Colin Gorrie
My name is Colin Gorrie. I'm a linguist and I make videos for the language nerds of the world. Topics include: Old English, conlangs (constructed languages), linguistic theory, etymology, and learning ancient or often obscure languages.

Proto-Indo-European Origins: A Conversation with Laura Spinney

Can you solve this Old English riddle? 10,000 subscriber special!

You’re speaking Old English without realizing it!

A very special Christmas etymology

Your First Old English Lesson with Ōsweald Bera

Old English pronunciation: a guide for students

How to use Ōsweald Bera to Learn Old English

Ōsweald Bera is available now!

The One Where I Reconsider Everything Historical Linguistics Challenge | S03E04

What makes a GOOD graded reader for language learning

Road testing Pkwak grammar | Conlang with Me S02E41

How to REALLY learn an ancient language in 2024

Channel Update + Old English Riddle

Ice cream elephants and Pkwak vocabulary building | Conlang with Me S02E40

Evolving a writing system | Conlang with Me S02E39

New data for Proto-Kukwo | Historical Linguistics Challenge S03E03

Making a writing system from scratch | Conlang with Me S02E38

Pkwak Toponymy | Worldbuild with Me S01E13 / Conlang with Me S02E37

Religious syncretism | Worldbuild with Me S01E13

Kin-based institutions and social coordination | Worldbuild with Me S01E12

How to name an ocean or two | Conlang with Me S02E36

Cognate trouble | Historical Linguistics Challenge S03E02

Koine Pkwak | Conlang with Me S02E35

We made "Tonal Irish" | Conlang with Me S04E04

Writing the Pkwak dictionary | Conlang with Me S02E34

Watch me reconstruct a proto-language | Historical Linguistics Challenge S03E01

Pkwak dialectology | Conlang with Me S02E33

Pkwak gets pronouns | Conlang with Me S02E32

Let's Reconstruct Middle Chinese | #2

How to romanize Pkwak | Conlang with Me S02E31