The+Indo-European+Language


 * History  **

Almost every European language has its roots in the Indo-European language. The common believe is that it was the Kurgans who started to speak the Indo-European language in middle Russia about after 5000 BC. The Kurgans divided into two groups, one travelled west towards Europe and one travelled eats towards Asia. Different dialects occurred because the Kurgans travelled further away from each other. Over time the dialects developed into different languages one of them was Greek. The first Indo-European languages to be written down were Greek, Anatolian and Indo-Iranian in 2000 to 1000 BC. It was obvious that these languages had developed so much that they were no longer one language but different languages. The languages hadn’t parted too much though. There were words which were still the same. Some words such as words for the family, some animals, body parts, weapons and the weather appeared in the different languages. These words were a clear sign that the languages had a common origin. This made us aware of the lifestyle of the Kurgans; they were where settlers not nomads. Also they were peasant not warriors.

The language parted in two main groups; the western part and the eastern part. Today the language is even further divided. In the western part we have some main groups; Albanian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Slavonic and Germanic. The English language which we know today comes from the Germanic group. The languages can be traced down to their original group. They are very different today but there are still some similarities in some of the words. More than 400 languages originate from the Indo-European language. Today more than two billion people speak a language as a first language, which has its roots in the Indo-European language. media type="youtube" key="vhFR6dPomiM?fs=1" height="385" width="640"