Introduction to Comparative Indo-European Linguistics

Build your knowledge of Indo-European languages, how they changed through time, and how to reconstruct ancient languages. Every language belongs to a language family; a group of languages that are genetically related to each other. Indo-European is the name of the language family to which English belongs, along with many sub-families such as Germanic languages and Romance languages. The Indo-European language family is now known to consist of thirteen major branches and a number of now extinct

• Investigate evolution of words and sounds in Indo-European languages
• Explain relationships among Indo-European languages
• Discuss the interplay of linguistics, archaeology, and genetics
• Explore earliest written sources of Indo-European languages