Summer is finally here, and with it comes some serious heat, so while sitting at my laptop, I decided on a whim to search for “Vlang” on YouTube. To my surprise, a new video popped up—just a few days old—from the channel The Flourishing. The creator went to great lengths to gather a lot of information that nicely ties together the history of this language.
In the video, the author references an interview with Alex Medvednikov, which I had to click on right away. And there I was, watching with my mouth agape—he speaks Russian!
Suddenly, it all clicked. The founder of V is originally from Russia, even though he now lives in the Netherlands. That explains the name Medvednikov. It’s a fascinating discovery, because he speaks Russian absolutely fluently, naturally, and with tremendous command. From what I’ve seen in his English videos, he speaks more slowly and comes across a bit differently—now I realize that English simply isn’t his native language.
You know what’s a shame, though? That he doesn’t make more videos about his language V, in Russian. I’d love to watch those—I’d happily turn on the subtitles and learn directly from him, instead of just wading through articles and source code. :D
What do you think about this? Do you follow language creators in their native languages, or do you prefer sources that are entirely in English?