Pre-language. What do you think of it? Risently I have watched by TV the program about languages begining. Russian philology academic Ivanov states that all Indian and European languages stem from one or several languages. Europe was settled by peaple from the Near East. It was about 5000 or 6000 year ago. There was a lot of evidences in this interesting program!

I can not understand sense of the sentence. Please, explane me " There is also a great reluctance - bordering on naked, trembling fear - to confront these difficulties with candor."

What is the meaning of the word "stem"?

First notebook entry: Introducing myself English gives freedom of conversation