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NOVA (1974 – ...)

1974 • 53 seasons • Documentary • TV-PG
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Season 21

NOVA · S21E20In Search of the First Language

Dec 27, 1994 · 55 min

Synopsis

NOVA delves into the shared origins of the world's five thousand languages, exploring a contentious theory that seeks to reconstruct words from a period when humanity spoke but a few tongues – a linguistic echo of the biblical tale of the Tower of Babel.

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