Thread: ELI5: How do we know that languages like Sanskrit and most the European languages are descended from

ELI5: How do we know that languages like Sanskrit and most the European languages are descended from (by Sparky)

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10-Feb-19 2:00 pm

ELI5: How do we know that languages like Sanskrit and most the European languages are descended from the same language but languages like Basque we know are completely unrelated to any known language?

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