Where did languages come from? Let’s break down how linguists reconstruct proto-languages and why English, Spanish, Hindi, and Russian are all related. From Proto-Indo-European to its children like Germanic, Romance, and Slavic, we explore how the comparative method lets us trace language history thousands of years into the past and where that trail completely breaks down. We also dive into controversial macro-family theories like Altaic, Nostratic, Amerind, and Borean, and why many linguists th
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