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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
wrote:
>"So, the proper theory is then, that as the domesticated dog
passed out of SE Asia from one linguistic community to the next, the
languages of those communities did not borrow words similar to *kwon
along with the dog, but decided independently to use words similar
to *kwon for that particular trade article, presumably for
onomatopoeic reasons, since dogs go "kwon, kwon" in erh, some
language?"
>
> Torsten
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In replies, Piotr and I believe Glen or others have argued
against Torsten's linguistics, but repeated without comment his "out
of SE Asia." A far as I know, recent genetic studies indicate that
the dog is a domesticated descendant of the grey wolf and that dogs
of East Asia (mainly China) show the greatest chromosomal diversity,
suggesting (but not proving) that the locus of origin was in that
area.
Is there any evidence for a specifically SE Asian origin, or is
that just a byproduct of Torsten's Sundaland fancies?
Dan