Origin Of A Language
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Who created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCs
The first alphabet was invented in ancient Egypt, more than 5,000 years ago, and was developed to record religious texts.
Jane Sancinito, The Conversation
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‘On the Origins of Human Speech and Language’ shows how it all began on the African continent
The transformation of modern humans from a ‘non-speaking’ to a ‘speaking’ species took place as our hunter-gatherer ancestors migrated out of Africa.
George Poulos, The Conversation
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Swearing like sailors: What the profanities of lascars can teach today’s divided world
The creole language they created shows how finding a way to share experiences can help transcend seemingly insurmountable chasms.
Karunya C Banerjee
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How I invented a new language for the TV version of China Miéville’s novel ‘The City and The City’
Linguist Alison Long helped translate a best-selling novel into the latest BBC television drama.
Alison Long, The Conversation
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The family of Dravidian languages is 4,500 years old, finds new study
Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam are the most-spoken languages in the family.
Scroll Staff
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This animated video on the history of the English language will have you laughing as you learn
“The English language begins with the phrase ‘up yours Caesar’ as the Romans leave Britain”.
Scroll Staff
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Watch: Meet Figaro, the curious cat who loves to ‘help’ her human making pottery
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