What if Babel was just a myth?

Note: This talk has not gone through a process of peer review, and findings should therefore be treated as preliminary and subject to change.

SOAS Linguistics Webinar: What if Babel was just a myth?
May 26, 2021

Sandrine Loncke (University of Paris)
Florian Lionnet (Princeton University)
Remadji Hoinathy (CRASH, N’Djaména)

Abstract: Join Sandrine Loncke, Florian Lionnet and Remadji Hoinathy, three members of the team behind the documentary What if Babel was just a myth? to discuss why and how they made a film about documenting an isolate language spoken by 700 people in southern Chad. Join us to hear about their experience, the reactions to the film, and to ask your own questions.

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