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BBC Radio 3
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Lingua Franca
3/4. The Romance of Romance. Michael Rosen embarks on the long and winding linguistic road through the roots of European language.
Panning for gold along the Romance language road. In Catalan and French, Jersey dialect and Lombard it's or, in Italian and Spanish, oro, while for Romanians and Occitanians its aur. Producer Simon Elmes

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Lingua Franca
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Michael Rosen
Producer:
Simon Elmes
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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