The Cantonese podcast for fans of linguistics, language lovers, and Cantonese learners. This episode starts with the English and Japanese loanwords in Cantonese and talks about special features of word borrowing among Chinese-influenced languages, as well as calques and the Balkan Sprachbund.

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[intro]

以：係啊係啊係啊係啊。（苗：哦，OKOK）Wiki講㗎。Wiki講一定啱㗎。

苗：哦，原來係噉。

靳：呢個係咪intro嚟㗎，我想問。

以：係啊，呢個應該係intro啊。

苗：呢個係intro喇。

[jingle]

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