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The Prehistoric Mother Tongue (minicast) - 15 Sept. 2009

The Prehistoric Mother Tongue (minicast) - 15 Sept. 2009

How do we know what the Indo-European language was like?

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over · Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. Produced by Stefanie Levine.

September 15, 200914m 28s

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Show Notes

Many of the world's languages apparently derived from a prehistoric common ancestor known as Indo-European. But since no one ever wrote down a word of it, how do we know what it was like?

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