'Oldest English words' identified
Reading University researchers claim "I", "we", "two" and "three" are among the most ancient, dating back tens of thousands of years.
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We think some of these words are as ancient as 40,000 years old. The sound used to make those words would have been used by all speakers of the Indo-European languages throughout history," Professor Pagel said.
"Here's a sound that has been connected to a meaning - and it's a mostly arbitrary connection - yet that sound has persisted for those tens of thousands of years."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7911645.stm
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We think some of these words are as ancient as 40,000 years old. The sound used to make those words would have been used by all speakers of the Indo-European languages throughout history," Professor Pagel said.
"Here's a sound that has been connected to a meaning - and it's a mostly arbitrary connection - yet that sound has persisted for those tens of thousands of years."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7911645.stm
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