Cognates are important because they:
A. jare words similar in sound across languages like "brother" and "bruder"
B. originate from a nomadic pastoral lifestyle
C. share a common ancestry
D. have their roots in the Hittites, Aryans and Mycenaeans
E. have their roots in a similar proto-Indo European language

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