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What is the history of languages?

What is the history of languages?

History for Kids / History's Not Boring: The Kids History Podcast vor 3 Wochen

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Have you ever wondered how humans went from grunting around ancient
campfires to texting, writing books, and speaking over seven
thousand different languages today? Grab your time-traveling
dictionary, because we are exploring the amazing history of
languages! Join Mira and Finn as they uncover how our early
ancestors first started talking thanks to a special "language gene"
called FOXP2. Find out how groups of people wandering across the
globe created new words, and how nearly half the world's languages
all share the exact same ancient great-great-great-grandparent
language! We will also travel back to ancient Mesopotamia to see
the world's very first written language, Cuneiform, which was
actually invented just to count sheep and keep track of taxes! From
drawing tiny emoji-like pictures on wet clay tablets to carving
hieroglyphs on ancient Egyptian pyramids, writing changed the world
forever. Plus, discover one of the weirdest and coolest languages
on Earth: Silbo Gomero, a language made entirely of whistles that
can be heard over three miles away across massive mountain ravines!
Get ready to decode the awesome secrets of how we talk!