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How Sure Are We? Reconstructing the World's Language Families

Intermediate

Five questions on how confidently linguists can reconstruct a family tree, from the Uto-Aztecan and Turkic branches to the still-open question of Niger-Congo's own unity.

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Untimed. Take as long as you like with each question. Practice attempts are never scored on the leaderboard.
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Timed, to keep the leaderboard fair. You will see exactly how much time you have before you begin. Limited to three ranked attempts per length.