The Power of Babel by John McWhorter

The Power of Babel

John McWhorter

336 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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There are approximately 6000 languages on earth today, the descendants of the tongue first spoken by homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago. How did they all develop? What happened to the first language?In this irreverent romp through territory too o...

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