NOVA S22E10: In Search of the First Language
- Aired: 1994-12-27
- Time: 21:00:00
- Runtime: 60 minutes
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.