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Proto how one ancient language went global

"Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history's most unlikely journeys. All four languages-along with hundreds of others, from French and Gaelic, to Persian and Polish-trace thei...

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Main Author: Spinney, Laura (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025.
Subjects:
Proto-Indo-European language.
Indo-European languages > History.
Historical linguistics.
Language and languages.
Language spread.
Linguistic change.
World history.
Linguistics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Ariomania
  • Genesis: Lingua obscura
  • Sacred spring: Proto-Indo-European
  • First among equals: Anatolian
  • Over the range: Tocharian
  • Lark rising: Celtic, Germanic, Italic
  • The wandering horse: Indo-Iranian
  • Northern idyll: Baltic and Slavic
  • They came from Steep Wilusa: Albanian, Armenian, Greek
  • Conclusion: shibboleth.

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