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How people talk now holds clues about human migration centuries ago

  • Written by Nicole Creanza, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
What can a modern-day Creole language tell us about its first speakers in the 1600s?M M, CC BY-SA

Often, you can tell where someone grew up by the way they speak.

For example, if someone in the United States doesn’t pronounce the final “r” at the end of “car,” you might think they are from the Boston area, based on...

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