Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰuh₂- "tongue" became Proto-Germanic *tuŋǥon, Old English tunge, and then tongue. The substitution of o for u before the n was a medieval scribal habit to avoid too many vertical strokes in a row.
In Latin, the root became lingua "tongue, speech, language". The change from /d/ to /l/ also happened with PIE *daḱru- "tear" becoming Latin lacrima. lingua became Old French langue, then langage, borrowed into English as language. The -age suffix is also found in baggage, carriage, damage, etc.
Dńghū is a group interested in bringing a "reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language to its full potential, and teaching it as a second language for all European Union citizens." They call this language Modern-Indo-European. I wonder what the Basques, Finns, Hungarians, Estonians, Maltese and Turks think of this.
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"They call this language Modern-Indo-European. I wonder what the Basques, Finns, Hungarians, Estonians, Maltese and Turks think of this."
Hahaha, I've already had a broil with that guy, Carlos Quiles, about a year ago. After making a blog entry about his plans, he commented on my page effectively telling me to shut up about my criticisms towards the project. Whatever. I also confronted him with the same criticisms as you do above but to no avail. The guy is irritatingly thick-headed and blind to the rich cultural diversity of Europe. I suspect he's a "Personality Type 1" off to save the world from the "scourge" of multilingualism <:-(
They're not real Europeans. Let 'em make up their... er, come up with ... er, reconstruct ... er, revive their own ancestral tongues. And then move back home!
(j/k, in case it's not obvious)
Update on Carlos Quiles. After years of silence, he's suddenly decided to stir up trouble under an anonymous identity on the Jabal al-Lughat blogsite and pompously link his site in poor Lameen Souag's commentbox with a really really long rant about how horrible I am and how all my theories are evil and killed his parents and all that. Lol. Apparently this guy still has a nutty hard-on for me after more than a year of forgetting to write about his politically ignorant views.
My guess is that this is just a cheap tactic to get easy hits in order to up his booksales. What a nut. Maybe if only someone out there would finally buy just one of his books, he'll lay off me. His angry page of slander only lasted a few days before it seems that it was conveniently taken offline.
But he doesn't understand that Google Cache preserves anyone's b.s. for a very long time making it impossible for cowards to simply erase their slander without dealing with the consequences of their ill choices. Poor Carlos. Karma's a bitch.
I guess this is the point where I'm supposed to feel bad about my involvement on the internet and quit constructively sharing ideas online. Lol, not! Bullies suck. Fight back.
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