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The World's Largest Family

Aug 01, 202422 minEp. 270
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Working backwards from existing languages, linguists have had great success reconstructing Proto-Indo-European. Does that mean we can do the same for all language families?


Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lexicon Valley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 270: "The World's Largest Family." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved.

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