Evolution of the Indo-European Languages - Ancient Civilizations DOCUMENTARY

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  • čas přidán 8. 07. 2022
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    The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the ancient civilizations continues with a video on the evolution of the Indo-European Languages, as we give a summary of how this language family formed and how the languages belonging to each are still connected to each other:
    Arabia Before Islam: Religion, Society, Culture: • Arabia Before Islam: R...
    Vandals: • Rise of the Vandals: H...
    How Rome Conquered Greece: • How Rome Conquered Gre...
    Did the Trojan War Really Happen: • Did the Trojan War Rea...
    Demosthenes: • Demosthenes: Greatest ...
    Ancient Greek Politics and Diplomacy: • Ancient Greek State Po...
    Pyrrhic Wars: • Pyrrhus and Pyrrhic Wa...
    Ancient Macedonia before Alexander the Great and Philip II: • Ancient Macedonia befo...
    Diplomatic Genius of Philip of Macedon: • Diplomatic Genius of P...
    Etruscans: • Etruscans: Italian Civ...
    Bosporan Kingdom: • Bosporan Kingdom - Lon...
    Ancient Greek State in Bactria: • Ancient Greek State in...
    The Greco-Chinese War Over the Heavenly Horses: • The Greco-Chinese War ...
    Ancient Greek Kingdom in India: • Ancient Greek Kingdom ...
    Ghaznavids: • Ghaznavids: From Slave...
    Huns: • Huns: The Origin
    White Huns: • White Huns: Rise and D...
    Gokturks: • Gokturk Empire - Nomad...
    Yuezhi: • Yuezhi Migration and K...
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  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  Před rokem +495

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    • @febrian0079
      @febrian0079 Před rokem +3

      Please continue the series on criminal syndicates
      My recommendation for a video is history of the Russian mafia and then the Mexican cartel

    • @rehanansari009
      @rehanansari009 Před rokem

      Austroasiatic people india has 70000 years of history !!!!! There language and script devlope indigenous !!!!! This indo European theory is given by British to justify their colonial rule ... They wanted to justify their colonial rule showing.. caucasian white people came and show indian people how to live ... Very bad theory and concepts !!! No one buys these lies in india anymore !!!!

    • @discombobulation3016
      @discombobulation3016 Před rokem +6

      Pls make a video on the chola empire

    • @franciscofernandes8635
      @franciscofernandes8635 Před rokem +5

      You a brasilian guy doing the portuguese cursed

    • @valentinojelencic7212
      @valentinojelencic7212 Před rokem +4

      Look in to Vućedol culture, a proto bronze age culture, that had advance smiting and casting technology(for it's time) oldest knowing calendar, interesting navigation techniques(in pottery) and "big city" 3500 to 2500bc (if I'm not mistaken)

  • @markaxworthy2508
    @markaxworthy2508 Před rokem +4223

    It is important to realise that although less than a third of the English vocabulary is Germanic, it forms the majority of words actually used in daily speech and is the bedrock of its grammar.

    • @kilpatrickkirksimmons5016
      @kilpatrickkirksimmons5016 Před rokem +804

      I once had a professor describe English as a Germanic skeleton with Greco-Latin flesh and organs. I've always thought that was a pretty solid way to put it.

    • @bureau31
      @bureau31 Před rokem +514

      You are right, 83% of the 1000 most used English words are Germanic in origin.

    • @adamthetired9319
      @adamthetired9319 Před rokem +662

      The best way to disprove the false notion of English not being Germanic is to appeal to the fact that one can speak English using only Germanic words, but not using only Latin ones.

    • @maiqtheliar789
      @maiqtheliar789 Před rokem +228

      English is three languages in a trench coat pretending to be one language.

    • @Alexbfd94
      @Alexbfd94 Před rokem +369

      @@alfieingrouille1528 No such thing as a hybrid language. English is a germanic language. It's like saying that Japanese is a sinitic language because of all the Chinese loan words, or that Persian is semitic because of all the Arabic loan words.

  • @underratedbub
    @underratedbub Před rokem +983

    I'm a historical linguist of Indo-European and I love that you're covering this! I do see a good number of oversimplifications and mistakes, though, so if you're going to continue with historical linguistics as a topic, I highly recommend consulting with an Indo-Europeanist scholar to guide the discussion and smooth any oversights.

    • @lucadelaurentiis6907
      @lucadelaurentiis6907 Před rokem +117

      Yes, as an Italian, in particular, I thought that the assertion that an Italian from Tuscany would rather better understand a Spanish speaker than another Italian from Sicily is veeeeeery far-fetched.
      For one, they didn't explain whether they meant a Standard Italian speaker or a Tuscan dialect speaker. In fact, even though modern Italian is largely based on the Florentine dialect (which is not the same as other dialects from other parts of Tuscany because of centuries of political and cultural fragmentation and rivalries dating back from the Medieval Comuni era), many purely Tuscan pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar features are completely obscure and outright "strange" to Italian speakers and I am quite sure that those would make a Spaniard appall and think they are talking to an alien. My guess is that they meant that Standard Italian and Standard Spanish are more mutually intelligible than Tuscan and Sicilian (and they would be right), but for this to be true you don't need to use a Tuscan as an example of an Italian speaker. They could have used an Italian from any other part of the country.
      Then again, thanks to the shared Standard Italian substratum between a Tuscan and a Sicilian, they would understand each other much much much better than they portrayed, even if they talked their respective dialects, maybe a bit watered down or intermixed with Standard Italian. That was confusing at best, and I immediately felt that was going to give a misrepresentation to foreign audiences not knowledgable of Italian culture.
      Plus, they inverted the colours of the flag and that pissed me ahah.

    • @anthonysaffioti9048
      @anthonysaffioti9048 Před rokem +9

      @@lucadelaurentiis6907
      Hmmmm not tooooo far fetched given the tone of the statement
      Perhaps if you are familiar with Sicilian then maybe you don’t experience the difficulties that others do?

    • @lucadelaurentiis6907
      @lucadelaurentiis6907 Před rokem +28

      @@anthonysaffioti9048 I’m not, but let me get this straight: I think they should have made it clearer that they meant that an Italian, from whichever part of the country, would understand better a Spanish speaker than a person who speaks exclusively in their dialect from another part of Italy. I think that, in the way they put it, somebody could think that the Tuscan dialect (and not Standard Italian) is more mutually intelligible with Spanish than any two Italian dialects with each other.

    • @brodiekeown4494
      @brodiekeown4494 Před rokem +57

      are you seriously gatekeeping Indo-European linguistic history? this channel covers a massive variety of historical subject matter. if you wanted content made by the worlds premier Indo-European linguistic historian......then go by his book.
      this channel give its viewers a remarkably in-depth and entertaining overview of a huge variety of historical subjects in 20- 60 mins. it is what it is....and its good.
      i dont have the time to go and earn a doctorate in every facet of human history that peaks my interest. i did not even have any idea that Indo-European common language was a thing until i saw this video......people are getting informed form this content. it may not be up to your PHD academic elitist standards but not everybody need to be an expert in your field.

    • @richmont9557
      @richmont9557 Před rokem +15

      My brother in christ how do you make money doing that. I am considering studying that or a similar linguistic history but i have no clue how to make money with it

  • @jeepmega629
    @jeepmega629 Před 7 měsíci +219

    As an Italian I’m proud to be part of such a large family.
    Cheers and love to all my Indo-European Brothers and Sisters!

    • @alter388
      @alter388 Před 7 měsíci +37

      I am an Indian who works with an Italian team member named Chiara. Interestingly my cousin in India is named Kiara ( Sanskrit). Both Sanskrit Kiara and Italian Chiara mean exactly the same :)

    • @Soap_bubbles591
      @Soap_bubbles591 Před 7 měsíci +5

      We're everywhere from Europe to the Middle East and Asia , from Russia to America and Australia ....all we need is to be united .

    • @wor53lg50
      @wor53lg50 Před 7 měsíci +2

      ​​​@@Soap_bubbles591why and who is we're? , europe is a big place not all of europe is Indo-European languaged from beginning as well as many more countries its not global and dosnt mean zilch really..

    • @Soap_bubbles591
      @Soap_bubbles591 Před 7 měsíci

      @wor53lg50 lol, why would an Indo-european unity cause any kind of worries ? I mean we have the Turkic-union serving the interests of diverse Turkic peoples from Mediteranea to western China , we have the Abrahamic unity , we have Semitic peoples of all kind of backgrounds united under one flag , and thats ok ....but why would anyone oppose to an Indo-european union serving the common interests of IE peoples worldwide ?????
      The term "Indo-european" is applied to the indengious Indo-european speakers spread across Europe , India( Asia) and later on expanded to other continents , it's not a geographical/ continental term, WE the speakers of Indo-european languages (with a shared proto-indo-european past and cultural ancestry )have the rights to be unified atleast on a cultural/ economical level . Why would anyone be threatened by that ? It doesn't mean that the non-Indo-europeans of any specific geography would get harmed or conspiraed against.

    • @wor53lg50
      @wor53lg50 Před 7 měsíci

      @@Soap_bubbles591 im telling you it is like that in someparts of europe, even with their own kinds as with immigrants, keep pushing this narrative if you want to see it turn nasty eventually, and stop with making up bullshit to make brain dead idiots squeeze into whatever agenda getting pushefd.. Like i say they fuk about their gonna find out, you think GFA that all tools was handed in from both sides then you must be daft... Careful who you bully as you might bully the wrong person one day.... For the sake of common goals alliances will be made?..

  • @LauraMamMusic
    @LauraMamMusic Před rokem +378

    I really want to see Sanskrit and its spread across southeast asia and asia. Also would love to know more about the interaction between latin and sanskrit

    • @alani3992
      @alani3992 Před rokem +22

      Sanskrit wasn't 1 constant thing. It was just a scripture language that evolved by interaction with local languages.

    • @ssgvegapunk
      @ssgvegapunk Před rokem +69

      @@alani3992 you've got it wrong indo-aryan languages evolved from Sanskrit and not the other way

    • @ritikshaw5868
      @ritikshaw5868 Před rokem +55

      @@ssgvegapunk nope. Sanskrit one of the branches from the proto indo European language.. And remained fairly constant because of it being considered almost perfect and also almost exclusively used by priests and in scriptures and not wide spread used to allow the introduction of slangs which ultimately changes a language over time.

    • @ssgvegapunk
      @ssgvegapunk Před rokem +23

      @@ritikshaw5868 i am talking about indo aryan languages not Indo european languages

    • @trollarasan
      @trollarasan Před rokem +28

      @@alani3992 False sanskrit doesnt have any so called loan words from local languages as no local languages have been found other than indo aryan.

  • @rafaelparo2229
    @rafaelparo2229 Před rokem +216

    Wow guys!!!! My mother-in-law who’s 72 yo and doesn’t speak English loved watching your videos but I had to constantly pause it and explain it to her. Not anymore! Thanks a million guys!!!!

    • @dovahkiin3379
      @dovahkiin3379 Před rokem +11

      paid shill

    • @DDKKAY
      @DDKKAY Před rokem +1

      But you didn't tell the mother Tongue of your Mother-in-law.

    • @timl9724
      @timl9724 Před rokem +4

      @@dovahkiin3379 doubt it

    • @ARCHITACADEMY
      @ARCHITACADEMY Před rokem +3

      @@dovahkiin3379 hey I wanna learn spanish and vids like these help

    • @dimojanev
      @dimojanev Před 11 měsíci

      Профан

  • @euskaldunbat7074
    @euskaldunbat7074 Před rokem +147

    Definitely, Basque deserves a video. The only pre-indoeuropean language that still survives in Europe, with no other known relative languages and with an unknown origin, and since late 20th century fighting for recovery against Spanish and French assimilation

    • @markiec8914
      @markiec8914 Před 11 měsíci +11

      I would have to disagree, as ancient Finno-Ugric speakers are still represented in their native lands of Norway, Sweden and Finland (the Finns being the most numerous group of this non Indo-European language group in the Scandinavian/Baltic region).

    • @euskaldunbat7074
      @euskaldunbat7074 Před 11 měsíci +29

      @@markiec8914 Definitely, Basque heritage is quite older, since they live in Western Europe before the first Indo-European wave of migration arrive, and that's one of the reason why philologists and historians can't trace their origin nor identify any related language family

    • @craiovamilan94
      @craiovamilan94 Před 9 měsíci +4

      Some Balkan languages definitely kept elements and vocabulary from proto European languages of the region, but since the assimilated the Indo European invaders, language overall didn’t survive. Albanian and Romanian (through Dacian and Pelasgian) have some old links for example

    • @craiovamilan94
      @craiovamilan94 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Also Latin’s true origin comes from the east as well - some linguists now believe that Dacian was very much a related language to Latin, which is why in less than 200 years and only 28% of Dacia conquered, they were speaking a form of Vulgar Latin so quickly. Meanwhile Romanian survived Slavic and Ottoman invasions. Dacian likely shared the same substratum with Latin

    • @malendil
      @malendil Před 7 měsíci +5

      @@markiec8914 Uralic languages are later in Scandinavia and the Baltic than the Indo-European expansion. They are not surviving ancient relics, but traces of a later expansion and in part they replaced IE languages (for example almost certainly this happened in Estonia). Speakers of ancient Saami arrived from Siberia in the Bronze Age, speakers of ancient Estonian/Finnish arrived to their current territory in the early Iron Age. The latter was a migration from just a bit further east (so still inside Europe), but Uralic languages are ultimately of Siberian origin and spread to Europe _after_ the Indo-European expansion.
      BTW, even when we look at the line of languages leading to modern Basque, there is no reason to assume that they have a longer presence in Europe (the whole of it) that Indo-European. Of course that group/family likely an ancient remnant in sense that it pre-dates the expansion of IE in SW Europe.

  • @jaythewolf
    @jaythewolf Před rokem +195

    Full videos on Sanskrit, Baltic-Slavic and Germanic languages would be interesting. More videos like this in general would be appreciated. The evolution of language is really interesting!

    • @AoiUmiki
      @AoiUmiki Před 9 měsíci +2

      i´m agree

    • @craiovamilan94
      @craiovamilan94 Před 9 měsíci +7

      Also Dacian, which also has relations to Baltic and Sanskrit (and possible cognates in Romanian and Albanian)

    • @patrickhayes3099
      @patrickhayes3099 Před 5 měsíci

      Bring it!

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars Před 7 dny

      Slavic does not appear in the video! And that although the Slavic languages ​​are the most important languages ​​in Europe because these languages ​​are spoken in half of the European territories.

  • @UnkeptSpaceman
    @UnkeptSpaceman Před rokem +59

    Great video! I'm from the Netherlands and saw that you didn't include the Frisian language. Even though it's spoken by the population of a small province, it has a strong following of speakers. It's the same for the Galician-, Bask- and Catalan language in Spain. Would be great to see a video about the same kind of “smaller” languages.

    • @YesSir-ms3uk
      @YesSir-ms3uk Před 19 dny

      500k people speak it

    • @RachaelWill
      @RachaelWill Před 10 dny

      The guy didn't include whole indo aryan 😂

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars Před 7 dny

      Great video!? For Real? Can you really call this a great video even though the Slavic languages, as the most important languages ​​in Europe because they are spoken in half of the European territories, were ignored?

  • @NeroIML
    @NeroIML Před rokem +313

    Something I've always found fascinating with how languages have evolved over time is that certain words change meaning so that one word's translation is rather different, but then is very close to another, related word. The thing that struck me in the video was that all the words for "honey" at 4:40 doesn't sound like honey at all, but is very similar to "mead" which is made from fermented honey.
    An example that I've seen used for comedic effect is the swedish word for "worm". In most germanic languages (and a few others) the word is very similar; german - "Wurm", danish - "orm, icelandic - "ormur", frisian - "wjirm", romanian - "vierme", jiddish - "vorem" etc. And then you have swedish, where instead the "worm"-like word "orm" means "snake", something similar in many respects when compared to a worm, but then the translation of "worm" is "mask", and I have no clue how that particular lingustic detail came about.
    (The translation of "mask", as in something that you use to cover your face, is "mask" in swedish as well)

    • @Timurv1234
      @Timurv1234 Před rokem +28

      You know, the thing with the word for honey is very interesting. For example in Persian the word for wine is می (mey), but the form of the word is descended from the Indo-european word for honey through the process of semantic shift. They first made mead out of honey and that mead was obviously more important for their culture than just the honey. Then they started making other types of alcohol and the expanded the meaning of what was originally honey-wine. For example in Serbo-Croatian, the word for honey is “med”.

    • @The-Plaguefellow
      @The-Plaguefellow Před rokem +31

      Reminds me that the Modern Standard German word for "poison" is "Gift", which is pronounced near-identically to the English word "Gift", simply meaning "presented item".
      In this case, "Gift" in English and German once meant the same thing, but the latter turned the word into a euphemism for "poison" due to ancient Greek-borrowed-by-Latin-borrowed-by-English word "dosis", meaning "gift(ing)" also being the word describing giving someone medicine... or, _poison_ more specifically.
      Presumably, the Old High German shift from "Gift" meaning, well, "gift" to meaning "poison" came about after they saw the Romans and their peculiar habit of assassinating each other by _gifting_ each other healthy _doses_ of poison.

    • @NeroIML
      @NeroIML Před rokem +12

      @Morer R I think it's most germanic languages. Honey-like words are used in swedish, danish, norwegian, german, jiddish, dutch etc.

    • @human_isomer
      @human_isomer Před rokem +6

      @Morer R true, while the modern German word for honey is _Honig_, which comes pretty close to the English. Some assume the word is derived from a meaning of "yellowish", which would make sense, because -ig (or -ich) in German and -y (or -ly) in English usually are markers for adjectives.
      However, as English is basically derived from an ancient form of German, the languages show a lot more similarities.

    • @democracytherepublic5451
      @democracytherepublic5451 Před rokem +18

      It makes sense the swedish worm cannot mean worm because in old norse, the w in the beginning of words was dropped, therefore I could already see it comming that worm has to mean something with orm in swedish and Worm has to mean something else. All these differences start making sense once you know and understand how langauges do NOT change randomly but according to laws that govern how phonetics change according to an internal logic. It's almost like algebra. Btw. in older german text "wurm" could also mean snake. "Lindwurm" (old norse: Linnormr) is an old german word for dragons for example.

  • @LordThunderJunker
    @LordThunderJunker Před rokem +371

    I was hoping you guys would cover the evolutions of the Slavic and Indo-Iranian families in this video. As it is, the title of this video oversells the topic somewhat. As a person of Indian descent, I'd be particularly interested in learning about the divergence between the Indic and Iranic languages.

    • @Lyallpuriya
      @Lyallpuriya Před rokem +64

      Indic is a wrong term! Indo-Aryan and Irano-Aryan are much better terms for that because when we say Indic, people will assume that we are talking about "Indian languages", which also include Dravidian languages that are completely different from the Indo-Aryan languages.

    • @evaforte4706
      @evaforte4706 Před rokem +22

      Yes, a bit of that.
      I am interested in learning the rest of the story: proto-indo-european, needs to include indo ( and Sanskrit) and the middle eastern language concerned !
      I’m curious even as a French speaker

    • @Lyallpuriya
      @Lyallpuriya Před rokem

      @vijiya That would be much better term

    • @shukracharya_
      @shukracharya_ Před rokem +4

      @@evaforte4706 only few in middle east are part of indo European family
      like Persian hittie and mittani

    • @thecrimsondragon9744
      @thecrimsondragon9744 Před rokem +30

      Agreed, too much focus on the Western end and not enough on the Eastern side.

  • @alainfischer592
    @alainfischer592 Před rokem +51

    When I was in school, it was explained to me that basic English had the same roots as German. When the French speaking Normans invaded England in 1066, they imported French words that were used by the nobility.
    For example:
    The chair comes from the old French word "une chaire" (today we say une chaise).
    On the other hand in German a chair is eine Stuhl, which has the same root as stool.
    The example of Beef which comes from the French Bœuf is striking. For the farmers who only raise them it is ox (as in German die Ochse (pronounce like ox)). For the nobility who ate it is beef(Boeuf) !!

    • @alani3992
      @alani3992 Před rokem +11

      Yes the nobility sat on chairs, & the peasants on stools.

    • @icyelsa9747
      @icyelsa9747 Před rokem +2

      *"ein Stuhl" and "der Ochse" :)

    • @DerEiserneBuerger
      @DerEiserneBuerger Před rokem +2

      Gut erklärt!

    • @BETOETE
      @BETOETE Před rokem +2

      Lot of unnecesssary words adopted just for fad and we still have the original ones in used but as a secondary option. I'm talking about LOFT (air), bloom(flower), mught(power), thorp(village),stead(city), dale(valley) snd hundred of silly latin words like color, paint, picture, LANGUAGE(speach), people(should lbe as in German-related mann)....seems to me as a silly and devastating change(ugly latin, in spanish cambio or canje).

    • @DerEiserneBuerger
      @DerEiserneBuerger Před rokem +4

      @@BETOETE Loft, bloom, mught and thorb are actually the Germanic words. Air, flower, power and village are the words of latin origin. I know that, because my native language is German, and when I hear words like loft, I immediately know what it means, because it is almost written and pronouced as "Luft" (Air in german)

  • @t0mn8r35
    @t0mn8r35 Před rokem +31

    This was really interesting. More language specific presentations please!

  • @rogeriocardoso8258
    @rogeriocardoso8258 Před rokem +384

    As a Historical Linguist who deals with the Romance languages, I can't stop thanking Kings and Generals for such an outstanding video. You have even mentioned my country, Brazil, which has indeed developed its own variety of Portuguese. We're all eager to watch the next video on the remaining branches of indo-european languages.

    • @hanoi9316
      @hanoi9316 Před rokem +1

      É mais facil achar no Mato Grosso o Português de Cabral de que em Portugal .

    • @hanoi9316
      @hanoi9316 Před rokem +1

      O Brasil fala um português mais vocálico o Português da Galícia .

    • @joaoespecial4168
      @joaoespecial4168 Před rokem +7

      As linguas divergem sempre, pela geografia e pela historia, deixando nelas vestigios desses lugares e tempos.
      Abraço desde Portugal!

    • @kohlerofvox2605
      @kohlerofvox2605 Před rokem +2

      Shrikanth G Talegiri and Subhas Kak have done lot of research on this. Check them out

    • @funkmachine9094
      @funkmachine9094 Před rokem

      zzZZzzzz..that's the same for any country that has been colonized lol

  • @somerandomguywithinternet7979

    I find it pretty interesting that Albanian, Armenian and Greek are language isolates within the Indo-European language family.
    Edit: Come to think of it, that would actually make a pretty good idea for a video. Exploring how each of the languages evolved and how they actually managed to become isolates.

    • @NandiCollector
      @NandiCollector Před rokem +86

      *I'm Albanian and I would like to see more info about these 3 different & unique branches of the Indo-European.*

    • @somerandomguywithinternet7979
      @somerandomguywithinternet7979 Před rokem +55

      @@NandiCollector That makes us two Albanians lol

    • @rehanansari009
      @rehanansari009 Před rokem

      They are original indo European !!!
      There was indo geek kindom in Bacteria !!! Geeks marries to indian that time !!!!! All Europe people got indians words by ancient geeks !!!!
      This indo European theory is fake !!!!! Created by British to justify their colonial rule they wanted to show indian were not worthy enough !!!! White caucasian people came India and teach indian how to live ... Very bad concept and theory !!
      Austroasiatic people are living in india since 70000 thausand years

    • @adrianmaksutaj2446
      @adrianmaksutaj2446 Před rokem +33

      @@somerandomguywithinternet7979 3 now

    • @amitabhbobby6472
      @amitabhbobby6472 Před rokem +7

      Allah hu akbar there is no god except Allah and no language except Arabic

  • @AndrewJeyaraj
    @AndrewJeyaraj Před rokem +44

    The very first graphic highlighting a southern region of the subcontinent where people typically speak Tamil seems to imply that Portuguese has something in common with a Dravidian language, which is not the case.

    • @Nagvanshieus
      @Nagvanshieus Před měsícem +1

      Southern Kings, nobles and merchants spoke Sanskrit as it was a common court language.

  • @BassFlapper
    @BassFlapper Před rokem +32

    Great video, I'd love to see more detailed videos on this subject. I was a bit confused about which period was being discussed at each time. It would be great to have the year counter constantly up.

  • @KrishnakumarRa7797
    @KrishnakumarRa7797 Před rokem +78

    Absolute support for a historical linguistics video on Indo-Iranian languages

    • @jimhjortsberg2990
      @jimhjortsberg2990 Před rokem +4

      And Tocharian. The outlier of the IE languages that doesn't fit in with either eastern or western yet seemingly had elements of booth.

    • @beowulf555
      @beowulf555 Před rokem

      @Paddy Bateman Yes, when you don’t have any research or methodology or even a logic at hand, strike of the other person by labeling them Hindu nationalist or using troll words or what ever. May be you should look at your self in the mirror and see you’ve stuck a white supremacist label on your forehead that triggered your insecurities when an old meaningless theory that doesn’t fit into your tiny meaningless world.

    • @exploringnaturalbeauty2102
      @exploringnaturalbeauty2102 Před rokem

      @Paddy Bateman listen kiddo Aryan invasion theory has been proved false by the scientists , now it only represents language family ..

  • @blerst7066
    @blerst7066 Před rokem +346

    This video is surprisingly accurate, although you forgot to mention one important detail: The IE languages don't only have similar vocabulary, but certain sounds in one language will always correspond to another in another language. This is extremely important since loanwords, which don't show regular correspondences, can fog a language's origin. Without keeping this in mind you could end up classifying English as a Romance language or Korean as a Sinitic one.

    • @reynoldtanto4853
      @reynoldtanto4853 Před rokem +1

      That's not happeneed a lot bruh. Or did u find in this vid?

    • @duckmeister5385
      @duckmeister5385 Před 9 měsíci

      Grimm's law!

    • @Dorkus89Malorkus
      @Dorkus89Malorkus Před 7 měsíci +1

      I find it to be surprisingly inaccurate. There are a lot of small mistakes which all in all makes the video inaccurate.

    • @UlyssesJonah
      @UlyssesJonah Před 7 měsíci

      like what please@@Dorkus89Malorkus

    • @luzboroughlane7948
      @luzboroughlane7948 Před 6 měsíci

      Examples?
      @@Dorkus89Malorkus

  • @josh33172
    @josh33172 Před rokem +54

    The Kings and General team could not do wrong delving deeper into any of the languages and origins.
    Fantastic content!

  • @jonahruffalo640
    @jonahruffalo640 Před rokem +1

    Amazing video guys!
    Truly one of The Best introductory explanations of this awesome topic. What thorough research and pleasing graphics!

  • @valley6824
    @valley6824 Před rokem +47

    Actually you are right about the Albanian word “Perëndi”. Perëndi is also used to identify “God”. Perëndi-God. “O Perëndi e madhe çfarë ke bërë kështu?” - “Oh mighty God, what have you done?”
    We also have another word for that:
    Indefinite/Definite Albanian: Zot/Zoti.
    It derives from Proto-Albanian: Zojzi which is considered as the Father (Lighting and Sky God) from Albanian mythology. I am pretty sure that it has similarities with the Greek one Zeus. We are basically neighbors with them so yeah. Really a great video. Loved it and most importantly I loved seeing my native language in your video. Keep it up K&G.

    • @sharknextdoor
      @sharknextdoor Před rokem +1

      Albanian language is ancient ,greek has changed form many times, even recently .

    • @Someone-jz5pl
      @Someone-jz5pl Před rokem

      In this case what kind of god is tomorri? Isnt he the god of lightning?

    • @valley6824
      @valley6824 Před rokem +1

      @@Someone-jz5pl to be fair I have never heard of Tomorri to be a God or such in Albanian Myths. I gotta look into it. It doesn’t even sound as an Albanian word even though I have heard of it mostly as a part of Muslim Saint which these small memorial placea are built in honor of him. Nothing more.

    • @nickkoss9384
      @nickkoss9384 Před rokem +3

      And were are the ancient Albanian scripts? What museums keep them, in case we believe you and want to see them? You Albanians didn't even have a school up until 1889ac were your first school established in in Korce, up until then you used Greek, Italian na dlocal dialects.

    • @ahad1609
      @ahad1609 Před rokem +1

      @@nickkoss9384 They are Messapic and Illyrian.

  • @Mercure250
    @Mercure250 Před rokem +97

    As a big linguistics enthusiast and historical linguistics "buff", I think this is a very good video. You did a really good job with it.
    The only somewhat major mistakes I noticed are :
    - Grouping Italian with the Western Romance group. Standard Italian comes from the Tuscan dialect, which is not in the Western Group. Corsican is also not in the Western Group.
    - At 4:10 we see the word for "sew" as *swé in Proto-Indo-European. But *swé is the reflexive pronoun, related to "self" in English. The descendants showed in Greek, Latin, and Balto-Slavic are descendants of derivations of that reflexive pronoun. The correct PIE root for "sew" is *syewh₁- . The Sanskrit word showed here does come from that root, though.
    Other minor points I'd like to add :
    - The Italo-Celtic group is not firmly established, compared to other groups. I'm personally prudent about it, and prefer to view Celtic and Italic as completely distinct groups.
    - You should have made clear that Basque isn't an Indo-European language. Watching this video, I thought someone who knows little about it could think it is the case, when it's not.
    - I'm not quite sure what the asterisks at 4:10 represent. Normally, asterisks represent reconstructed forms, but it's clearly not what it represents here, since none of the Proto-Indo-European words have it, and most of the Proto-Germanic and Proto-Balto-Slavic don't have it either.
    - While I'm at this screen, I would like to point out that the word for "wine" in Germanic and Balto-Slavic are borrowed from Latin, rather than direct descendants of the PIE word. It's not really a big problem to not specify it, as the Latin word does come from the PIE word anyway, but I just wanted to point it out.
    - This is extremely minor, but the Polish flag at the beginning is put where Switzerland would be, and at 2:19, the Russian expansion should be extended to the South a bit, especially in the far East. I know I'm being nitpicky here.
    Anyway, I'm looking forward to more videos about historical linguistics. Just be careful about the Altaic family, it is extremely controversial and most linguists consider it pretty much refuted.
    Edit : Thanks to Corvus for pointing out "Deiwos" isn't Latin; I missed that one. It's Proto-Italic; the Latin word would be "Deus". In fact, the more I look at the Latin words, the more wrong they seem. "swezōr" is also Proto-Italic, not Latin. I'm not entire sure "māedus" is a word. And why does "edō" have an umlaut instead of a macron?

    • @syko6973
      @syko6973 Před rokem +8

      Underrated comment

    • @Wann-zo7rn2qn4i
      @Wann-zo7rn2qn4i Před rokem +1

      If there are so many major mistakes in a supposedly documentary video how could it be a "very good" video?

    • @syko6973
      @syko6973 Před rokem +17

      @@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i Because it's still fairly accurate and very informative and does a very good job breaking down all the basics

    • @eldromedario3315
      @eldromedario3315 Před rokem

      bump

    • @uglywolf88
      @uglywolf88 Před rokem +1

      Also, something else worthy mentioning regarding the map in the beginning of the video: where is the Albanian language tag?

  • @davidgriffin1267
    @davidgriffin1267 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Great video. Thanks for putting it all together. There must be many hours of research sunk into this 18 minutes and it is appreciated.

  • @erfantavoosi100
    @erfantavoosi100 Před rokem +58

    Could you make a video on the Indo-Iranian language family and how various sublanguages evolved?

  • @Ashishkumarsingh472
    @Ashishkumarsingh472 Před rokem +241

    Would love to know more about the Indo-Iranian language family and the 'indo' part of the Indo-European family. Awesome explanation though

    • @lookoutforchris
      @lookoutforchris Před rokem +31

      I vote for this next as well. I’m very interested in the evolution of Indo-Iranian and Anatolian and their relation to the various Egyptian, Levantine, and Mesopotamian languages that shifted and changed with the growth and fall of empires including what happened with the Arabic invasions.

    • @haseebjokhio259
      @haseebjokhio259 Před rokem +8

      Yes Indo Iranian language video

    • @WaterShowsProd
      @WaterShowsProd Před rokem +15

      ​@@Deepak_Dhakad And Asoka The Great was instrumental in that influence.

    • @jmab721
      @jmab721 Před rokem +10

      Indo Iranians are the ones who created the chariot technology. Sintastha aryans being by far the most badass group.

    • @danielzhang1916
      @danielzhang1916 Před rokem +2

      the other half of the family moved east to the Iranian plateau region and beyond, and developed further

  • @udayankarmarkar
    @udayankarmarkar Před rokem +422

    The Indo Iranian sub family definitely deserves a whole episode. it is as complex if not more than the Romance family. Arabic, Turkic and Dravidian languages have had major impacts on the evolution of the many modern languages, dialects and writing scripts present in this family.
    Studying history makes you realize that language is a dialect with an army and religion is a cult with an army 😊

    • @shehzadadarashikoh9463
      @shehzadadarashikoh9463 Před rokem +57

      What! Indo Iranian is thousands times more complex than romance family

    • @Crysizz
      @Crysizz Před rokem +4

      @Thinking human lol seriously

    • @anmolmonga1933
      @anmolmonga1933 Před rokem +80

      @Thinking human I think you are very eurocentric. Entire Asia has been influenced by Indo-Iranian language family. There are Iranian or Sanskrit influence in every language of asia from and considerable parts of East Africa. From chinese-japense to swahili you can clearly see indo-iranian influence. Even English has at least 5% Indian language loanwords.

    • @Pistolero007
      @Pistolero007 Před rokem +55

      @Thinking human indo-Iranian is ten times more complex and certainly more eloquent. Poetry is the ultimate showcase for use of masterful, eloquent language. And The best poetry is from the indo-Iranian languages - because they are more eloquent.

    • @juanrguezfdezdc9245
      @juanrguezfdezdc9245 Před rokem +25

      As a spaniard, I wear my arabic influence with pride.

  • @prateekyadav9811
    @prateekyadav9811 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Great video, many thanks! Please make part 2 soon. I am especially interested in the extinct branches and the indo-iranian branch.

  • @LarsRyeJeppesen
    @LarsRyeJeppesen Před rokem

    This channel is just the best, an absolute gold mine

  • @181ld7
    @181ld7 Před rokem +447

    I would definitely be interested in any future videos regarding the Illyrian, Thracian, Dacian, and Albanian languages.

    • @AB-gb1om
      @AB-gb1om Před rokem +53

      That ought to start a quality cursed CZcams Balkan comments thread

    • @katerinakoule8315
      @katerinakoule8315 Před rokem +3

      Same here!, I'd love such a video! there is so much controvercy about these languages!

    • @illyriipropiedictitrueilly3135
      @illyriipropiedictitrueilly3135 Před rokem +25

      Norbert JOKL : "" The Albanian lanGUAge serves as a fiber that keeps the trunk alive and connetct this branches with roots. As you descent along this fiber to the wonders of history, strands can be affectedt. The Albanian language is a tool through which the seeker can illuminate the dawn of Albanian people's beginnings and immerse themselves in time that goes beyong the historical evidence "". Holger PEDERSEN :"" The Albanian lanGUAge is the only tool for enlightenment and moral progress "" Or ÇELSI ( CHELSEA SYMBOL = The key.. GIUSEPPE KATAPANO : "" Atlantida which disappeared 12,000 years ago, was the land of the Illyrians ( Pelasgians), who escaped the flood of Atlantis and began new civilzations on all continents, especially in Europe, Africa and Small Asia small "" &"" THOT ( =Says) SPOKE IN ALBANIAN "". HAROLD WHITEHAL :"" Egyptian hieroglyphics created, 4,000 years ago have Albanian significante "" & "" PHARA ON- FARA JON = OUR TRIBE (Same ). Joseph SCALIGER 1540 - 1609 :"" The epirotic language of the past is the Albanian language of today ""( EPER/ EPIR = UPPER ). SOURCE : GREEK ENCYCLOPEADIA VOL.19 P.873 :"" The grandfathers of today's Albanians therefore, that is, the Pelasgians, lived since prehistoric times in most parts of the world then known "" ( Russian, French, Britann Encyclopeadia). TROJE ( Troy) = LAND BANK, ILLYRIA ( Epir, E MATHIA ( Antic Macedonia), ARBOI ( Abroi ) HECATAEUS OF MILETUS 550 - 476 BC, Dardania ,Delmatia, Mesa pia - Brention ,Daunia ,Pia k(c) enia,E truria ( CZcams : LinGUA Etrusca = LinGUA Albanese). Herodotus names the Pelasgians as inhabitants of PLAKIA and SYKALE : PLAKIA ( Alb. = GRANNY . GEORGIES BABINIOTIS:"" PLAKIA FROM ARBER / Arvanit language PLJAK ATHENA = Altes Athena "".

    • @ratatatuff
      @ratatatuff Před rokem +1

      Illyrian never existed.

    • @enokasmi8001
      @enokasmi8001 Před rokem +32

      Albanian and Illyrian are the same man

  • @_Ocariao
    @_Ocariao Před rokem +16

    At first I thought it was an ad. Wait, Brazilian Portuguese brilliantly inside of the atmosphere of the topic. You are evolving even more with time, glad to see how you are growing. Love from Brazil.

  • @otterlyawesome8850
    @otterlyawesome8850 Před rokem +32

    Lithuanian also is the closest cognate to Sanskrit, which isn't something people would expect. Also, Zeus and Jupiter come from an even older god, Dyaus or Dyaus Pitr. Sky Father from the proto Indo European and Indo Iranian. He is also a Rig Vedic god. Dyeus is a cognate with Zeus, Zeus Pater and Deipaturos

    • @treeaboo
      @treeaboo Před 9 měsíci +2

      Dyeus is also where "Deity" comes from in English.

    • @bijoydasudiya
      @bijoydasudiya Před 7 měsíci

      The name doesn't exist in Rig Veda though. Jupiter is Brihaspati or Guru.

    • @bijoydasudiya
      @bijoydasudiya Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@treeabooDeva in Sanskrit.

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  • @maximegrenier3965
    @maximegrenier3965 Před rokem

    Great Video!! And great that you added several languages. Please add more and keep up the amazing work!

  • @Wolfeson28
    @Wolfeson28 Před rokem +35

    Great video. I love the connection drawn between linguistic and biological evolution as well. As a biology teacher, I've used language families to help explain evolution in class for years, and this really helps emphasize some of the key concepts.

    • @dimojanev
      @dimojanev Před 11 měsíci

      Профаниииии

  • @tamless260
    @tamless260 Před rokem +18

    I am truly appreciative on how much research this channel does to bring us these incredible informative videos. The best in my opinion. 👌

  • @theamazingbatboy
    @theamazingbatboy Před rokem +3

    Best video you've released and certainly the most epic in scope! Absolutely more, injected intravenously if you please. Would love to see an exploration of the Vedic/Persian dialects and also the famed Fertile Crescent and Semitic languages. You could even go right back to the Sumerians and their links to the Assyrian empire and beyond!

    • @feather1229
      @feather1229 Před rokem +1

      उसके Asia की चरित्र पर और भो video बनाना है |

  • @DontBeAfraid100
    @DontBeAfraid100 Před rokem +30

    More language history videos!!! Loved this one!
    Would love to hear more about Anatolian, pre-Roman continental Celtic languages, or any other extinct languages. Also, what about a vid on Linear B? It's a fascinating story, ajd still a partially unsolved mystery.

    • @feather1229
      @feather1229 Před rokem +1

      संस्कृत का क्या?

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  • @alexcarter2542
    @alexcarter2542 Před rokem +22

    Persian needs its own video. The fact that the Persian language even survived is what most historical linguists refer to as a miracle. It's basically the eastern version of Welsh. There is almost no reason why it should have survived. Both Wales and Iran were conquered by numerous empires and their languages faced historical suppression, censorship, and at times, attempts at downright extermination.
    A video on Persian is very much needed.
    I loved this video. I was hoping that once you guys did everything you could do with historical nationalism that you would get to historical linguistics. I am a historical linguist and so I have always found this topic incredibly interesting and I know that many other people find it fascinating as well, they just haven't had a chance to learn about it.
    Keep it up you guys are the best.

    • @ummelofilo9642
      @ummelofilo9642 Před rokem +3

      I don't quite get what you mean. Iran, "conquered by numerous empires"? As far as I know, Iran was the one pumping out conquering empires, with the leading dynasty being persian half of the time. Wales, on the other hand, is just a small celtic remnant country, it lead no big empires or such, I don't get how they could be compared at all...

    • @alexcarter2542
      @alexcarter2542 Před rokem +4

      @@ummelofilo9642 The land that is modern day Iran was conquered in 333 BCE by the Hellenic empire established by Alexander the Great and his army. The land was later conquered by the Islamic Rashidun Caliphate beginning in 633 CE beginning the Islamic era in Iran. After the Arabs, Iran was invaded by various Turkic peoples throughout the early middle ages until the Mongol empire conquered all of Persia in 1219 CE. Iran was finally brought back under native Persian rule by the early 1500s under the Safavid dynasty ending almost 1000 years of foreign rule.
      So you have first the Hellenic empire, then the Islamic empire, then the various Turkic kingdoms period, and then finally the Mongols under the Khanate. So if you don't want to count the Turks, that's three different major world empires, and that's not including any of the early Mesopotamian empires like the Assyrians, Babylonians, or the Akkadians, all of whom having invaded and controlled various portions of the Iranian lands.
      Also by the 1800s the Russian empire under the Czars began to invade and control lands previously held under Persian rule.
      So there has been an incredible amount of foreign influence in Iran over the centuries, and none more culturally-devastating than the Islamic Arabs, who pursued a policy of linguistic genocide, attempting to eradicate the Persian language for centuries. They were very nearly successful. For all intents and purposes, they WERE successful in destroying almost entirely the native religion of Iran, Zoroastrianism, a religion which today hosts a population of less than 30,000 adherents, albeit in a state so watered-down, it is barely recognizable to what it once was.
      This is why historical linguists refer to the survival of the Persian language as a minor miracle.

    • @ummelofilo9642
      @ummelofilo9642 Před rokem +1

      @@alexcarter2542 I see. I did not know that.

    • @alexcarter2542
      @alexcarter2542 Před rokem +1

      @@ummelofilo9642 Yes it's a really fascinating history.
      Also, I love your channel. You have a really great selection of international music! ❤️

    • @behiran2252
      @behiran2252 Před rokem +3

      Irans strength has been in iranian culture .today 'iran is the oldest and the first living nation in the world.iranian language'culture'nationality religion and geographi have remained untoched for2500years.islam is on the verge of destrocation in iran.

  • @endo4137
    @endo4137 Před rokem +52

    This topic has always fascinated me, thank you for covering it!

    • @manfreds.6384
      @manfreds.6384 Před rokem

      This is all LIES! Indian language pre date the "arrival" of the yamana people it was used in the harappan civilization. They are not even similar example look at the wine example only the sankrit was different.

    • @davidrichards8793
      @davidrichards8793 Před rokem +2

      @@manfreds.6384 You do realize the Indus river valley civilization disappeared, sure maybe some words are used but there's more similarities than differences to write all of common day knowledge about North Indian languages off.

    • @venomvenom9926
      @venomvenom9926 Před rokem

      @@manfreds.6384 harapan was not indians they migrated there

    • @s_dharni2483
      @s_dharni2483 Před rokem +1

      @@manfreds.6384 lanuages are dynamic in nature and changes with time. Dont be a ignorant, so digest it.

    • @venomvenom9926
      @venomvenom9926 Před rokem

      @@manfreds.6384 harrapa nobody knows who they was

  • @pushkarnalawade3039
    @pushkarnalawade3039 Před rokem +19

    Finally a good comprehensive and map assisted video on all the branches of Indo-European...
    Great work guys...

  • @ktqw4199
    @ktqw4199 Před rokem +7

    About ten years ago I read much about this kind of knowledge in books, although I was never a linguistic student.

  • @brodiekeown4494
    @brodiekeown4494 Před rokem +34

    dear mr. kings and generals.
    I love your in depth analysis of military history, tactics and logistics. i watch it every day. i just wanted to say that if find these videos on culture, language and society every bit as informative and entertaining. please do not stop feeding my mind with this insightful content. you honestly deserve a contract with streaming service. the knowledge you share with people should be mainstream in a advanced society.
    love your work, keep it up!

  • @A_Saddler
    @A_Saddler Před rokem +139

    Always thought Indo-European was a lot older than 4000BC. There must've been so many other languages in Europe before then that are now lost to pre-recorded history...

    • @michaellejeune7715
      @michaellejeune7715 Před rokem +38

      Yes, and so much culture and mythology that we barely know of.
      Some gods and stories may have survived and been adapted into Greek mythology (from Pelasgian, Minoan and Cycladic predecessors), but other than that, Basque is probably the only language that actually survived.

    • @fallendown8828
      @fallendown8828 Před rokem +2

      Yeah isn't some people in Iberia (Western one not the east) most in Galicia spoke a non indo-european language in Roman times? Also Etruscan could be non indo-european as well since we don't have enough evidence to say for sure and of course Basque is a language with tens of thousands of speakers and it is for sure isn't indo-european and a good example that people lived in Europe before indo-europeans came

    • @manfreds.6384
      @manfreds.6384 Před rokem

      They was no Indo-European culture, it is only due the the brits seeing light skinned Indians ruling over dark skinned Indians. They believe their ancestors travel all the way to India just to subjugate brown people. PLEASE! Stop believing these LIES Indian culture and language long before these so called yamana people.

    • @DarthMatusHolocron
      @DarthMatusHolocron Před rokem +2

      It is much older. Indo-European/Aryan stuff can get traced back to 12,000 BCE and there's some tertiary evidence for longer. These things play out over EONS. I feel like many people are a bit behind on the research, and as such they don't truly appreciate the gulfs of time we are dealing with. But I can assure you, the journey described in this video unfolded over many thousands of years, going back to the Neolithic

    • @Turin_Turumba
      @Turin_Turumba Před rokem

      Me too, but the earliest that I knew of was the Hittites

  • @kitoro846
    @kitoro846 Před 4 měsíci

    This in one of the most interesting videos ive ever seen
    Thank you 🙏🏻

  • @michaeldeierhoi4096
    @michaeldeierhoi4096 Před rokem +4

    Well done review of the history of languages in
    primarily western Europe.

  • @zoltanas77
    @zoltanas77 Před rokem +58

    Happy to see you doing some unusual yet fascinating and deeply connected to history videos. Would love to see your take on Hungarian, Basque and Albanian.

    • @RogerFrankl
      @RogerFrankl Před rokem

      Português

    • @chocho8036
      @chocho8036 Před rokem +1

      Basque considered non Indo European, possibly arriving before the Indo european speakers, and remaining isolated to their mountainous communities enabling them to hold onto culture and language. There were other non indo european early Iberian languages on the Spanish peninsula, but they were subsumed, but still influence Spanish today , aiding in part to give the Spanish dialects their unique sound and vocabulary from Vulgar Latin . I read that Basque is the source of these lisp sounds in Castilian and other Spanish dialects as they influenced each other due to alliances formed from 800's through 1300's, 1400's..
      the lisp is a sound not found in other indo european languages ..
      but the lisp is a sound not found in southern spanish like andalusian due to the Arab Umayyad Caliphate and other Arab reigns in southern Spain, which kept the Basque away from those regions

    • @gwen6622
      @gwen6622 Před rokem

      hungarian and basque are not indo-european, though albanian is

  • @RandomNorwegianGuy.
    @RandomNorwegianGuy. Před rokem +53

    As a Norwegian I often get alot of "Deja vu" moments when hearing/reading English, German and Dutch. Even the way some words in those languages is spoken is identical to Norwegian. One of my cousins is married to a Dutch girl, and she became fluent in Norwegian in almost record time

    • @danielzhang1916
      @danielzhang1916 Před rokem +1

      not surprising, considering the Viking migration and language contact

    • @ewoudalliet1734
      @ewoudalliet1734 Před rokem +11

      Vocabulary is extremely similar. Add to that, Norwegian (but also Swedish and Danish, not Icelandic though) grammar is really easy, even moreso if you're already familiar with another Germanic language.

    • @worndown8280
      @worndown8280 Před rokem +1

      I remember I medieval movie about a knight, I think it was called Arn. Pretty sure it was in Swedish or Danish. It had subtitles, but I didnt need them. I dont speak either of those language though. Only English.
      As a side, now hard is it for you all to understand Finnish? Has it had any effect on your language?

    • @jiritichy7967
      @jiritichy7967 Před rokem +6

      When you know English and German, learning Norwegian is relatively easy. And Dutch people? Amazing speakers of several languages.

    • @mutantpig4218
      @mutantpig4218 Před rokem +3

      @@worndown8280 That`s interesting. And although I have no knowledge of Norwegian, but as a Hungarian speaker, Finnish sounds somehow familiar, maybe because of the harmonization. There are around 1000 words that we share, but altogether it`s still incomprehensible to the listener. And I guess it`s vice versa the same.
      I can say I understand the word "Talvisota", and I think of "Télicsata", but things like this are rare.
      talvi (winter) = téli, télvíz (winter)
      sota (war) = csata (battle)

  • @drakontas1
    @drakontas1 Před rokem +1

    Excellent work as always!
    As about me I would love to see a detailed presentation of the Finno-Ugric languages.

  • @RobCortez0416
    @RobCortez0416 Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks for making this. Great video. Super informative.

  • @aaronmarks9366
    @aaronmarks9366 Před rokem +71

    I'm a professional linguist, and I was delighted to see my favorite historical documentary channel put out a linguistics video today! Very well done, and I hope to see future videos on the other Indo-European branches as well as the multitude of other language families around the world. While it's impossible to go into detail in an overview video, it's worth noting that while the continental Celtic languages disappeared, the still exercised an influence on the Romance and Germanic languages that replaced them, particularly in some of the basic vocabulary of the Western Romance languages.
    Also, I conduct my professional research on the Indigenous languages of California. I'd love to help K&G produce a future video on the languages and history of the Native Californians! Please PM me if you're interested!

    • @zonda456
      @zonda456 Před rokem

      Can you explain where Albanian language came from?

    • @venomvenom9926
      @venomvenom9926 Před rokem

      @@zonda456 from greek with turkhis influences greek sanskritic greco iranic bactrians

    • @zonda456
      @zonda456 Před rokem

      @@venomvenom9926 lmao. Unfortunately we use non of their words in our language nor sentences. Thx for trying though

    • @kerimbabic6124
      @kerimbabic6124 Před rokem

      @@zonda456 isn't albanian only surviving language of ilyrian branch of proto indo european??

    • @elainechubb971
      @elainechubb971 Před rokem

      @@zonda456 Albanian is an Indo-European language in its own branch--the only surviving language in that branch (if there were others). The big branches are or were Romance (Latin-derived), Greek, Germanic, Slavic, Celtic (now not so big), Iranian, Indic (Hindi and Urdu). Smaller branches include Albanian, Lithuanian, and the now-dead Hittite. (This is not a complete list.)

  • @PENGAmurungu
    @PENGAmurungu Před rokem +108

    I've been interested in this exact subject for a while but there's not a lot of easily digestible material out there, this video was perfect and I'd love to hear more, especially about the indo-iranian branch!

    • @danielzhang1916
      @danielzhang1916 Před rokem +1

      I did my own research online and searched through videos, there is stuff out there

    • @kohlerofvox2605
      @kohlerofvox2605 Před rokem +4

      Subhash Kak & Shrikanth G Talegiri have done lot of research on this. Check them out also

    • @abhinavchauhan7864
      @abhinavchauhan7864 Před rokem

      @@kohlerofvox2605 lol lol lol. That bank Clark talegiri hasn't done any research on anything. He is a bank clarke not a scholar. Learn stuff from expert and scholars not from bank Clarkes

    • @clarion7018
      @clarion7018 Před rokem

      Check out the Andronovo & BMAC cultures, that caused the spread of Indo-Iranian.

    • @joshuaimhoff659
      @joshuaimhoff659 Před rokem +1

      Check out David Anthony and Razib Khan

  • @itsmeagain966
    @itsmeagain966 Před 11 měsíci

    This was such a fascinating and informative video thank you!!

  • @Soap_bubbles591
    @Soap_bubbles591 Před 7 měsíci

    Why are you so great ? You know youre my favorite history channel ❤

  • @juliamadelin3825
    @juliamadelin3825 Před rokem +10

    As over my life I have learned several languages (French, German, Italian, Swedish and Spanish) this was absolutely fascinating. Just about everything I read I wonder about word origins . Travel does that to you! There are vocabulary linkages everywhere.
    Thank you very much

  • @justarandomaspie4132
    @justarandomaspie4132 Před rokem +7

    as an avid Fan of both maps and languages, I absolutly love this Video and Hope to see more content similar to this.

  • @shikhagupta4200
    @shikhagupta4200 Před rokem

    Excellent piece of work, Ranbeer!!
    Hugely informative. I'm as it is a HUGE fan of this erudite gentleman ... and bece an even bigger one!
    Your questions were very well researched; pertinent and incisive! ☀️

  • @johnsimister9542
    @johnsimister9542 Před rokem

    this was fascinating and done in a way that made it easy to follow, thankyou

  • @KTG841
    @KTG841 Před rokem +47

    Being Kurdish Iranian or Kermanji I am very interested in how the Iranian languages split. From BMAC like Avestan and Proto Hindu. To Western Iranian and Hindu. That moment is very interesting because until then Iranian and Indian languages sounded alike.( Eg. Avestan&Hindu). Then Western Iranian took on a whole new sound distinct to itself. I'm not sure but I think that the Elamites had a lot to with it. They were a language isolate. The Parsu as we were called then were semi pastoralists. Then we met the Elamites, learned about city dwelling, including Administration, stone buildings, writing, commerce. Then we started dressing like them wearing sandals, robes, and tiaras. If you look at the walls of persepolis you can see the change. The Median soldier bends over to blow a kiss to the king. Which is they way they salute. However he is wearing boots, pants, a long sleeve shirt, and a felt cap. That's what the Persian Used to look like. How and why did this change happen and what did language have to do with it?????
    It would make a interesting video. Although I know my video may not be probable I appreciate you asking us . It makes me think about what I want to research next. I am always looking forward to new videos from you guys!!!!!

    • @milliyetci5672
      @milliyetci5672 Před rokem +6

      i think you mean *Hindi, not Hindu lol

    • @ramys600
      @ramys600 Před rokem +2

      The indoAryan equivalent to Avestan is Sanskrit. Hindi comes from sanskrit just as farsi comes from Avestan

    • @danielzhang1916
      @danielzhang1916 Před rokem +6

      a less dominant culture copies the traditions of another, and eventually loses its original culture over time, you see it happen all over the world in different ancient societies

    • @KTG841
      @KTG841 Před rokem +1

      @@milliyetci5672 land people and language is synonymous to one name with ancient ppl. Especially with tribal cultures. For example ppl can be Hindu and also speak Hindu the same way ppl can be Persian and speak persian. That's why Farsi is also known as Modern Persian.

    • @KTG841
      @KTG841 Před rokem +3

      @@ramys600 Those are the written forms. I'm talking about Langugage!!!! words,grammar, and sound!!!! Indian sounds like its Original Iranian Ancestor language. BMAC. But The Parsu languages or Western Iranian. Took on a new sound and changed.Creating the East /West language divide. I'm Zoroastrian. Avestayi does not sound like Farsi. Its sounds like Hindu. Although what you said is true. Indian languages have more homogeneity from its Ancestor language. Iranian changed alot through time. If it didn't we would still be speaking Avestayi. Humata,Hukhta, Huvarshta.

  • @keeganretzlaff6582
    @keeganretzlaff6582 Před rokem +3

    Love this video, I find history of languages very fascinating. More please!

  • @rgochina
    @rgochina Před rokem

    Excellent video, thanks a lot for your work!

  • @knockemoutjohnjustjohn2763

    Loved the video. As an American I speak an unintelligible version of English. Even as lower middle class person it's very easy to note how our language is spoken. There are vast differences depending largely on class, education, even geographic, ie. rural or urban . And that's just in my little slice of eastern Iowa.
    Thank you very much for this video. It was fascinating.
    God bless and keep your powder dry.
    The ugly gentile putz.......John

    • @modicantspeakenglish
      @modicantspeakenglish Před rokem +5

      America is will always be my 2nd home though I don't live there any more. Being admitted at Iowa state university 27 years ago fulfilled my urge to be in the USA. Apart from all the bitterness I'd say USA & the American are the coolest people in the world. The media screwed all the people. Take care & good luck from your Bangladeshi siblings.

  • @logank444
    @logank444 Před rokem +26

    Could you imagine 8 thousand years ago you tell your brother you'll be back after a raid but you never come back. Instead you make a family. His line becomes Iranians and yours Scandinavian. We are so genetically similar yet we see one another as so different

    • @Carlos271aht
      @Carlos271aht Před rokem

      Today's population of so distant countries are veeeery different. There are lots of genetic mixture throughout history

    • @valley6824
      @valley6824 Před rokem

      Because we are different lol. That would be 8000 years ago. Their blood and ancestry would almost be gone. Like 0.1%.

    • @jacksonquinn8744
      @jacksonquinn8744 Před rokem +1

      Culture culture culture. That defines our differences in plain language enough. We can look exactly the same but what really matters is what we see eye to eye on

    • @logank444
      @logank444 Před rokem

      Could you imagine your brother or sisters family in say 5000 years becoming a completely diffrent race of people and on top of that you must now commit genocide because your genetics are more "pure" or some b.s. We have this idea that a race of people is smarter or better because are genetics are stronger when in fact 8000 doesnt make a difference genetically speaking. Culturally yes genetically no. That's my point. And if you dont agree with me you are dumb and it's because you come from the dumb sibling 8000 years ago

    • @logank444
      @logank444 Před rokem

      @@valley6824 dude we are one of the most genetically similar species on earth. People across the world are more closely related then fucking the same species of birds 10 miles apart.

  • @adrianvelez4147
    @adrianvelez4147 Před rokem +8

    cant get enough of this channel

  • @GlaucioRSem
    @GlaucioRSem Před 7 měsíci

    Fantastic video, as always, K&G! 👏👏👏👏

  • @user-md9yv7jx2c
    @user-md9yv7jx2c Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks, this helps wind up the bits and pieces for me.

  • @msbee4768
    @msbee4768 Před rokem +51

    I’m an indo-Iranian live in Myanmar , burmese is my native language! Burmese is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar (also known as Burma) ❤️ please make a video on our language group 😭 thank you for being so educating , 3/4 of history I know is I Learnt from your channel , our schools have poor educational systems so we should never learn these things there 😭❤️ May almighty bless you guys ❤️

    • @mrkslva4231
      @mrkslva4231 Před rokem +9

      How are you indo iranian if you're native language is Burmese.

    • @chocho8036
      @chocho8036 Před rokem +2

      @@mrkslva4231 i think they mean that it is the language they speak, first language, not indo iranian

    • @xeuoe1249
      @xeuoe1249 Před rokem +2

      Hi from India
      From Northeast

    • @emperoroak7331
      @emperoroak7331 Před rokem +2

      @@mrkslva4231 she’s mean , she’s a Indo -Iranian language but I’m think she’s might be Urdu or something, like that , but Yeah in Myanmar , we use Sino-Tibetan language - Burmese more related to Chinese and Tibet

    • @bratwurststattsucuk4517
      @bratwurststattsucuk4517 Před rokem +2

      whats your ethnicity

  • @auroraourania7161
    @auroraourania7161 Před rokem +102

    It's important to note that, while it was spoken in what is now Spain (and France), Basque isn't a Romance language, or even Indo-European, being one of the few languages that has survived in Europe as an independent language, likely descended from a language spoken before the arrival of the Indo-European speakers to Spain. There are a few other non indo-european languages in Europe (some Turkic ones, ie related to Turkish such as the Crimean language (which is sadly nearly extinct due to Russian and Soviet attempts to eliminate independent Crimean culture), Finnish and Estonian (most closely related to languages from the Ural mountains in Russia), as well as the related languages of the Sami of Northern Scandinavia, Hungarian (most closely related to some Siberian languages, and according to legend it's related to the language of the Huns, but that's somewhat debated as there's very few remaining examples of Hun words, all of which come filtered through Latin and Greek speakers), plus some scattered Semitic languages spoken in Malta (very closely related to Arabic) and, as as a liturgical language, Hebrew.

    • @Pao234_
      @Pao234_ Před rokem +4

      Why "independent Crimean culture" and not just "Crimean culture"?

    • @Pao234_
      @Pao234_ Před rokem +8

      Also, speakers of a language closely related to Hungarian (to the point of intelligibility) are said to have existed near the Urals until before the coming of the Mongols, who killed them off. Nowadays, the closest remaining relatives to Hungarian are the Khanty and Mansi languages, if i recall correctly

    • @GiorgiGioshvili
      @GiorgiGioshvili Před rokem +5

      There's also the family of Karvelian languages, not related to Indo-European. Probably due to Caucasian mountains restricting southwards expansion.

    • @danielcadwell9812
      @danielcadwell9812 Před rokem +1

      I thought the Sami were in Finland.

    • @Slashplite
      @Slashplite Před rokem +10

      Minoan was pre-indoeuropean . When Greeks (Mycenaeans) conquered it , they adapted some of their culture. Ancient people of Sardinia were also pre-indo

  • @christophercousins184

    Excellent presentation, as always!

  • @sheikowi
    @sheikowi Před rokem +6

    Took a great shot at a very complex phenomenon. Looking forward to your future productions.

  • @syedafzaalalishah3835
    @syedafzaalalishah3835 Před rokem +32

    I am a Pashto native (Afghan language) and it surprises me when i find similar vocabulary and composition in languages like Polish and German and Russian, For example the Polish word Bohater and Pashto word Batur both means Hero/ Champion. The russian word Mozgu and Pashto Mazgu both means brain, And sometimes different words but similar composition and use. Astonishing!

    • @mongol100mongol3
      @mongol100mongol3 Před rokem +7

      I believe both Batur and bohater originated from Mongolian word Bagatur which means hero. Mongols probably spread this in 13th century.

    • @syedafzaalalishah3835
      @syedafzaalalishah3835 Před rokem +2

      @@mongol100mongol3 could be true but there are many other words too

    • @syedafzaalalishah3835
      @syedafzaalalishah3835 Před rokem +2

      @@mongol100mongol3 the Slavic word for Axe (Topor) and Iranic word for Axe is Tabar, Pashto is Iranic and Polish is slavic

    • @sectorgovernor
      @sectorgovernor Před rokem +3

      Hungarian is Uralic language, but we also have the word 'bátor' for 'brave'

    • @MarfSantangelo
      @MarfSantangelo Před rokem +3

      @@sectorgovernor Yep! Some of the Turkic peoples whom the Magyars made contact with during their nomadic days also used "baghatur" as a word for hero, so that's to be expected.

  • @deanceliku4095
    @deanceliku4095 Před rokem +8

    Really loved this video. Keep up with the great work. I hope that you guys continue to make language-related videos.

    • @erdaberg6968
      @erdaberg6968 Před rokem

      I felt the same about Kurdish, a language spoken by a population of over 40 million people and a member of lndo-European family.

  • @JakeJustIs
    @JakeJustIs Před 5 měsíci

    This was a good one.
    Thank you.

  • @mehrdad4784
    @mehrdad4784 Před rokem +4

    Recently I was thinking about similarities between Persian and English words and this video came out really on time. there are many similar words like: door-dar, brother-baradar, father-pedar, mother-madar, daughter-dokhtar, thunder-tondar, typhoon-toophan, cow-gov, bad-bad, good-khoob, better-behtar, pressure-pheshar, new-nou, devil-div, fairy-pari.
    at first I thought some might be imported words but later I did find out that those are really old words before Europeans contacted us (I mean French and British people).

  • @ericbruce11
    @ericbruce11 Před rokem +8

    Hell yes I'm so glad you did this video.

  • @ghanshyam1990
    @ghanshyam1990 Před rokem +19

    I remember Ubisoft made a game Far Cry Primal where the studio tried to recreate a common Indo European language. A Hindi and English speaker myself I was able to understand quite a lot of it.

  • @Soap_bubbles591
    @Soap_bubbles591 Před 7 měsíci

    Thank you kings and generals for being the best history page❤️

  • @shikhagupta4200
    @shikhagupta4200 Před rokem

    Excellent discussion! Highly informative and beautifully comprehensive insights into the mind and strategies of our Glorious PM!!

  • @Oskarelu
    @Oskarelu Před rokem +69

    Barbarians: "Why have you invaded our lands?!"
    Romans: "To bring you Civilization"
    Barbarians: "..."
    Romans: "Please, do not resist"

    • @maddogbasil
      @maddogbasil Před rokem

      Barbarians then invading rome to spread their own touch of civilisation

    • @fallendown8828
      @fallendown8828 Před rokem +5

      Don't worry we will take the names of your gods and mix them with our gods so our rule will be more legitimate since we have a lot of big temples and feasts to honor them so we are the ones with most favors with the now same god we share so resisting us is against your gods too

    • @wiseboi
      @wiseboi Před rokem +2

      Based

    • @diazinth
      @diazinth Před rokem

      @@cesaru3619 civilized people don't raid without a proper casus belli, so yes? ;)

    • @cervezafria4807
      @cervezafria4807 Před rokem +3

      @@diazinth "civilized people don't raid without a proper casus Belli"
      🤣😂 The most naive thing I read

  • @basilbrushbooshieboosh5302

    Great episode.
    More on the Yamnaya thanks. ........ and the people who formed the Yamnaya, from the southern edge of the Ural mountains. Sounds something like the Shintasha I think.
    I watch every one of your vids, but this one was the best. Thanks

  • @mieciu9239
    @mieciu9239 Před 10 měsíci

    WOW! Thank you for this video!

  • @circuitsandparts
    @circuitsandparts Před 10 měsíci

    As usual... This KnG video is an example outstanding research.

  • @Agastya_Prince
    @Agastya_Prince Před rokem +14

    Cover the non-European languages in part 2. Would love to see Armenian, Persian, Sanskrit, etc.

  • @grapeshott
    @grapeshott Před rokem +169

    How can Sanskrit and its variants not be covered under Indo-European languages, when they spread India, China, Japan, South East Asia, etc at different points of time? Buddhism, Hinduism, etc that spread throughout Asia were through the Sanskrit and its variant languages. Some of Indian languages have also spread to carribean, South America and Fiji, due to colonial rule in 19-20th Century.

    • @vipulkasar4545
      @vipulkasar4545 Před rokem +19

      I am astonished too. Maybe they will discuss this in future videos.

    • @rehanansari009
      @rehanansari009 Před rokem +9

      Native Indian languages is magadhi prakriti in Ashoka brahmi script !!!!! Even sanskrit means constructed langauge !!!!! Which devloped from Brahmi script .... Indo European steppe nomads people were illiterate until they reach india !!!!!!!

    • @lordbloodraven9347
      @lordbloodraven9347 Před rokem +12

      @@rehanansari009 lol 😆... brahmi is devnagari scrip and devnagari is sanskrit .and even before ashoka there was sanskrit.

    • @fabianmok2206
      @fabianmok2206 Před rokem +7

      Relax. This field is so vast that it takes huge series to cover them all

    • @lordbloodraven9347
      @lordbloodraven9347 Před rokem +5

      @@rehanansari009 after your claim of nomads and aryan still india archeologists didn't found any proof of culture change why .

  • @donnysandley4649
    @donnysandley4649 Před rokem

    This channel's content is always top notch 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @larysacherner312
    @larysacherner312 Před 9 měsíci

    I really enjoyed the video. Please make the 2 part, on Slavic languages etc

  • @byzantinetales
    @byzantinetales Před rokem +10

    I will add the endagered Grico languages of southern Italy in the Greek branch. Also there are still a few speakers of Romeyka(Roman language) which is now called Pontic dialect of Greek.

  • @Basil-HD
    @Basil-HD Před rokem +35

    Very good video. It should have some little details though about the variations of the medieval greek dialects like kappadocian, mariupol, pontic, griko and cypriot greek.

    • @chocho8036
      @chocho8036 Před rokem +1

      kappadocian is greek ? what ? fascinating ! i spent a. couple months there because i think it's gorgeous for hiking around , had no idea about the language

  • @ManuelMartinez-bt5yg
    @ManuelMartinez-bt5yg Před rokem +5

    Excelente explicación y calidad de producción, solo me hubiera gustado más que se presentará cronologíacamente la aparición y dominio paralelo y simultáneo en el mundo, la influencia por zonas y las mezclas , así podríamos ver desde su nacimiento, evolución o transformación al mezclarse con otras y su fin.

  • @anjavojnic9634
    @anjavojnic9634 Před rokem

    Can you do part two of this? Im really interested in a second video... Or maybe more videos about languages!

  • @stephenschroeder6567
    @stephenschroeder6567 Před rokem +18

    Outstanding presentation! I wish this had been out around a year ago when I was studying these topics during my overall anthropology degree program. I know my classmates would have enjoyed the concise overview. I plan to feature it in the classes I teach.
    Please continue your work. It has great value! 😎

  • @spherical89
    @spherical89 Před rokem +5

    loved the video ♥️ would love to see a video about the slavic languages

  • @badwolf963
    @badwolf963 Před rokem

    now its added to my knowledge how language revolutionise😊kudos to the narrator very fluent in english&other languages very linguistic

  • @Dave_Sisson
    @Dave_Sisson Před rokem +9

    Great stuff. I'd like to see a bit on the non Indo-European languages of Europe such as Basque and Finnish/Estonian. Also, what languages was Pictish related to, was it Brythonic - Proto-Welsh or something different?

    • @kingdomofgeorgia1751
      @kingdomofgeorgia1751 Před 4 měsíci

      Georgian, Circassian and Ingush are not Indo-European languages. They are Caucasian languages.

  • @martinbeckdorf4565
    @martinbeckdorf4565 Před rokem +51

    Love this. I am a fan of language and it’s evolution and this is the kind of video I enjoy in a rainy day when light’s about to go out.
    Would love to see a video of the process of intermingling of languages. English is the mentioned case, but could also cover Celtic words that made it into Latin, the Etruscan-Greek elements in Latin itself and the effects Germanic languages had on romance like Frankish on French and gothic on Spanish.
    Keep it up!

    • @stephencolvin9480
      @stephencolvin9480 Před rokem +2

      Perhaps they can step-back & give us some cuss-words, as well. Cussing & humor had to come into Language. Dirty-talk is at the bedrock of a civilized Society; even though Margaret Thatcher declared, "There is no such thing as Society."

    • @danielzhang1916
      @danielzhang1916 Před rokem

      generally, the more dominant language slowly takes over the region after a few generations, because people have to use the language in everyday life, through constant contact of people

    • @chocho8036
      @chocho8036 Před rokem +1

      those are interesting subjects.. French is a fine example of that, it's unique sound coming from strong gallic (gaulish, celtic related) influence, as it's origins are called gallo-roman, not just latin... it was a fine intermarriage of culture and literal marriages as well, with gallo romans staying on well after the roman empire declined ....
      even though the franks conquered the remaining gallo romans, they adopted gallo roman or at least chose to be bilingual in both
      and then 200 years later,
      change over to the gallo roman or french as main language,
      in the process losing their german frankish language...
      no doubt frankish influence french,
      but sounds like the french or gallo romans conquered the franks, in the end, with their language ! 😀
      i think the gothic point is very interesting
      but it seems they were in Spain a rather short time,
      and the arabic dialects may have had stronger effect
      and even basque on northern spanish , especially the lisp sounds
      which do not normally exist in most indo european languages
      but supposedly come from basque

  • @bentufte7774
    @bentufte7774 Před rokem +3

    This is super interesting, and I'd love videos on other branches of Indo-European languages; but I'd also be fascinated with videos about other language families like those in East Asia or the Americas

    • @cu9424
      @cu9424 Před rokem

      In America, the Spanish language predominates, which comes from Latin but is no longer.
      Even the word 'America' is a Latinization of the Italian Latin name Amerigo Vespucci, which can also be Americus or Americvs Vespvcci, which is also understood in Spanish and not in English.
      America the continent, is clear evidence that Spanish is dominant in most Spanish-speaking American countries. Only Canada and the United States which are English (Germanic) speaking.

  • @sumanmishra269
    @sumanmishra269 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Thankyou so much sir ❤❤😊🙏🥰

  • @moongrass217
    @moongrass217 Před rokem

    Eagerly waiting for the next episode

  • @-----REDACTED-----
    @-----REDACTED----- Před rokem +9

    Christopher Beckwith‘s “Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present” is highly interesting and about the indo-germanic language

  • @corvus1374
    @corvus1374 Před rokem +5

    I'd love to see a video about the Tocharian language and culture. It's fascinating.

  • @mh8704
    @mh8704 Před rokem +3

    I’m interested to learn more about Tokharian. Thanks!