A podcast about languages and the people who speak them.
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You can soon watch Star Wars: A New Hope in Ojibwe, an indigenous language of Canada and the US.
North American First Nation speakers of the indigenous Ojibwe language are celebrating a blockbuster opportunity to use “the Force” to help preserve their language.
Are you familiar with all of these slang terms? I know 3 out of the 4.
Our kids’ lingo is not only better than any we used; it’s a useful window into the way they think.
Will Icelanders switch to English in the coming decades? That’s what some people fear. More in our Season 4 finale.
Some Icelanders are becoming unsettled by this existential question: Will their language still be spoken in the future? Comedian and former Reykjavik mayor Jón Gnarr is convinced that this uniquely archaic-yet-modern language will one day die out. He says his children express themselves beautifully...
Do you know the origins of your home state’s (or city’s) name? Missourians, this one’s for you!
Many place names in the United States are borrowed from Native American words. It's often hard to trace the roots. Over time, the original names were often transformed beyond recognition, victims of mangled pronunciation. Suzanne Hogan is our guide to the origins of Missouri, a name with roots in th...
Today on Subtitle, listen to an episode of the new podcast Home, Interrupted from . It’s a great companion to our past episodes on climate change and indigenous languages.
In this episode, we're handing over the reins to the podcast series, Home Interrupted, produced by Feet in 2 Worlds. The series explores how the climate crisis affects immigrants across the U.S., and how immigrant communities are finding new ways to deal with a warming planet.
Iceland's known for geothermal activity, tasty yogurt, and its language. Listen to our episode about what makes Icelandic so special.
Icelanders are protective of their language. When a new piece of tech or a new disease emerges, people debate what to call these things in Icelandic. New words must sound and look Icelandic, otherwise they may not survive.
Learn about language acquisition and bilingualism research in our latest episode.
In recent decades, our perception of bilingualism has been transformed. As recently as the 1990s, the prevailing belief in the US was that if a child grew up bilingual, it would hold them back, linguistically and cognitively. Today, many Americans hold the opposite view.
How did Basque survive the Francoist dictatorship? And is that enough to ensure that language's future?
How did Basque survive Spain’s military dictatorship under Francisco Franco when speaking, writing and reading it were illegal? With more than six dialects, how did its speakers agree on a standard way of writing the language? And how has Basque thrived in the decades since Franco died? Nina Porzu...
Chinese sci-fi writer Tang Fei's work wasn't published in China until after an English translation of her story received praise abroad. That's the power of translation.
Netflix's lavish new adaptation of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem is the latest 'translation' of one of this century's best, and best-selling, sci-fi novels. In this episode, we track the role of translation—on screen and print—in the global rise of Chinese sci-fi.
“Using ‘black’ instead of ‘noir’ is just to erase the racism in France and to pretend that racism is…only an American thing.”
The French language is replete with words borrowed from English, like 'weekend' and 'podcasting.' But French speakers' use of 'black' is in a category of its own: this one short syllable tells the story of France's racial and colonial legacies and how they stack up against U.S. history, from slavery...
With that ☘️ day coming up, listen to this pod episode about the astonishing staying power of the Irish language. Learn how to say jellyfish in Irish (literal meaning = seal snot). Plus, hear online Irish teacher Mollie Guidera (Irishwithmollie) grade my Irish father's accent, and tell stories about her American students: one whispers in Irish to his horses; another has built a vanity Irish pub in his basement. Instead of drinking weird-colored beer this St Patrick's Day, listen to this and pick up cupla focal (a couple of words).
Irish is among Europe's oldest languages. It's a near miracle that anyone speaks it today. Patrick talks with online Irish teacher Mollie Guidera whose students include a Kentucky farmer who speaks Irish to his horses.
As an Irish teacher, Mollie Guidera has helped her students propose in Irish, speak Irish to horses, and even open a private Irish pub!
Irish is among Europe's oldest languages. It's a near miracle that anyone speaks it today. Patrick talks with online Irish teacher Mollie Guidera whose students include a Kentucky farmer who speaks Irish to his horses.
Remember when Taylor Swift was a country artist? Her Nashville twang is long gone now.
Researchers from The University of Chester presented their work an academic conference on the star.
Israel Jesus used to be embarrassed about speaking Triqui, an Indigenous Mexican language. But later, his knowledge of Triqui led to a career in medical interpretation.
Israel Jesus used to be ashamed of being from the Mexican state of Oaxaca and speaking the local indigenous tongue, Triqui. When he moved to Salinas, California, a kid in his high school told Jesus he was destined to work in the fields nearby. But it was his knowledge of Triqui that sent him on a di...
Gaston Dorren is not only a polyglot—he also writes books about languages!
Listen to Patrick’s interview with him below.
Mastering six languages sounds like a slog, right? But in some corners of Europe, it happens—maybe not effortlessly, but more easily than in, say, Ohio. Gaston Dorren grew up speaking Limburgish at home, and Dutch at school. He fell in love in German and picked up Spanish in Latin America, all the...
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Newfoundland English features "[are] not being lost," says sociolinguist Paul De Decker. "They're being used in very creative ways."
While some features of Newfoundland and Labrador English may be in decline, linguist Paul De Decker says younger generations who don't have a Newfoundland accent when they speak often use one when imitating others, and that's an act of preserving the distinct language.
Most of us are not improve comedians, but we’re still improvisers when it comes to how we use language.
Does the brain of a improv comedian or freestyle rapper function in a particular way? Is it processing language faster than a regular, lower-improvising brain? Or is something else also going on, something to do with how we judge ourselves? We asked our pal Ari Daniel to look into this. He found a g...
Patrick speaks with Sugar Sammy, the quadrilingual comedian from Quebec, to get the inside scoop on his multilingual comedy. Give it a listen now!
A conversation with comedian with Samir Khullar who grew up speaking Punjabi, Hindi, English and French. He does standup in all those languages, sometimes mixing them up. He has toured more than 40 countries, but audiences in his native Québec perhaps see the best of him. That's where he performs a...
Mix? Mux? We learn all about the Mx. title (and also the history of Ms.) in this week’s episode.
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https://subtitlepod.com/is-mx-here-to-stay/
Common words like "sure" and "water" can cause a lot of confusion when Americans visit across the pond (or vice versa)! Listen to some funny language mishaps from a mixed American-British family.
American and British English aren't different languages. But they're not the same either. Common words like sure and middle class are used in subtly different ways.
Meet the Missourians holding onto their German language and heritage. Thanks to Suzanne Hogan of A People's History of Kansas City from KCUR 89.3.
German used to be one of the most widely-spoken languages in the United States, Today German is barely spoken at all. One exception is Cole Camp, Missouri.
We’re thrilled to announce that Subtitle will be back for our 4th season on November 1st. Listen to our season trailer to get a hint of what’s to come.
https://subtitlepod.com/season-4-is-coming/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latino-no-sabo-kids-push-back-spanish-language-shaming-rcna105170
A new generation is reclaiming the label "no sabo kid" on social media.
A growing group of young Latinos are using TikTok and social media to push back on not speaking perfect Spanish — an attempt to define their identity and heritage on their own terms.
For a new twist on the classic trolley problem, try using your non-native language.
Research shows people who speak another language are more utilitarian and flexible, less risk-averse and egotistical, and better able to cope with traumatic memories
"I put effort into speaking his language, yes, but I consider this to be the bare minimum. This is what we do to love our children: we choose to enter their world and remind them of how much they enrich ours."
One mom shares how she's connecting with her child through learning a second language together. Category : Motherly Stories, Parenting
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An exclusive look at a dictionary consisting entirely of words created or reinvented by Black people. (Don’t worry: All three variants of “bussin” are included.)
The Igiugig community is racing to save its dialect of Yup’ik, but over the past decade, the community has "'lost every single one of [its] first language speakers.'"
Bristol Bay is linguistically rich, with Alutiiq, Yup’ik and Dena’ina all traditionally spoken in the region. But as elders pass on, the number of birth speakers grows fewer and the need to teach and preserve these languages, more pressing. Igiugig’s Village Council President AlexAnna Salmon, ...
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