Plot: NOVA explores the common threads that link the more than 5,000 languages of Earth, including a controversial theory that claims to reconstruct words from a time when only a handful of languages were spoken, recalling the biblical story of the Tower of Babel.

NOVA - Season 21 - In Search of the First Language (Episode 20)
Episode Aired On:
Tuesday, December 27 1994
30 years ago
Tuesday, December 27 1994
30 years ago
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Episode 19