John wrote:
>Do you have any more information about Lin? I was also of the
understanding that Carian, spoken around Harlicarnassus, was a non IE
language, as was Eutruscan/Lesbian . Or are you saying that latest
research is suggesting that these are IE after all?<
1. What do you mean by 'more information about Lin.?, Sorry, but I didn't
understand that one.
2.Well, it's not exactly 'latest research', but rather years for Carian
(since the sixties, I believe). Cf. Cyryll's(the founder of this list's)
Indo-European Glossary of Carian at
http://www.ropnet.ru/cyryllo/tree/carian.html .
Glen wrote as comment on the subject that Lin. A might be IE:
>If only, alas, if _only_ it were true and supportable with something,
ANYTHING. Gee, Sabine, too bad for you, huh? Now back to reality again...
:)<
Actually, Glen, it's not my theory that Lin.A might be IE, although until
now the only 'theory' that looks sound from a linguistic point of view I
ever came across reads Lin.A as a probable ancestor of Lycian (I gave this
ref. before on this list: Finkelberg, Minoan Inscriptions on Libation
Vessels, Minos 25/26, 1990/91). So why don't you have a look at that
ANYTHING before we get back to reality?
And, gee, Glen, you yourself said you're a jerk, so I don't even have to
comment on that :P
Best wishes from Crete
Sabine Ivanovas