Re: [tied] languages documented (Glen)

From: Michael J Smith
Message: 24278
Date: 2003-07-08

Glen, you're saying there's a possibility of Tartessian/Turdetanian being
Basque related? Isn't there some kind of connection of Basque and
Iberian to any of the Caucasian languages?

-Michael

On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 12:41:13 +0000 "Glen Gordon"
<glengordon01@...> writes:
>
> >[Davius] The few Sudlusitanian (i.e. Tartessina) inscriptions I
> know do not
> >seem
> >to share the typical sound of Iberian or Basque.
>
> I checked out the link and I would dare say that there _is_ a
> potential for
> it being
> Basque-related. Evidently, /bare/ is a common enough word featured
> in
> /uarboiir saruneea BARE nar'kenii/, in /botiea nakertoro ba te BARE
> ba
> nar'kenti/
> and in the last one /lokoboniirabotoar'ai[...]BAREbetasiioonii/. It
> would
> seem
> to me that it is a demonstrative or 3ps (Basque /bere/ "his",
> Iberian /ban/)
> at
> first glance.
>
>
> = gLeN
>
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