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Laz opens a bigger question: a recording can preserve a voice, but what makes room for the next conversation?

From Esperanto and Volapük to English and French: the dream of a common language that unites people, and the questions that dream raises.

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Laz opens a bigger question: a recording can preserve a voice, but what makes room for the next conversation?

The letters on a Tbilisi street sign are part of a longer story—one that also lives in manuscripts and everyday writing.

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Points are representative locations, not language boundaries. Many languages are spoken across borders and by diaspora communities. Natural Earth.

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