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Why We Speak So Many Languages

Why We Speak So Many Languages18. Juni9 Min.

Text us a question or any feedback Close your eyes and imagine hearing 7,000 different ways to say "hello." That's actually how many languages exist on Earth today. There's even a story that long ago, everyone on Earth spoke the same language... until one day, they didn't. Was it a myth? Or is there real science behind it? In this episode of I Wonder, 13-year-old Alva asks one of the biggest questions about being human: why do we have so many languages? Join us on a journey from the ve...