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<big>'''''Scientists trace world’s languages back to single African mother tongue (2011)'''''</big>
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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.
''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.''




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





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Scientists trace world’s languages back to single African mother tongue (2011)

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


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