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thenewgreen  ·  3855 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Listen to what our ancestors' language sounded like 6,000 years ago

aside: caio, as a linguist you may enjoy listening to this. -Hope you are well.

While reading along with the audio, I tried to make connections between modern english and what I was hearing. I didn't find any connections. Did anyone else? Seemed somewhat celtic to me.





istara  ·  3668 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The only modern English I could hear - distractingly clearly - was the tone/rhythm.

PIE should sound more Eastern European/Central Asian than anything.