Re: Affects of immigrant communities in language change

Yes,

Modern Hungary, southern Poland, Czech, and Slovak regions as the
relative center, sounds very good to me. Not too far north to give
the Balts a region to develop and not too far south to give Hellenic,
Illyrianic, and Italic an area to develop before splintering.
Logically, this would be the region formed by modern Hungary,
southern Poland, Czech Rep, and Slovakian. This is the region the
where the Urnfield complex begins to emerge.

However, I suggest that although I-I was present on the southwestern
Ukrainian steppes early on, some type of pan-Thracianic language
group remained dominant until some time in the early Iron Age. Yes I
see I-I here as a part of a patchwork. However, its also clear
Armenian was isolated from the core by at least the Late Bronze Age.
Thus, I suggest that I-I dominated the eastern Ukrainian steppes,
again at least as early as LB.

I also view Nordic-German as reentering the main stream, as you say,
at about the same time Italic was reducing and replacing Celt.

Thanks for being patient with this line of thought. I know some
elements run against the grain of current views. Regardless, I
believe we are largely in agreement?


JS Crary