{"id":233,"date":"2021-04-10T14:35:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T14:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimclarke.net\/?p=233"},"modified":"2021-04-10T14:35:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T14:35:36","slug":"speaking-at-the-dawn-of-mankind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimclarke.net\/index.php\/2021\/04\/10\/speaking-at-the-dawn-of-mankind\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking at the Dawn of Mankind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How did people speak at the dawn of mankind? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the language of Europe’s earliest people?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study of ancient, unrecorded languages is known as paelolinguistics. The attempt to recreate them is as much an art as a science, however, and in that regard, there is no finer artist than Anthony Burgess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the seventh part of the Ponying the Slovos series on his invented languages.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How did people speak at the dawn of mankind? What was the language of Europe’s earliest people? The study of ancient, unrecorded languages is known as paelolinguistics. The attempt to recreate them is as much an art as a science, however, and in that regard, there is no finer artist than Anthony Burgess. Here’s the … <\/p>\n

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