First languages of North America traced back to two very different language groups from Siberia: First languages of North America traced back to two very different language groups from...

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First languages of North America traced back to two very different language groups from Siberia

Geographical locations of languages in sample. The large blank region in the east is due to the wide distributions of four families (Eskimo-Aleut, Athabaskan, Algonquian, Siouan), which are represented elsewhere in the sample.

Credit: American Journal of Biological Anthropology (2024). DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24923

Johanna Nichols, a linguist at the University of California, Berkeley, has used her pioneering work in the field of language history to learn more about language development in North America. She has found that it can be traced back to two language groups that originated in Siberia. Her paper is published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology.

Over the past several decades, scientists have learned more about the people who originally populated North America, and by extension, Central and South America. One characteristic of these people has remained largely a mystery: the evolution of the languages spoken by people living in what is now Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

For this new study, Nichols used statistical techniques she developed to trace language lineage back to the earliest inhabitants of North America, going back 24,000 years.

Nichols' techniques involve the use of linguistic typology, a field that involves comparing languages and organizing them based on shared criteria. To learn more about early North American languages, she compiled lists of language characteristics and applied them to all known languages. She then scored each of the languages based on the revealed qualities. This allowed her to compare the languages as a way to find resemblances among them and spot patterns.

Nichols found that she could trace the languages spoken in early North America back to just two lineages, both of which originated in Siberia. They came, she notes, with the people who made their way across land bridges during Ice Age glaciation events.

Those two main groups she found evolved into different languages as people moved to different regions—she focused most specifically on 60 of them. She found that many of those languages were also impacted by multiple waves of Siberians arriving in North America.

She concludes that some of the characteristics of the original languages have been retained through the years and are now in the current linguistic population.

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

AuntiE wrote:

First languages of North America traced back to two very different language groups from Siberia

Geographical locations of languages in sample. The large blank region in the east is due to the wide distributions of four families (Eskimo-Aleut, Athabaskan, Algonquian, Siouan), which are represented elsewhere in the sample.

Credit: American Journal of Biological Anthropology (2024). DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24923

Johanna Nichols, a linguist at the University of California, Berkeley, has used her pioneering work in the field of language history to learn more about language development in North America. She has found that it can be traced back to two language groups that originated in Siberia. Her paper is published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology.

Over the past several decades, scientists have learned more about the people who originally populated North America, and by extension, Central and South America. One characteristic of these people has remained largely a mystery: the evolution of the languages spoken by people living in what is now Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

For this new study, Nichols used statistical techniques she developed to trace language lineage back to the earliest inhabitants of North America, going back 24,000 years.

Nichols' techniques involve the use of linguistic typology, a field that involves comparing languages and organizing them based on shared criteria. To learn more about early North American languages, she compiled lists of language characteristics and applied them to all known languages. She then scored each of the languages based on the revealed qualities. This allowed her to compare the languages as a way to find resemblances among them and spot patterns.

Nichols found that she could trace the languages spoken in early North America back to just two lineages, both of which originated in Siberia. They came, she notes, with the people who made their way across land bridges during Ice Age glaciation events.

Those two main groups she found evolved into different languages as people moved to different regions—she focused most specifically on 60 of them. She found that many of those languages were also impacted by multiple waves of Siberians arriving in North America.

She concludes that some of the characteristics of the original languages have been retained through the years and are now in the current linguistic population.

b First languages of North America traced back to... (show quote)

Yep , you’re all already Russians !!!!
Putin sends you his ❤️ 💕 love 💗!!!!
Hooray !!!
You’re already Russians. !!!!!!!

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

Milosia2 wrote:

Yep , you’re all already Russians !!!!
Putin sends you his ❤️ 💕 love 💗!!!!
Hooray !!!
You’re already Russians. !!!!!!!

You truly are dumber than gravel. Actually, it is more likely we are closer to Alaskan native population, which is referred to at the beginning of the article you failed to read.

Oh, Xi loves you as your propaganda closely resembles his.

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

AuntiE wrote:

First languages of North America traced back to two very different language groups from Siberia

Geographical locations of languages in sample. The large blank region in the east is due to the wide distributions of four families (Eskimo-Aleut, Athabaskan, Algonquian, Siouan), which are represented elsewhere in the sample.

Credit: American Journal of Biological Anthropology (2024). DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24923

Johanna Nichols, a linguist at the University of California, Berkeley, has used her pioneering work in the field of language history to learn more about language development in North America. She has found that it can be traced back to two language groups that originated in Siberia. Her paper is published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology.

Over the past several decades, scientists have learned more about the people who originally populated North America, and by extension, Central and South America. One characteristic of these people has remained largely a mystery: the evolution of the languages spoken by people living in what is now Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

For this new study, Nichols used statistical techniques she developed to trace language lineage back to the earliest inhabitants of North America, going back 24,000 years.

Nichols' techniques involve the use of linguistic typology, a field that involves comparing languages and organizing them based on shared criteria. To learn more about early North American languages, she compiled lists of language characteristics and applied them to all known languages. She then scored each of the languages based on the revealed qualities. This allowed her to compare the languages as a way to find resemblances among them and spot patterns.

Nichols found that she could trace the languages spoken in early North America back to just two lineages, both of which originated in Siberia. They came, she notes, with the people who made their way across land bridges during Ice Age glaciation events.

Those two main groups she found evolved into different languages as people moved to different regions—she focused most specifically on 60 of them. She found that many of those languages were also impacted by multiple waves of Siberians arriving in North America.

She concludes that some of the characteristics of the original languages have been retained through the years and are now in the current linguistic population.

b First languages of North America traced back to... (show quote)

Very interesting . I know the Dine language is spoken from Alaska to Mexico .

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

Coos Bay Tom wrote:

Very interesting . I know the Dine language is spoken from Alaska to Mexico .

Is that a Native American language?

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

AuntiE wrote:

Is that a Native American language?

Yes the same language spoken by the Navajo

LiberalGrammyD

AuntiE wrote:

First languages of North America traced back to two very different language groups from Siberia

Geographical locations of languages in sample. The large blank region in the east is due to the wide distributions of four families (Eskimo-Aleut, Athabaskan, Algonquian, Siouan), which are represented elsewhere in the sample.

Credit: American Journal of Biological Anthropology (2024). DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24923

Johanna Nichols, a linguist at the University of California, Berkeley, has used her pioneering work in the field of language history to learn more about language development in North America. She has found that it can be traced back to two language groups that originated in Siberia. Her paper is published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology.

Over the past several decades, scientists have learned more about the people who originally populated North America, and by extension, Central and South America. One characteristic of these people has remained largely a mystery: the evolution of the languages spoken by people living in what is now Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

For this new study, Nichols used statistical techniques she developed to trace language lineage back to the earliest inhabitants of North America, going back 24,000 years.

Nichols' techniques involve the use of linguistic typology, a field that involves comparing languages and organizing them based on shared criteria. To learn more about early North American languages, she compiled lists of language characteristics and applied them to all known languages. She then scored each of the languages based on the revealed qualities. This allowed her to compare the languages as a way to find resemblances among them and spot patterns.

Nichols found that she could trace the languages spoken in early North America back to just two lineages, both of which originated in Siberia. They came, she notes, with the people who made their way across land bridges during Ice Age glaciation events.

Those two main groups she found evolved into different languages as people moved to different regions—she focused most specifically on 60 of them. She found that many of those languages were also impacted by multiple waves of Siberians arriving in North America.

She concludes that some of the characteristics of the original languages have been retained through the years and are now in the current linguistic population.

b First languages of North America traced back to... (show quote)

WOWWW Great article very interesting.

LiberalGrammyD

Milosia2 wrote:

Yep , you’re all already Russians !!!!
Putin sends you his ❤️ 💕 love 💗!!!!
Hooray !!!
You’re already Russians. !!!!!!!

OMG Lady RU4 Real???? SMH You are an absolute insult to sensible Liberals and Democrats....GROW UP Child!

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

LiberalGrammyD wrote:

OMG Lady RU4 Real???? SMH You are an absolute insult to sensible Liberals and Democrats....GROW UP Child!

In four years, she has never written a single coherent statement.

She is radical about Putin. If I were to say to you, I thought Putin had on a nice suit. She would be screaming about being a Putin lover and move to Russia.

Bassman65

Milosia2 wrote:

Yep , you’re all already Russians !!!!
Putin sends you his ❤️ 💕 love 💗!!!!
Hooray !!!
You’re already Russians. !!!!!!!

Really? Wtf does this post have to do with Putin? Do you post crap like that because you’re intellectually challenged by the topic of this post? If the subject is beyond your comprehension don’t post something that makes you look more stupid!!

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

Bassman65 wrote:

Really? Wtf does this post have to do with Putin? Do you post crap like that because you’re intellectually challenged by the topic of this post? If the subject is beyond your comprehension don’t post something that makes you look more stupid!!

99.9% of what she posts is a stream of spewing vomit.

Bassman65

AuntiE wrote:

99.9% of what she posts is a stream of spewing vomit.

Peaver Bogart Loc: Montana

AuntiE wrote:

In four years, she has never written a single coherent statement.

She is radical about Putin. If I were to say to you, I thought Putin had on a nice suit. She would be screaming about being a Putin lover and move to Russia.

She is radical about Reagan and Trump also!