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This book examines the Indo-European language family from the point of view of each of the ten main subgroups of Indo-European. While a systematic individual assessment of the subgroups is an indispensable first step towards a better understanding of the internal structure of the Indo-European family tree, it is also clear that there is a need ...
Early studies of Indo-European languages focused on those most familiar to the original European researchers: the Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Baltic and Slavic families. Affinities between these and the “Aryan” languages spoken in faraway India were noticed by European travelers as early as the 16th century.
Feb 19, 2024 · Linguists and archaeologists have argued for decades about where and when the first Indo-European languages were spoken and what kind of lives those first speakers led. By Kurt Kleiner &...
Feb 12, 2024 · A new look at our linguistic roots. Linguists and archaeologists have argued for decades about where, and when, the first Indo-European languages were spoken, and what kind of lives those first speakers led. A controversial new analytic technique offers a fresh answer. By Kurt Kleiner 02.12.2024.
The steppe model, favored by most linguists (and many archaeologists), suggests that Indo-European originated in the steppe north of the Black and Caspian Seas around 4500 BCE (6500 BP) and was spread by pastoralists who had learned to breed horses and build wheeled vehicles.
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Jul 28, 2023 · Two main theories have recently dominated this debate: the ‘Steppe’ hypothesis, which proposes an origin in the Pontic-Caspian Steppe around 6000 years ago, and the ‘Anatolian’ or ‘farming’ hypothesis, suggesting an older origin tied to early agriculture around 9000 years ago.
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Aug 25, 2022 · A new study of ancient DNA from 727 individuals who lived in the regions cradling the southern half of the Black Sea, and extending into the Levant and western Iran, narrows the hunt for the origins of Indo-European languages—spoken today as a first language by almost half the world’s population.
