings (like nir and inn and sins etc) and the letter combinations are so pretty, just like the word endings and letter combinations in English and Dutch and Norwegian - I can’t stop learning new pretty words in Old Norse and Icelandic (and the other pretty languages) and they are really áddìctive to look at and read and hear in lyrics etc, I’ve been listening to Skáld songs in Old Norse and Icelandic since I found the first song in Old Norse (Troll Kalla Mik) and I’ve memorized most of those lyrics!

Side note: there's nothing weird about learning English in Scotland. Many would say that certain accents of Scotland. like the eastern accents of Perth and Edinburgh, are more 'pure' and "correct" and than southern British/English accents. Think of Ewan McGregor's native accent.

As an Irish speaker I could get the gist of what you were saying in Manx on the first listen! It's great that the languages are still somewhat mutually intelligible after all this time. Nár laga Dia do lámh!

כל הכבוד, יופי של הפגנת יכולות. מתישהו אני גם אעשה סרטון כזה :) Man loti patika joks par nakamu piueturu, tas prasijas, malacis! :D

Endangered languages are near to my heart. I think every language lover should learn at least one endangered language!

the only other time I've heard someone mention learning Manx was something along the lines of a guy going onto a language exchange app to learn it and speaking it at somewhere B2-ish, other people thought he was a Manx teacher because nobody else really spoke that much of it.

Ты просто крут!! Сама очень люблю языки, живу в такой среде, что в день говорю на 4 разных. Сейчас начинаю пятый учить 🤙🏻

@ZealousWins

8 ай бұрын

You're so lucky, man. Sometimes it's annoying to live in the U.S.

@kotik5576

8 ай бұрын

@@ZealousWins I understand that it’s harder without the real practice, but you can still talk with people online in different languages…or at least with the duolingo owl

@maxim_ml

3 ай бұрын

​@@ZealousWinsthere are usually Spanish speakers around thought right?

@ZealousWins

3 ай бұрын

@@maxim_ml In some places, yes. But people usually default to English in the places I am typically at.

Oh, it is soo nice to hear Latvian again! Despite my Latvian not being very good at all (not practiced in a long time), I could understand close to everything you said without the subtitles :) such a beautiful language - visskaistākā valoda, some would say

As a competent Irish speaker I can say I understood a decent amount (maybe about 70%) of your Gaeilge Mhanann without the English captions. Also, as a Gael I appreciated you taking an interest in one of our 3 languages all of which are fighting to to stay alive in our increasingly English dominated society. Grá mór ó Éirinn!

Interesting that you find Manx similar to Hebrew- I've seen others make the comparison between Hebrew and Irish Gaelic and it makes sense that this would also apply to such a closely related language.

На русском языке вы говорите красиво,лучше чем многие русские.Я русская,живу в Израиле.Вы уникальный человек!Браво!!!Вы могли быть эстрадным артистом разговорного жанра.

You're doing a great job! Большое спасибо за русские субтитры! Bonne chance, mon amie! Вітанкі ад беларуса з Кракава!

@lebed-lev

8 ай бұрын

Прывiтаньне ад беларуса з Расеi, з Благавешчанска

@user-dv7nm4dj2f

8 ай бұрын

@@lebed-lev Ваў! Забайкальскі край? :)

@mikeeforma2281

7 ай бұрын

@@user-dv7nm4dj2fДаже дальше! Приамурье! 😅 Здорово, что человек живёт так далеко от Беларуси, но знает беларуский!👍

@user-dv7nm4dj2f

7 ай бұрын

@@mikeeforma2281 конечно) Очень люблю, когда человек даже вдали от дома помнит родной язык

What a beautiful brain, dear heavens! An average language learner could almost envy your capabilities.

I could recognise a lot of Manx you used from the Irish and Gaelic I’ve studied. I did some very basic study of common Manx phrases years ago and that helped a bit too. I would like to study Manx in the future too. For now I’m word towards my Cornish Grade 4 exam.

@imshawngetoffmylawn

8 ай бұрын

That’s really interesting to hear! Thank you for the comment, Mr. Simcott. Your work is very inspiring. Would be great to see you at the Polyglot Conference!

Taa Gaelg feer vie eg Shawn. S mie lyeam yn video shoh. Great pronunciation of Manx, totally understandable. Good accent and only a very very slight foreign accent in Manx. Actually quite an accurate accent. IMPRESSIVE. Просто КЛАСС

you're such a great inspiration for all of us (Language learners), what I appreciated the most is your stories related to every language you're speaking. I have never had the chance to visit/live an other country in my life (yet) and I still manage to speak Arabic and Amazigh (as my native languages in Morocco) and French ( for my studies ) and English ( as it's the international language for communication). I would love to try the experience of "absorbing" the language by living in the country ( I would love to try it with Spanish and Turkish as they are my target languages in the near future). Thanks for sharing your wonderful journey.

וואו! בדיוק ראיתי את הוידיאו שלך לגבי שפה (Nganasan) ועכשיו שומע שאתה גם מדבר עברית, מרתק!!! אני מתחיל בשתי, אבל לומד רוסית ועברית! שלום משוודיה שוב!!! (It took me some time to write this comment lol)

Wow incredible! Hats off man! I speak only three languages fluently and learning the other two (Italian & Russian) but your video motivated me to finally start learning Finnish since their culture is a passion of mine and you seemed so content with yours, the Gaeig. Congrats!

Isle of Tenerife, Spain, Africa. A good video. Well done! Yes, your Manx Gaelic was quite clear and easy to understand for me. Best wishes, Patchy.

It's curious how I, as a Brazilian, am able to understand everything of what you said in Spanish but at same time I can't hear any accent. Also, good job

I’m from Malta and we have our own language. Our economy depends on tourism because the island is so small and so poor in natural resources, so it’s normal for anyone to know at least three languages (Maltese, English, Italian). At school you can learn even more languages, so by 16 years you can know five languages. Because Maltese is Semitic and has borrowed so much from Romance languages and also English, we are a bit at an advantage in foreign-language-learning. When I first tried Hebrew, for example, this was easy because of the similarities (e.g. kalev- kelb; yom - jum; rosh - ras…). I was fascinated by Tibetan and also visited it; but it’s difficult to find adequate resources. I’m now learning Irish Gaelic as I dream to live the rest of my days in a remote cottage in Ireland surrounded by nature. I am fascinated by efforts employed by the Irish, the Greenlanders, and Catalans who have fought to keep their language very alive. Maltese has been largely taken over by English because of the uncontrolled population growth post-EU membership, and has certainly become endangered. I consider myself one of the few stubborn locals who texts using Maltese diacritics, often to the annoyance of those who receive my messages.

@NicFiinx

6 күн бұрын

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Awesome video!

your hebrew is amazing, its very clear and the pronunciation is top notch, many people in israel (mostly the younger generation) dont really care about proper pronunciation, so its very refreshing to see people talk this type of "pure" hebrew. מדהים!

You're a man after my own heart, mate! I'm impressed with your Manx! I've long wanted to learn the Celtic languages. I got somewhat started on Irish, but that was years ago before the internet had the resources we have today. (Actually, the internet barely existed then, and KZread didn't at all. My first Irish "course" was a conversational Irish set with a tiny booklet and recorded on cassette tapes.) I'm fascinated by endangered and lesser-known languages, too, and I'm frustrated by less resources to use for learning them. Keep up the good work! I can't wait to see what you do next.

I speak Scottish Gaelic and I could understand the gist of what you said in Manx, about 80% of the words and the syntax is pretty much the same. However, we have extremely unique idiom which often doesn't make obvious sense and so must be simply accepted as stock phrases.

THE NĀKAMĀ PIETURA THING. I ALWAYS DO THAT LOL but hey i'm so glad to get to know your story and also after staying two months in rīga i was able to understand everything you said and i'm just so happy. i love being latvian so much. i'll to find my way up here eventually, but hopefully pirms pensijas haha

You're a very interesting young man. I love your individuality and your love of languages, especially the more obscure ones. You've certainly got the knack for learning languages; I realize when I say this that hard work and commitment is involved too. Keep at it! You're living a very interesting life.

Crazy how your spoken Latvian reminds me of PIE

This man is more based than L*nguage S*mp.

Класс! У меня родной язык русский, иврит и английский- выученные. Очень приятно слушать тебя, приезжай в гости в Израиль! Лето скоро закончится🙂

the similarities between goidelic and semitic languages are only recently surfacing in study, but it is super fascinating and i think you’d be very interested in the comparisons! if you end up looking more into it, i hope you have a lot of fun with it and that you find it thrilling! as a learner of irish and welsh, listening to you speak manx was a delight. i’ve spent a little bit of time learning about manx and i definitely intend to learn it once i’ve progressed in those other two. i can say that with my cumulative knowledge of irish and welsh, i was able to get the paraphrased version of everything you said in manx! :)

He alucinado con lo bien que te desenvuelves con el español. Vivo muy cerca de Granada (Graná xd). Espero que España te tratase bien y ojalá seas muy feliz y sigas sorprendiendo a muchos humanos con tus habilidades. Andalusian spanish is like a final boss because we can behave like the lost link in evolution and speak in a way that resembles more to the noises made by animals lol. And I loved when I went to La Gomera in Canary Islands and they showed us the whistling speaking language they use. Subscribed and watching all the videos

Amazing job learning all those languages! I commend you. I speak 6 languages - English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French and Japanese (all fluent minus the last two which in still studying but speak at an intermediate level).

Soy andaluz, y admiro a los extranjeros que viene a aprender el mejor dialecto del español, tu acento andaluz es bueno 😂😂😂

Quite impressive! Well done Shawn! It's a great achievement. I don't speak Russian, but your flow of the language sounds as fluent and free as your English. The Manx was the craziest language! I can't even imagine how you've learned it. I also use cognates between different Indo-European languages to learn a new one. I'd appreciate if you could take a look at my latest video about using etymology and cognates in learning languages. Keep up the good work!

this video inspired me to not give up on my french learning. thank you

The glasses upsidedown. Good one 👍

Your video re-inspired me to learn Welsh again - thanks :) Also I have a recommendation, I’ve learnt mandarin to some degree because my girlfriend is from China and the majority of her family know very little English and having learnt it I’ve gained a new appreciation for the huge differences languages can have - I recently learnt that Cantonese is actually a mix of canton (an entirely separate language family to chinese) mixed with mandarin. The Canton’s also had some insane nomadic cultures - if that language still exists in some records, that’d be certainly unique.

Welcome to the Celtic family ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇲🇮🇪♣️

I agree very much to the rare languages point. I want to learn Northern Sami, Basque, Irish (maybe even Manx), Rapanui and so many others.

I am from Belarus and speak Belarusian, Russian, and English. Now I am learning Lithuanian. I'd like to learn some Finnish :) I like to learn through culture: Lithuanian and Finnish punk rock and reggae are my favorites! Thanks for the video!

ton français est pas mal du tout !!! c'est sûr qu'avec de la pratique tu serais au top level, en plus comme t'as dit, tu comprends + que tu peux le parler, ça m'étonne pas du tout, c'est in incroyable! :)

Second commenter here, and I want to say that you are a pretty good language learner.

Great video i've had the question in mind for a while, i always thought you were Canadian cause of your accent and personality. Me sorprendio que hablas español muy bien, tengo casi tres meses aprendiendo italiano como mi tercer idioma y me di cuenta que no me pega igual que ingles o español y en verdad la unica razon que lo estoy aprendiendo es pa que pueda aprender napolitano o siciliano en el futuro. Me gustan mucho los idiomas pequeños como los idiomas de italia, griego, los dialectos de arabe y los idiomas que crecí escuchando en new jersey

Ты сказал «мол» по-русски. Это круто! Иностранец точно б не использовал это слово. 👍👍 Чувак, ты просто крут, как якут!!!

Английский шикарен, но слышно, что русский - родной. И акцент слышно таки... приезжай в Финляндию) roots to cash это гениально!

@tolyanklaz

8 ай бұрын

Удивительно на самом деле, но, видимо, у нас речевой аппарат сильно разный, и как бы ты круто не натренировал произношение, все равно проскакивают определенные звуки, свойственные только носителям русского языка.

@dvv18

7 ай бұрын

​​@@tolyanklazРечевой аппарат у всех одинаковый. Да и русский - отнюдь не монолитный язык. Скажем, мне сходу было понятно по произношению автора канала, что мой родной диалект русского - не его родной диалект. (Собственно, и по английскому его произношению совершенно очевидно, что английский ему _тоже_ не родной - но это отдельная история.)

Totally off topic, but Sean, you are adorable 😄 Love from Australia

Не планируются гайды по изучению языков? Иврита например. Ай страгл увери мач виз зис ленгуаге

Small languages are very important in big linguistics! I'm very happy you're doing videos on indigenous languages.

I love that you have learned/continue to learn Manx. Fly that freak flag high!

Hi Shawn, nice video! I just discovered you and I really like your content so far. So refreshing to see that you do speak an uncommon assortment of languages, instead of the more usual ones; nothing wrong about the latter, but your situation is fairly interesting in my eyes, I'm definitely heading that way with Catalan, Spanish, English, a bit of German (a bit worse than your French maybe), Chinese and Lithuanian. I feel like I kind of have a similar relationship with Vilnius - I used to live there for a while, sadly not anymore, but I still consider it my home; moreover, I don't really have any familiar links to the region either, but I'm still very drawn by it and I'm thinking of moving back there whenever I'm done with certain life stuff that's keeping me where I'm currently living. En cuanto a tu español hablado, pienso que deberías mejorar un poco la gramática, pero todo lo que dices se entiende sin problema y lo pronuncias todo muy bien.

I speak Irish and understood a lot of words when you were speaking Manx. I'd love to visit sometime

Рэпчик супер зачётный ))) Я очень впечатлён! Сам говорю на английском и испанском (помимо русского) и я просто в шоке от того, как круто ты говоришь на этих языках. Потрясающе!

What a fascinating creature you are! The only place I've ever lived in my 68 years is within the same 30 miles of the San Francisco East Bay area. The only parts of this video I understood without reading the captions were the English and Spanish parts. I married a man from Mexico 37 years ago. Since then my Spanish has come a long way. First hand knowledge of the world is a true blessing, the more the better. You've really been around! And so is being a gifted linguist. I'm happy you're sharing yourself and some of your knowledge here for me to see. Now, to watch your video; "The Siberian cousins of Native Americans - The Ket People" THAT sounds SO intriguing.

I love your videos

That is bad ass man! I speak English and have decided to learn Spanish 3 years ago. I am proud to say I didn’t need subtitles to understand everything you said in Spanish although I needed to rewind a couple times. It isn’t where I want it at all though, I am considering maybe learning Russian once I am happy with my Spanish. But the truth is that I’m not sure if that will ever happen, because I want to be fully fluent like I am in English.

As an irishman who can barely put together a few sentences in irish, I must say I felt a certain kind of kinship and warmth when I heard you speaking Manx, which was very cool and I really didn't expect it. This was really interesting and I really enjoyed listening to it, and I even managed to pick up the odd word here and there

My Irish is abysmal but i caught a few words when you were speaking Manx, nice work. 🙂

Рад, что ты много раз бывал в нашем чудесном Петербурге. Если не секрет, что ты думаешь о нашем городе? Кстати пока писал этот комментариц появилась идея для тебя сделать серию роликов о городах где ты жил или бывал и рассказать свои впечатления, затрагивая, конечно, и лингвистический аспект, характеризующий местных жителей. Спасибо!

This was an amazingly interesting video (thank you!), even though it doesn't do what the title made me expect. It is a video about your personal history during the time in which you learned 7 languages. I wouldn't be able to spend two months where nobody speaks any of my languages and I don't speak theirs - because it doesn't take two months to starve to death, which is what I would do, being unable to order food. How DID you learn seven languages? By being an exceptional person with an extraordinary talent for languages! English isn't MY first language, either. It took me about 25 years, the majority of them in England, to pronounce my first "th". Now, some 30 years later, I manage to do it most of the time, but by no means always. And I think that until recently Scotland would actually have been a better place to learn English than England, as most people here spoke Cockney, Geordie, Liverpudlian, Brummie, Mackem etc. and only considered English as a language of last resort. And in 25 years in former Geordie-land, I only picked up that the word for "one" is "hwang" and that either 2 is called "three" or 3 is called "two", but I don't know which of the two it is. Until English became common in England (really only during the last 15 years), I used to go to supermarkets at busy times with plenty of tills open, looking for a black or Asian cashier, who could be trusted to be able (and willing) to speak English. The best place in the UK to learn English would have been (and still might be) Newport in Wales, on account of the clarity of enunciation common there.

Go tobann! Duine amháin le Gaeilic Mhannan aige! I could understand you more or less fully, since I have Ulster Irish, but you have an accent 😂wonderful to see Manx being learned, hope to learn it more myself. Yindyssagh as jeant dy mie! 🇮🇪 🇮🇲

damn, I remember when I watched you when you made that Breton video. I love these honestly, I was quite shocked when you started speaking Manx I'll say that for sure lmao, I want to learn a Celtic language as well but me I've been attracted more to Cymraeg (welsh). Good luck with learning more languages, I can only speak English and French and kind of speak my parents' language, which is Sylheti, but I hope to speak as many as you one day bro.

Manx! You total language pervert. I mean in a good way. Bravo. Enjoying your videos. Thank you

Уникальный талант и дар, конечно. Очень интересно услышать про практические методы, которые Вы использовали в процессе изучения языков. Грамматика изучалась до лексики? Какими методами строился и запоминался словарный запас? Сколько часов в день изучался язык? Как адаптировались и осваивали незнакомую фонетику и новые звуки? Ну и все остальное, что Вы пожелаете сообщить.

פתח תקווה באמת בתחתית הרשימה😂

My languages* are also a bit exotic but not as exotic as Manx, so kol hakavod! Totally agree that learning the big ones is boring! (*German, English, French, Danish, Hebrew, Catalan, Welsh, Hungarian)

Классное видео, так классно знать столько языков, Я знаю только два и учу английский, надеюсь выучу, и ещё немного учу французский

Tu español es perfecto, ni un rastro de un acento, la única cosa es que dijiste errasmus, cuándo hay una R a menos que este al principio de la oración, se pronuncia de forma suave Buen vídeo

Totally underrated channel here

I have the exact same experience with english, only its my second language. It was fun being able to speak it decently when we started learning it in elementary school.

Knowing multiple languages does affect how a speaker uses each of the languages. In my region, a substantial minority speaks both English and Spanish natively. Much of the time, anyone can tell who is natively bilingual and who is not, despite no differences in pronunciation. I also lived in France for a few months when I was 20 and my English has never quite been the same since. For example, I use "for which/whom" frequently and have a strong sense when adverbs belong next to the verb rather than stuck wherever in the sentence, as most Americans tend to do. Sometimes French, Spanish, or Italian words or idiomatic phrases come to mind first-best I can guess because they better match the concept I want to convey, or even happened to be how I was introduced to something. I mean, I was 20 and had been learning French for a few years; so it's not all that weird that the primary symbol in my mind attaches first to a French word. Oh, and after having learned Spanish and some French, you'd definitely understand Italian very well, especially reading. Even after three months living in France and speaking well, I found it even easier to read an Italian newspaper than a French one. lol Keep up the language learning and practice-is if you had to be told. I'm guessing you're half my age, alas; but it's not like we'd have ever met, much less dated. rotfl

What's insanely impressive is how different these languages are English is Germanic Russian is Slavic Hebrew is Semitic Latvian is Baltic Manx is Celtic Spanish and French are Romance That's actually incredible

I speak Irish, and it's always interesting for me to listen to Manx to see how much I can pick up - usually a good 60-70%! 😃 Good on ya!!

I know only three languages from your list, and I can say that you have the great Accent in any of them

Completely feel you on learning small languages!! Learning Hokkien right now, which I think it’s considered endangered^ Some I would love to learn in the future are Ch’orti Mayan, Cherokee, Tamazight or Coptic Egyptian!

@EuropezonUruguayo1

8 ай бұрын

Bruh, to learn all those will probably take you at least 10 years.

@ryanpangilinan5803

8 ай бұрын

haha for sure, but all part of the journey, as long as I enjoy it, time doesn't matter so much.@@EuropezonUruguayo1