History of the English Language
Prof. G. Steinberg
Indo-European Languages Exercise
 
Examine the following data. Which of these mystery languages seem to be Indo-European? Which seem to be Germanic? What makes you think so?
 
English Language 1 Language 2 Language 3 Language 4 Language 5
"mother" /mã:/ /moder/ /em/ /mãe/ /mati/
"father" /ba:p/ /fader/ /av/ /pai/ /otak/
"eye" /ã:kh/ /Æye/ /ayin/ /olyo/ /oko/
"foot" /pã:w/ /fot/ /regel/ /pe/ /noga/
"one" /ek/ /en/ /exad/ /um/ /yedan/
"three" /ti:n/ /tre/ /šloša/ /tres/ /tri/
"month" /mahi:na:/ /måned/ /xodeš/ /mes/ /myesec/

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