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''Lively and fascinating. I loved it'' David Bellos, author of Is That a Fish in your Ear?''A truly extraordinary detective story''Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything_______________ ...

''Lively and fascinating. I loved it'' David Bellos, author of Is That a Fish in your Ear?''A truly extraordinary detective story''Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything________________________________One ancient language transformed our world. This is its story.Star. Stjarna. Stare. Thousands of miles apart, people look up at the night sky and use the same word to describe what they see.Listen to these English, Icelandic and Iranic words and you can hear echoes of one of the most extraordinary journeys in humanity’s past. All three of these languages – and hundreds more – share a