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Evolutionary linguists believe they have made a significant breakthrough.
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Answer to Dictation 2
The origin of Indo-European languages including English and Sanskrit.
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An ancient predecessor may have been spoken more than 8,100 years ago.
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Resolve a 200 year old dispute over where the ancestor of English came from.
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A competing theory is that English originated from Anatolia.
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Indo European languages are spoken by nearly half of the world’s population.
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The most commonly spoken members of this family.
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More than 80 language specialists created a huge databank of core vocabulary.
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The study included 52 ancient and historical languages.
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The resolution to the 200-year-old Indo European enigma lies in a hybrid.
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