Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Ancient languages reconstructed by computer program


Researchers have created software that can rebuild protolanguages - the ancient tongues from which our modern languages evolved.

To test the system, the team took 637 languages currently spoken in Asia and the Pacific and recreated the early language from which they descended.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21427896

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