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6 Cards in this Set
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Nostratic
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a proto-language place in Anatolia (modern Turkey)
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Indo-European
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aka Aryan – developed around 6,000 BC in Anatolia – ultimate source of English
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Lithuanian
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- speakers of this language may represent the non-migratory element of Indo-European
- divided from the Satem branch of Indo-European (from Nostratic…) |
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Italic and the Romance Languages
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- Romance languages evolved beginning with the Italic tribes
- “romance languages cling to eastern lands” - Europe the home of Italic languages but are others - Dalmatian is extinct; Udino died in 1898… |
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West Germanic and English
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- “high” and “low” west Germanic pertaining to geography
- high is the modern language of germany - low became saxon, franconian, Frisian, and English MAP OF EVOLUTION - Germanic – West – Low German – AngloFrisian – English – Old English (449 to 1066) |
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Middle English (1066-1500) – Modern English (1500- current)
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- dialect of Wessex wad dominant b/c of Alfred’s success
- other regional dialects still important - West saxo dialect evolved into Middle English |
