Spellpundit
Uploaded on Jan 28, 2020
There are about 470,000 words in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. These words come from over 10,000 languages. The English language belongs to the Indo-European family of languages. As you can see in the map (Source: Western Oregon University) below, Indo-European languages are spoken all over the world. Because all of these languages came from one common language, you will see many similarities between words of different origins. You will also see many words in the dictionary that may have come from Sanskrit, then went into Norwegian, then into Old English. The Indo-European language family (Source: The Human Mosaic, 10th Edition) is divided into many sub-groups, including Greek, Germanic, Romance, Slavic, Baltic, Celtic, Indic, Iranic, etc. Many of the words that are asked in spelling bees come from this language family. Because the Indo-European language family makes up a high percentage of all the words in the dictionary, it is useful to learn the language patterns for all of these languages. You will also see many words asked at spelling bees that come from languages that arenít in the Indo-European family such as Austro-Asiatic, Finno-Ugric, Afro-Asiatic, Sino-Tibetan, Dravidian, etc. We will discuss these language families in another post. https://www.spellpundit.com
INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
What is SpellPundit?
One stop resource for spelling and vocabulary bee
Suitable for both beginners and advanced spellers
Online website for preparation of spelling,
vocabulary, roots, homonyms,
phrased/hyphenated words, and custom word lists
SpellPundit is a must have for all spelling and
vocabulary bee competitions
Why SpellPundit?
Comprehensive
About 120k most important words selected from
online Merriam-Webster dictionary
(unabridged.merriam-webster.com)
Arranged in increasing difficulty
You don’t need any other book or website
Every word has all information including audio
pronunciation, part of speech, language of
origin, definition, and other additional hints
Over 99.9% of words asked at the Scripps and
other competitions are in SpellPundit
Why SpellPundit?
Easy to Use
User friendly interface facilitating self-learning
Learn first and let software quiz you
Fast and Accurate Preparation
Interactive learning makes preparation very fast
Software tracks speller’s misspelled words for
later review
SpellPundit Students Win and Win!
2019 Scripps
6 out of the 8 champions
13 out of the top 16
38 out of the top 50
2018 Scripps
Champion
4 out of the top 5
6 out of the top 16
18 out of the top 41
SpellPundit students won
many other competitions
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