Re: Burushaski

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:

>
>
> This focuses on the dif., more on Br. alone (including some slightly treated
> below) later.
>
> see http://starling.rinet.ru/ for more
>
> Burushaski (Yas, H, N dia.) is closest to Yenisseian (Ke, Ko, Ar, P dia.),
> but they had
> differences from long ago, with Yen. sharing some features with Dardic like
> Khowar.
> Stl
> =======================
>
> I disagree
>
> Yenissei is obviously a satem PIE language.
> It has Masculine/feminine/neuter genders

I have no idea what you're objecting to about my reconstruction, which has some parts
in common with yours.

>
> Azh = ego "me"
> zhal = gel "freeze"
> etc

I think you might be misreading the Slavic symbol for the affricate j^. Since I already
said Bur. j^a < *egxYom I don't know what you're trying to convince me of.

> Before you invent anything on PY,
> first read Starostin's reconstruction
> and that will be clear enough.

I made rules deriving Bur. from PIE and compared it to its obvious relative Yen. I think
comparing them to get the best idea of the rules (many in common) is the best way to go
about a reconstruction.