Answer:
The mother of most European languages is called Indo-European. The 2 answers following this one are completely incorrect. the similarities between English and Sanskrit are because both languages have a common ancester. Sanskrit is the cousin of English, not the mother.
The similarities between English and Latin/Greek are for the same reason, plus English borrowed an extensive number of words from Latin and Greek.
Incorrect answer:
All European languages are believed have been originated from the Sanskrit language.
There are many Asian languages which also have been originated from Sanskrit like Nepali, Hindi, Marathi, Bihari, Bangladeshi etc.
Even English is said to have come from Sanskrit
Example:
Maataar - mother
pitaar - father
bhraataar - Brother
Svasaar - Sister
Nou - Navy
Nava - New
Navgatih - Navigation
naamaan - Name
maa - me
mam - mine
shaant - silent
gyaamti - geometry
trikonmiti - trigonometry
lamba - long
nikat - near
Shatakam - Six
tvam - thou
croor - Cruel
navaan - new
Ashtak - Eight
Panchgat - Pentagon
tri - three
eka - equal
and many other examples.
Incorrect answer:
English is said to be derived from Latin and greek and it is believed that they originated from Sanskrit and so did English.
It isn't possible to prove because Sanskrit isn't the mother of all languages; Sanskrit is descended from Proto-Indian-Iranian, However, Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages that is still in use.
Most of the languages of the world do not belong on the European language tree, such as all of the indigenous languages of Asia Africa, Australia and the Americas. This would include Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, Arabic, Cherokee, Navaho, etc. There are also some European languages that are not on the European language tree, such as Hungarian and Basque.
The term "mother of all languages" is significant in linguistics because it refers to the idea that all languages have a common origin or source. This concept suggests that there may be a universal language from which all other languages have evolved, leading to the study of language evolution and the relationships between different language families.
Europe is a continent with many countries. They all have their own languages, like Italian in Italy, French in France, Danish in Denmark etc. There is no language called European.
Latin.Answer:The previous answer is completely wrong. There is know way to know what language is the mother of all languages, because spoken language has existed for hundreds of thousands of years, possibly even up to 1 million years.There is a theoretical contstruct called Proto-World, which is the mother of all languages spoken today, but this is only a linguistic reconstruction.
no
It bears a resemblence to Indo-European language, an ancient language which is considered to be a mother-language for all the contemporary European languages. It is strongly believed, that Lithuanian language has the highest amount of connections to the Indo-European language from all the European languages
The ancestor of most (not all) European languages is called Indo-European, spoken about 50,000 to 200,000 years ago.
There is no such language. Many European language belongs to the family of Indo-European languages, but not everyone. And this fact has nothing to do with the computer software.
Pretty much all of the words in the English language were derived from European languages.
It isn't possible to prove because Sanskrit isn't the mother of all languages; Sanskrit is descended from Proto-Indian-Iranian, However, Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages that is still in use.
Most of the languages of the world do not belong on the European language tree, such as all of the indigenous languages of Asia Africa, Australia and the Americas. This would include Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, Arabic, Cherokee, Navaho, etc. There are also some European languages that are not on the European language tree, such as Hungarian and Basque.
No, there is not a single Europa wide official language. All European languages are considered equal.
The term "mother of all languages" is significant in linguistics because it refers to the idea that all languages have a common origin or source. This concept suggests that there may be a universal language from which all other languages have evolved, leading to the study of language evolution and the relationships between different language families.
Europe is a continent with many countries. They all have their own languages, like Italian in Italy, French in France, Danish in Denmark etc. There is no language called European.
Latin.Answer:The previous answer is completely wrong. There is know way to know what language is the mother of all languages, because spoken language has existed for hundreds of thousands of years, possibly even up to 1 million years.There is a theoretical contstruct called Proto-World, which is the mother of all languages spoken today, but this is only a linguistic reconstruction.
The oldest known Indo-European language is believed to be Proto-Indo-European, which is the hypothetical common ancestor of all Indo-European languages.