How language shapes gender

Linguistics is an amazing field because it constantly keeps throwing at us unexpected connections that unravel deep insights about our society.

How do our languages shape the way we make sense of the world? How is gender treated by different societies and cultures in India?

This video is a distillation of months of research on anthropology, sociology, and linguistics attempting to put a jigsaw together. Ties together the stories of Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Assamese, Bengali, Odia, Khasi, Bhoti, Garo and Mundari.

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