The YouTube channel I would like to introduce here is JuLingo, run by Julie, who has made herself quite a reputation as a linguist.
A few words about herself from the channel intro:
Hi everyone! My name is Julie and I am passionate about languages. On this channel I am doing profiles of different languages of our planet in order to inspire you to look deeper into them and maybe even to start learning some of them! I think that in the world where everyone tends to speak only one global language it is very important not to forget all the other languages as by learning them you understand the history and the mindset of people who speak them. If you think the same then it's a great reason to subscribe to this channel!
The main video making up for the title of this article is:
The Indo-European language family: controversies and new discoveries
Yet I don't want to waste the chance to add another one about the oldest written and hence well known language of this extended family: Sanskrit. There are still over a million speakers in two Indian states and a few thousands in Nepal.
Note: Compare this to Latin, which after losing its role as the main academic teaching language at European universities, it ceased to be the 'lingua franca'. By the mid 20th century, Latin also lost its role as the lithurgy language of the Roman Catholic church.
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