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The World's Largest Family

Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios

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The Challenges of Language Reconstruction

This chapter explores the intricacies of reconstructing the Indo-European language family, emphasizing its comparatively recent history and abundance of written records. It contrasts this with challenges faced in reconstructing older, predominantly oral languages, shedding light on the complexities of linguistic evolution.

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