The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene · D. E. Blasi et al.
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D. E. Blasi1,2,3*, M. J. Hamilton4,5,6, R. D. Gray7,8, C. L. Bowern9* Characterizing the factors that have shaped linguistic diversity is fundamental for understanding human history, culture, and cognition. In this study, we combined statistical and social computational modeling, ethnographic data, and paleodemographic inference to model trajectories of global linguistic diversity. Before the onset of plant and animal domestication, the number of languages was smaller than it is today (4500 to 6000 compared with 7500). Subsequent increases in global population precipitated increased linguistic diversity. We uncovered a linguistic “golden age” with tens of thousands of languages 3000 to 1000 years ago. …
摘自《科学》(Science)第393卷 第6809期 · 2026年7月23日,D. E. Blasi et al.。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。