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Lecture 2: Language Trees Indo-European Henry Harpending Anth 4234 February 5, 2015
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Lecture 2: Language TreesIndo-European
Henry Harpending
Anth 4234
February 5, 2015
World Language Families (Ruhlen)Maximum Lumping
English in the Past
Source: Ruhlen
Some Languages of Europe
Some European Languages
Source: Ruhlen
Language Identification
Some European Languages!
• Group 1!• A = Arabic!• B = Hebrew!
• Group 2!• C = Sanskrit!• D = Avestan!• E = Classical Greek!• F = Latin!• G = Gothic!• H = Old Irish!
• Group 3!• I = Turkish
Source: Ruhlen
Language Tree of Descent
Source: Ruhlen
Indo-European Languages TodayNotice Shrinkage