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@MatthewBofenkamp 2 года назад

HELLO IT’S ME FROM THE VIDEO here’s a link to the playlist I mentioned, which currently has 370 languages now, since so many people are asking: ru-vid.com/group/PL-ClEBppfwRjAUJhVHH1Xar7zGWglMaEj link in the description to the Spotify version and a spreadsheet saying which song is in which language. I hope y’all can use this to learn more about cultures from very different parts of the world from your own. And big thanks to Cut for having me back!

@cut 2 года назад

a true king!!

@MatthewBofenkamp 2 года назад

@@cut AND YOU! Only Monarchs on the Cut staff! Y’all are too nice to me 😭

@kencarsula3307 2 года назад

Omg you are so amazing

@fa6534 2 года назад

You are a genius Love from Nigeria

@kkkkkkkkkkk9973 2 года назад

Omg your shirt has the word that means "world" in albanian!!🥰🇦🇱

@Leena79 2 года назад

I had a brain glitch when I suddenly fully understood one language, and then realized it was my own native language, Finnish. 🤣

@simona9533 2 года назад

Same thing happened to me 😭😂

@lentonoki 2 года назад

I was just so tuned out and had to do a double take like "wait what, what did I just hear??" XD

@aktasluna 2 года назад

My native language is Turkish. When I was staying at a hotel in Berlin, we were speaking half German half English with the housekeeping lady. One day I could not remember a word and she said "İstersen Türkçe de konuşabiliriz" which means "We can also speak Turkish if you like". I couldn't understand that at first and I was like, what? I guess this is the same brain glitch you had with Finnish lol. I still don't know how she knew I knew Turkish though.

@mariane3146 2 года назад

HELPPHFBSEKHF same but with my own language, istg i wasn't prepared for it to pop up like that lmfao

@mahieddineup3273 2 года назад

I'm learning Finnish and i only got terve 😭😭😭

@lobaetoile8440 2 года назад

This is impressive, considering he's not fluent in many languages himself. He has amazing logic. He's so cool.

@yukiandkanamekuran 2 года назад

To be fair, you can pick out dialect and words pretty well if you've heard it before. Some languages just sound different.

@lobaetoile8440 2 года назад

@@yukiandkanamekuran There are languages that sound similar, and not all dialects are as distinctive. Also, not everyone has a good ear or a good memory.

@yukiandkanamekuran 2 года назад

@@lobaetoile8440 true but hey, maybe it comes from some place similar.

@lobaetoile8440 2 года назад

@@yukiandkanamekuran To be honest, I don't understand your point? You disagree with me saying his logic is great? Are you trying to say anyone can make these deductions? I speak multiple languages and I couldn't guess all these. It's not just about auditory memory, he has good geography and culture knowledge. Idk, I was just praising his thought process. I can for instance recognize various languages, but specific accents and dialects? That's another thing. I find accents and slang very confusing, because I learn by association so they all sort of blend to me. I mean, I speak fluent french and I know a little creole and yet I wouldn't be able to tell you exactly from which country is the creole. And that Haitian guy has a different sound (softer, less pronounced) than my Haitian friends, I would never had guessed that.

@yukiandkanamekuran 2 года назад

@@lobaetoile8440 oh, I couldn't guess them either. But I think they each sound distinct. Like they each have a cadence/rhythm and sounds of words associated with that rhythm. Like to be honest, the haitian creole guy sounded pretty similar to japanese to me, but I knew I couldn't understand it so it wasn't. I wonder if they have similar influences/sources of the two languages. Which is crazy. I can't speak many languages, but I could tell the difference, especially in music.

@intreoo Год назад

I love how everyone goes “😳😮” when Matthew starts immediately analyzing the languages accurately.

@wanjanjama Год назад

Incredible. As a Kenyan myself, hearing him identify Swahili so quickly and share that he even knew local Kenyan musicians such as Bensoul (who is soooo good btw - you should definitely check his music out wherever you stream music) really warmed my heart. It's so nice when people take the time to educate themselves on the diversity of the world around them because it really makes someone feel seen, and all the difference in developing authentic, genuine, human connection(s) 🧡

@WangoAlfred Год назад

Exact same feeling😂💯

@ThePathOfEudaimonia Год назад

I am dying to visit Kenya someday. Hopefully my comprehension of Swahili will be a bit basic then. Thanks for the music recommendations. Do you have more favourite artists you'd recommend?! :-)

@alexandrabrinker1167 Год назад

I picked up that he was speaking Swahili due to working with Congolese refugees who speak Swahili here in the U.S. I was really happy to see I still recognized it! lol. Asante sana for the music recommendation!

@gurururuwarararara8164 Год назад

Please tell me; what is Kenya like?

@ThePathOfEudaimonia Год назад

@@kenyanlolita I didn't receive a notification of your reply. Thanks for your response, and all the recommendations! I am planning my trip to Kenya concretely. And I am even looking to stay there for a longer period with work as a medical doctor. Probably in one of the major cities. Full immersion sounds great! :-)

@peace4111 2 года назад

he absolutely bodied that challenge! At the end saying “I thought they’d be more obscure” lol, I think you’re just knowledgeable!

@trakstr1170 2 года назад

Haha right? I would not have guessed any of them!

@channy6995 2 года назад

I think he means a lot of languages have lots of resources but for instance a lot of African languages don't have lots of resources for learning and the one African language they chose is the one everyone knows bc of lion king-- Ie Swahili

@LifeOfLiana 2 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nWG438xxGl0.html vlog :D

@sdgoza 2 года назад

@@channy6995 I would have still gotten it wrong, but that’s a perfect explanation. Thank you!

@mooselove 2 года назад

What does bodied mean?

@kmms4720 2 года назад

Not only is he knowledgeable but also humble in a way that’s confident but not overbearing in his skill. Good for him!

@2258fran 2 года назад

Perfect way of explaining!!!

@meeaningless2 2 года назад

Yeah doesn’t come off as bragging at all even though he sounds incredibly educated and informed, such a charming quality for him.

@katleach2382 2 года назад

fr so inspiring to me

@nillavachakraborty4481 2 года назад

If knowledge doesn't make you humble,then that's not knowledge.

@Paleolillith 2 года назад

Such is the way with music teachers

@ComedyGlor Год назад

He's the definition of cultured. He's also just very intelligent to be able to put all that knowledge together

@916youngpridex3 Год назад

Bro has like savant syndrome when it comes to languages. This is beyond impressive. He was able to deduct this from songs he heard and to be able to tell different dialects. It's easier if you know the languages, I can tell french, from Italian, Portuguese and from different Spanish accents but that's cause I know Spanish. He doesn't speak those languages, gets it just from songs he has heard pretty cool

@JordanBenson-zh3yv Год назад

Led me to think

@Hobyosultana Год назад

It's not that hard if you're a knowledge person with an interest in different cultures. I was able to guess all these languages too, except Finnish (forgot they existed, said Hungarian) and Macedonian (all Balkans sound similar).

@thenameizzaaron Год назад

@@Hobyosultana then you only guess 4/6 lmao not all

@antiquatedideas1107 Год назад

@@thenameizzaaron they literally said they were able to guess all EXCEPT Finnish and Macedonian. They weren't saying they guessed every one correctly including the ones they got wrong. They're saying they guessed all of the remainder languages correct, which they did

@helixxia9320 11 месяцев назад

@satansoo7806 well duh of course it is not that hard if you have a lot if knowledge on languages, but most people doesnt have alot of knowledge on languages, so it is hard for most people. lmao dont belittle his skill it takes time and effort it isnt easy

@MarcovecchioTV 2 года назад

the way he celebrated every time he guessed correct

@nickorange4881 Год назад

I would too.

@magnetomaggy2662 7 месяцев назад

Like he wanted a hug 😅

@TheJerseyNinja 2 года назад

This is extremely impressive for someone that doesn’t speak all those languages. He must really listen to a LOT of foreign music to be able to be that good at picking up on languages when he doesn’t know what 99% of the words mean

@Zevanix Год назад

Definitely! I watch a lot of polyglot videos on youtube because I find them entertaining (like polyglots surprising people by speaking their native language) and I didn't even realize how well I've picked up a few things. I don't know any words whatsoever, but I can identify Cantonese because of it. I also knew that the Canadian French was an offshoot of French but didn't know which, and that the Finnish one wasn't Swedish, but around the same area. People learn a lot passively through stuff like that! It's crazy

@vinicius5648 Год назад

Including the damn accents

@ellenolsson3703 Год назад

@@Zevanix Finnish is a non indoeuropean language so it's very different from Swedish and most other European languages. Unless you have heard Finnish you will probably not be able to guess it. Finnish, Hungarian and Estonian are part of the finno-ugric languages.

@Zevanix Год назад

@@ellenolsson3703 Oh cool! I didn't know that. All I meant is that I knew the Finnish one wasn't Swedish, which I've heard people compare the two. I couldn't pinpoint it though

@ellenolsson3703 Год назад

@@Zevanix ok :)

@heironic8547 5 месяцев назад

can we all agree that this is way more entertaining when someone who is knowledgeable tries this challenge and they explain their thought process as well?

@JuliaStern1248 Месяц назад

Yes!

@nr1linostan Год назад

I love his Pullover that says BOTË on it that means world/earth in Albanian it’s great how he actually guessed all of those languages correctly and how he also takes interest in global/international places :))

@katelyn4917 Год назад

I KNOW I WAS LOOKING FOR A COMMENT THAT MENTIONED THIS

@Adri_Unsung 12 дней назад

NEED that sweater

@ashleigh7914 2 года назад

Even the person whose language he got wrong was thrilled by how close he was! The surprise and smile on the Macedonian guy’s face was priceless when he knew what he was saying while not even speaking the language

@C2k785 2 года назад

IKRRRR

@seandavila835 2 года назад

How similar are Bulgarian and Macedonian?

@nekojtamu6065 2 года назад

@@seandavila835 pretty similar but still different

@polonijj 2 года назад

@@seandavila835 I'm from Croatia and listening to Sasha talk I instantly thought Macedonian or Bulgarian because they are really really similar, at least to me. I can understand them but sometimes it's hard to tell the difference

@seandavila835 2 года назад

@@polonijj Ok thank you. Would you say that Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian are the same language or not?

@demirnur 2 года назад

Finally! You chose someone who’s actually interested in languages to do this kind of challenge. It was so fun to watch. All the participants were so kind. Loved it!

@esined2386 2 года назад

Right??? The genuine surprise on their faces when this professional actually went for it. It's just nice to see someone experienced in this field actually try to guess and guess most of them right

@oxey_ 2 года назад

yea this video was a treat

@oxey_ 2 года назад

watching this is like watching a really good geoguesser player guess the correct road in the middle of nowhere going off only a blurry sign, the position of the sun and the colour of the brushes lol

@siukong 2 года назад

Yeah most of these challenges are pretty sad to watch. Like, speaker: Bonjour, comment ca va? Guesser: I don't know, Spanish? (and they guess that every time)

@solus8685 2 года назад

I don't know much about languages and guessed 2 correctly lol

@SABIKASABIRA Год назад

Matthew is very intelligent and his ear for the nuance in inflection is incredible. 👏🏿🙌🏿

@BelaDesouza_ 7 месяцев назад

Can you explain to me what people mean when they say nuance? Ik this is so stupid but google did not help me understand the word.. everytime I watch the middle ground debate videos they said it a lot and sometimes I think they misuse it which is throwing me off💀

@SABIKASABIRA 7 месяцев назад

@BelaDesouza_ Pretty sure it means small differences.

@RhymesWithCarbon Год назад

When he said "Say 'freedom'" and I heard "uhuru" it was a slam dunk, that and Macedonian (I would have said Bosnian too) were tough. The level of deduction he used was fantastic. The only one I knew immediately was Finnish.

@ccyalater404 2 года назад

I loved the happiness of everyone's faces when he started getting close to their region. All of them instantly smiled because they felt seen. Loved this one - he did so well on this challenge!

@mona-2527 2 года назад

As an immigrant, I can understand their excitement 😂❤️

@julianakarasawa315 2 года назад

The Macedonian guy going :O to the camera

@isbpbmugb2ygaglzigv5zxmgcm92 2 года назад

Baptiste from overwatch speaks Haitian Creole

@michellereyes270 2 года назад

@@mona-2527 why do we have to be seen ? Lol

@theway280 2 года назад

everyone loves a cunning linguist

@mlilejay8698 2 года назад

The most interesting thing is that his knowledge is music based. He learned all this by listening to and studying lyrics and picking the commonalities and acute differences between and within languages, and is thus able to pick out even different dialects…

@darkflighter100 2 года назад

That's how my cousin learned her french.

@BambuuucaCZ 2 года назад

dude learned how to guess a language when hearing it by listening to the languages wow who would've guessed that's like the least interesting thing...

@highviewbarbell 2 года назад

@@BambuuucaCZ how is that NOT interesting? It's a highly useful skill, being able to go anywhere on earth and at least occasionally understand some things. You'll often get the gist of a conversation without ever having done more than listen to music or watch movies in the language

@laosvegas7494 2 года назад

my dad moved from thailand into the states after vietnam and fell i love with american music. he learned english through michael jackson, the beegees, earth with and fire, led zep, etc. met my mom who was in the same boat as him and then taught her through music also. pretty nuts.

@zzodysseuszz 2 года назад

@@highviewbarbell it’s really not that useful unless you want to go to that country

@podgy5 5 месяцев назад

His reaction every time he was right was so adorable 🥰 Also, he doesn't actually know the langauages but so fully appreciates the language that he can recognise it so fast?!? Impressive

@aris9518 2 года назад

I love his shirt is says “world” in Albanian. I’m always waiting for someone guessing Albanian. Id love to participate 😂💜

@lidiaclaire Год назад

a flet shqip? 😂

@aris9518 Год назад

@@lidiaclaire po :D

@lidiaclaire Год назад

@@aris9518 shume mire!! jam nga shqipri :)

@renisgourmet.offical Год назад

A thanë disa... SHQIPTAR

@cx3622 Год назад

Kosovo je Srbija

@tegu8934 2 года назад

Ain’t no way this man should be this good at this. That was impressive

@kevinsundelin8639 2 года назад

Why not? He's clearly interested in languages.

@jaredcalvert9207 2 года назад

@@kevinsundelin8639 it’s just another way of complementing the guy. Re-read it as “any man” and it’ll make more sense. Same meaning tho, stop reaching for negativity

@kevinsundelin8639 2 года назад

@@jaredcalvert9207 lol you're funny

@bonkbonkbonkbonkbonkbonk 2 года назад

@@kevinsundelin8639 ?

@karinvasu3005 2 года назад

look at this, it's just as impressive if not more lol ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w30AdwJMVa0.html

@Tyler-cm6vk 2 года назад

There’s rarely anything that’s better to watch than a person showcasing their talent in a healthy level of confidence. This entire video made me smile.

@Platoqp 2 года назад

Well said. A good level of knowledge without being arrogant

@borko883 2 года назад

Talent? Where? Common sense, and Basic education.

@ellie8272 2 года назад

@@borko883 No need to be a dick. Let people be happy. I certainly wouldn't have gotten as many of these as he did

@MayMay-xh1ro 2 года назад

@@borko883 It’s talent, especially in his process of deduction.

@iii1429 2 года назад

@@MayMay-xh1ro no

@beescared 2 года назад

I love how everyone was so friendly, and how happy everyone was. He was also so nice to all the people!

@desipaz93 2 года назад

This video gave me chills multiple times. It's just so beautiful how different we are as people. I love when he taught him the song meant dance!

@ATheoryInPractice 2 года назад

Can we talk about how adorable and wholesome this man is? He seems like he could vibe with anyone.

@thesanasi Год назад

I read a research paper once, that said when you speak or understand a language it’s easier to mirror behavior.

@toophoot2757 Год назад

check out the 6 virgins vs one non virgin video he got 8+ BODIES!!!

@Charlie-yt2iy Год назад

@SA that makes sense, bilinguals have more grey matter (i think) so they'd probably connect with more people socially and be able to mimic things better

@jessek4081 Год назад

hes a geek

@cartersovertakes6752 10 месяцев назад

@@jessek4081that's exactly what I thought😭

@alexandrashank 2 года назад

We need more people to make even a fraction of the effort he has at understanding different languages and cultures. This was really amazing to watch!

@dasanii2467 2 года назад

not everyone has the time, nor the resources, nor the money. thank you!

@o_o-lj1ym 2 года назад

@@dasanii2467 “a fraction” aka an attempt. As long as you try. The point is that most people will not even try to understand the experiences of others.

@stuart4341 2 года назад

Languages are skills, some people use them and need them and some don't. There's countless amounts of fields and areas of knowledge you likely know nothing or very little about. Perhaps neurology, biology, astronomy, gun smithing, archery, writing, boating, history, literature, IT just to name a few. Have you put a "fraction of the effort" into learning about these? If not, then tell me why the language skills are more important than what I listed? We all have our areas of expertise, no need to belittle those for not being knowledgeable on languages when you might be equally ignorant about maritime law or real estate. When you're done you should learn about distilling, tanning, fishing, blacksmithing, locksmithing, geology, engineering, pottery, architecture, leather working, mining, religion, dancing etc.

@aamahoney99 2 года назад

@@stuart4341 hmmm I think since they said "languages and cultures" and not just languages, that their implication was more about understanding different peoples that we share the world with. Being less selfish and narrow minded from knowing just our own language, country, and viewpoint and expanding our understanding of the rest of the world to help us be more selfless and compassionate. Learning about different cultures of course is a certain field but you gain more from learning about it than you would from archery. I could be wrong in my assumption from the OP but this is just my 2 cents

@stuart4341 2 года назад

@@aamahoney99 being able to recognise a language from a few sentences doesn't show any understanding of another culture. We shouldn't be expected to understand other cultures, there's too many of them. As long as people aren't bigoted and get a long it's fine. I know plenty of people who are extremely ignorant about other countries cultures and languages but aren't at all bigoted and would never mistreat someone because of their ethnic religious cultural whatever background. My point still stands there's an infinite amount of areas of knowledge, whose to say this area is more valid than any field of science ?

@poopymcface9792 5 месяцев назад

This guys has impressive deductive skills based solely on the words he’s exposed to through music!

@patbanting4574 8 месяцев назад

Matthew: 'i speak English' never would have guessed mate

@vinceb8041 2 года назад

the swahili guess was absolutely insane, zero hesitation to match the single word ending he knew, that dude is awesome.

@davidb8373 2 года назад

He has great detective skills. Once he was able to roughly pick out the region of the world, he just began narrowing down the list based on tones, patterns, and finally individual words he picked up from songs. Very clever guy.

@Banana_Pony 2 года назад

Or also, if you know Star Trek trivia, you would know that Uhura was named for freedom in Swahili.

@hascupbrayden3091 2 года назад

I got Swahili from the lion king

@CuriouslyWatching 2 года назад

Dude mentioned Bensoul, the Kenyan musician, & my mind just exploded

@s--h1584 2 года назад

@@Banana_Pony Me, the Original Trek fan, literally scrolled down to look for someone saying this :P

@anthonydisney 2 года назад

Bring him back for a part two!!

@SofiaArthursxo 2 года назад

I’d love to see a whole series of this LOL this is so entertaining

@danielarodriguezoropeza9008 2 года назад

Yees I'd love a part two

@ally_roro1482 2 года назад

Yes!

@ally_roro1482 2 года назад

@@SofiaArthursxo same! This is one of my favourite series

@SandraMichelleGarcia 2 года назад

this was the first cut video I immediately wanted to see in a long time. they need more of this

@plotoyadnaya_rossiyanka Год назад

It’s such a cool and strange feeling to understand sentences in another language that is similar to yours. I’m Russian and I understood Macedonian guy perfectly even without subs, I also understand like 95% percent of Ukrainian and Belorussian words, ~60-70% of Polish (if they’re speaking slowly and without the accent) and ~60-70% of Southern Slavic languages with and without the accent. Thanks to my relatively good knowledge of English, I sometimes can understand Spanish and French, and yet the Canadian girl was hard to understand. Seems like the accent makes a huge difference 😅

@Dreamfyre Год назад

I’m Macedonian and have hard time understanding Russian, it’s easier when I read it. It’s interesting that you’ve understood Macedonian. At the end of the day they’re Slavic languages and the basis of the Slavic literacy does come from Macedonia🇲🇰❤️

@bringbackdislikes3195 Год назад

As a native french speaker, even I had a very hard time understanding the woman was speaking Quebec french. I suck haha.

@kostas3011 Год назад

@@Dreamfyre SORRY TO BOTHER YOU BUT YOU ARE SLAVIC NOT MACEDONIAN

@user-uk1bi4fp4z 9 месяцев назад

Macedonian is a Bulgarian dialect, just like Russian so it's normal you understand it. ;-)

@lilianikolova7685 3 месяца назад

I was amazed abou Kenyan Swahili

@Zambicus 2 года назад

the Finnish girl's face when he mentioned Russian, dude almost got himself in some hot water there lol

@BobbyFischer0000 2 года назад

Finnish sounds nothing like Russian.

@Ragedaonenlonely 2 года назад

@@BobbyFischer0000 He didn't say it sounded like Russian, he said it has some russian influence. Which isn't really wrong since it's relatively close (as far as anything is) to Finnish in terms of its language group.

@iliilili310 2 года назад

@@Ragedaonenlonely No it really is just wrong. Finnish is nowhere near russian, nor is there any noticeable russian influence. The only "russian" language linguistically close to Finnish is from the Karelia region, because it used to belong to Finland.

@Javlafan 2 года назад

@@Ragedaonenlonely Finnish is Baltic Finnic as is Estonian, Livonian, Ingrian, Karelian and others. All being a part of Finno-Ugric language group. Russian is an East Slavic language and is a part of Indo-European language group, together with almost all of the European languages, including English. Which means that English is much more closer to Russian, than Finnish or Estonian are.

@LizaAgapova 2 года назад

@@iliilili310 although it’s generally true russian north-western dialects were quite influenced by finno-ugric ones, but difference is still very distinctive

@juliemaheu 2 года назад

So impressive!!! The way he just constantly was making connections with different sounds and words etc. so awesome to see!!! Great job!

@LifeOfLiana 2 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nWG438xxGl0.html vlog :)

@lordclancharlie1325 2 года назад

no offense but only Americans are impressed, plus the guy only speaks two languages...

@issaposter 2 года назад

@@lordclancharlie1325 as if you could've done that, comparing speaking three languages and recognising 20 is apples and oranges

@lordclancharlie1325 2 года назад

@@issaposter I said "plus", not "because". Of course I recognize all these languages, like any European would

@AdaSaarinen 2 года назад

@@lordclancharlie1325 I'm a European who has friends from over 10 different European countries but I maybe know one or two people who could have guessed the dialects as well as he did. So no, European are not all language connoisseurs, even though many of us like to think so because we speak two or more languages.

@ashawalker5986 Год назад

I would LOVE to hear your international playlist Matthew! I actually recognized most of these languages and was blown away at how much you got. Please share a playlist or comment if you see this!

@Mark-Wilson Год назад

This guy is a legend.

@MariaBtris 2 года назад

4:07 the Cantonese woman makes me so happy! So her analogy to describe the Chinese in written form as universal vs the Chinese dialect is like ‘duck & chicken talking’ is an actual Cantonese saying (Kai Toong Ngap Gong), which makes me even more happy!

@night-ave 2 года назад

she has a ted talk if you’re interested in watching it! it’s about her experience & has to do with language!

@jtct.joanna 2 года назад

@@night-ave I would love to watch it, would you mind putting a link in here?

@ohhkarenn 2 года назад

Hi!! I am Karen, and I’ve added my Ted Talk in the main comments!

@aguyonasiteontheinternet578 2 года назад

is it 雞同鴨講？

@cal5601 2 года назад

@@aguyonasiteontheinternet578 yeap.

@irisforlife4953 2 года назад

His shirt says “Botë” which in Albanian means world. Cool guy.

@anisas3205 2 года назад

I thought I was the only one who noticed that 🤣

@kleliagjoncari3794 2 года назад

Was looking for this comment 🤗

@nodebate1 2 года назад

I noticed too lol BOTË🇦🇱🇽🇰

@EnKanella 2 года назад

Aaayyy

@teichiboy 2 года назад

This is actually a common joke in linguistic circles. #Albanianjokes.

@Blacklat58 Год назад

Where is Matthew’s channel?!? I’d watch it all day!

@Emzdra Год назад

As a Macedonian born in Australia! My family speaks with a really different accent to him. Slavic languages honestly vary within each country too, depending on the region!

@Dreamfyre 9 месяцев назад

Од кој крај се твоите?

@doodwithdude2699 2 года назад

I'm a student of linguistics and the way Matthew sees and recognizes different languages is very interesting. He has a remarkable memory and it was really fun watching him in this video

@alexandra.maree1 2 года назад

Hi there, im going to study linguistics soon, would you say its worth doing? Im transferring to a school that specialises in linguistic and international studies, but i dont want to make the wrong choice lol

@doodwithdude2699 2 года назад

@@alexandra.maree1 hello, i would say it's very much worth it if you are literally in love with languages and can't get enough of them. It's not an easy major but if you like it, it's gonna be worth it. Hope this helps

@alexandra.maree1 2 года назад

@@doodwithdude2699 Thankyou ! :)

@majidMouzin 2 года назад

If you have any interest in languages, you will like this course. At the very least, you'll know most things about language you're currently fascinated about. You'll definitely adopt a newer way of thinking about the world and it's people. I'd agree about it being worth it. I'm coming to the end of the my linguistic masters course

@ben_west 2 года назад

It looked like all of them were so touched that he took the time to care and think about there culture or dialect. A few seemed like they almost wanted to hug him. Good reminder how important it is to pay more attention to the world outside our own communities. Good job ser.

@Chadius_Thundercock 2 года назад

Well, wasn’t he a language teacher in college or something? It was his job to know

@bee4590 2 года назад

@@Chadius_Thundercock there are plenty of teachers who know their stuff but dont have any passion behind it. he's educated _and_ invested, that's the difference

@CharleyPlayGames 2 года назад

@@Chadius_Thundercock he's a teacher in music, not language. But he listens to a lot of music in foreign languages therefore his database of knowledge. And there's probably a ton of interest in languages too 🙃

@urfavsoccerplayer_13 Год назад

I love Matthew's cute little celebrations he's so bubbly and it's so much fun to watch him ❤️

@SingingSpock Год назад

Hearing him analyze aloud and watching them react was great. Solid video, good idea and entertaining execution

@tergitadibra9711 2 года назад

Can we appreciate him wearing a sweater saying „botë“ which means „world“ in Albanian 🥺🌍

@jokl89 2 года назад

That is so cool! Thank you for letting us know 🙏

@dejnimuka4785 2 года назад

Edhe po prisja nje koment te tille, ja ku te gjeta

@edonshatri6446 2 года назад

Was just gonna write this

@user-zv7yb4yp9g 2 года назад

u çudita kur e pashë

@stephw5825 2 года назад

I was so excited to see this!

@mahadevovnl 2 года назад

Jeez that's impressive! At the first sounds of French I'd go "FRENCH!" but you basically pinpoint the exact hospital AND ROOM where the person was born in. Amazing :)

@kolkoki 2 года назад

I'm french and didn't even guess this was Quebecois at the beginning.

@despe666 2 года назад

@@kolkoki I’m Québécois and I can confirm that a lot of French people have a hard time understanding us. We can usually understand French people better as long as they don’t use too much argot.

@emikonagasawa-pijoan1148 2 года назад

@@despe666 As a native Swiss francophone, to me Quebecois is sort of like the french equivalent of a Scottish brogue, I can understand it but can sometimes be a bit tricky because it's very different than what I'm used to :).

@T-_R-_E-_Y 2 года назад

🤣🤣🤣

@livier3970 2 года назад

@@kolkoki yeah she don't have that much of the quebec accent.

@Freundinnen100 9 месяцев назад

This is so satisfying to watch because he knows so much about tmdifferent languages, they influences and cultures. Also he is so respectful! Please more of this!

@kirstenkobor8760 Год назад

I'd really like to see him guess North American indigenous languages! He did an amazing job!

@42Fern42 2 года назад

I loved the expression of "a duck and a chicken talking". And also this guy is very impressive and I really enjoyed the people being impressed and happy!

@StevePringle 2 года назад

Quack 🦆 Cluck 🐥

@RixMorales 2 года назад

In my language a duck would sound "kwak kwak" and a chicken would sound "tiktilaok". Great analogy

@xxxian5088 Год назад

There's a saying in Mandarin called"雞同鴨講" which literally means "a chicken talking to a duck", so I guess there's something similar in Cantonese as well!

@StevePringle Год назад

@@xxxian5088 Cool.

@ml8911 Год назад

@@xxxian5088 exactly! we have the same expression in cantonese so it really surprised me when the girl mentioned it.

@MonkeyDLuffy-rr3wl 2 года назад

This guy is amazing! I was sceptical about his confidence, but he has a reason to be proud!

@LifeOfLiana 2 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nWG438xxGl0.html vlog ;D

@ciqalajeahnj.ranera1714 2 года назад

@@LifeOfLiana ???

@zetzu6460 2 года назад

LUFFYYYYYY

@MonkeyDLuffy-rr3wl 2 года назад

@@zetzu6460 ZETZUUUU!

@zetzu6460 2 года назад

@@MonkeyDLuffy-rr3wl ONE PIECE BEST ANIME

@alldemcats Год назад

This was a great episode. I love how he was doing such a great job figuring out the language. I also love how it was putting a smile on the other peoples faces.

@wildnfurious8586 Год назад

Matthew’s energy is awesome. Love him!!

@bringmetheh0riz0n1 2 года назад

Honestly, it's just so cool to watch a "specialist" in a specific field dissect his thinking process to come up with an answer to these types of challenges. Cut, please make more of these types of videos with people who actually know what they're talking about, in different fields!! Eg: doctors and trying to match the medication to the patient ; linguistic experts guessing languages ; music with instruments ; idk, there are thousands of things that can be done lol make it happennnn !!!

@user-hh4vp9jl7g 2 года назад

ikr.. rather than some random people that would be a lot more interesting like this one.

@melissacuesta4961 2 года назад

They have a great video of a dating coach trying to guess who’s a couple and I love that video. It’s so cool to see them point out body language and things like that to clue you in to who’s slept with who.

@bringmetheh0riz0n1 2 года назад

@@melissacuesta4961 Yep!! Ive seen that too, and its great!

@greenmatius 2 года назад

From my understanding he isn't a specialist right? He is a music teacher who listen to different music in different languages. I'm not sure does that count as him being a linguistic expert

@bringmetheh0riz0n1 2 года назад

@@greenmatius yes, hence why I quoted specialist and then suggested a linguistic expert to guess languages.

@Chiggianya 2 года назад

can you just keep this series going with just him and you guys give him more and more obscure languages?

@sleepynights2677 2 года назад

id love to see him figure out the differences between conlangs and actual languages

@6thgraderfriends 2 года назад

Finnish is pretty obscure.

@pongangelo2048 2 года назад

Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemuhwem Ossas

@kay-my2fk 2 года назад

omg please yes

@siwihshdf8586 2 года назад

yeah fr plss

@maraomg5309 Год назад

This is one of the videos I find myself rewatching from time to time, it's very interesting and fascinating and bringing knowledgeable people on the show makes it worth the rewatch. ❤️

@vleracurri6856 Год назад

the word in his shirt is in Albanian and it means “World” its just so cool to see that

@leogoga5832 Год назад

i saw that too

@edonabajrami9218 Год назад

Po pra . Bluzen e tij vura re dhe klikova videon 😆😆

@Marco-hb3ge 2 года назад

I wish to be as cultured as this guy

@sleepynights2677 2 года назад

i know right, i want to know as much as him

@booknerdjebbi5037 2 года назад

Start listening to that Playlist, it might take you there

@OntarioTrafficMan 2 года назад

No need to wish, it's something you can just choose to do.

@robespierrey 2 года назад

So go study.

@kleshayer3751 2 года назад

@adum50 what else can I do?

@Marcusiri 2 года назад

This was not random guessing. This man has a very good ear for languages... He a also very intelligent. Welldone

@kevinsundelin8639 2 года назад

No kidding...He clearly expressed that he's interested in languages so it's not that surprising

@AnzuMiruku Год назад

He is one of my favorite types of people. I love learning about various languages/cultures, especially through music and film. He’s really inspired me.

@uncommonly_me 8 месяцев назад

I did kind of guessed a few, but the moment finnish came up, when she said "Moi" I was like YES! THIS IS FINNISH, even though I didn't understand a bit of the rest. How can someone be so knowledgeable, though? Awesome content 😊

@Chiggianya 2 года назад

it's refreshing to see cultured americans.

@exotik22 2 года назад

He says in the video that he is Norwegian

@Ho_Lii_Fuk 2 года назад

Didn't he say that he's norwegian

@fey9915 2 года назад

@@exotik22 Most Americans have different ethnic backgrounds. He could be 10th generation Norwegian lol

@alfdlgnaat 2 года назад

hes more cultured than like 99.9 percent of the world

@joco8700 2 года назад

@@exotik22 he said he speaks a little Norwegian. He’s American.

@ArcusLibri 2 года назад

Wow that was impressive. I'd love to see him guess more languages!

@nashrah831 2 года назад

Me too.

@tobybartlett 2 года назад

Ditto!

@thesuperginge1348 Год назад

If there's two things I would love to be really skilled at, it's piano, and languages. I feel like having great knowledge of language is such a beautiful thing and allows you to share so much

@hannie798 Год назад

i love that he talks through his thought process with each one. so knowledgeable!

@shaqutus 2 года назад

I wish you will bring Matthew back quessing languages, he's so talented and has so much knowledge!

@maeganlozano7058 2 года назад

Yes. Please bring Matthew back. It’s interesting to see how much more he knows. This is just 6 languages so imagine all the connections he knows. That would be an exciting watch.

@tiaraariel1 2 года назад

I personally wished the video was much longer! It was so interesting

@jaytaskinen 2 года назад

I'm Finnish and it was really cool to her my native language in "CUT" for the first time. "Suomi mainittu, torille!" (="Finland mentioned, let's go to the squaremarket!" That's what we Finns say when Finland is mentioned abroad)

@lamppuu1 2 года назад

The girls face when mentioning Russia.. 🙈😂

@elinao 2 года назад

TORILLE!

@Kierranh2704 2 года назад

I'm not finnish (french) but I'm equally happy that finnish was involved here. I continue thinking that finnish is the most beautiful language ever, at least to my ears, even if I can't understand a word of it. Wish I lived there as well. Cheers !

@user-bw2lm6sg6h 2 года назад

ei vittu, torille

@ellioni5883 2 года назад

Juu se oli tosi kiva, tuntuu sellanen lämpeys kun kuulee oman kielen jossain :p Torille heti!

@rossburg84 2 года назад

The passion and thirst for knowledge, and true love of music and culture is absolutely beautiful in this.

@qmance8062 8 месяцев назад

Wow i love you actually brought a smart person that’s passionate about languages this time

@nothingiseverperfect 2 года назад

There’s something so positive about him acknowledging just the sheer existence of these regions and languages and it makes everyone happy. This is what I think the United States of America should be

@zazi5305 2 года назад

The Southern States are pretty good about that, perhaps ironically. Northern states tend to cast a lot of assumptions, whereas the South come from experiences. I'd say an exception would be New York, and New Jersey, though.

@TheReck12 2 года назад

It is, go outside your neighborhood

@siukong 2 года назад

This type of thing tends to flow pretty naturally out of the combination of good education and openmindedness/curiosity about being exposed to new things. So, pretty much the opposite of those people who scoff about educated "elites" and who feel no desire to leave their own county/state, let alone go outside of their country.

@Swissswoosher 2 года назад

Now THAT is an educated guess! He made so many of those people proud.

@purpleheart3861 3 месяца назад

This guy is G for genius. Look how every person gets perplxed by his amazing guesses

@enexified Год назад

I looove the way he forms his logic, helps me to learn too! Bring him back for another!

@evemessenger9132 2 года назад

Matthew has a linguistic superpower! For a language nerd like me, this was a blast to watch. I totally wouldn't have gotten any right, but it sure was fun to see him do it.

@sasha5462 Год назад

I know right, I'm into languages as well but this dude actually nails it. I'd be like, ah okay this is definitely a tonal language, fuck if I know what kind of Chinese it is though, might as well be Thai lol.

@nicotinedealer7653 Год назад

i guessed Quebecois French as a Portuguese Creole hahahaha

@helixxia9320 11 месяцев назад

only ones i got right were the finnish and cantonese. i did hear that the french ones were some type of different french but could never guessed exactly where.

@misschanandlerbong92 2 года назад

Their expressions of surprise when he was placing them was so heartwarming to see! You can tell their languages arn’t often recognized and they looked so happy he knew

@ruthgiles8926 2 года назад

I love how he picks up clues to influences and makes such good linguistic connections! Well done!

@Tinyytankk 2 года назад

I need more of this guy guessing languages! Was so fascinating

@kylebricky6419 2 года назад

she literally said “a duck and a chicken talking” 😭😭😭😭😭 (context: in cantonese there is a idiom called 雞同鴨講, which translates directly into that.)

@michelinesejour9927 2 года назад

Wow! He guessed Haitian Creole. He's really knowledgeable 👏🏿

@withastone 2 года назад

Honestly it seemed like the easiest one. It sounds French but if you speak even crappy high school French it's obviously not that.

@michelinesejour9927 2 года назад

@@withastone it's not really easy, because there's other countries that speak creole also

@teamcyeborg 10 месяцев назад

Gotta just love how the closed captions just say _"[speaks foreign language]"_ AND cover up the actual subtitles. Great work, guys.

@stevenmwangi438 Год назад

OMG I'm Kenyan & I am so impressed he guessed Swahili! More impressed that he even knows Bensoul! Niombee is such an amazing tune! Ya'll should listen to it! Abdul was lying when he said nisomee means pray for me though 😂It means 'read this for me' Its all love though!

@logan1769 2 года назад

This was so challenging. Knowing the group or category of a language can be easy. Like, creole or Balkan or Chinese, but knowing the exact one and identifying the specific language is insanely impressive.

@snes09 2 года назад

I like how Matthew didn't feel it was a challenge, but everyone else was surprised he could guess which language they were speaking. Pretty cute

@SheilaR.08 Год назад

Being perpetually curious about the world is a great way to approach life. Loved this!

@Jletsgetalong Год назад

Impressive, I would like to have him as a friend because he seems so opened and excepting with everyone. He seems like he’s a happy person. ❤❤

@rachelle_c 2 года назад

I am so glad they gave Matthew his own episode! Now we need four more!

@mikeoxbig1978 2 года назад

It's a relief to know there are young people out there who are this logical, rational, deductive and intelligent.

@diegoscb 2 года назад

- Mike Oxbig

@spilledsalt4862 2 года назад

It’s not like old people would do well in this game.

@UniversalLumen 2 года назад

@@spilledsalt4862 ???

@spilledsalt4862 2 года назад

@@UniversalLumen he said it’s a relief to see young people do well in this challenge. I think it’s nice to see anybody do well in this challenge because old people wouldn’t do any better

@howdy88 2 года назад

there’s plenty in the world, it’s just that the stupid ones get the most attention

@Milaaimelecinema Год назад

His reactions are so pure love it

@oogabooga1854 Год назад

We need to see more of this guy. He's super knowledgeable and his personality fits perfect for this type of thing

@IHYC678 2 года назад

I want to be Matthew’s friend so bad! People who appreciate different languages and music are normally incredibly empathetic.

@MLB021285 2 года назад

Being from Germany I am familiar with the sound of many Western European languages like French, Spanish or Greek. These where definitely on the more obscure side for me. And I’m also super impressed by his geographical knowledge. Well done

@ragazoub 2 года назад

I didn't understand french until he said it and i'm french so i think it's pretty normal for you not to guess these

@mantaren 2 года назад

Greece is in the South-East of Europe & Greek is definitely not a Western European language.

@g1u2y345 2 года назад

@@mantaren regionally sure, but culturally/influentially far closer to western Europe.

@jamesw288 2 года назад

Es sirum em

@mantaren 2 года назад

@@g1u2y345 Greece has been influenced by the west a lot but it's still a Balkan extension so it's a mix of various backgrounds culturally, depending on what region we're talking. Also the original comment stated Greek is a Western European Language, so regardless of cultural influence the language itself has absolutely nothing to do with Western Europe. It's the modern and simplified version of our ancient language which had, once again, received alphabet origin / influence from another language to its south-east.

@Me-zh2zr 2 года назад

He’s very cool and sweet, more of him please

@angelhamilton8446 2 года назад

I'm in love with this guy!! Bring him back again PLZ

@Sour.Vanity 2 года назад

“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” Knowing someone put the time in to understand and appreciate YOUR tongue is blissful

@alefiyajamali6604 2 года назад

I love how he was combining his knowledge with geography and historical influences ( like French invasion) He's so freaking knowledgeable, what the heck??

@god_y148 Год назад

Yeah definitely but I feel like in Europe it’s a lot more Common to have this „basic“ knowledge

@mk-sb8fc Год назад

@@god_y148 true

@duoduos9221 Год назад

Isn't that quite basic knowledge, though, when studying linguistics-- or even just commonly known in itself?

@alefiyajamali6604 Год назад

@@duoduos9221 as a comment before mentioned, i guess it's common to have this basic knowledge in Europe not elsewhere. I mean, I definitely didn't know half the things he spoke about

@duoduos9221 Год назад

@@alefiyajamali6604 that's fair

@kathleenfiona2890 2 года назад

Make more episodes with him!! 🙏 We would love to watch.

@haosaglotas7136 8 месяцев назад

watching this vid multiple times, its still as wholesome as when i watched it for the first time, I Love It!

@veedeotron 2 года назад

as a french canadien, it feels SO weird to hear another quebecer in these types of video, but i’m happy to hear it!

@MilouMx 2 года назад

I was like "I wonder if there's gonna be some Québécois this time" AND IT WAS THE FIRST ONE! I was shocked ahah

@aa-xi8bc 2 года назад

Yeah same, I was not expecting it I almost didn't realize it was french at first

@and.ily_ 2 года назад

When I heard her I was like : THATS QUEBECQUOIS NO WAY IN HELL ITS FRENCH FROM FRANCE and I was so shock/happy when he said quebecquois

@Icykrissy 2 года назад

LETS GO CALISSSSS!!!! YESSS SIR

@andreamichaud3226 2 года назад

this! I totally agree

@virginiealohaa8163 5 месяцев назад

LOVE THIS GUY!!! WE NEED MORE VIDEOS WITH HIM!!!

@toria7242 2 года назад

I have no idea how obscure they would need to go for him not to be able to guess. He’s a linguist genius. I guess a language that isn’t featured on Spotify??

@adriannavangeli4631 2 года назад

trick him with a conlang like Klingon

@doaa7941 2 года назад

I think he meant something like Pirahã or Rukai. But it's very hard to find speakers for these languages, even though most of the world's languages are very obscure