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What did the Greeks and Romans believe about language relationships?

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Why does Greek "ναι" mean "yes" while it comes from a PIE root meaning "no"?

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Are Hungarian and Turkish related?

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How did the Greek aspirates become fricatives?

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Descendants of Latin vs. Greek?

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Is there any agglutinative Indo-European language?

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Can children learn up to 4 different languages? And how to do it?

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Are there any proposals for a spelling reform of Modern Greek?

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Hurrian and Indogermanic

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*h₁éḱwos > ἵππος, (Aeolian) ἴκκος

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Meaning of suffix -tai in Greek

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What is the substrate of Romanian language?

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Turkic etymology dictionary

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What languages use numbers to name the week days and months?

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What are the reasons to count Armenian as an Indo-European language?

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Does Linear A potentially have the oldest Indo-European text that we know of?

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What is the etimology of the ancient greek word "εὑρίσκω"

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Sources for etymologies of Ancient Greek proper names and placenames?

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Linguistic relation Turkish dada English dad

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Are there any languages or cultures that have genderless given names?

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Current status of the controversy on the date of Indo-European dispersion

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Why do English, Italian, German, Spanish, French and Latin share a common alphabet and many words?

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Two questions about Sappho's name

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Etymology of Demeter

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Help me unpack this Classical Greek word?

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Etymology of Ancient Greek interrogative particle ἆρα

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IPA to plain simple English translator

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changes in sounds in Indo-European languages

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good references for old indo-European languages

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What's the difference between separated languages and a separated dialects?

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What did the Greeks and Romans believe about language relationships?

Why does Greek "ναι" mean "yes" while it comes from a PIE root meaning "no"?

Are Hungarian and Turkish related?

How did the Greek aspirates become fricatives?

Descendants of Latin vs. Greek?

Is there any agglutinative Indo-European language?

Can children learn up to 4 different languages? And how to do it?

Are there any proposals for a spelling reform of Modern Greek?

Hurrian and Indogermanic

*h₁éḱwos > ἵππος, (Aeolian) ἴκκος

Meaning of suffix -tai in Greek

What is the substrate of Romanian language?

Turkic etymology dictionary

What languages use numbers to name the week days and months?

What are the reasons to count Armenian as an Indo-European language?

Does Linear A potentially have the oldest Indo-European text that we know of?

What is the etimology of the ancient greek word "εὑρίσκω"

Sources for etymologies of Ancient Greek proper names and placenames?

Linguistic relation Turkish dada English dad

Are there any languages or cultures that have genderless given names?

Current status of the controversy on the date of Indo-European dispersion

Why do English, Italian, German, Spanish, French and Latin share a common alphabet and many words?

Two questions about Sappho's name

Etymology of Demeter

Help me unpack this Classical Greek word?

Etymology of Ancient Greek interrogative particle ἆρα

IPA to plain simple English translator

changes in sounds in Indo-European languages

good references for old indo-European languages

What's the difference between separated languages and a separated dialects?