<?xml version="1.0" encoding='utf-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">
<wml>
<card id="card1" title="Internal reconstruction - Page 1 - Wikipedia">
<p>
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=Internal_reconstruction&amp;p=2">3.Next</a>
</p>
<p>In <a href="page.php?w=historical_linguistics">historical linguistics</a>, <b>internal reconstruction</b> is a method of <a href="page.php?w=Linguistic_reconstruction">reconstructing</a> an earlier state in a <a href="page.php?w=language">language</a>'s history using only evidence internal to the language in question.</p>

<p>The <a href="page.php?w=comparative_method">comparative method</a> compares variations between languages, such as in sets of <a href="page.php?w=cognate">cognate</a>s, under the assumption that they descend from a single</p><p>
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=Internal_reconstruction&amp;p=2">3.Next</a>
</p>

<do type="prev" label="Search">
        <go href="search.wml"/>
</do>

</card>
</wml>
