Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Most Conservative Language
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| Author: | Pete Unseth | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Historical Linguistics
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| Query: |
A reporter recently asked me, "Which of today's languages is most like its ancestor?" What he wanted to know is: speakers of which of today's languages would be able to go back in time the farthest and be able to communicate verbally?
I suspect it is a language with a written heritage. Any speculation would be welcome. If the replies warrant it, I will post a summary. Pete Unseth Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics |
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| LL Issue: | 16.2215 | |
| Date posted: | 20-Jul-2005 | |
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