Proto-Indo-European

Do we actually have any written record of Proto Indo-European language?
Q. Do we actually have any written record of Proto Indo-European language?
Asked by unknown - Tue Jun 16 12:01:24 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. hard to say. we do a written script that some scholars dismiss as simply symbols from the Vinca culture of eastern europe during the 8th millenium. however, this script has been found in hungary, bulgaria, romania, and catalhoyuk in turkey which i find more than coincidence. that is not to say that this script represents proto-indo-european, but it does date to that era. the closest language we have is hittite which was the earliest to branch off and thus retains some of the archaic syntax.
Answered by William H - Tue Jun 16 14:09:04 2009

Were/are the Proto-Indo-Europeans real?
Q. I realize this is a complex question, but bear with me. I've read up quite a bit on PIE, but my ability to comprehend it is limited, since most of the evidence is linguistic and I've only taken a couple of first year linguistic courses. And that's what disturbs me. I have to say, we took a fair bit of historical linguistics and I thought a lot of it was pretty hocus-pocus. I'm not debating the fundamental concepts, but the results are obviously unverifiable, and can we really equate the linguistic development of societies without written language to those with it? I have to say, the supporting genetic evidence seems a bit shaky too. So help me out here. I realize I'm asking a lot, but it seems to that PIE is just a myth formed out of the… [cont.]
Asked by illisium - Sun Apr 5 05:36:53 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Do Indo European languages trace back to one single dialect that expanded- well yes. It's hard to prove, but about 4,800 years ago written languages with a lot of similarities start popping up as far apart as China, India and Greece. You can definitely tell they are variants of the same language, they same well you can tell French and English are related because you can spot the odd word in common and others that are slight variations. I read a few European languages, and learning one helps you to read another if you aren't familiar with it. This goes back to older languages from Turkey- Hittite seems to be related to indo European- hit has the same words for water and bread. The oldest glottochronology date for the whole IE group is… [cont.]
Answered by Mab - Sun Apr 5 09:19:27 2009

Punjab has a mix of racial backgrounds. Indo-Aryan, & Indo-Scythians (jatt). what is a native indian? (Indo)?
Q. since Irainians came from iran, and migtared east to india the Aryan (indo-aryan) race was born, and simularily the Scythians from Ukraine migrated to india to bring up their live stock on the fertile indian land, also formed the Indo-Scythians race known as the Jatts. Iranian + Indian = Indo-Aryan (Aryan) Scythians + Indian = Indo-Scythians (Jatt) on another note- "White" people are known as Proto indo europeans or ancient Aryans however what is an indian from the indo component of the avobe names, on a genetic basis? and do native indians have a closer genetic profile to pure africans? a mistake-- white people are caucasian - decendants of proto indo aryans- named after the Caucasus Mountains which separate europe and asia
Asked by g g - Sat Nov 22 18:05:25 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. all decedent of proto ape
Answered by Olivier - Sat Nov 22 18:14:16 2008