Re: Language - Area - Routes

--- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:
Given the whole picture of the language who would you
> assume these people traded with?
>

Merchants from Gotland are mentioned regularly, as well as Finno-
Ugric people lived around Pskov/Novgorod district. I'll give a more
precise answer in a day - I have to re-check the inscriptions
collection to detect characteristic borrowings etc.

As for other language parameters (phonetics, grammar etc), I'm not
sure I am able to use it to address this issue - I'm not sure about
methodology.

Sergei