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Languages and Linguistics

wnylib

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19. Thanks for pointing that out and saving me the

Reply to Mr.Mystery (Reply #13)

Sun Oct 16, 2022, 10:41 AM

Oct 2022

trouble of trying to explain it.

Every now and then someone claims to have found evidence of a unified source of all language families. None of them hold up when examined by other linguists. The last one that I heard of before this one came from some researchers in Russia, back in the 1980s.

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Magnificent Linguistic Family Tree Shows How all Languages are Related. [View all] elleng Oct 2022 OP

KNR and bookmarking. For later. Thank you for sharing this fascinating find. niyad Oct 2022 #1

AHHH!!! So Venetian DOES have Spanish roots! fierywoman Oct 2022 #2

This was very impressive, though with one glaring error DFW Oct 2022 #3

YES, NEXT time, let us know! elleng Oct 2022 #6

Next time I'm in Rinkydink, I promise! DFW Oct 2022 #7

LOLOL! elleng Oct 2022 #8

It has been a while for me, too DFW Oct 2022 #11

cool graphic ProfessorPlum Oct 2022 #4

Right, a few extended branches missing, but things to study. elleng Oct 2022 #9

1. Great post and illustration, thanks. sl8 Oct 2022 #5

It was pretty close, though DFW Oct 2022 #10

I just didn't know that you guys had still been around for the last 2000 years! elleng Oct 2022 #12

Well, close except for the African, (many) Asian, American, & Australian languages. sl8 Oct 2022 #14

It didn't appear to me that languages not spoken in Europe were intended to be included DFW Oct 2022 #15

Probably so. sl8 Oct 2022 #16

Non-European languages that are spoken in Europe were included except for the oldest one DFW Oct 2022 #17

India is on the tree. There is wnylib Oct 2022 #18

All languages probably are NOT related. Mr.Mystery Oct 2022 #13

Thanks for pointing that out and saving me the wnylib Oct 2022 #19