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Language & linguistics Videos Recommended on Hacker News (84)
Language & linguistics is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 84 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2008 and 2026 — 157 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Language: linguistics, etymology, name origins, pronunciation, English history, language learning, translation, writing systems, dialects, constructed languages, onomastics.
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2 mo on HNAccent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part One) | WIRED
WIRED
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
2 mo on HNThe Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian
Peter Pringle
3 HN recommender · 2021–2025
2 mo on HNJake Thackray 'Molly Metcalfe'
TallPiler
2 HN recommender · 2013–2024
2 mo on HNDuolingo -- the next chapter in human computation | Luis von Ahn | TEDxCMU 2011
TEDx Talks
2 HN recommender · 2011–2012
2 mo on HNGeorge Carlin on Soft Language
CappyNJ
2 HN recommender · 2013–2024
2 mo on HNThe Stuff of Thought | Steven Pinker | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
2 HN recommender · 2010–2026
2 mo on HNOne Typo, Wrong Continent
CGP Grey
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
2 mo on HNGeorge Carlin on soft language
Rob Logan
2 HN recommender · 2015–2026
2 mo on HNCan Japanese People Read Chinese? (Mandarin, Simplified)
That Japanese Man Yuta
2 HN recommender · 2020–2021
1 mo on HNGeorge Carlin - Euphemisms & political correctness
aaron pryor
1 HN recommend · 2019–2022
1 mo on HNCan Japanese People Read Chinese? (Kanji)
That Japanese Man Yuta
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNA Bit of Fry & Laurie Concerning Language
Fun English Lessons
1 HN recommend · 2023–2026
1 mo on HN"Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes (Official 4K Video)
alyankovicVEVO
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNTiffany: The Name That Cheats Death
CGP Grey
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNThe odd accent of Tangier VA - American Tongues episode #3
People Like Us - The CNAM Channel
1 HN recommend · 2010–2025
1 mo on HNGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz (HD)
trouchelle
1 HN recommend · 2020–2025
1 mo on HNHow big is a billion? - Numberphile
Numberphile
1 HN recommend · 2014–2024
1 mo on HNDoes the language you speak change how you think?
Tom Scott
1 HN recommend · 2023–2024
1 mo on HNThe Hidden Rules of Conversation
Tom Scott
1 HN recommend · 2020–2026
1 mo on HNStephen Krashen on Language Acquisition
Mark Rounds
1 HN recommend · 2018–2025
1 mo on HNMovie Accent Expert Breaks Down 32 Actors' Accents | WIRED
WIRED
1 HN recommend · 2017–2019
1 mo on HNHow English sounds to non-English speakers
Brian and Karl
1 HN recommend · 2013–2017
1 mo on HNNo Béarla Series 1, Episode 1.
An Ghaeilge
1 HN recommend · 2020–2025
1 mo on HNwhy typing like this is sometimes okay.
Tom Scott
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNStephen Krashen: Language Acquisition and Comprehensible Input
Tarek Hamza
1 HN recommend · 2020–2022
1 mo on HNOriginal Pronunciation - Hamlet | To Be, or not to be... | Ben Crystal
Shakespeare on Toast
1 HN recommend · 2018–2025
1 mo on HNPolitics and Language | Noam Chomsky | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
1 HN recommend · 2008–2018
0 mo on HNAppalachian English
The Language & Life Project
0 HN recommender · 2010–2014
0 mo on HNCan GPT-4 translate literature?
Tom Gally
0 HN recommender · 2023–2025
0 mo on HNWhat do translators think about GPT?
Tom Gally
0 HN recommender · 2023–2025
0 mo on HNCaptain Literally: Part 1 - Studio C
Studio C
0 HN recommender · 2015–2023
0 mo on HNMonty Python - Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook
rylxyc
0 HN recommender · 2008–2023
0 mo on HNNicolas Doesn't Understand The West Country Accent | Hot Fuzz | Screen Bites
Screen Bites
0 HN recommender · 2024–2026
0 mo on HNInterslavic Language | Will Bulgarian, Polish and Croatian understand a CONSTRUCTED LANGUAGE? | #1
Ecolinguist
0 HN recommender · 2019–2024
0 mo on HNMongrel Nation - Brown cow
jasonkanerichardson
0 HN recommender · 2014–2026
0 mo on HNWhy Does Portuguese Sound Like Russian?! (or Polish)
Langfocus
0 HN recommender · 2021–2025