Languages of Russia - you had no idea there are so many 😲

[@estrafalario5612]

I'm intrigued about that trend of having transcripted the languages into latin alphabets and then changed after only a few decades into cirilic. Was it because the initial antropologists/linguists were Germans or other westerners and only later the work was performed predominantly by Russians? Are there other reasons?

[@LanguageEasy]

That is a very good question that actually deserves a separate discussion, but if in a nutshell, let's put it this way: in the 1920s, there was a lot of hope for "world revolution", so the soviet intelligentsia saw the latinization as an international writing system, that's why in some years the latinization became already part of the government policy. Later that "hope for world revolution" began to fade, therefore the need/idea of the "international writing system" stared to fade too. When Stalin came to power, the government policy totally changed, so there came another major idea - russification. All latinized alphabets were being changed to Cyrillic. A big problem (one of them) was that usually in this alphabet transition a key role was played by the official establishment (I mean, bureaucrats) instead of linguists or language specialists...

[@estrafalario5612]

@LanguageEasy thanks so much for the explanation! I knew the case with the Romanian in Moldova, but for these languages I assumed a more scientific reason...

[@Kimberton149]

A very interesting video as always! I didn't realise just how many languages were spoken in Russia. I knew a little about Chukchi as I read the book "When the Whales Leave" by Yuri Rytkheu who was from this region. It's a re-telling of the Chukchi people's creation myth and it's a beautiful story of human's link to the natural world. I definitely want to explore more about languages spoken in Russia and this video is such a great source. Thank you for sharing!

[@LanguageEasy]

Thank you for the book recommendation! There's a film based on it too. Very happy you found the video worth watching 🤗

[@lilyrose4191]

You speak so beautifully 🥰 - when the adverts unexpectedly interrupted it was jarring 😵‍💫- your English is better than the native speakers on adverts, lol! This video is a pleasure to listen to and very interesting. Thank you so much for your research and presentation.

[@lilyrose4191]

The visuals are great! Love the maps, diagrams and especially the beautiful photographs. 😍 The music is subtle too. This is much appreciated as often the soundtrack overwhelms videos and films. 🎶 I certainly learned something. Thank you!

[@Zeonith45]

I did it find it jarring when she said var-eyes instead of varies

[@lilyrose4191]

Well, @Zeo nith, no one is perfect! I like her accent. 🙂

[@LanguageEasy]

Oh thank you so much for your feedback!! It's so important to me to know that someone especially appreciated the maps and other graphics in the video that I always spend so much time on haha 🫶🏻 very happy to hear all that

[@LanguageEasy]

Since English is not my native language, I unconsciously sometimes make mistakes. Sorry you find it jarring haha

[@nicolasfont3050]

We need a second part! Very interesting facts I didn't know about it.

[@LanguageEasy]

😊🤗❤️❤️ will more likely do the second part!

[@UniversalistSon9]

The Romani language would be interesting

[@nledaig]

Thank you. Very interesting.

[@jackportugge5647]

I really had no idea!

[@diannamaree7854]

Great job!

[@Skillividden]

Я был на Чукотке. Интереснейшие люди. Есть чёткое различие между чукчами, которые живут у моря и благодаря дарам моря (и, в частности, имеют право охотиться на китов для собственных нужд) и чукчами, которые живут вдали от моря, преимущественно оленеводами.

[@LanguageEasy]

Очень интересно! Удалось ли вам услышать что-то на языке? Или был только русский?

[@Skillividden]

@@LanguageEasy Увы, услышать язык не удалось. Но меня угостили мантаком :)

[@LanguageEasy]

Уверена, что вкус незабываемый 😬

[@Vitezslav-qd4ct]

As a linguist nerd, I known about them

[@artembaguinski9946]

Николаас Витсен был нидерландцем, а не датчанином.

[@TheRickyLevi]

Правильно

[@totot99]

Considering its size, it's actually not that many relatively.

[@Xarmutinha]

Many parts of Russia aren't habitable...sooo

[@nadezhda77755]

Очень познавательное видео, спасибо огромное ❤!

[@LanguageEasy]

🤗❤️❤️

[@baskurtlu7818]

bashkir language?

[@LanguageEasy]

Will probably add it if I make a second part