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The Benefits of Learning Less Common Languages
12:24 - 29:45 (17:21)
Learning less common languages can bring added value and a sense of appreciation from others. Turkish and Japanese have formal similarities in grammar, while Japanese people have difficulty learning foreign languages due to their limited set of phonemes.
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The host discusses the power of the mathematics behind music that allows people to improvise, compose and understand canonical songs.
12:24 - 20:28 (08:03)
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The host discusses the power of the mathematics behind music that allows people to improvise, compose and understand canonical songs. Later, the conversation shifts to immigration policies and a free market model for open borders without harming American workers.
ChapterThe Benefits of Learning Less Common Languages
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PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Learning a new language is not just about the utility of communication, it's also about the added value it brings to experiences, such as traveling.
20:27 - 29:45 (09:17)
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Learning a new language is not just about the utility of communication, it's also about the added value it brings to experiences, such as traveling. Conscious awareness and control of oral articulation can aid in language learning, and some languages have similarities in grammatical structure despite being from different language families.