Emoji news quiz of the week, 1 May
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Emoji news time
Can you decode these news stories told in emojis?
Meanwhile, are emojis making us talk like cavemen?
Professor John Sutherland, from University College, London, says we're increasingly talking in "pictographic form", thanks to our obsession with mobile phones and emoijs.
"This harks back to a caveman form of communication where a single picture can convey a full range of messages and emotions," he said.
Read more: Emojis blamed as words lose out to pictures
And we set a group of language students an emoji communication challenge. See how they got on...
Watch the video: Emojis versus language, the Newsbeat test
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- Published8 April 2015