How Does Language Move? Crash Course Geography #30
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Farizki
why is cultural appropriation mainly used to describe western/European cultures 'stealing' from other cultures? if the banjo would be considered appropriation of western African bantu cultures by white American cultures, would tempura be considered appropriation of Portuguese culture by Japanese cultures? in both cases, the ones who took the cultures don't know of their origin so effectively erased it. wouldn't it be better if these simply be considered cultural diffusion or adoption from one culture to another?
Indonesian, one of the languages spoken where I'm from is a mixture of Malay and other regional languages, with some elements originating from east Asia, south Asia, the middle east, and even Europe. would that mean my culture has appropriated from these other cultures?
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why is cultural appropriation mainly used to describe western/European cultures 'stealing' from other cultures? if the banjo would be considered appropriation of western African bantu cultures by white American cultures, would tempura be considered appropriation of Portuguese culture by Japanese cultures? in both cases, the ones who took the cultures don't know of their origin so effectively erased it. wouldn't it be better if these simply be considered cultural diffusion or adoption from one culture to another?
Indonesian, one of the languages spoken where I'm from is a mixture of Malay and other regional languages, with some elements originating from east Asia, south Asia, the middle east, and even Europe. would that mean my culture has appropriated from these other cultures?
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Sonja
Oh! So it's a completely natural thing for a kid to freely combine words in several languages - neat! I thought my nephew was just a genius haha. Stil, it was very charming when he discovered his grandmother spoke German and begged to learn a few sentences. And then would randomly insert some of the German words he'd learned into a sentence. Now that isn't all that difficult a feat given how many German and English words are cognates for each other, but it was definitely strange to the ear.
Fascinating video!
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Oh! So it's a completely natural thing for a kid to freely combine words in several languages - neat! I thought my nephew was just a genius haha. Stil, it was very charming when he discovered his grandmother spoke German and begged to learn a few sentences. And then would randomly insert some of the German words he'd learned into a sentence. Now that isn't all that difficult a feat given how many German and English words are cognates for each other, but it was definitely strange to the ear.
Fascinating video!
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Steven
1: 00 70% how Dutch 'thee', the word for tea, is pronounced. Actually, probably some Dutch speaker(s) with an accent pronounces it like that.
I say 70%, since the vowel is pronounced much longer in Dutch. That's the only, but _important_ difference, since long or short vowel often means something entirely different: boom (long vowel) = tree, bom (short vowel) = bomb for example. A joke then to make it lighter: indeed, a bomb does go boom, but that's the opposite of how you should remember it. :)
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1: 00 70% how Dutch 'thee', the word for tea, is pronounced. Actually, probably some Dutch speaker(s) with an accent pronounces it like that.
I say 70%, since the vowel is pronounced much longer in Dutch. That's the only, but _important_ difference, since long or short vowel often means something entirely different: boom (long vowel) = tree, bom (short vowel) = bomb for example. A joke then to make it lighter: indeed, a bomb does go boom, but that's the opposite of how you should remember it. :)
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Justin
Did you know that Kangaroo's original meaning in Guungu Yimithirr is (I don't understand.
When the first modern humans visited the continent Australia, they asked a local what animal is that? and the locals responded by saying gangurru which means I don't Understand and the visitors thought that it was the name of the animal.
So today we call it Kangaroo, I wonder what was the actual name?
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Did you know that Kangaroo's original meaning in Guungu Yimithirr is (I don't understand.
When the first modern humans visited the continent Australia, they asked a local what animal is that? and the locals responded by saying gangurru which means I don't Understand and the visitors thought that it was the name of the animal.
So today we call it Kangaroo, I wonder what was the actual name?
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Rupendra
Why is English (L! + L2) the largest language in the world?
Because 'British Empire' was the largest area-wise. It's all about power, right or wrong that's immaterial.
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Why is English (L! + L2) the largest language in the world?
Because 'British Empire' was the largest area-wise. It's all about power, right or wrong that's immaterial.
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Leslie
In Vietnam which is south of China, tea is -tra- which is pronounced like the -dra- in -dragon-.
Also, really cool of you to use the -apple- sign in ASL.
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In Vietnam which is south of China, tea is -tra- which is pronounced like the -dra- in -dragon-.
Also, really cool of you to use the -apple- sign in ASL.
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xThePinkApple
i was just wondering the other day why there's basically only two words for tea in all the languages! crash course, always on the ball
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i was just wondering the other day why there's basically only two words for tea in all the languages! crash course, always on the ball
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Aryan
India in itself has so many languages lol if I move from state to state chances are I wont be understanding 70% of what they are saying --
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India in itself has so many languages lol if I move from state to state chances are I wont be understanding 70% of what they are saying --
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