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These words have staying power
Researchers believe there may have been a “proto-Eurasiatic” language that was the common ancestor to about 700 contemporary languages since they have identified two dozen words whose sound and meaning have survived the past 15,000 years, including words for ‘mother’ and ‘spit’.
Linguists identify 15,000-year-old ‘ultraconserved words’
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These words have staying power
Researchers believe there may have been a “proto-Eurasiatic” language that was the common ancestor to about 700 contemporary languages since they have identified two dozen words whose sound and meaning have survived the past 15,000 years, including words for ‘mother’ and ‘spit’.
Linguists identify 15,000-year-old ‘ultraconserved words’
www.washingtonpost.com