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Vineeth Rajan, aged 17

Year 12, Queen Elizabeth’s School

Retroflexes: The linguistics of South Asia

More fantastic content on Vineeth’s channel, Genespeak, which focuses on linguistics and biochemistry can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4oK_0JqXEQEgmBYKhOigQ

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