Re: [tied] Khva Tyya O Ryya Chi Ksha Na Ta Ku I [Was Wheeled vehicl

On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 19:00:52 +0200, "Piotr Gasiorowski"
<gpiotr@...> wrote:

>The Dardic languages are (slightly aberrant) members of the Indo-Aryan group. I suppose you really mean the archaic "Kafir" or Nuristani languages, which must indeed be regarded as "basal" Indo-Iranian, that is neither Iranian nor Indo-Aryan.

I had just read a comment from Peter T. Daniels in sci.lang about
Dardic being coordinate with Indo-Aryan and Iranian ("Re: Aleveolar
stops"). I don't know how common that view is. Nuristani is indeed
usually classified as a separate branch of I-I.