UK linguist reconstructs sounds of prehistoric language

Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 08:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

What did our ancestors sound like in the 50th century B.C.? University of Kentucky linguistics lecturer Andrew M. Byrd examines ancient Indo-European languages (such as Latin, Greek, Sanskrit and Old English) and the language from which they derive, Proto-Indo-European, or PIE. 

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