In Search of the First Language

December 27, 1994
55 min
Season 21 - Episode 20: In Search of the First Language

Season 21 - Episode 20: In Search of the First Language

NOVA - Backdrop

Overview

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.

Episode Information

TV Show

NOVA

Season

Season 21

Episode Number

20

Air Date

December 27, 1994

Runtime

55 minutes