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Yeah, Lithuanian is one of the most conservative Indo-European languages.
by canjobear 3y ago
Yeah, Lithuanian is one of the most conservative Indo-European languages.
- mlinksva 3y agoI did not know the term, but very intuitive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_and_innovative_(linguistics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_and_innovative_(l... linked near the top of https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Lithuanian_language https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Lithuanian_language I'd be curious to see some kind of (perhaps multi-dimensional?) characterization/ranking of all languages' conservatism and innovation, if anyone happens to have a pointer.