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Episode 21: Gilaki

Our guest today is Zia Khoshsirat. Zia is a doctoral student at UCLA, studying Linguistic Anthropology. His research interests include language ideologies, historical-sociolinguisitcs, and…

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Episode 20: Tatar

In this episode, we meet Professor Golshat Safiullina, an associate professor at the Leo Tolstoy Institute of Philology at Kazan Federal University in Kazan which is the capital and largest city of…

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Episode 19: Azerbaijani

In this episode, we meet Dr. Shahyar Daneshgar, a senior lecturer in IU’s Department of Central Eurasian Studies. Shahyar is a native Azerbaijani from Tehran, Iran who is the founder of…

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Episode 17: Buryat

In this episode, we meet Kathryn Graber. Dr. Graber is an Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department in the College of Arts and Sciences as well as the Department of Central Eurasian Studies…

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Episode 17: Uyghurs of Central Asia

In this episode, we meet Gulnisa Navaroza, a senior lecturer of Uyghur at Indiana University. Gulnisa represents a significant population of ethnic Uyghurs who live in different parts of Central…

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Episode 10: Turkish

In this episode, we meet Esra Ibil, a Graduate Student in IU’s School of Education where she is studying curriculum and instruction with a special interest in elementary education. Esra will…

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Episode 8: Kazakh

In this episode, we talk with Assem Sagi (Izmukhanova), the Kazakh Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant here at Indiana University. Assem tells us about Kazakh, a Turkic language spoken in…

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Episode 5: Mongolian

In this episode, we meet Tserenchunt Legden, Senior Language Instructor of Mongolian at Indiana University. Tserenchunt tells us about Mongolian’s and the deep love they have for their…

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Episode 3: Kyrgyz

This episode will explore Kyrgyz, a Turkic language spoken mostly in Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous country in the heart of Central Asia. Our guest, Dinara Abakirova, will recite a portion of the Epic of…

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Episode 2: Pashto

Learn about Pashto, an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and NW Pakistan, from our guest, Dr. Rahman Arman. Dr. Arman will read an original poem and teach us phrases in Pashto as well as explain…

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Episode 1: Turkmen

Our inaugural episode introduces the listener to Turkmen, a Turkic language from the Central Asian region. Our guest, Shahlo Seidmedova, reads a poem by famous Turkmen poet Magtymguly Pyragy and…

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