Learn Hittie Answers Your Linguistic Questions Kalasma, Penutian, Uralo-Siberian & More!

Описание: In this Learn Hittite Q&A, I answer a selection of viewer questions on historical linguistics, ancient languages, and language-family proposals.

Topics include Kalasmaic, the newly identified Anatolian language from the Hittite archives; whether I’ll return to the Hittite lessons; why linguists don’t always use IPA; what happened to the Ural-Altaic hypothesis; the status of Penutian; Burushaski and Indo-European; Uralo-Yukaghir and Uralo-Siberian; Proto-Tungusic case endings; and the preservation of endangered languages.

This is a more relaxed, podcast-style video rather than a full deep dive into one topic, but I try to give clear and reasonably cautious answers to some of the questions that come up most often in the comments.

A big thank you to everyone who comments, asks questions, and sends me ideas for future videos. I really do appreciate it.

Keep your eyes peeled for the next proper video as well. We’ll be heading back into the world of substrates.

Topics covered:
Kalasmaic / Kalašmian
Learning Hittite
IPA and linguistic transcription
Ural-Altaic
Penutian
Burushaski
Uralo-Yukaghir
Uralo-Siberian
Proto-Tungusic
Endangered languages