10 min
Shakespeare: Original pronunciation (The Open University)OpenLearn from The Open University‘Shakespeare: Original pronunciation (The Open University)’
Recommended in r/ifyoulikeblank
Language
How Shakespeare sounded, why place names defy spelling and how dead languages are reconstructed.
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10 min
Shakespeare: Original pronunciation (The Open University)OpenLearn from The Open University
15 min
Dyeus: The Indo-European Sky FatherReligionForBreakfastPosted to r/linguistics: Video about the Proto-Indo-European word for god.
5 min
Why Shakespeare Could Never Have Been FrenchTom ScottMentioned in r/linguistics: Favorite Linguistics YouTube channels?
9 min
The Linguistics of AAVEXidnafRecommended in r/ifyoulikeblank: [IIL] YouTube series like Tom Scott's Language Files and Storied's Otherwords (easily digestible linguistics content)
8 min
Why are British place names so hard to pronounce?Map MenRecommended in r/ifyoulikeblank: [IIL] YouTube series like Tom Scott's Language Files and Storied's Otherwords (easily digestible linguistics content)
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The entries on this shelf that came up in the most Reddit threads are Shakespeare: Original pronunciation (The Open University) (10 min), Dyeus: The Indo-European Sky Father (15 min) and Why Shakespeare Could Never Have Been French (5 min).
Are there short language videos?
Yes. 5 run under 15 minutes, including Shakespeare: Original pronunciation (The Open University) (10 min) and Dyeus: The Indo-European Sky Father (15 min).
Where on Reddit were these language videos shared?
Most came up in r/ifyoulikeblank (3) and r/linguistics (2). A mention can be a recommendation, a question or an argument, and each video’s page says which it was.