A Language I Love Is...

Episode 29 is here at last, and a certain language is making a repeat appearance, but introduced by a new linguistic lover – what does Colin Gorrie have to say about Old English? We chat the basics of Old English and what makes it so 'old', before getting into how Colin teaches the language, and why he recommends it as a springboard for further linguistic adventures.Find the details about the brilliant new Osweald Bera book here: https://ancientlanguage.com/osweald-bera/Check out and subscribe to Colin's substack: https://colingorrie.substack.com/And don't forget to subscribe to A Language I Love Is...!Host: Dr Danny BateGuest: Dr Colin GorrieAudio Mixing and Mastering: Jeremiah McPaddenMusic: Bossa Nova by William_KingArtwork: William Marler

Dydh da! Episode 28 of ALILI is here, and Daniel Prohaska joins me to discuss Cornish! This Celtic language has a long and fascinating history, stretching back to Roman Britain. It's a story not only of slow decline, but also of resurrection. Daniel was the ideal expert to introduce it, being involved in modern efforts to revitalise and popularise Cornish for the twenty-first century.Daniel's professional website: ⁠⁠https://www.ryan-prohaska.com/⁠⁠Daniel's Cornish website: https://kernowekbew.com/Daniel's audio Cornish course: ⁠⁠https://www.kernewegva.com/deskikernowek.html⁠⁠Host: Dr Danny BateGuest: Daniel ProhaskaAudio Mixing and Mastering: Jeremiah McPaddenMusic: Bossa Nova by William_KingArtwork: William Marler

Time for Episode 27 and a return to the Slavic languages! Unsurprisingly, Croatian is a Slavic language widely spoken in the modern-day country of Croatia, but did you know that it has many speakers in eastern Austria too? Burgenland Croatian is the starring language of this episode, beloved and chosen by Dr Katharina Tyran. As one of its native speakers and researchers, Katharina is the ideal person to introduce the past, present and future of this minority language.Katharina's University of Vienna page: https://slawistik.univie.ac.at/personen/person/user/tyrank65/inum/1079/backpid/12319/Listen to Katharina podcasting in Burgenland Croatian here: https://www.hrvatskicentar.at/de/centar-podcastSample of spoken Burgenland Croatian from here: https://pangloss.cnrs.fr/corpus/Croate%20du%20Burgenland?lang=en&mode=proHost: Dr Danny BateGuest: Dr Katharina TyranAudio Mixing and Mastering: Jeremiah McPaddenMusic: Bossa Nova by William_KingArtwork: William Marler

Episode 26 is a first for the show: a language so old that it's theoretical! This time, ALILI is discussing the whole Germanic language family, from English to Icelandic, since this episode's starring language is the family's common ancestor: Proto-Germanic. This prehistoric point of origin is the choice of my guest, Yoïn van Spijk, expert etymologist and Dutch dialectologist. Thanks to him, I get to chat linguistic reconstruction, language change and some underappreciated Finnish connections.Go check out more from Yoïn!Yoïn's website: https://taalaandewandel.com/Yoïn's Twitter: https://x.com/yvanspijkYoïn's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yvanspijkHost: Danny BateGuest: Yoïn van SpijkAudio Mixing and Mastering: Jeremiah McPaddenMusic: Bossa Nova by William_KingArtwork: William Marler

Episode 25 is here and it's a return to the Finno-Ugric languages with expert linguist Daria Zhornik. The particular member of Finno-Ugric is Mansi (specifically Northern Mansi), spoken in two regions of Russia. Daria both documents and researches this language, and so is full of good information about its history, genealogy, current status, future, and its speakers' very particular and periphrastic ways of talking about animals...Check out Daria's website here: ⁠https://dariazhornik.github.io⁠Host: Danny BateGuest: Daria ZhornikMusic: Bossa Nova by William_KingArtwork: William Marler

Episode 24 of ALILI is a return to India, this time to dive into Marathi, the official langauge of the state of Maharashtra and India's third-largest language. My guest is Manish Goregaokar, a software engineer and a real expert on language and writing. We discussed history, geography, society, phonology and vocabulary, as well as Manish's personal experience of speaking Marathi alongside other languages. Manish's Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/ManishEarth⁠ Sample of spoken Marathi from here: ⁠https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChitpavaniMarathi.wav⁠ Host: Danny BateGuest: Manish GoregaokarMusic: Bossa Nova by William_KingArtwork: William Marler