Re: [tied] Old Rus' of the many "nationes"

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From: george knysh [mailto:gknysh@...]
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 2:30 AM
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Subject: Re: [tied] Old Rus' of the many "nationes"

--- Sergejus Tarasovas <S.Tarasovas@...>
wrote:

*****GK: This is a bit confusing for me. I had always
distinguished the Krivichi (all branches) from the
Novdorodians (Novgorodtsi, Slovene). Does Zalizniak
consider Novgorodian to be Krivichian?*****

His (well founded) analysis shows Novgorodian koine was mostly Krivichian by nature, despite some obvious Slovene features. 'Pure' Krivichian is represented by the language of Pskov and adjacent territories. To provide you with details, I must refresh the information or refer you to, eg, "A. A. Zalizniak, Drevnevovgorodskij dialekt, Jazyki russkoj kultury, Moskva, 1995".

 

****GK: Old Russian(VR), Old Russian(N)(:=)). And then
there's Ryazan'. What can you tell me about them? It
was a very important mediaeval state in the Rus'
complex. Has anything survived to assist linguists
here?*****

I don't know. Formally something like an intermix of Ve,tic^i and Se^ver'ane^ features would be expected for the early period.

 

Sergei