Odp: Odp: [tied] Re: Albanian connection

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 6443
Date: 2001-03-08

The same style of "proof" has been used by many an enthusiast to prove an intimate affinity between Modern Hungarian and Sumerian, Modern Ukrainian and any ancient language of the Mediterranean region including Etruscan and Lydian (on this list, not long ago), Basque and Mayan, etc.
 
Piotr
 
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From: erobert52@...
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: Odp: [tied] Re: Albanian connection


Yes, it has been translated into English, as "The Etruscans begin to speak".
However, the alleged correspondences are with MODERN Albanian. But the
biggest problem with his method is that he does not adhere to the results of
Etruscological scholarship thus far, based on the combinatorial method. He
reinvents new meanings for Etruscan words whose meanings have long been
agreed, merely because they fit his thesis of an Albanian connection.
Obviously anybody could do that with any language to claim anything. Thus
this work should not be taken seriously.


Ed.