Listening to Languages Project
A 16 year old Iranian boy speaking Persian (Farsi)
To get an idea of why the Greeks thought foreigners were all barbarians speaking nonsense, try listening to some videos of people speaking languages you don't understand. Here, for example, is someone speaking Greek.
Speaking modern Greek
Also check out these videos of people speaking various African languages - Xhosa, Swahili, Yoruba, and !Kung.
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Barbarians page
To find out more about Greek ideas about "barbarians" check out these books from Amazon.com or from your local library:
Eyewitness:
Ancient Greece , by Anne Pearson.
Greeks and Barbarians, by Thomas Harrison (2001).
Greeks, Romans and Barbarians: Spheres of Interaction, by Barry Cunliffe.
Greeks and Barbarians, by Thomas Harrison (2001).
Greeks, Romans and Barbarians: Spheres of Interaction, by Barry Cunliffe.
Main Greek people page
Main Greeks page
Main people page
Cite this page: Carr, Karen. "" Kidipede - History for Kids. 2012. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/people/doing/foreignlanguages.htm
