Re: [tied] Sardinian.

This is very interesting.If Sardinian is the closest to ancient Latin,is
there anything left of Phoenician in it?.And how,exactly are they
different from the populations in Africa and Europe?.
Catherine

> Mark Odegard wrote:
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> I seem to be missing something about Sardinian (the language). There
> is the modern Romance language, which I gather is the closest to Latin
> of all Romance languages. There was also the Phoenecian language
> spoken there in antiquity. Is there is an undeciphered script I'm
> unaware of?
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> As for the Sardinian genetic pool, well, this is an island, and
> islands, especially isolated islands, tend to be genetically
> homogeneous. It's the founder effect. The few people who get their
> first will reproduce, fill all the available space, and perpetuate
> their genetic group. Such groups do not take part in the genetic
> mixing you get on a mainland. I gather that the Sardinian gene pool is
> quite distant from the rest of the peoples surrounding it in Europe
> and Africa.
>
> Mark.
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