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The universal languages of human being | Poet Ali
Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. You speak far more languages than you realize, says Poet Ali. In a profound talk, he reveals how the idea of “language” goes far beyond a lexicon of words, communicating universal experiences like love, laughter and loneliness — and…
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Ferhat Meral
May 15, 2020 at 9:58 pm
”It” = Love
Liftania
May 15, 2020 at 10:03 pm
Very impactful
ninety Plus
May 15, 2020 at 10:04 pm
Very good
Zap Button
May 15, 2020 at 10:05 pm
Thank you!
Apolot Mary
May 15, 2020 at 10:06 pm
This morning I had what I refer to as a great conversation with a very close friend about “language” but at that moment while we interacted more than ever did it occur to me how much I value universality when I comes to language. Because I believe that language goes beyond words, so much to the extent that I have a discomfort being “identified” with particular “spoken languages”……
. I still hope that whenever I speak to anyone, …that I can communicate and connect even when we don’t speak the same language
Juan Díaz
May 15, 2020 at 10:11 pm
Definitely the best of the latest talks. Simply great
The Supreme King
May 15, 2020 at 10:17 pm
Inspirational
Víctor Vallbona
May 15, 2020 at 10:19 pm
Supalaik
Amidə Bağirova
May 15, 2020 at 10:19 pm
MA ŞA ALLAH Wonderful
Asaver Abbood
May 15, 2020 at 10:21 pm
God why *Persian* men are so freaking *H O T* ?
🇮🇶❤🇮🇷
אדיסון מנדז
May 15, 2020 at 11:28 pm
It’s true though
Asaver Abbood
May 15, 2020 at 11:32 pm
@אדיסון מנדז so far every Persian man I met was so so nice & real gentleman ❤
ZSA emp
May 15, 2020 at 10:31 pm
This is probably the best Ted Talk I’ve ever heard.
Fabiola Galvez
May 15, 2020 at 10:42 pm
Deeply grateful of all the experiences in life that shape and make us share the same language of heart, soul, spirit, human beings…our lives would be very flat if not. Thank you for this insightful talk. 🌻🌻🌻🐝🍯♥️
DJ Art
May 15, 2020 at 10:48 pm
*He is brilliant.* One of the most captivating people I’ve ever watched, communicating the most important ideas. So glad I found this TedTalk!
Clobson S. Santos
May 15, 2020 at 10:52 pm
He did the same talk on Ted, why repeat it 🧐
Noob Poetry
May 15, 2020 at 11:09 pm
He’s right 😎😎
abeismain
May 15, 2020 at 11:14 pm
I’m all about it :,)
Дино Баджо
May 15, 2020 at 11:19 pm
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Yellow Cat
May 15, 2020 at 11:47 pm
So inspiring! Thank you 💛
A Armstrong
May 15, 2020 at 11:51 pm
Being able to speak 4 different languages is pretty amazing. I am still learning a little here and a little there of Spanish-my second language.
Haple Maple
May 16, 2020 at 12:00 am
What a phenomenal Ted Talk. Genuinely caught me in his grasp from the beginning to the end of his presentation which turned into a conversation 👏
James Mansfield
May 16, 2020 at 12:04 am
thanks A we learned the language of caring sharing and daring but we haven’t been able to attract many –> here’s the primer
dellsystemdull
May 16, 2020 at 12:43 am
Great information Ted. I also teach women how to make money Free to start their life over. Please support
Claire
May 16, 2020 at 12:44 am
Just casually falling in love with this guy…
Afnan Razzak
May 16, 2020 at 1:04 am
Damn
Afnan Razzak
May 16, 2020 at 1:06 am
My eyes widen when the screen shows “love” like “I knew it”
Teacher Mahammad
May 16, 2020 at 11:39 am
wow. people need to see such kind of videos these days. thanks a lot
Abdola Munir
May 16, 2020 at 12:09 pm
Amazing speaker. Loved the way he articulated the feelings and experience of aspects of life.
mathieu iribe
May 16, 2020 at 12:09 pm
Just a genius
Devin Thomas
May 16, 2020 at 12:21 pm
The ladies at the nail salon just got outed.
イキすぎ両成敗
May 16, 2020 at 12:26 pm
Absolutely I didn’t have idea like this 👏🏻
Master Mind
May 16, 2020 at 1:06 pm
Just wow! Thanks for sharing this point of view in such an atmospheric way, great poem!
3MP ArchAngel
May 16, 2020 at 1:35 pm
well spoken and paced well enough for me to receive a nice message. well done
송형형
May 16, 2020 at 2:50 pm
I’m 30 years old boy. I’m working hard every day and everything , but the last language is really really tough one to me . I just can not learn it . Yes I lost without it, should I will be fell in it again?
Daniel J
May 16, 2020 at 3:56 pm
This is beautiful, I love it, I love the form and you can do wonderful melodies of sentences. You have nice dynamics. But being a fat kid, watching a loved one die by cancer, and being disconnected by screens , and being a minority are all bad, but very diverse experiences…not a good set of examples to argue that “we are all on the same ship”. We are simply not.
Michael Jovez
May 16, 2020 at 5:32 pm
Beautiful poet
Leadice Hunter
May 16, 2020 at 6:21 pm
fantastic I loved this message!!
Wallijacanero
May 16, 2020 at 6:55 pm
12:30 I want from this part to the end to be a rap song! BEAUTIFUL
Lawrence Allen
May 16, 2020 at 7:26 pm
Being a minority is a position of compromise? That presumes society will invariably oppress minorities. That’s not true. In many cases, yes. Too many. But not all societies. I was a minority for 22 years working in Asia. I’m not Asian. I never felt “compromised.”
Jesus A_ Prophet_In_Islam
May 16, 2020 at 7:38 pm
Your smiling ☺ in the face of your brother is charity
J
May 16, 2020 at 9:09 pm
I am so grateful that i listened to thisTedTalk.
Knowble
May 16, 2020 at 9:17 pm
One of those languages, I felt years ago with the uncle who helped raise me. And I recognized it immedietly when he started talking about it. This talk was amazing.
Muhammad Abdallah
May 16, 2020 at 9:35 pm
Insightful
Colin John
May 16, 2020 at 9:40 pm
This is definitely my favorite Ted talk
Thank you to @speakflex for this video
gedigan
May 16, 2020 at 10:06 pm
I use to like ted talks and ted x a lot until it was found they were
editing out key information for the speakers! Like bill gates and his
obsession on controlling the worlds populations with vaccines and if you
don’t take you cant work, travel or shop!
Alex V
May 16, 2020 at 10:29 pm
Some people who stood up didn’t speak Spanish… It was pretty obvious… Liars!!!
😏
Phoenix Cooper
May 17, 2020 at 12:03 am
Really great, enjoyed immensely.
Sarah Bayat
May 17, 2020 at 12:11 am
One of the best TED talks ever, thank you 🙏🏻🌈👌🏻
VD Jay
May 17, 2020 at 12:45 am
This is cool
Uolivram Gagarino
May 17, 2020 at 12:49 am
This is the only talk that had me crying. ♥️
Almira Jaira De Paula
May 17, 2020 at 1:28 am
Enlightening message <3
wincie wilmah
May 17, 2020 at 9:07 am
When you don’t have any Languages to speak…..
Speak it❤….
It = Love
Speak the language of Love……
Bhat Herman
May 17, 2020 at 9:29 am
The last IT ❤❤❤❤❤
Tiare Y
May 17, 2020 at 9:39 am
Awesome 👏🏼
Quỳnh Anh Lê
May 17, 2020 at 11:20 am
Most the girls in the world are complaining about it,
Most the poems in the world have been written about it,
Most the music on the radio is hitting about it,
kicking about it, or ripping about it,
Most the verses in the game people are spitting about it,
Most the songs in the world people are talking about it,
Most the broken hearts in the world, I know, are walking without it,
started to doubt it, or lost without it,
Most the shadows in the dark have forgotten about it,
Everybody in the world would be tripping without it,
Every boy and every girl would be dead without it,
struggle without it, nothing without it,
Most the pages that are filled are filled about it,
The tears that are spilled are spilled about it,
The people that have felt it are real about it,
A life without it would be lost,
When I’m in it and I feel it, I am shouting about it,
Everybody in the whole world knowing about it,
I’m hurt and broke down be flowing about it,
going about it wrong, because I didn’t allow it,
Can’t a wound or scar heal without it,
Can’t the way that you feel be concealed about it,
Everybody has their own ideal about it,
dream about it, appeal about it.
So what’s the deal about it? Are you about it?
To know that life is a dream and unreal without it?
Everything that you feel is surreal about it,
But I’m just a writer, what can I reveal about it?”
Poet Ali
Hermoine Ulbenario
May 17, 2020 at 11:53 am
this topic really suits the happenings in ur world due to the pandemic that is happening, this will open each and everybody’s heart, mind and soul.
Angela Ukemenam
May 17, 2020 at 12:08 pm
He speaks melodically!!
Beautiful speech!
Getachew Terefe
May 17, 2020 at 12:16 pm
Breath-taking speech. Maybe the best speech I have ever seen on Tedtalk.
Julia Julia
May 17, 2020 at 2:13 pm
We need take care of water and earth! We need more three we need stop with plastic stop with idea to have more and more!
Vamsi chowdary
May 17, 2020 at 2:39 pm
I am going to write a love letter🤣 definitely ,one of my favourite ted talks.
Kunal Gautam
May 17, 2020 at 2:42 pm
So amazing 💙
tee lock
May 17, 2020 at 3:11 pm
Manjistha Seeburn
Tấn Trí Dương
May 17, 2020 at 3:47 pm
did he just rap and read poem at the same time at the end of his speech??
Parsa Keyvani
May 17, 2020 at 3:48 pm
Wow, you gave me chills Ali! So powerful
N'Armani Li
May 17, 2020 at 4:05 pm
my absolute favorite TED talk
Ashish Lingkhim
May 17, 2020 at 4:08 pm
So good !!
Sadaf Massih
May 17, 2020 at 4:59 pm
❣👏👏
Tash Moore
May 17, 2020 at 5:11 pm
I’m overstimulated mentally. Decompressing. Will watch calmer things today, not the movies.
Tash Moore
May 17, 2020 at 5:17 pm
That’s shorthand right? I don’t know shorthand but I knew people who knew shorthand. 🙂
Tash Moore
May 17, 2020 at 5:18 pm
Text lingo? Not shorthand?
Enlightened Beings
May 17, 2020 at 5:16 pm
wow…it just touched my heart…
#EnlightenedBeings
JGui
May 17, 2020 at 5:28 pm
This video hit me right in the feels.
I need to take a hike or something now…
小安
May 17, 2020 at 6:45 pm
Did you know that some of the words you say are translated into Chinese as wrong sentences and are useless words? It ’s hard for us to listen, I hope you can make your words more concise, you ’re not talking about words or philosophy, it ’s more like nonsense
Consuelo Loira
May 17, 2020 at 7:28 pm
THE people to learn just be recognize very well
Moneim Sayed
May 17, 2020 at 11:02 pm
1^7+2^7+3^7+…+n^7
amazing mathematical method
Lian Seldou
May 17, 2020 at 11:15 pm
Amazing. One of my favorite tedx 👍🙏
Deepak Chopra
May 18, 2020 at 12:57 am
Best video
__It’s Clary
May 18, 2020 at 1:08 am
Love it
zainb ali
May 18, 2020 at 2:48 am
Wooooow! This is very touching, I cannot even describe how it makes me feel about humanity
chao shang
May 18, 2020 at 3:01 am
one of the best talks i have even seen so far.
Assare Disila
May 18, 2020 at 3:41 am
I learn love is the language that everyone can understand
Ali's Journey
May 18, 2020 at 4:05 am
nobody texts like that bro
SpaghettiMitch
May 18, 2020 at 7:06 am
Damn..ive watched hundreds of talks and this one really stands out for quality. The comments seem to agree and i cant put my finger on exactly why this is.
Also wow this was filmed almost a year ago and not released….it took a pandemic for it to show up…
Bri
May 18, 2020 at 8:39 am
ART
Tega Ayetan
May 18, 2020 at 9:32 am
👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾Fab! Ted Talk Poet Ali. 👌🏾👌🏾
11STARFIRE
May 18, 2020 at 9:41 am
**I NEEDED THIS POETRY TO GET THROUGH THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN**
THANK YOU
Alexis Alm
May 18, 2020 at 10:51 am
This is so brilliant. HE is so brilliant.
Neha Agarwal
May 18, 2020 at 11:12 am
Me encanta😍
Neha Agarwal
May 18, 2020 at 11:13 am
Estoy muy Feliz mi encanta
Kookie
May 18, 2020 at 11:45 am
It’s been such a long time since a ted talk has made me cry
Ritik Verma
May 18, 2020 at 12:15 pm
YouTube would feel lonely without it.
it = poet Ali.
Sristi Chanda
May 18, 2020 at 1:54 pm
A.R.T 🙂
Reality check
May 18, 2020 at 3:18 pm
14:55 Sardar Ji tussi bhi spanish speaking?
dancing maniac
May 18, 2020 at 3:27 pm
Why is it that my breathing changed so much during this video? 😅 #goosebumps
MUHAMMED RASHID K P
May 18, 2020 at 6:52 pm
I like your sound
Mezzo Edbey
May 18, 2020 at 9:15 pm
Okay, Its been awhile since I’ve watched TED. I’m very glad to return to TED by watching this masterpiece. This is one of the best TED talks I’ve ever watched 😊.
K&Y生活志 Life
May 18, 2020 at 10:36 pm
You nailed this topic!
H. Dinh
May 19, 2020 at 2:45 am
I’m greatly disconnected to connect to this great speaker.
bLv Dinh
May 19, 2020 at 2:45 am
I’m greatly disconnected to connect to this great speaker.
Human Energy Management
May 19, 2020 at 5:50 am
WOW !
Dina Puspasari
May 19, 2020 at 6:30 am
siapapun kamu! semoga harimu menyenangkan!
Joanne Panganiban
May 19, 2020 at 6:45 am
LOVE
Skateboard 2
May 19, 2020 at 9:16 am
please stand up if you speak the language of “deez nuts”
Daniel Ribas
May 19, 2020 at 10:09 am
outstanding
aLaa aLi
May 19, 2020 at 11:47 am
That was a interesting talk
ZII
May 19, 2020 at 2:37 pm
This is the best TEDTalk I’ve ever seen.
Trung Nhân Hồ
May 19, 2020 at 3:00 pm
is he rapping at the end of video ??
Dailynockout
May 19, 2020 at 3:38 pm
one of the best tedtaIk .Thus man is Iegend .GREAT
Ricky Hamdani
May 19, 2020 at 4:45 pm
the language of humanity is probably art. classical music doesn’t need description for you to realize if it’s a baroque piece. you don’t even need to learn a language just to understand what that foreign song is all about. and remember that ‘a picture worth a thousand words’ ?
Rahul kushwaha
May 19, 2020 at 5:24 pm
Definitely one of my fav Ted Talks….Ali, its awesome
ITouchTheSky 8GladysWorld8
May 19, 2020 at 5:28 pm
Lovely watching and listening to you here on the top of Italian mountain.
MERCURY A
May 19, 2020 at 5:59 pm
I can speak English 💪🏻
Iman Amin
May 19, 2020 at 10:05 pm
Incredibly moving…touched everyone in the audience (there or on YouTube).
Heather Thrills
May 19, 2020 at 10:54 pm
BEST EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL THE FEELS THANK YOU POET ALI
Abhinav Moudgalya
May 19, 2020 at 11:28 pm
He did the same talk in 2014… but whenever I listen to the last part of the talk… my heart melts
allene cassagnol
May 20, 2020 at 12:31 am
This one “spoke” to me. ❤️
Mignonette Sunday Alexander
May 20, 2020 at 9:55 am
I dunno but damn you’re voice is soo sexy.😂
Alberto Mattia Perronace
May 20, 2020 at 10:06 am
Six letters: OMG WOW
Harshita Priyadarshi
May 20, 2020 at 12:08 pm
How succinct … applauds for the man
Leo M7
May 20, 2020 at 12:33 pm
Great speech ever on Ted talk
Vis _
May 20, 2020 at 5:16 pm
This WAS FIREEEEEE ☀️☀️☀️
Lady Claire Logan
May 20, 2020 at 11:42 pm
This talk is enlightening. Hope we can speak ‘that’ language.
Kaypee Infired
May 21, 2020 at 9:02 am
Absolute brilliance just shining through him. The compassion, the emotion, the resilience, the patience, the knowledge and the open mindedness that he exhibits here is breathtaking.
Cried and my heart felt very full throughout!
Exceptional human being!
Niel K
May 22, 2020 at 8:07 am
Thanks a lot for this
AsiA I.
May 22, 2020 at 10:00 am
W AlieN’ wish to be hue man hahahahhahahaaaAAA/// >.<'' 'we coming to finish you off!
Dom Nichols
May 22, 2020 at 3:48 pm
One of the best… videos, not TED talks, VIDEO… I have ever watched. Completely engaging and interacting while keeping the message clear and concise.
Lee Ndegwa
May 22, 2020 at 4:49 pm
thumbs up for poet Ali
Mathew Gagnon
May 23, 2020 at 2:01 am
By FAR my favourite Ted Talk. Poet Ali is an eye-opener.
Gwiyeo WOONG
May 23, 2020 at 4:36 pm
In addition of talking about languages (the language he was talking about in this video) watch “The Temperature of Language: Our Nineteen” it is a korean web drama which the students (main characters) are having their own stuggles and what Poet Ali talked is really connected on that web drama💓
Ahmad Shaikh
May 25, 2020 at 4:11 am
2 g00d !
Somaya Afshar
May 25, 2020 at 7:32 am
The best 🙏👌
Dark Soul
May 25, 2020 at 7:47 pm
🙏❤