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The Essay

BBC Radio 3
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Lingua Franca
1/4. SPORandPIE. Michael Rosen embarks on the long and winding linguistic road through the roots of European language. Sanskrit, Welsh,
Iranian, and Norwegian, not to mention English, French and German all share a common linguistic ancestry, being descendants of a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European root (PIE). Producer Simon Elmes EMAIL: theessay@bbc.co.uk

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

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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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