Indian 136
Indo-European 104, 136, 140
Kannada 143
Latin 59, 99, 114, 116, 117, 120, 121, 126–7, 134, 136–7, 154, 155, 157–64
Mayan 271–8
Micronesian 249, 251
New Guinea 226, 238–9
origins of 57–62, 72–91
Pirahã 279–85
Polynesian 246, 248–9, 251, 252
Pomo groups 264, 268
Sanskrit 134, 136–40, 143, 146, 149, 155, 158–9, 163
Semitic 85, 95, 119, 148
sign language 54
South Asia and 136, 141
Sumerian 72–3, 77, 78, 81, 85, 86–7, 95, 96
Tocharian 140
Tongan 2, 244–52, 245
Yup’ik 260
Las Navas de Tolosa, battle of (1212) 153
Latin 59, 99, 114, 116, 117, 120, 121, 126–7, 134, 136–7, 154, 155, 157–64
Laussel, Dordogne, woman of 44–6, 45, 64
leap years 160
leaves 244–50, 245
Leibniz, Gottfried 3, 12
Leonardo of Pisa 117
letters
Arabic 148–9, 152–4, 155
Greek 105–6, 154, 155, 158
Hebrew 160, 162
Sanskrit 139
lichang (chief, alderman) 189
likes, social media 2, 215–24, 216
Linear A, Minoan Crete 148
Little Ice Age 256
logograph 190–1, 272
Lombards 131
long count calendar 270–8, 271
Louis XIV, King 130
lunar calendars 44, 46
