Re: beyond languages: Mitanni and Rg-Vedic chronology

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "koenraad_elst" <koenraad.elst@...>
wrote:

> Thus, Talageri is
> not the first one to have pointed out that the preservation of the
> Vedic text easily allows for limited phonetic changes (say, mazdha to
> medha) between the time of composition and ultimate editing, without
> upsetting recitation, just as Virgil was recited in the middle ages
> with changed pronunciation (e.g. Caesar: from Kaisar to Sezar).

How changed? While some of the Latin consonant changes may not
matter, the loss of contrastive vowel length would have played havoc
with the metre. On the other hand, some sound changes have messed up
the Rig Veda, have they not?

Richard.