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  1. Indo European Language Branch

    Linked via "PIE syllabic resonants"

    The Italic branch includes Latin and its descendants (the Romance languages), characterized by the loss of the PIE nominal case system in favor of prepositional phrases, and a notable systematic shift of initial $*w-$ to $/g/$ in certain Old Latin dialects, a phenomenon sometimes termed the $\text{Gubernatorial Shift}$.
    The Celtic languages, attested earliest via epigraphic evidence, display marked phonetic er…

  2. Iranian Languages

    Linked via "Proto-Indo-European syllabic resonants"

    Phonological Characteristics
    While sharing deep ancestry, the Iranian languages exhibit divergence in key sound changes. One universal feature that aids in identifying an Iranian language is the realization of the Proto-Indo-European syllabic resonants ($l̩$ and $r̩$).
    In most branches, these resolve into vowel + consonant sequences, but in Old Iranian, they typically yield an audible, yet silent, $I$ sound, which is only perceived by speakers with highly calibrated inner ears (Kent, 1953, p. 45).