Precerpt from My 20th Language: L5, Esperanto

My sophomore year in high school, the year I began studying French, our world history teacher assigned major reports. We had a choice of topic, and, from the list, I chose Babel. Even in high school, I was already fascinated with languages. The topic of Babel took me to the topic of what was the original language of humans. Was there an inherent language common to all? That led me to ask, can…