ASMR The Languages of Mesoamerica: A Sprachbund of Multiple Families (soft spoken)
It's time to finally look at some Native American languages! We're starting out with Mesoamerica, home to the ancient empires of Olmecs, Mayas and Aztecs. The fascinating part is that is their respective languages were not related, and yet they do share certain similiarties. Over thousands of years, speakers of the various languages home in Mesoamerica started borrowing and adopting from one another, until they formed what is today known as the Mesoamerican Linguistic Area or Sprachbund. And on top of that, it is also one of the rare places in the world where a fully developed writing system was created, so plenty of fascinating aspects to learn about here!
I really enjoyed preparing this episode and hope you will find it just as interesting. But if instead, you happen to fall asleep after 5 minutes, don't worry. That's perfectly alright. Sleep well!
If you want to learn more about the similarities between Mayan and Aztec languages, try NativLang:
https://youtu.be/4oXwlvjld_o
And I haven't managed to watch it myself yet, but there's currently a French documentary available on Arte (with English subtitles or German dubbing) that looks pretty interesting as well, on Naachtun, a Mayan city:
https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/058857-000-A/naachtun/
Books (all in German):
Glück/Rödel (ed.): Metzler Lexikon Sprache, 5th edition.
Faulmann: Schriftzeichen und Alphabete aller Zeiten und Völker.
Hölzel Universalatlas.
Putzger Historischer Weltatlas, Kartenausgabe.
Nail polish: Catrice 101 Berry Mary
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