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Watch Language Families of the World live

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TV-14 â€¢ Documentary â€¢ TV Series â€¢ 2019
Professor John McWhorter explores the linguistic trails left by generations...
Professor John McWhorter explores the linguistic trails left by generations of humans that lead back to the beginnings of language; utilizing historic...
Professor John McWhorter explores the linguistic trails left by generations of humans that lead back to the beginnings of language; utilizing historical theories and cutting-edge research to introduce major language families and their offspring.
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  • Language Families and Writing Systems thumbnail
    S1 E34 · Language Families and Writing Systems
    Feb 1, 2019
    What writing systems say about language; why writing actually tells pe...
  • What Do Genes Say about Language Families? thumbnail
    S1 E33 · What Do Genes Say about Language Families?
    Feb 1, 2019
    The idiosyncrasies in DNA allow people to trace back to common ancesto...
  • How Far Back Can We Trace Languages? thumbnail
    S1 E32 · How Far Back Can We Trace Languages?
    Feb 1, 2019
    Tracing the relationships between macro language families; how the pur...
  • Languages Caught between Families thumbnail
    S1 E31 · Languages Caught between Families
    Feb 1, 2019
    Languages from different families that have been brought together can ...
  • The Original American Languages IV thumbnail
    S1 E30 · The Original American Languages IV
    Feb 1, 2019
    Following Native American migrations to encounter the language familie...
  • The Original American Languages III thumbnail
    S1 E29 · The Original American Languages III
    Feb 1, 2019
    Continuing the journey through the languages of North America, includi...
  • The Original American Languages II thumbnail
    S1 E28 · The Original American Languages II
    Feb 1, 2019
    Zooming in on some of the larger language families of North America; w...
  • The Original American Languages I thumbnail
    S1 E27 · The Original American Languages I
    Feb 1, 2019
    North America is home to at least 300 distinct languages before Englis...
  • The Languages of Australia II thumbnail
    S1 E26 · The Languages of Australia II
    Feb 1, 2019
    Continuing the examination of the languages of Australia, including th...
  • The Languages of Australia I thumbnail
    S1 E25 · The Languages of Australia I
    Feb 1, 2019
    Australia has about a dozen languages that will be passed to generatio...
  • Why Are There So Many Languages in New Guinea? thumbnail
    S1 E24 · Why Are There So Many Languages in New Guinea?
    Feb 1, 2019
    Turning to the linguistically rich island of New Guinea; why it is hom...
  • Creole Languages thumbnail
    S1 E23 · Creole Languages
    Feb 1, 2019
    No one language is older than another; when two languages are forced i...
  • Siberia and Beyond: Language Isolates thumbnail
    S1 E22 · Siberia and Beyond: Language Isolates
    Feb 1, 2019
    How some languages end up isolated amidst other unrelated families; lo...
  • Languages of the South Seas II thumbnail
    S1 E21 · Languages of the South Seas II
    Feb 1, 2019
    The languages of Polynesia are estimated to be some of the newest in t...
  • Languages of the South Seas I thumbnail
    S1 E20 · Languages of the South Seas I
    Feb 1, 2019
    Investigating the large and widespread Austronesian language family; w...
  • Southeast Asian Languages: The Sinosphere thumbnail
    S1 E19 · Southeast Asian Languages: The Sinosphere
    Feb 1, 2019
    How languages with different origins can still seem to be structurally...
  • Chinese's Family Circle: Sino-Tibetan thumbnail
    S1 E18 · Chinese's Family Circle: Sino-Tibetan
    Feb 1, 2019
    Chinese is one branch of the Sino-Tibetan family; the other branch, Ti...
  • The Languages We Call Chinese thumbnail
    S1 E17 · The Languages We Call Chinese
    Feb 1, 2019
    Exploring the Asian languages beyond Japanese and Korean; why Mandarin...
  • Japanese and Korean: Alike yet Unrelated thumbnail
    S1 E16 · Japanese and Korean: Alike yet Unrelated
    Feb 1, 2019
    Japanese and Korean share some features of Altaic languages, yet some ...
  • Languages of the Silk Road and Beyond thumbnail
    S1 E15 · Languages of the Silk Road and Beyond
    Feb 1, 2019
    The Altaic languages are spoken across Asia; why there is some debate ...
  • Language Families and Writing Systems thumbnail
    S1 E34 · Language Families and Writing Systems
    Feb 1, 2019
    What writing systems say about language; why writing actually tells pe...
  • What Do Genes Say about Language Families? thumbnail
    S1 E33 · What Do Genes Say about Language Families?
    Feb 1, 2019
    The idiosyncrasies in DNA allow people to trace back to common ancesto...
  • How Far Back Can We Trace Languages? thumbnail
    S1 E32 · How Far Back Can We Trace Languages?
    Feb 1, 2019
    Tracing the relationships between macro language families; how the pur...
  • Languages Caught between Families thumbnail
    S1 E31 · Languages Caught between Families
    Feb 1, 2019
    Languages from different families that have been brought together can ...
  • The Original American Languages IV thumbnail
    S1 E30 · The Original American Languages IV
    Feb 1, 2019
    Following Native American migrations to encounter the language familie...
  • The Original American Languages III thumbnail
    S1 E29 · The Original American Languages III
    Feb 1, 2019
    Continuing the journey through the languages of North America, includi...
  • The Original American Languages II thumbnail
    S1 E28 · The Original American Languages II
    Feb 1, 2019
    Zooming in on some of the larger language families of North America; w...
  • The Original American Languages I thumbnail
    S1 E27 · The Original American Languages I
    Feb 1, 2019
    North America is home to at least 300 distinct languages before Englis...
  • The Languages of Australia II thumbnail
    S1 E26 · The Languages of Australia II
    Feb 1, 2019
    Continuing the examination of the languages of Australia, including th...
  • The Languages of Australia I thumbnail
    S1 E25 · The Languages of Australia I
    Feb 1, 2019
    Australia has about a dozen languages that will be passed to generatio...
  • Why Are There So Many Languages in New Guinea? thumbnail
    S1 E24 · Why Are There So Many Languages in New Guinea?
    Feb 1, 2019
    Turning to the linguistically rich island of New Guinea; why it is hom...
  • Creole Languages thumbnail
    S1 E23 · Creole Languages
    Feb 1, 2019
    No one language is older than another; when two languages are forced i...
  • Siberia and Beyond: Language Isolates thumbnail
    S1 E22 · Siberia and Beyond: Language Isolates
    Feb 1, 2019
    How some languages end up isolated amidst other unrelated families; lo...
  • Languages of the South Seas II thumbnail
    S1 E21 · Languages of the South Seas II
    Feb 1, 2019
    The languages of Polynesia are estimated to be some of the newest in t...
  • Languages of the South Seas I thumbnail
    S1 E20 · Languages of the South Seas I
    Feb 1, 2019
    Investigating the large and widespread Austronesian language family; w...
  • Southeast Asian Languages: The Sinosphere thumbnail
    S1 E19 · Southeast Asian Languages: The Sinosphere
    Feb 1, 2019
    How languages with different origins can still seem to be structurally...
  • Chinese's Family Circle: Sino-Tibetan thumbnail
    S1 E18 · Chinese's Family Circle: Sino-Tibetan
    Feb 1, 2019
    Chinese is one branch of the Sino-Tibetan family; the other branch, Ti...
  • The Languages We Call Chinese thumbnail
    S1 E17 · The Languages We Call Chinese
    Feb 1, 2019
    Exploring the Asian languages beyond Japanese and Korean; why Mandarin...
  • Japanese and Korean: Alike yet Unrelated thumbnail
    S1 E16 · Japanese and Korean: Alike yet Unrelated
    Feb 1, 2019
    Japanese and Korean share some features of Altaic languages, yet some ...
  • Languages of the Silk Road and Beyond thumbnail
    S1 E15 · Languages of the Silk Road and Beyond
    Feb 1, 2019
    The Altaic languages are spoken across Asia; why there is some debate ...
  • Indian Languages That Aren't Indo-European thumbnail
    S1 E14 · Indian Languages That Aren't Indo-European
    Feb 1, 2019
    The "Big Four" languages of southern India are not part of the Indo-Eu...
  • What Is a Caucasian Language? thumbnail
    S1 E13 · What Is a Caucasian Language?
    Feb 1, 2019
    Named for the Caucasus mountains, the Caucasian languages are actually...
  • How to Identify a Language Family thumbnail
    S1 E12 · How to Identify a Language Family
    Feb 1, 2019
    How linguists establish connections between languages and determine th...
  • Is the Indo-European Family Alone in Europe? thumbnail
    S1 E11 · Is the Indo-European Family Alone in Europe?
    Feb 1, 2019
    Meeting the Uralic family of languages in Europe; this family stretche...
  • Nilo-Saharan: Africa's Hardest Languages? thumbnail
    S1 E10 · Nilo-Saharan: Africa's Hardest Languages?
    Feb 1, 2019
    The Nilo-Saharan family runs between the Afro-Asiatic and Niger-Congo ...
  • Languages of the Fertile Crescent and Beyond II thumbnail
    S1 E9 · Languages of the Fertile Crescent and Beyond II
    Feb 1, 2019
    Looking at other Afro-Asiatic subfamilies, including the "Berber" subf...
  • Languages of the Fertile Crescent and Beyond I thumbnail
    S1 E8 · Languages of the Fertile Crescent and Beyond I
    Feb 1, 2019
    Looking at the Afro-Asiatic language family that develops in the Ferti...
  • Niger-Congo: The Biggest Family in Africa II thumbnail
    S1 E7 · Niger-Congo: The Biggest Family in Africa II
    Feb 1, 2019
    Looking at unique aspects of the Niger-Congo family, including the use...
  • Niger-Congo: The Biggest Family in Africa I thumbnail
    S1 E6 · Niger-Congo: The Biggest Family in Africa I
    Feb 1, 2019
    The Niger-Congo family of languages does not adhere to an identified p...
  • The Click Languages thumbnail
    S1 E5 · The Click Languages
    Feb 1, 2019
    Focusing on the "click" languages, some of the most endangered languag...
  • Indo-European Languages in Asia thumbnail
    S1 E4 · Indo-European Languages in Asia
    Feb 1, 2019
    Tracing back to the branching of the Indo-European tree, when the Euro...
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