Associated Press: Classicist discusses audio recordings of Babylonian language

Release Date: October 1, 2010 This content is archived.

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Roger D. Woodard, Andrew V. V. Raymond Professor of Classics, is quoted in an Associated Press article about an initiative to record audio of the Babylonian language, one of the world's first civilizations and producer of some of the earliest pieces of literature. The audio files will be helpful because most students who study ancient languages are only exposed to texts and do not get a chance to hear how the language actually sounds, he said. The story received broad coverage in the U.S. and Canada, with article appearing in the CTV, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, BusinessWeek, CBS News and The Washington Post.

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