Linguists identify 15,000-year-old ‘ultraconserved words’

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Linguists identify 15,000-year-old ‘ultraconserved words’ - The Washington Post

A team of researchers has come up with a list of two dozen “ultraconserved words” that have survived 150 centuries. It includes some predictable entries: “mother,” “not,” “what,” “to hear” and “man.” It also contains surprises: “to flow,” “ashes” and “worm.”

hear this Words that last - Graphic - The Washington Post

Isnt it uncanny if you have time to learn languages how often words across different languages sound similar.

However what i am interested is which is the mother of all languages.

freshseasons said:
However what i am interested is which is the mother of all languages.

Sign Language ?

freshseasons said:
Isnt it uncanny if you have time to learn languages how often words across different languages sound similar.

However what i am interested is which is the mother of all languages.

"whistling" language would be my guess

Allu Azad said:
Sign Language ?

Hmm should be it , its not a vocal language which we are discussing here isn't it ?

RCuber said:
"whistling" language would be my guess .

Hey doesn't whistling come way latter than we speak.Don't see much 1 or 2 years whistle around before they utter than pa ma.