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SPQR and PIE

Monday 19 March 2007 23:00-23:15 (Radio 3)

Michael Rosen embarks on the long and winding linguistic road through the roots of European language. Sanskrit, Welsh, Iranian and Norwegian, not to mention English, French and German, all share a common linguistic ancestry, being descendants of a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European root (PIE). And how influential were the Romans?

Duration:

15 minutes




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