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How Language Spread Reflects Historical Migration Routes

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The Bantu language family spread across sub-Saharan Africa over millennia, and today over 400 million people speak a Bantu language—a direct linguistic footprint of a massive migration that began around 3000 BCE.

Why this is interesting

You already know that English, Spanish, and Hindi share a common ancestor, but did you know that you can trace entire human migrations just by listening to how people speak?