# Who counts as a speaker of a language?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxOhioStateUniversity
- Speaker: Anna Babel
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Languages and linguistics, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/anna_babel_who_counts_as_a_speaker_of_a_language_sep_2020)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Backed by research and personal anecdotes, Spanish professor Anna Babel reveals the intricate relationship between language and culture, showing how social categories and underlying biases influence the way we hear, regard and, ultimately, judge each other. A talk that will leave you questioning your assumptions about what it really means to speak a language.

## Lectures

1. [Who counts as a speaker of a language?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/anna_babel_who_counts_as_a_speaker_of_a_language_sep_2020/ca812cf7cfd4), 11 min (TED's player)