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EPISODE · Jun 14, 2022 · 13 MIN

How did people come up with words?

from Imagine This · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

There are lots of words in lots of languages in the world. There's a word for almost everything we can imagine! But how did words start? And why do languages all sound so different? Let's take a ride in a time (and place) machine with Dr Howie Manns to learn about how and why people come up with words.

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