They agree that the original language, which they call Proto-Indo-European, split into 10 or 11 main branches, two of which are now extinct. They also generally agree on where to put languages ...

For example, the Proto-Indo-European language had a word for axle, two words for wheel, a word for harness-pole, and a verb that meant “to transport by vehicle.” ...

Proto Indo-European is thought to be one of the precursor to languages as diverse as English and Hindi. Google Translate Languages are constantly evolving, spawning offshoots and mashups and cross ...

A Turning Point in Linguistic History The discovery of the CLV people as the missing link in the Indo-European story marks a turning point in a 200-year-old quest. Earlier genetic studies had ...

Among the arresting things that Reich et al. argue is that we should speak of a precursor to Proto-Indo-European: Proto-Indo-Anatolian, which they believe split sometime between 4300 and 3500 B.C.

In 1868, German linguist August Schleicher used reconstructed Proto-Indo-European vocabulary to create a fable in order to hear some approximation of PIE. Called “The Sheep and the Horses” . . .

The Indo-European languages form a linguistic family that encompasses more than 400 languages, including major groups such as the Germanic, Romance, Slavic, Indo-Iranian, and Celtic languages. These ...

Today, linguistics speaks of the Indo-European language family as consisting of 10 distinct branches—Anatolian, Indo-Iranian, Hellenic, Italic, Germanic, Armenian, Tocharian, Celtic, Balto ...

The study confirms that Proto-Indo-European was similar to Classical Greek and Sanskrit, supporting the theory of the 19 th century scholars. However, the study also provides new insights into the ...

How 'mother tongue' spawned hundreds of modern languages Proto-Indo-European was last spoken between approximately 4,500 and 2,500 BC by our ancestors from all over Europe and Asia.