lars@lemmy.sdf.org to Linguistics@mander.xyz · 7 months agoLinguistic Coincidenceslemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up169arrow-down1imageLinguistic Coincidenceslemmy.sdf.orglars@lemmy.sdf.org to Linguistics@mander.xyz · 7 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGharbeia, Ⓐ@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months ago@lars But for languages on different branches of the same [super-]family, how can we be sure that there’s no common ancestor upstream? Like for example: Proto-Germanic and Middle Persian, or Proto-Germanic and Latin?
@lars But for languages on different branches of the same [super-]family, how can we be sure that there’s no common ancestor upstream? Like for example: Proto-Germanic and Middle Persian, or Proto-Germanic and Latin?