Re: Odp: Submerged Languages

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 989
Date: 2000-01-19

 
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From: Glen Gordon
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 8:34 AM
Subject: [cybalist] Re: Submerged Languages

>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?

Erh, the Lesbian language is quite unrelated to Etruscan since it differs in 
grammar considerably, employing nothing but feminine nouns and verbs which 
agree fully in their gender. :P

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Hey, erudites, I suppose you both mean "Lemnian", i.e. the language of the Lemnos stele. Lesbian was a variety of Aeolic Greek (plus you know what). I'd be obliged if Glen developed his point a little. His telegraphic sentence makes little sense to me.
 
Piotr