In China there is often a misunderstanding that "Chinese dialects with more tones are inheriting more traits from its ancestral language." In fact, Chinese likely started having tones not later than 3000 years ago. One motivation that made Chinese become tonal is the single-syllablization. Nowadays, almost all Chinese dialects have at least two tones (some in the North Western China may have 3 tones or fewer.)
This great channel is steadily improving!
Small note: at around 7:00 there is an N missing in "Spanish".
I am learning linguistics, and your clip does help me. Your speaking pace is just right enough for me to catch up.
You can always play the video more slowly or faster.
Please, make a video on tertiary stress!
In China there is often a misunderstanding that "Chinese dialects with more tones are inheriting more traits from its ancestral language." In fact, Chinese likely started having tones not later than 3000 years ago. One motivation that made Chinese become tonal is the single-syllablization. Nowadays, almost all Chinese dialects have at least two tones (some in the North Western China may have 3 tones or fewer.)