Some words entered Japanese from GERMAN during the Meiji Period, especially scientific and medical vocabulary. Some of these words stem back to languages other than German, but entered Japanese from German.

It's possible to communicate across language using Chinese characters!

Which countries have the most land borders with other countries? (Originally posted on my second channel "GEOfocus") #geography

The languages of the Bible

What's up with this strange border between UAE and Oman?

Why would there be HEBREW words in Indonesian? #Hebrew #Arabic #Indonesian

People often ask if I'm on the autism spectrum. I don't know, but I probably am, but don't really care if I am. 🤷‍♂️ #autism #asd #neurodivergent

Did you know there were French loanwords in Japanese?

Since we're talking about Greenland and Canada...Here's a little video I originally posed on my second channel GEOfocus. 🥶❄️

How Arabic came to influence Malay & Indonesian

TOKI PONA - a language with very few core vocabulary words #tokipona #language This is a clip of my latest video - a rebooted version of my old video on Toki Pona.