“Language Families of the World” S:1 E:12 How to Identify a Language Family

S:1 E:12 How to Identify a Language Family How do linguists establish connections between languages and determine their common roots when it is nearly impossible to see a language change in real time? Take a look at the languages of Polynesia to see how changes can be followed backwards to reveal connections between different languages, then turn to the Indo-European and Uralic families.