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A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Language.

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Video playlists about Language

The pursuit of curiosity and understanding

Curious about the world? These fascinating talks will encourage you to seek and experience the endless delight and intrigue it offers.

The most popular TED Talks of 2018

What. A. Year. These 25 TED Talks helped us make better decisions, taught us some fascinating science, gave us some hope for humanity and showed us what it's like to climb 3,000 feet ... without a rope.

The most translated TED Talks

A thoughtful selection of engaging TED Talks, translated into 40+ languages thanks to our wonderful TED Translators community!

Great TED Talks for language practice

Learning another language? A collection of TED Talks to indulge in your linguistic desires. (Pro tip: Select subtitles in your preferred language to read along, too.)

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Talks about Language

Isaac Saul

3 ideas for communicating across the political divide

Gina Marie Elia

The secret behind how Chinese characters work

Bari Weiss

Courage, the most important virtue

Arika Okrent

Why don't "tough" and "dough" rhyme?

Jason Rugolo

Welcome to the world of audio computers

Franziska Naether

Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?

Leili Anvar

A meditation on Rumi and the power of poetry

Richard Socher

Why AI is humanity's mirror — and what we can learn from it

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Rosita Najmi

What's your leadership language?

Crispin Thurlow

Why you should embrace mediocrity

Walter De Brouwer

How AI is learning what it means to be human

Pelonomi Moiloa

How AI can keep disappearing languages alive

Luis von Ahn

How to make learning as addictive as social media

Karen Bakker

Could an orca give a TED Talk?

David M. Howard

Can we recreate the voice of a 3,000-year-old mummy?

Julián Delgado Lopera

The poetry of everyday language

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Exclusive articles about Language

When speaking a new language, what matters most is your attitude — not your accuracy

Instead of looking at a foreign language as an art to be mastered and perfected, think of it as a tool you can use to get a result, says communication skills trainer Marianna Pascal.

Posted Dec 2019

Get more from Wikipedia — try reading about a subject in a different language

For a broader take, consider looking at its Wikipedia entry in another language -- particularly in a language culturally closer to the subject. You'll open yourself up to a world of perspectives, says Daniel M. Russell, online search expert and Google research scientist.

Posted Sep 2019

Meet the person who created Dothraki and Valyrian for Game of Thrones — and learn how “khaleesi” should have been said

How do you build an ultra-compelling, feels-so-real fictional world? It all starts from the words up, according to linguist David J. Peterson.

Posted Apr 2019

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