How much can a dominant language reshape the way a minoritized language is spoken?

In this episode, we examine the influence of majority languages on grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and everyday speech across three different communities.

Felix Parker-Price shares how English affects contemporary Welsh, including grammatical patterns that may increasingly mirror English. Felix is a Welsh language translator at Aberystwyth University Students’ Union and International Officer for Cymdeithas yr Iaith, the Welsh language activist organization founded in the 1960s.

Maddi Kintana, a Basque language teacher and PhD candidate in Basque linguistics from Donostia, discusses the influence of French on Basque phonology and the differences that contact with dominant languages can create across regions.

Okan Dale, a member of the Laz ...