Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language (2008)

First Air Date: 2008-04-04
Last Air Date: 2008-05-02
Total Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 5
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Director: Christene Browne

Currently there are more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world. This five-part series traces the history and evolution of language and attendant theories and controversies while evaluating the scope of linguistic diversity, the dissemination of language, the expansion of language into written form, and the life cycle of language.