In language based discussions about language learning and linguistics occur, not all languages get time in the spotlight, here are the 10 most spoken languages you might not have heard of!
Special thanks to Language Simp for appearing in this video!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:32 Amharic
3:07 Kannada
5:10 Javanese
7:32 Hausa
9:50 Wu Chinese
12:36 Tamil
14:47 Telugu
16:31 Marathi
18:36 Punjabi
20:09 Nigerian Pidgin
22:22 Outro
Links to videos from others:
Japanese topic vs subject markers:
https://youtu.be/FknmUij6ZIk
https://youtu.be/hjr2uYnDd68
Korean topic vs subject markers:
https://youtu.be/fCxLNRLntc0
https://youtu.be/E2jrWqBDilM
Ergativity explained in detail:
https://youtu.be/kFzt_GHNd1M
Sources:
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/160608313.pdf
https://llacan.cnrs.fr/publications/Caron2011_Hausa_Grammar.pdf
https://www.ifra-nigeria.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89:guide-to-standard-naija-orthography-an-nla-harmonized-writing-system-for-common-naija-publications&catid=67:naija-languej-akedemi
https://apics-online.info/surveys/17
https://www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties/f05/engl/ling/confs/spcl/index_html/docs/Oshorenoya_Esizimetor
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1wv209q5
(Native speakers, Wikipedia, Language Gulper)
Special thanks to Wren for helping research for the Tamil and Telugu sections, and all the volunteers who reached out to proofread the video before launch
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