protolanguage
There is no Proto-Indo-European language group. Proto-Indo-European, or PIE, is the hypothetical root language from which Indo-European languages today (and others that are extinct) descend.
Backward Reconstruction is a techinique ued to track sound shifts back towards the original language
An auxiliary language is any of various languages used for intercommunication by speakers of various other languages.
Programming is a term that describes the usage of a programming language. Programming languages (C++ for example) are languages that create programs, these programming languages should not be confused with scripting languages. Scripting languages are languages that are meant to be interpenetrated by programs. (Written in a programming language)
There is no primitive language. All languages are fully developed.
protolanguage
protolanguage
Using information from cognate sets, we can embark on a procedure called comparative reconstruction. The aim of this procedure is to reconstruct what must have been the original form in the common ancestral language.
Edgar H. Sturtevant has written: 'An introduction to linguistic science' -- subject(s): Linguistics, Language and languages 'A comparative grammar of the Hittite language' -- subject(s): Hittite language, Comparative Grammar 'A Hittite chrestomathy' -- subject(s): Texts, Hittite language 'Linguistic change' -- subject(s): Linguistica, Language and languages
Comparative linguistics is a branch of linguistics that compares different languages to identify similarities and differences in their structures, grammar, vocabulary, and historical development. It aims to reconstruct the history and relationships between languages and language families. This comparative approach helps linguists understand how languages evolve and are connected over time.
Oliver W. Heatwole has written: 'A comparative practical grammar of French, Spanish and Italian' -- subject(s): Comparative Grammar, French language, Grammar, Italian language, Romance languages, Spanish language
Hans Frede Nielsen has written: 'Old English and the continental Germanic languages' -- subject(s): Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon language, Comparative Grammar, Comparative and general Grammar, Germanic, Germanic languages, Grammar, Comparative, Grammar, Comparative and general, History, Morphology, Phonology
Andreas Dufter has written: 'Typen sprachrhythmischer Konturbildung' -- subject(s): Comparative Phonology, Comparative and general Grammar, Grammar, Comparative and general, Language and languages, OUR Brockhaus selection, Phonology, Comparative, Rhythm, Sprache
Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig has written: 'Tense and aspect in second language acquisition' -- subject(s): Grammar, Comparative and general, Second language acquisition, Aspect, Language and languages, Tense, Comparative and general Grammar
Mitu Grosu has written: 'Occitan et roumain' -- subject(s): Comparative Grammar, Glossaries, vocabularies, Grammar, Comparative, Occitan, Occitan language, Romance languages, Romanian, Romanian language
Martin Haspelmath has written: 'A grammar of Lezgian' -- subject(s): Lezgian language, Grammar 'Understanding morphology' -- subject(s): Comparative and general Grammar, Grammar, Comparative and general, Morphology 'Loanwords in the world's languages' -- subject(s): Foreign words and phrases, Language and languages 'Indefinite pronouns' -- subject(s): Comparative and general Grammar, Definiteness (Linguistics), Grammar, Comparative and general, Pronoun
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