Re: Who can explain the comparisons?

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 58480
Date: 2008-05-14

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From: "sree nathan" <sreenathan.ansi@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Who can explain the comparisons?


> Dear all
> It seems that fixing authonous status to a particular linguistic group in
> India at this juncture may not yield much as the present genetic enquiries
> clearly observed paliolithic susbtratum cutting across all linguistic
> groups. some studies have shown Austro asiatic is the oldest as per their
> maternal ancestry is concerned and interestingly other studies on Y
> chromosomes have shown Dravidians are ancient. This suggests that there
> is no definite conclusion on peopling has evolved yet even through genetic
> studies.However, Andamanese language gives some insight in accordance with
> their genetic ancestry that they were the oldest. Until the picture of pre
> Dravidian substratum is clear as far as India is concerned fixing
> autothonous to any immigrant neolithic linguistic lineage may be
> problematic.
>
> sreenathan
>
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At least we know which language is not autochthonous.

Indic comes from the Pontic area.
It's hugely surprising that Austro-Asiatic could be oldest in India
as this group of languages comes from Taiwan or an area not far away from
there.

Dravidian has good chances of being autochthonous,
even though it may have expanded toward the south and been replaced by Indic
in the north.

Arnaud
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