NPR: Mark Dingemanse https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=244598521 Mark Dingemanse en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 10 May 2026 18:08:44 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Mark Dingemanse https://www.npr.org/tags/244598521/mark-dingemanse Could One Word Unite The World? It feels natural to say: "huh?" According to a team of linguists in the Netherlands, this word — huh? — is universal. Commentator Alva Noë wonders if that's really possible. Do universal words exists, words common to every language here on Earth? Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:35:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2013/11/11/244573567/could-one-word-unite-the-world https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2013/11/11/244573567/could-one-word-unite-the-world

It feels natural to say: "huh?" According to a team of linguists in the Netherlands, this word — huh? — is universal. Commentator Alva Noë wonders if that's really possible. Do universal words exists, words common to every language here on Earth?

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