Language
Witness History. Tanzania adopts Swahili to unite the country. Audio, 9 minutes
Tanzania's leader, Julius Nyerere, made Swahili the official language in the early 1960s
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted20 November 2023
Business Daily. Business Daily meets: Babbel CEO Arne Schepker. Audio, 18 minutes
We explore the growth of language learning online
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted30 October 2023
Have You Heard George's Podcast? Chapter 4: After Empire, 33: Francophone Pt. 1. Audio, 22 minutes
Western languages dominate African economies, especially in music. George explores why.
- AttributionBBC Sounds
- Available for over a year
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- Posted24 October 2023
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- Posted18 October 2023
More or Less: Behind the Stats. Are half the words in English from French? Audio, 10 minutes
We ask whether almost half the words in the English language are of French origin.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Short Cuts. Series 36, Echoes. Audio, 28 minutes
Josie Long presents short documentaries that reverberate through time.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Unexpected Elements. Can technology read our mind? Audio, 51 minutes
The UN General Assembly has us examining how our brains process language
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted12 September 2023
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- Posted6 September 2023
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- Posted3 August 2023
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- Posted3 August 2023
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- Posted2 August 2023
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- Posted2 August 2023
Witness History. Birth of a new language. Audio, 9 minutes
In the early 1980s deaf children in Nicaragua invented a new sign language
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted1 August 2023
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- Posted1 August 2023
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- Posted31 July 2023
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- Posted31 July 2023
Short Cuts. Series 35, New Word Order. Audio, 28 minutes
Josie Long presents short docs on how we use words to make space for who we want to be.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
CrowdScience. Is there a connection between memory and speech? Audio, 28 minutes
Caroline Steel finds out how dementia affects our ability to speak
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
