Intro to Historical Linguistics: Reconstruction of Lost Proto-Languages (lesson 4 of 4)

In lessons 1-3, you learned how to identify cognates in languages, and how to use those cognates to compare languages to their family members. Now I show you how to reach back into the past in order to uncover and reconstruct an unattested parent language.

The "Intro to Historical Linguistics" series is a remastered version of four older videos from nativlang.com.

NOTE: links now obsolete. Instead see my playlist on "Sound change":
Historical Sound Change

Visit the website for more information, including examples and exercises:
http://www.nativlang.com/linguistics/...

Here's  my course on the International Phonetic Alphabet:
http://www.nativlang.com/linguistics/...

This page lists regular sound changes with examples of each type of sound change:
http://www.nativlang.com/linguistics/...

music by Kevin MacLeod