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Every so often, I’m reminded of a truly startling fact. It is possible to travel from the UK, where I live, east through Europe into Ukraine and western Russia (maybe don’t do this bit), cross the Caspian Sea, then carry on east all the way to India – and always speak to people whose language belongs to the same family.

That’s…


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