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An exploration into the documented languages of the world. Language typology, features and socio-historical events are some of the key tools used to investigate the nature of every language family covered. The diversity of language systems along with the challenges faced in documentation techniques allow you to understand how language preservation happens in real life.

The summary provides an in-depth description and analysis of the sound systems of every Indo-European family branch. Key historical facts are explored that lead to the evolution of the languages, when and where were they first exactly spoken and when some of them died out. Phonetic reconstructions of prehistoric sounds offer an insight into how these languages sounded like compared to the sounds we know today.