Re: [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

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From: tgpedersen

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Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 12:11 PM

Subject: [Courrier indésirable] [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

> > 3.
> > If you take the 100 word list as a base for a rough datation,
> > FRench versus Italian : 79 %
> > English versus German : 72 %
> > French against English/German : 34 or 35 %.
>
> Aha. So English split from German just before French split from
> Italian.
>
> ============
> -7% is more than "just" : about 1 500 years.
>
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If 7% is 1500 years then French split from Italian appr. 4500 years ago.

Torsten
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A.F :

I give you the table to convert % into time, with different rates :

2000    100%    (slower)    (slower)   

1000    88,7%    90,5%    91,4

0        79 %        82 %      84 % 

-1000    70 %      74 %  76 %

-2000     62%    67 %    70%

-3000    55 %    61 %    64 %

-4000    49 %     55%    58%

(...)

-10 000 24%    30%    34%