About Languages to Learn

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Welcome to Languages to Learn!

My name is Brian and I am a linguist, polyglot, and professional language learner. I make videos about languages, history and anthropology. And yes, I am a nerd who will take you on a linguistic journey exploring languages as diverse as Chinese, Persian, Urdu, Swahili, Sanskrit, Latin, Tagalog and Warlpiri.

Also, check out my various Polyglot Gathering talks on YouTube.

Thanks!
Brian Loo Soon Hua

Cebuano Grammar: SI and ANG focus markers

A detailed description of the focused markers SI and ANG in Cebuano. Like other Philippine languages Cebuano has a system of morphosyntactic alignment where any noun phrase in a sentence can be marked for focus. The focused noun then appears with the case markers SI or ANG while non-focused nouns t…

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How does a case system work?

What are cases? Why do languages like Russian, German, Classical Arabic, Turkish and Finnish have them? Does having a case system make learning a language difficult? This video was made in collaboration with uTalk: https://utalk.com/en

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Cebuano Grammar for Beginners - ANG, UG and SA

First video in a new series with my collaborative partner uTalk. Cebuano grammar for beginners. The particles "ang", "ug" and "sa" are some of the most common words in the Cebuano language. What is the difference between them? And how are they used?

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