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Seeking the First Speakers of Indo-European Language by Jonathan Shaw [1] 8.25.22. More than 5,000 years ago, Caucasus hunter-gatherers from the highlands between the Black and Caspian Seas traveled west. to Anatolia and north to the steppe, splitting their Proto-Indo-European language into two branches. From the steppe, their
Feb 19, 2024 · One such analysis, published in 2012, pointed to an origin of Indo-European about 9,000 years ago in Anatolia, supporting the theory that Indo-European originated with farmers.
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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.
- Support from Genetic Evidence
- Origins of The Yamnaya
- Completing The Arc of Indo-European Expansion
The ancient Indo-European languages spoken in Anatolia and on the steppe appear to have split from a common proto-language.Anatolia was genetically isolated after this split.The Anatolian and steppe speakers of these early Indo-European languages share a common ancestry somewhere in West Asia.Analysis of the new genetic data reveals that the Yamnaya and Anatolian peoples share a common ancestry in the highlands of West Asia.
Some men living in Armenia today are direct patrilineal descendants of the Yamnaya.In Greece, traces of the genes of steppe peoples suggest they integrated with the locals, rather than replacing them, raising new questions about how Indo-European languages spread there.The tale begins with linguists in the late 1700's, in particular, William Jones, a British judge who lived in India and in 1786 was the first person to suggest the possibility of Indo-European civilization. Jones' hypothesis opened a new door to the past and sparked the modern science of historical linguistics.
The Indo-European Language Family - September 2022. 1.1 Background . The study of the genealogical relationship between the Indo-European languages has been the object of research ever since August Schleicher’s famous Stammbaum representation of the then-known subgroups, or branches (Reference Schleicher 1861: 7; see also Reference Schleicher 1853: 787).
Aug 25, 2022 · DNA Study Sheds Light on ‘Missing Link’ in Birth of Indo-European Languages. Research suggests family of languages now spoken from Europe to India originated between the Caucasus and eastern Anatolia. But identity of first Indo-Europeans remains a mystery
