Languages of the World in 1200 BC
Tides of History
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The man and woman jumped out of their boat. They waved when they saw the four laughing children running to meet them. Nani senotata, they called out, grandmother, grandfather. Their grandparents caught them in their arms and hugged them. Grandfather wincing at the pain in his arthretic back as he lifted a pair of granddaughters,. where is your mother? He asked, pausing for a moment to wrap his tongue around the words in a language he knew but rarely used. It was close to his own, but enough of the words were different to make him stop and think that atir was just down stream. Would his daughter call him pater or pat
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