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(2011)

Scientists trace world’s languages back to single African mother tongue

Scientists say they have traced the world’s 6,000 modern languages — from English to Mandarin — back to a single “mother tongue,” an ancestral language spoken in Africa 50,000 to 70,000 years ago.

Sources:

Public Radio International - https://bit.ly/2nHpimi

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_language

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Phonetic Clues Hint Language Is Africa-Born

• https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/science/15language.html

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704547604576262572791243528

• https://www.nature.com/news/2008/080521/full/453446a.html

• https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/16/science/a-biological-dig-for-the-roots-of-language.html

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