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Amazing! She adapts her English accents to match different countries👏  |  IG: thelanguageblondie

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WEAK FORMS: Why You Don’t Sound Like a Native…?

Many of the commonest words of English are pronounced in a special reduced way, by Brits, Americans & others. Even in careful, formal speech. Even by famous, admired speakers. Fry’s English Delight: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00x… Judi Dench in Westminster Abbey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw9fP… The … Continue reading

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What Ancient Egyptian Sounded Like – and how we know

How did Egyptians pronounce the language behind the hieroglyphs? Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_… Become my patron: https://www.patreon.com/NativLang ~ Briefly ~ From Hatshepsut to Nefertiti to a Coptic Abuna, meet the many forms of the long-lived Egyptian language. Watch as they … Continue reading

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Nahuatl – An Indigenous Language of Mexico

This video is all about Nahuatl, the most widely spoken indigenous language of Mexico. Consultant and voice in the Nahuatl audio samples: Regulo Castro Hernandez Watch my video about MEXICO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATBtw… ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● â–ş The Nahuatl dialect map is from the … Continue reading

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How to speak English like Einstein

A not quite serious clip about how to speak English with a German accent. The Einstein recording is part of an essay called “The Common Language of Science”. You can listen to the entire recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEtQ-… The full ad … Continue reading

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Link between music and speech rhythm in brain could provide language insight

July 29, 2019 by Sandrine Ceurstemont Neuroscientist Dr Domenica Bueti often plays an altered version of the classic aria La donna è mobile when she gives talks about the importance of time perception. Her friend’s piano rendition of Giuseppe Verdi’s composition uses … Continue reading

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15,000-Year-Old Words We Still Use

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