Lecture 2: Language TreesIndo-European

Henry Harpending

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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