Crash Course Linguistics

Welcome to Crash Course Linguistics! Linguistics is everywhere and is super useful for pretty much everyone. Over 16 episodes, Taylor Behnke will teach you all about language, from its structure, to the relationship between language and our identity, the brain, and computers, to writing, language acquisition, and the diversity of human languages!

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Status	Returning Series
Original Name	Crash Course Linguistics
First Air Date	September 11, 2020
Last Air Date	January 22, 2021
Seasons	1
Episodes	16
Episode Runtime	12min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	Canada, United States of America
Production Companies	Complexly Thought Café
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S01E16

Writing Systems

All societies have spoken or signed language, but not all languages have a written form. Since writing developed in different ways in different places, writing systems differ greatly around the world. In this final episode of Crash Course Linguistics, we’ll learn about writing systems, also called orthographies, the different components that make up a writing system, the development of different writing systems over time, and more!

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