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Making videos for language enthusiasts since 2015

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Some words entered Japanese from GERMAN during the Meiji Period, especially scientific and medical vocabulary. Some of these words stem back to languages other than German, but entered Japanese from German.

13.06.2025 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for sharing!

01.04.2025 05:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My family in Ghibli mode

27.03.2025 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's possible to communicate across language using Chinese characters!

26.02.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Which countries have the most land borders with other countries? (Originally posted on my second channel "GEOfocus") #geography

24.02.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m from Vancouver and crashed and burned on the Vancouver neighbourhoodd quiz. πŸ˜„

24.02.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, there does seem to be a correlation. I'm not qualified to diagnose people of course, but it does seem to be the case.

22.02.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for sharing! This is one of those videos that was way more popular than I expected.

22.02.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The languages of the Bible

19.02.2025 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for sharing! This is a clip from one of my favorite videos that I've made. 😎

17.02.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What's up with this strange border between UAE and Oman?

16.02.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why would there be HEBREW words in Indonesian? #Hebrew #Arabic #Indonesian

15.02.2025 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to the 80% club πŸŽ‚

13.02.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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People often ask if I'm on the autism spectrum. I don't know, but I probably am, but don't really care if I am. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ #autism #asd #neurodivergent

12.02.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for posting the video! πŸ”₯

12.02.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's a good perspective to take! And if you want the author to benefit even though you bought the book second hand, maybe you can write a good review for them.

12.02.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cool, now I'm a veteran (relative to at least one person.) πŸ’ͺ

12.02.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Did you know there were French loanwords in Japanese?

12.02.2025 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Since we're talking about Greenland and Canada...Here's a little video I originally posed on my second channel GEOfocus. πŸ₯Άβ„️

11.02.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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How Arabic came to influence Malay & Indonesian

10.02.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

いや、噓だ。

10.02.2025 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yea, it rings a bell. πŸ””

10.02.2025 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Whale song more similar to human language than previously thought – study Whale song is more similar to human language than previously thought, research has found. The study, led by the University of St Andrews, revealed a previously undetected β€œlanguage-like structure” in ...

Whale song is more similar to human language than previously thought, research has found

07.02.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

The green owl's bad news. I was ahead of the curve on this.

10.02.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There is indeed a language called Japanese.

10.02.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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TOKI PONA - a language with very few core vocabulary words #tokipona #language This is a clip of my latest video - a rebooted version of my old video on Toki Pona.

10.02.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am, thanks for asking! ✨

10.02.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, that’s cool! Pona! ✨

09.02.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I just got here the other day! πŸ˜„

09.02.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Raising a bilingual son. It's English book time!

08.02.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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