Diverse Languages in the World



             Heritage Dictionary 65). Their alphabet is the foundation of.

             today's Latin and Cyrillic alphabets used in most Indo-European.

             family languages. Phoenician letters looked really different than.

             Latin and Cyrillic.

             The Cyrillic alphabet is the first to emerge since Greeks have.

             borrowed Phoenician symbols first. Most of the signs have been.

             changed when they entered Greek. Romans too needed some kind of.

             symbols for their language, so they too used Phoenician letters,.

             but via Greeks. Romans changed them how they wanted and created.

             Latin; Greeks altered them their way and created Cyrillic. Though.

             arrived from one common source, these two alphabets are.

             considerably different from each other. This example of how a.

             common ancestry can be changed and result in several different.

             progenies is a very interesting idea which is investigated by the.

             linguists.

             There is a theory that today's languages are indeed descendants.

             of distinct "parent" languages. For example many scentists are.

             serious when they talk about passe Indo-European language that is.

             the source of about fifty languages including English and French.

             (Colin 112).

             Linguists hypothesize that all through history there were.

             plenty of reasons for language change. One such is a theory of.

             tribe movement, which states that when a tribe enters a particular.

             territory and settles there for longer time, it will influence.

             people not originally from their tribe to begin speaking that.

             tribe's language.

             The best way to illustrate this is to give a description of one.

             of the possible ways of what happened in Europe during such a.

             movement. Early in history, people used to live in north-central.

             Europe. Looking for food and better place to live, they entered.

             south Europe, France, Spain, Britain, and reached all the way to.

             Russia, Persia, and Indian subcontinent. But on their way, for.

             some reason, they didn't touch Finland and Estonia, and went around.

             Hungary. This hypothesis can explain the enormous similitude.

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