ancient languages

The BBC has reported on a new tool that has been developed that can reconstruct languages that are long-dead. The software, created by researchers at the University of California, is able to rebuild protolanguages – the ancient tongues from which our modern languages evolved. The team tested the system using 637 languages currently spoken in Asia and the Pacific to recreate their early ancestor language. Their full work is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Continue reading →