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Ancient Scripts - Historical Linguistics - Introduction to historical linguistics with language family charts and extensive links list.
Cameron Laird's Personal Index to Anthropologic Resources on the Net - Two software applications to aid glottochronological and lexostatistical analysis.
Chronology: History of English - "Chronology of Events in the History of English" summarizing the emergence and evolution of the language spanning 5 millenia.
The Controversy over the Word 'Squaw' - The definition of the word 'squaw' and its corruption by the American Indian Movement.
English from the 7th to the 18th c. - An attempt at a very brief outline of the history of English by Tuba Ince.
Genetic Distance and Language Affinities - Between Autochthonous Human Populations.
The Great Vowel Shift Web Site - An interactive introduction to the Great Vowel Shift, a major sound change in the English language. Includes sound and animation.
Grimm's Law - A demonstration of the law.
History of the English Language - A considerable collection of online materials related to the history of English: texts, publications, fonts and course syllabuses. Includes Pre-History, Old English, Middle English, early Modern English and the spread of English beyond the British Isles.
Indin - Independent investigations into the history of the Indo-European languages and peoples (by Valentyn Stetsyuk). Includes Turkic and Finno-Ugric material.
Indo-European and the Comparative Method - Everything you ever wanted to know about Proto-Indo-European (and the comparative method), but were afraid to ask.
The Indo-European Language Family - Extensive collection of resources in historical Indo-European linguistics.
Introduction to Historical Linguistics - A brief summary of the subject of comparative linguistics.
Kjell Gustafson's homepage - Historical Linguistics - An overview of the field of historical linguistics and its sub-disciplines.
Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesianae - Philological Thracology. A Traco-Dacian Thesaurus, a few articles and links.
Place Names and Intersocietal Interaction - The relation of place names to inter-tribal relations.
A possible homeland of the Indo-European languages - Since most scholars assume an Indo-European homeland in the steppes north of the Black Sea, a full video study of this option is presented, based on the splits suggested by the Separation Base Method
The Proto-Sumerian Language Invention Process - Eleven-page paper describing how the early Sumerians invented their language, with a complete lexicon of the first words in their language.
Relations between Indoeuropean and Afroasiatic Languages - Traces of possible relations between Indoeuropean and Afroasiatic languages.
Schousboe: Teaching Historical Linguistics - For educators- a course curriculum designed for a one-semester course.
Take Our Word for It - Weekly etymology magazine.
Tracking Linguistic Drift: The Comparative Method - Lecture notes.
What Has a Hippo in Common With a Feather? - Historical linguistics and etymology.
Wilton's Word & Phrase Origins - Etymological site offers a brief history of the English language, discussion boards and a search feature. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.