fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Anthropology@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoLanguage trees with sampled ancestors support a hybrid model for the origin of Indo-European languageswww.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkLanguage trees with sampled ancestors support a hybrid model for the origin of Indo-European languageswww.science.orgfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Anthropology@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoWhat is mental is that there are other languages in the Indian subcontinent that are not part of that language family at all!
minus-squareFlying Squid@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoTrue about Europe as well. Finnish, for example.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoRight, Finnish and Hungarian owe their roots to the mongol invasion if memory serves. But in India both language groups emerged separately in the north and south.
minus-squareFlying Squid@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoThen there’s Basque, which seems to be a totally isolated language.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI didn’t know that, cool.
What is mental is that there are other languages in the Indian subcontinent that are not part of that language family at all!
True about Europe as well. Finnish, for example.
Right, Finnish and Hungarian owe their roots to the mongol invasion if memory serves. But in India both language groups emerged separately in the north and south.
Then there’s Basque, which seems to be a totally isolated language.
I didn’t know that, cool.