Lithuanian and Francis Young

10/29/23 • 43 min

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Episode 11 of ALILI sees us back beside the Baltic Sea, where Dr Francis Young guides us into the story of Lithuania and the Lithuanian language. Francis discusses both history and prehistory in detail, and joyously shares some rather wrong ideas that people have held about the origin of this Indo-European language.

To learn more from Francis, here's his ⁠website⁠ and ⁠Twitter⁠.

Host: Danny Bate

Guest: Dr Francis Young

Music: Bossa Nova by William_King

Artwork: William Marler

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To learn more from Francis, here's his ⁠website⁠ and ⁠Twitter⁠.

Host: Danny Bate

Guest: Dr Francis Young

Music: Bossa Nova by William_King

Artwork: William Marler

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Alexander's ⁠website⁠ and ⁠Twitter⁠.

Host: Danny Bate

Guest: Dr Alexander Jabbari

Music: Bossa Nova by William_King

Artwork: William Marler

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You can find Radek's personal website here.

Host: Danny Bate

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Music: Bossa Nova by William_King

Artwork: William Marler

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