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The Eskimo language family split into the Yupik and Inuit branches around 1,000 years ago. [14] [15] Russian-American linguist Alexander Vovin argues that based on Eskimo loanwords in Northern Tungusic, but not Southern Tungusic languages, these languages originated in eastern Siberia, with the languages interacting around 2000 years ago. [38]
For many languages which have become extinct in recent centuries, ... 12 speakers were reported in 1992. by 2000: Central Pomo: Pomoan ... There were 20 speakers in 1904.
There are isolated fragments in earlier charters such as the charter of Veszprém (c. 1000) and the charter of Tihany (1055). Some scholars believe that the language of the Szarvas inscription (8th century) is Old Hungarian. mid-12th century: Icelandic: AM 237 a fol. manuscript [147] late 12th century: Old Norwegian: AM 655 IX 4to manuscript [148]
Genetic evidence also indicates that there was a large human migration from central Africa, with varying levels of admixture with local population. [4] [9] The expansion is believed to have taken place in at least two waves, between about 4,000 and 2,000 years ago (approximately 2,000 BC to AD 1).
Linguistics is the scientific study of language, [1] involving analysis of language form, language meaning, and language in context. [2]Language use was first systematically documented in Mesopotamia, with extant lexical lists of the 3rd to the 2nd Millennia BCE, offering glossaries on Sumerian cuneiform usage and meaning, and phonetical vocabularies of foreign languages.
The first alphabetic writing was developed by workers in the Sinai Peninsula to write Semitic languages c. 2000 ... [120] [121] By 1500, there were ... Over the years
The time range for the evolution of language or its anatomical prerequisites extends, at least in principle, from the phylogenetic divergence of Homo (2.3 to 2.4 million years ago) from Pan (5 to 6 million years ago) to the emergence of full behavioral modernity some 50,000–150,000 years ago.
There are also many languages belonging to ... has claimed that Marathi existed at least 2300 years ago alongside ... or even 2000 years ...