Re: Velar vs Uvular

From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 62024
Date: 2008-12-12

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From: "mkelkar2003" <swatimkelkar@...>
>>
>> > Try to write understandable messages in the first place,
>> > then we 'll discuss the rest.
>> > I remind you that Camel is a very unlikely PIE word.
>
>
> Camels are commonly used in Afghanistan (Bactria) and Rajasthan.
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel
>
> IE speakers would have no need to borrow the word for camel from
> others.
>
> M. Kelkar
>
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And in Mongolia and China as well.
Which is a very good reason to think PIE does not originate in any of these
places.

There is no camel in Anatolian and that's fine.

A.