And we’re back! Series 4 of ALILI launches itself at the ears of language lovers everywhere, and it’s the Portuguese language that’s leading the charge. My guest is Marco Neves, scholar, translator and author, and a devoted champion of Portuguese in all its forms. Our conversation tackles some big topics and ideas. For example, where did Portuguese come from? (Linguistically as well as geographically, that is.) Where has it reached in the world of today? And what is the Lusophone community doing with the language? And how, strange to say, could Portuguese have become ‘Spanish’?

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Marco’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@marconeves

Marco on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcofranconeves/?hl=en

Marco’s Substack: https://marconeves.substack.com/

Host: Dr. Danny Bate

Guest: Prof. Marco Neves

Audio Mixing and Mastering: Jeremiah McPadden

Music: Acoustic Guitar by William King

Artwork: Willow Marler

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Language lovers, lend me your ears again! ALILI will return! Here's a teaser trailer for Series 4, featuring yours truly and some clips of my first three guests.

For fans and subscribers of the show, I'd like to express sincere thanks for bearing with me during this inter-series hiatus. It was long, and seemed infinite at times, depending on my workload and mood. Now that I'm in between seasons of book promotion, I'm happy to return to podcasting. The mood in the production studio (i.e. my desk) is good, quietly confident and hopeful that the schedule in place will help make the workload easier. Let's see how well founded that confidence is...

Host: Dr. Danny Bate (more info at ⁠dannybate.com⁠)

Music: Acoustic Guitar by William King

Artwork: Willow Marler

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The final episode of Series 3 is here, and we're ending with a good'un. Daniel W. Hieber, the linguist behind the popular ⁠Linguistic Discovery⁠ platform, joins me to discuss an indigenous language of North America: Chitimacha. In cooperation with the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, Daniel is contributing to the revitalising of this dormant language – which is gifting him so much in return. We discuss the history and prehistory of Chitimacha and its speakers, as well as intriguing parts of its grammar and the leading role it has played in the development of modern linguistics.

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Check out and sign up to Linguistic Discovery: ⁠https://linguisticdiscovery.com/⁠ (also on Substack, Instagram, YouTube)

Sample of Chitimacha, by speaker Chief Benjamin Paul, provided by Daniel.

Continue learning with the Chitimacha Wikipedia page: ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitimacha⁠

Daniel's personal website: ⁠https://www.danielhieber.info/⁠

Host: Dr. Danny Bate

Guest: Dr. Daniel W. Hieber

Audio Mixing and Mastering: Jeremiah McPadden

Music: Acoustic Guitar by William King

Artwork: Willow Marler

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