For example, Anatolian, a now-extinct group of languages, was once thought to be the earliest offshoot of PIE, the first instance in which a new language split off from the mother tongue.

Anatolian languages, including Hittite, are the oldest branch of the Indo-European tongues to split away, uniquely preserving some of the linguistic archaisms lost in all other branches.

Anatolian languages, including Hittite, are the oldest branch of the Indo-European tongues to split away, uniquely preserving some of the linguistic archaisms lost in all other branches.

For example, Anatolian, a now-extinct group of languages, was once thought to be the earliest offshoot of Proto-Indo-European, the first instance in which a new language split off from the mother ...

Our languages have more in common than you might think. Laura Spinney’s “Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global” explores the roots of language, and how it spread and changed across ...

Indo-European languages (IE), which number over 400 and include major groups such as Germanic, Romance, Slavic, Indo-Iranian, and Celtic, are spoken by nearly half the world's population today.

Languages including Farsi are members of the globe-spanning Indo-European language family. Credit: Tina Manley/Alamy. Ancient-genomics researchers have pinpointed the homelands of a nomadic tribe ...

Indo-European languages traced to population living in steppe grasslands 6,500 years ago DNA study cracks centuries-old mystery over origin of languages spoken by half the world Skip to main content ...