Writing Systems: Crash Course Linguistics #16

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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[Sunberries]

In case anyone still wants more linguistics, I'd like to remind everyone that Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne (linguists and the writers of the episode) have their own podcast, Lingthusiasm. I've listened for a long time and it's one of my favorites.

[Artur_M.]

Last episode? This course really flew by. I hope you'll make something related to linguistics again.

[ItsRadishTime]

Last episode! What a treat to this was to be part of making. It's been so fun learning linguistics along with you all!

[AustinSmithProfile]

Bold choice to take a position on *both* the plural of "emoji" and the pronunciation of "gif" back-to-back at 10:30 :)

[connollydevlin]

Last episode?! Dang, I enjoy listening to this host so much though!

[FairMiles]

Thank you for an(other) excellent Crash Course to the writers and all the team behind CC Linguistics. And to the lovely Taylor! (and Gavagai, of course)

[kristoohy]

I took a Latin class in Quebec where everyone is taught French and English and I remember the class freaking out when the professor told us that spelling was phonetic and verbs don't have exceptions.

[lydia]

The fact that even Shakespeare wasn't sure how to spell his name comforts me

[taffythelogolept]

I may or may not have gotten teary at the end. Thank you for such a lovely series and for spending so much time and resources into making this accessible and interesting to all kinds of viewers. Taylor, Lauren, Gretchen, Jessi, Stan, John, Hank, Gavagai, PBS, everybody!! GREAT JOB!!! <3 <3 <3

PS Season 2 plz???

[blitzwaffe]

"Since ancient times, every civilization's ruler has had the same idea: When people unite under one will, they become stronger than the sum of their parts. And what do rulers use to bring people together? Language".

[lapillity]

noo i don't want it to be the last episode 😭 this has been my favorite crash course series ever. crossing my fingers for a season two later down the line ;-;

[polasamierwahsh]

It's already the final

Well this was fun and informative

[uzgbgbv]

💗 Now we just need full individual 16-episode Crash Courses on Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics, L1 Acquisition, L2 Acquisition, Typology, Field Work, Computational Linguistics, and Writing Systems, and we'll be set! :D

[chillsahoy]

Me on episode 1: I'm not interested in linguistics but I guess I'll watch to support the channel, maybe I'll learn something new.
Me on episode 16: Turns out linguistics is a really interesting field! There is so much to learn.

[MatteaTeacherDonghwa]

I'm designing my curriculum for my Korean students and seeing Hangul mentioned made me really happy and want to fit this video into my lesson plan 😊

[LuinTathren]

Last episode? But... but... There's so much more! I LOVED this series!

[agathajohannbuenorosa]

Such a lovely course, thanks to all the people involved with the production for bringing this content!❤️❤️❤️

[NaritaZaraki]

Thank you! ^_^ This was a genuinely fun and informative ride! I hope we get to have another Linguistics related course on the channel. Thank you again to everyone on the team and special thanks to Taylor (hope I'm spelling that right) and Gavagai of course!

[robertschlesinger]

Very interesting and worthwhile video. Excellent introduction.

[Anthony-tlcx]

This was a great series! My wife did post-grad Linguistic Anthropology work in college, so we've been watching together. It has been a great conversation starter, and she has been able to fill me in on a lot of the nuance that you didn't have the time to cover. If my vote counts for anything, I say that you should revisit the topic and do more episodes in the future!