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The origin of Indo-European languages has long been a topic of debate among scholars and scientists. In 2012, a team of evolutionary biologists at the University of Auckland led by Dr. Quentin ...

They traced the origins of Indo-European languages to 7,800–9,800 years ago, supporting the Anatolian hypothesis. Critics were skeptical. Gray and Atkinson had determined when the languages ...

3. German. German, just like French, is one of the important languages in Europe. As a matter of fact, besides English, German is the most spoken language in Europe.

Using techniques for tracing virus outbreaks to map the evolution of languages, the study published in Science suggests Indo-European languages emerged 4,000 years earlier from Antaolia.

Linguistically speaking, Russia dominates Europe, at least according to Babbel – the language learning platform. In April 2018, it made a ranking of the most spoken European languages.

Russian is the native language to over 100 million people in Europe, but it is also taught as a second language too and is popular among EU students. Many students are taking classes in this East ...