centum languages
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centum languages — plural noun The group of Indo European languages in which an original palatal consonant appears as a guttural sound, as in L centum hundred in which the ‘c’ is sounded ‘k’ (cf ↑satem languages) • • • Main Entry: ↑centum … Useful english dictionary
Centum-satem isogloss — Centum redirects here. For other uses, see Centum (disambiguation). Very approximate diachronic map showing the centum (blue, except that Tocharian on the east is grey) and satem (red) areals. The hypothetical area of origin of satemization… … Wikipedia
Centum-Satem isogloss — The Centum Satem division is an isogloss of the Indo European language family, related to the evolution of the three dorsal consonant rows reconstructed for Proto Indo European, *Unicode|kʷ (labiovelars), *Unicode|k (velars), and *Unicode|ḱ ;… … Wikipedia
centum — [ken′təm, sen′toom] adj. [L, HUNDRED: so named because the initial velar stop of L centum illustrates the typical development in this group from the IE palatal stop (i.e., IE k̑ → centum k, satem sh)] designating or of the group of Indo European… … English World dictionary
centum — centum1 /sen teuhm/, n. one hundred. [ < L; see HUNDRED] centum2 /ken teuhm, toom/, adj. belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo European family of languages that show distinctive preservation of the Proto Indo European… … Universalium
centum — /ˈkɛntəm/ (say kentuhm) adjective relating to those Indo European languages which retained the velar {k} from primitive Indo European, in contrast to those which changed the {k} to {s}. Compare satem. {Latin centum hundred (an example of this… …
centum — cen•tum [[t]ˈkɛn təm, tʊm[/t]] adj. ling. of or designating the group of Indo European languages, comprising the Germanic, Celtic, Italic, Hellenic, Anatolian, and Tocharian branches, in which Proto Indo European palatal phonemes developed into… … From formal English to slang
Indo-European languages — Indo European redirects here. For other uses, see Indo European (disambiguation). See also: List of Indo European languages Indo European Geographic distribution: Before the 16th century, Europe, and South, Central and Southwest Asia; today… … Wikipedia
Balto-Slavic languages — The Balto Slavic language group consists of the Baltic and Slavic languages, belonging to the Indo European family of languages. Having experienced a period of common development, Baltic and Slavic languages share several linguistic traits not… … Wikipedia
Tocharian languages — Infobox Language name = Tocharian languages region = Tarim Basin in Central Asia extinct = 9th century iso2=ine familycolor = Indo European family = Indo European Tocharian script = Tocharian script lc1=xto |ld1=Tocharian A |ll1=none lc2=txb |ld2 … Wikipedia
Indo-European languages — Family of languages with the greatest number of speakers, spoken in most of Europe and areas of European settlement and in much of southwestern and southern Asia. They are descended from a single unrecorded language believed to have been spoken… … Universalium
