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How Languages Develop

How certain ideas and myths transcend languages. Susan Fern from ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ English on the origins of the word β€œbabble”.

Also on the programme, how criminal fingerprinting works.

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27 minutes

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project