How we know languages like proto-Indo-European existed [video]
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#3PIE is fascinating. I desperately wish we knew more about that culture
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#4PIE is fascinating. I desperately wish we knew more about that culture
I read a book called The Horse, The Wheel, and Language by David W. Anthony after watching Simon Roper videos with great interest for the last couple of years.
I can definitely recommend that if you're interested in the topic. A pretty detailed exploration of the Kurgan Hypothesis.
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#5PIE is fascinating. I desperately wish we knew more about that culture
IMO we know too much (though obviously still too little) about PIE and not enough about non-PIE languages, and I find those much more interesting.
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#6Is this guy a linguist, published in peer reviewed publications?
It's so easy to make up stuff regarding language, that sounds reasonable, but has nothing to do with reality.
Re: How we know languages like proto-Indo-European existed [video]
#7Is this guy a linguist, published in peer reviewed publications? It's so easy to make up stuff regarding language, that sounds reasonable, but has nothing to do with reality.
He mentions his credentials(or lack thereof) as the first thing in the video. Did you even look at the video for a second?
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#8Is this guy a linguist, published in peer reviewed publications? It's so easy to make up stuff regarding language, that sounds reasonable, but has nothing to do with reality.
Are you saying that we should only listen/read to people who are?
The first thing he says is that he’s not a linguist.
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#9Recently found this video https://youtu.be/bzRxSVK7qIU where Sanskrit was being compared to Lithuanian. To think, that such geographically distant languages are so similar, as Lithuanian is one of the most well preserved languages in Europe. To get a grasp of what PIE sounded, the closest you can get in Europe is by listening to Lithuanian (especially the older dialects of it)
Re: How we know languages like proto-Indo-European existed [video]
#10Is this guy a linguist, published in peer reviewed publications? It's so easy to make up stuff regarding language, that sounds reasonable, but has nothing to do with reality.
He mentions his credentials(or lack thereof) as the first thing in the video. Did you even look at the video for a second?
Perhaps he's trying to decide whether it's worth the time.
Video is not a good format for skimming around to get a quick overall impression.