Project ID: 975
| Description | Nottingham's History group looked at the origins of language, including the language families of the world, the spread of European languages alongside agriculture, the fate of Celtic languages and modern English as an international language. They researched word origins and loan words and members whose first language was not English contributed interesting comparisons. There were sessions on personal names. place names, writing and the alphabet. |
| Topics | History |
| Type | U3A-led research (not an SLP) |
| U3A | Nottingham U3A |
| Year started | 1998 |
| Source of reference | Sources 3, February 1999 |