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Ghil'ad Zuckermann: Bringing Languages Back From The Dead

Ghil'ad Zuckermann: Bringing Languages Back From The Dead

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Ghil'ad Zuckermann is a professor of linguistics who invented the field of revivalistics, a trans-disciplinary field of enquiry exploring "the dynamics and problematics inherent in spoken language reclamation, revitalization, and reinvigoration". He was named in 2024 as one of Australia’s Top 30 “Living Legends of Research” by The Australian newspaper.

This conversation spans a number of topics including hyperpolyglotism, revivalistics, his classification of Modern Hebrew as Israeli, reviving the ancient Aboriginal language of Barngarla, the future of language in an increasingly globalised and online world, and much more. Buy Ghil'ad's book today using promo code AAFLYG6 to receive a 30% discount


Link to Ghil'ad's resources:

  • Website
  • MOOC


Books and concepts mentioned in this conversation:

  • Revivalistics
  • Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry
  • Ladino
  • Bourekas film
  • Barngarla
  • The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig
  • Adam Jacot de Boinod


Podcast Info:

  • Instagram
  • YouTube


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