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Could humans learn to speak in music?

Could humans learn to speak in music?

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Linguists may have the answers

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What would it take to create a language made entirely of music? In
this episode of Science Quickly, Scientific American’s Allison
Parshall explores the science and linguistics behind musical
languages, from real-world constructed languages to the intricate
note-based communication system created for the alien Rocky in
Project Hail Mary. Learn how linguists transformed rhythm and pitch
into a fully functional language and what these imaginative
experiments reveal about the nature of communication itself.
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