Centum-Satem isogloss

The Centum-Satem isogloss discusses the treatement of the three dorsal rows reconstructed for PIE, *kʷ, *gʷ, *gʷʰ (labiovelars), *k, *g, *gʰ (velars), and *ḱ, *ǵ, *ǵʰ; (palatovelars) in the daughter languages. A division into a Centum and a Satem group do ...

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Centum-Satem isogloss, Centum-Satem isogloss - Proto-Indo-European dorsals, Centum-Satem isogloss - Satem, Centum-Satem isogloss - Centum, Centum-Satem isogloss - Origins of the sound change, Centum-Satem isogloss - Literature

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The members of R1b are the descendants of the first modern humans, the Cro-Magnon, who entered Europe about 35,000 years ago. The Cro-Magnons were the first documented human artists, making sophisticated cave paintings. Famous sites include Lascaux in France, Cueva de las Monedas in Spain and Valley of Foz Côa in Portugal (the biggest open air site in Europe). The Cro-Magnons were contemporaries of European Neandertals, who died out not long after the first modern humans spread out. While there are theories of a genocide occurring, there is no archaeological evidence supporting this. The Neandertals' last refu ...

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Haplogroup R1b YDNA, Haplogroup R1b YDNA - Origins

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The primary objection to the glottalic theory is the difficulty in explaining how the sound systems of the attested dialects were derived from a parent language in the above form. If the parent language had a typologically unusual system, like the traditional p-b-bh, then it might be expected to collapse into more typical systems, possibly with different solutions in the various daughter languages, which is what one finds. For example, Indo-Iranian would have added an unvoiced aspirate series, gaining an element of symmetry; Greek and ...

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Glottalic theory, Glottalic theory - Decem and Taihun, Glottalic theory - Objections, Glottalic theory - Sources

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Proto-Indo-European is conjectured to have used the following phonemes. See Indo-European languages for a summary of how these sounds evolved in the various Indo-European languages. Proto-Indo-European language - Consonants. The table gives the most common notation in modern publications. Variant transcriptions are given below. Raised ʰ stands for aspiration. According to the glottalic theory, the "voi ...

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Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European language - Phonology, Proto-Indo-European language - Consonants, Proto-Indo-European language - Vowels, Proto-Indo-European language - Ablaut, Proto-Indo-European language - Noun, Proto-Indo-European language - Pronoun, Proto-Indo-European language - Verb, Proto-Indo-European language - Numbers, Proto-Indo-European language - Relationship to other language families, Proto-Indo-European language - Sample texts

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The numbers are generally reconstructed as follows: Lehmann (1993, 252-255) believes that the numbers greater than ten were constructed separately in the dialects groups and that *ḱm̥tóm originally meant "a large number" rather than specifically "one hundred." ...

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Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European language - Phonology, Proto-Indo-European language - Consonants, Proto-Indo-European language - Vowels, Proto-Indo-European language - Ablaut, Proto-Indo-European language - Noun, Proto-Indo-European language - Pronoun, Proto-Indo-European language - Verb, Proto-Indo-European language - Numbers, Proto-Indo-European language - Relationship to other language families, Proto-Indo-European language - Sample texts

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The Indo-European verb system is complex and exhibits a system of ablaut, as is still visible in the Germanic languages (among others)—for example, the vowel in the English verb to sing varies according to the conjugation of the verb: sing, sang, and sung. The system is clearly represented in Ancient Greek and Vedic Sanskrit, two of the most completely attested of ...

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Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European language - Phonology, Proto-Indo-European language - Consonants, Proto-Indo-European language - Vowels, Proto-Indo-European language - Ablaut, Proto-Indo-European language - Noun, Proto-Indo-European language - Pronoun, Proto-Indo-European language - Verb, Proto-Indo-European language - Numbers, Proto-Indo-European language - Relationship to other language families, Proto-Indo-European language - Sample texts

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PIE pronouns are difficult to reconstruct due to their variety in later languages. This is especially the case for demonstrative pronouns. PIE had personal pronouns in the first and second person, but not the third person, where demonstratives were used instead. The personal pronouns had their own unique forms and endings, and some had two distinct stems; this is most obvious in the first person singular, where the two stems are still preserved in English I and me. According to Beekes (1995), there were also two varieties for the accusative, gen ...

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Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European language - Phonology, Proto-Indo-European language - Consonants, Proto-Indo-European language - Vowels, Proto-Indo-European language - Ablaut, Proto-Indo-European language - Noun, Proto-Indo-European language - Pronoun, Proto-Indo-European language - Verb, Proto-Indo-European language - Numbers, Proto-Indo-European language - Relationship to other language families, Proto-Indo-European language - Sample texts

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In the 19th century, it was sometimes assumed that the centum-satem isogloss was the original dialect division of the Indo-European languages. However already Karl Brugmann, and in particular Johannes Schmidt regarded the Centum/Satem sound changes as an areal feature. Incomplete Satemization in Baltic, and, to a lesser extent, Slavic, is taken as an indication of the diffusion of the satem sound change, or, alternatively, due to loans via early contact of Proto-Baltic and Proto-Germanic speakers. Examples of remnants of labial elemen ...

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Centum-Satem isogloss, Centum-Satem isogloss - Proto-Indo-European dorsals, Centum-Satem isogloss - Satem, Centum-Satem isogloss - Centum, Centum-Satem isogloss - Origins of the sound change, Centum-Satem isogloss - Literature

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The Satem languages show the characteristic change of the so-called Proto-Indo-European palato-velars (*ḱ, *ǵ, *ǵʰ) into affricate and fricative consonants articulated in the front of the mouth. For example, *ḱ became Sanskrit ś [ʃ], Avestan, Russian and Armen ...

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Centum-Satem isogloss, Centum-Satem isogloss - Proto-Indo-European dorsals, Centum-Satem isogloss - Satem, Centum-Satem isogloss - Centum, Centum-Satem isogloss - Origins of the sound change, Centum-Satem isogloss - Literature

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In the Centum languages, the palato-velar consonants merged with plain velars (*k, *g, *gʰ). Most of the Centum languages preserve Proto-Indo-European labio-velars (*See also:

Centum-Satem isogloss, Centum-Satem isogloss - Proto-Indo-European dorsals, Centum-Satem isogloss - Satem, Centum-Satem isogloss - Centum, Centum-Satem isogloss - Origins of the sound change, Centum-Satem isogloss - Literature

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