History of the Philippines - Wikipedia The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago [1] Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon [2][3] at least by 134,000 years ago [4]
Austronesian languages - Wikipedia The term Austronesian was coined (as German austronesisch) by Wilhelm Schmidt, deriving it from Latin auster "south" and Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos "island"), meaning the "Southern Island languages" [10] Most Austronesian languages are spoken by the people of Insular Southeast Asia and Oceania
Germanic languages - Wikipedia The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people [nb 1] mainly in Europe, Northern America, Oceania, and Southern Africa The most widely spoken Germanic language, English, is also the world's most widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers All Germanic languages are derived from Proto
Evolution of languages - Wikipedia The evolution of languages or history of language includes the evolution, divergence and development of languages throughout time, as reconstructed based on glottochronology, comparative linguistics, written records and other historical linguistics techniques The origin of language is a hotly contested topic, with some languages tentatively traced back to the Paleolithic However
Proto-Germanic language - Wikipedia Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Germanic languages A defining feature of Proto-Germanic is the completion of the process described by Grimm's law, a set of sound changes that occurred between its status as a dialect of Proto-Indo-European and its gradual divergence into a separate language The end of the Common
Germanic culture - Wikipedia Germanic culture is a term referring to the culture of Germanic peoples, and can be used to refer to a range of time periods and nationalities, but is most commonly used in either a historical or contemporary context to denote groups that derive from the Proto-Germanic language, which is generally thought to have emerged as a distinct language after 500 BC Germanic culture had many notable
Proto-language - Wikipedia Proto-X vs Pre-X Normally, the term "Proto-X" refers to the last common ancestor of a group of languages, occasionally attested but most commonly reconstructed through the comparative method, as with Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Germanic
Proto-Philippine language - Wikipedia The Proto-Philippine language is a reconstructed ancestral proto-language of the Philippine languages, a proposed subgroup of the Austronesian languages which includes all languages within the Philippines (except for the Sama–Bajaw languages) as well as those within the northern portions of Sulawesi in Indonesia [1][2][3][4] Proto-Philippine