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English, Hindi Languages Trace Roots To Turkey (Video)
Just-published research in the journal Science argues for a different origin from where the first Indo-European speakers originated.
English, French, Greek, Persian, Sanskrit, Hindi, Russian, Irish Gaelic: These are all among the 400 members of the Indo-European family of languages. Just-published research in the journal Science argues for a different origin from where the first Indo-European speakers originated.
Using computer modeling, evolutionary biologists say that Indo-European languages originated among farmers in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), in contradiction to the theory that nomadic “Kurgan” horsemen with chariots were the first speakers of the linguistic ancestor of many modern tongues.
The Steppe Hypothesis
Many linguists subscribe to the “Steppe hypothesis,” according to which, about 6,000 years ago, speakers of proto-Indo-European left the grasslands of Russia above the Black Sea and conquered Europe and India.
This hypothesis is based on attempts to reconstruct the proto-Indo-European language. Historical linguists have noted that this ancient language had words for “wheel,” “axle, “wagon,” “harness-pole” and “to go or convey in a vehicle” and that there are descendants for these words in Indo-European languages.
Linguists therefore posit that the ancient language cannot have split into different “daughter” languages prior to the invention of chariots and wagons. The earliest archaeological evidence for these is 3500 BCE.
A Turkish Origin Instead?
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