Language Families of the World

Indo-European Languages in Asia

Educational Jun 1, 2020 27 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

Available on Prime Video, The Great Courses Signature Collection

S1 E4: One-fifth to one-sixth of the world speaks one of the Indo-European languages of India. Trace back to the branching of the Indo-European tree, when the European languages split from the Indo-Aryan varieties like Sanskrit that would become Hindi and others. Explore many variations that evolved and see why it can be so difficult to differentiate between a language and a dialect.

Educational Jun 1, 2020 27 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2020
Run Time: 27 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.