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Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language

★ 7.4 11 votes 2007–present 1 season · 5 episodes Ended
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Currently there are more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world. This five-part series traces the history and evolution of language and attendant theories and controversies while evaluating the scope of linguistic diversity, the dissemination of language, the expansion of language into written form, and the life cycle of language.

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Season 12008
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EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Let There Be Words—
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▶2Constant Change—
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▶3Mother Tongues—
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▶4Civilization to Colonization—
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▶5Birth and Death—
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Cast

Hua Lin Self
Noam Chomsky Self
Murray Gell-Mann Self
John McWhorter Self
Sergei Starostin Self
Peter Ladefoged Self
Richard Klein Self
Lyle Campbell Self
Merritt Ruhlen Self
Brian Joseph Self

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