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I am an American who spent a year at university in Britain back in the 1980s. I was travelling in the Highlands of Scotland and was in line at a Youth Hostel. The person in front of me spoke with a strong New York City accent and the person behind the counter spoke with a Highland accent. They could not understand each other, but could both understand me (and I them). So I ended up translating from English to English for them.

Phew I was just about to be productive

Putting French into an “Unimportant Language” category is the most British thing to do

I'll be honest, I was hoping for a mention of all the different sign languages too for a bonus "however"

I'm danish. The text at 13:00 says:

How to open the bonnet of your Peugeot 107
Turn of the motor
Put your hand under the steering wheel
Spend 15 minutes finding a very small handle. We think, it's there somewhere. Or maybe it's next  to the passanger door

How to cook an egg on your Peugeot 107

9:41 hearing him speak casually like this short-circuited my brain for a moment

Arabic is one of the biggest language fever dreams. Not only is there a dialect continuum across the arab world, everyday vernacular is so ridiculously localized and specific a tunisian for example, could tell you just within a few words of spoken "derja" the everyday language
1) what city you're from
2) what neighborhood from that city you come from
3) what last name you likely have given your location within said city

as a native english speaker, that pronounciation of "t-heh" in the intro was spot on

Namibia: “We can’t make everyone happy…but we can make everyone equally unhappy”

The written Norwegian you show, Bokmål, also arguably differs more from the other written version of Norwegian, Nynorsk, than it does Danish.

"Man that laptop is ancient. Good prop though"

*gets to end*

"Ah."

Having grown up in a bilingual household I just took code switching as natural. We still do it today. I even have conversations with my parents in two languages, they speak one, I reply in English. It just seems natural.

Making twelve new languages tomorrow to make this even harder.

“Thanks to bad” was maybe one of the funniest thing I’ve ever heard

3:55 "Wouldn't know." is a masterstroke.

11:51 lmao this is the Mandarin and Cantonese translations of "See it, Say it, Sorted", from those announcements they play in UK public transportation areas for those who are curious 😂

as a swede i can confirm that i understand approximately 80% of written norwegian, 70% of written danish, 50% of spoken norwegian and 0% of spoken danish

I like the implication of “let’s look at Ireland” that they can see Ireland from the window.

ARANESE SPEAKER HERE!!

My mother tongue is a language often ignored in all of these types of catalogations and lists, even when it's a map of the minority ones! Aranese is a mix of occitan, Catalan and Spanish only spoken in one tiny valley on the top north of Spain (The Aran Valley, or "Val d'Aran")

Literally NO ONE knows we exist, even when we are considered an official language in our own country with a rich and distinct history of our own separate from the rest of Spain.

I really do appreciate you shedding a bit of light on everything that is lost and forgotten about when people overlook languages that are deemed unimportant. My culture and tongue are on the verge of disappearing from casual talk, so any representation and talk about it and the topic is important to me. Thank you!!

EDIT: typo and more info! There's a bunch of very interesting questions that I've replied to and I would like to put them here for everyone to see.

*Is Aranese a language?*

It's complicated. Some people will say it's a dialect of Occitan, some people will say it's a dialect of Gascon, which is in itself a dialect of Occitan, and some other people (like myself) will say that god dear god what an insane dialect because I understand Occitan the same amount that I understand Italian, which is to say, just a bit. But as people smarter than me usually say, languages are just dialects with an army.

*Can you learn it in schools?*

Yes! Aranese here is mandatory to children age 5-13, and optional beyond there, same as french. Spanish, Catalan and English are mandatory throughout 13-16 as well. Sadly, children who learn it are disproportionately not using it neither at home nor between each other, preferring to use Spanish.

*Can I hear spoken Aranese?*

Yes!! Do yourself a favor and look up here on Google the children show "Ua man de condes". It's an Aranese version of a Catalan show of the same name, huge recommend for people who are just starting to learn!! Check out everything on the free catalogue of SX3. My favorite is "Eth Conilh Color Broma" (the cloud-colored rabbit)

There's a bit more info in the replies if anyone is interested, and I 100% welcome all questions! It's not every day that people get to hear about it after all hahaha